Season 5 of Dexter was referred to as a “re-imaging of the series,” and it succeeds brilliantly at this. A character drama at heart, this season does an incredible job at developing the main characters and giving them compelling story arcs. In the wake of Season 4’s shocking finale Dexter finds himself broken and lost, and attempts to find redemption in helping a traumatized rape victim track down and exact revenge against the rape gang that abducted and brutalized her; meanwhile Det. Quinn starts to suspect that Dexter is dirty and hires a P.I. to investigate him. The serial storytelling is especially well-done, as the stories move fluidly from episode to episode; staying remarkably coherent and organic. And the guest stars this season, Julia Stiles, Peter Weller, and Jonny Lee Miller, deliver extraordinary performances. Dexter has come a long way, and this new re-imaging in Season 5 makes for an exciting time for the series.
Was about to start watching when I realised that Aziz is no longer in the show. Won't be watching. This should have been a spin-off.
Found this series more or less by coincidence and ordered the BluRay on a hunch. I'm very pleased with myself for doing that (-:
Because Silicon Valley is really good, way better than IT crowed to which it is compared often IMHO. Another great example for the fact that sitcoms / comedy series do not need a laughter track (yes, I am talking to you Chuck Lorre ;-)).
Hope the guys keep up the good work in Season 2 and 3!
Best season of the serie. I really believed Andy Whitfield was the Spartacus. The other guy had no the same charisma.
Some characters had some really well-written arcs (i.e. Smith and his family) but the majority of the characters were really poorly written and dragged the whole season down. The multiverse-travel crap was really the cheapest trick the writers could've used to advance the plot.
This was a supposed to be a show about people, about history and what we learned from it, but now it has entered the level of lower-shelf Sci-fi, which is really a shame, some of the 'human' moments were deeply affecting and were worthy of a better story to be honest.
You can tell Justin Roiland has stepped away from the writing aspect. It’s sad because him and harmond really brought something special to this show. Come back roiland!
If you're a sad lonely guy (or girl), this season is too real to be funny. It is genuinely sad.
I I cried so much at et the end. I thought he died when he faded away. But apparently it ment life moves on, We all die, but not today, Enjoy it while you can.
While I agree with other comments that this season felt a little filler like, it was still great TV, so I find it ridiculous there are people seriously rating this 2/10 -- no way is this "terrible" TV.
Looking forward to season 5.
overall impression: bullshit hollywood movie (i.e same crap like marvel, DC).
but hands down, beautifully done BS.
