It does seem to inevitably end in death. Which is perhaps prophetic? Dexter has to continually kill his shadow selves in order to be with the people he loves. And if these shadow selves are a symbolic manifestation of his inner Dark Passenger, then he keeps having to kill that part of himself.
Yeah, that makes sense from a symbolic perspective. I just don't know how to keep doing it without the plot seeming repetitive. Unless they come up with other symbolic ways to "kill" the shadow self? Like having the shadow self arrested, or the shadow self killing himself, etc. Or even just not making the shadow self have a personal connection to Dexter. He can see himself in the other person without it being his brother/lover/best friend.
I admit, I kind of wanted Miguel to escape and then show up again in the final season, because he was awesome and I didn't want to be rid of him.
It makes me wonder what the series finale will entail. Will Dexter have to kill himself?
I figure we have three options: (1) Dexter gives up killing and leads a normal life, defeating the Dark Passenger, (2) Dexter goes on the run, abandoning the people he loves to sate the Dark Passenger, or (3) Dexter ends up dead/in prison (I could see a cool conflict there if Deb is the one to bring him down).
Or actually, I think once, just once, Dexter needs to unleash the police on a serial killer.
Yeah. That actually dovetails with my complaint to goldenusagi about Dexter making the police look bad. :) It'd be nice if he actually worked with the police for once - he claims that he takes care of the ones the police can't catch, but sometimes he doesn't give them the chance.
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Date: Jun. 23rd, 2010 04:33 pm (UTC)Yeah, that makes sense from a symbolic perspective. I just don't know how to keep doing it without the plot seeming repetitive. Unless they come up with other symbolic ways to "kill" the shadow self? Like having the shadow self arrested, or the shadow self killing himself, etc. Or even just not making the shadow self have a personal connection to Dexter. He can see himself in the other person without it being his brother/lover/best friend.
I admit, I kind of wanted Miguel to escape and then show up again in the final season, because he was awesome and I didn't want to be rid of him.
It makes me wonder what the series finale will entail. Will Dexter have to kill himself?
I figure we have three options: (1) Dexter gives up killing and leads a normal life, defeating the Dark Passenger, (2) Dexter goes on the run, abandoning the people he loves to sate the Dark Passenger, or (3) Dexter ends up dead/in prison (I could see a cool conflict there if Deb is the one to bring him down).
Or actually, I think once, just once, Dexter needs to unleash the police on a serial killer.
Yeah. That actually dovetails with my complaint to