Dexter: 10 Most Hated Episodes Of All Time
These Dexter moments should have been murdered in the writing room...
Based on the Darkly Dreaming Dexter novel series, Dexter was a Showtime television show that originally captured the hearts of those infatuated with anti-heroes, crime drama, or both. In the beginning, viewers were hooked as the show's main character led a double life, working as a forensic technician during the day and vigilante serial killer at night. The main hook was that Dex only killed killers (and pedophiles), and he hid in plain sight of the police as he tried to carry out a life of normality. Of course, the tension came from the thought of his goose eventually being cooked.
Arguably, Dexter made for a terrific four seasons of mystery, drama, and suspense. Regrettably, the first four's success led to the show being extended for an additional four seasons. As each future episode passed, the series scooted further away from the source material and began to rely on old tropes while mudding up otherwise perfectly fine plotlines.
Hopefully, Dexter's limited-run reboot will either help make sense of or make up for the damage caused by the last handful of seasons. However, given that there have been many moments over the past that made Dexter fans turn away in droves, it's hard to imagine fans will ever be completely satisfied, let alone delighted.
10. "Hop A Freighter" - Season 5, Episode 11
By the end of season four, Dexter fans were led to believe there would be an intense showdown between Dexter and Joey Quinn (more on that later), who had grown suspicious of him. Through the following season, Quinn continued digging up Dex's past by enlisting a seedy ex-narc named Stan Liddy.
The tension rose with each episode as Liddy discovered more about Dexter. He even managed to photograph Lumen Pierce and Dex appearing to ditch black body bags. At times, his obsession with Mr Morgans' past came off as unhealthy, but it also brought him closer to the truth. And the more he learned, the more he shared with Quinn... for a price.
After kidnapping Dexter, Liddy revealed all he unearthed, unveiling his intentions of exposing 'America's Favorite Serial Killer.' However, he made Dex a deal. If he confessed, Lumen would be left out of the entire ordeal.
Of course, Dexter didn't agree and somehow managed to fight Liddy without full use of his limbs. By the end of the episode, Dex turned Liddy's knife around, killing him in what was determined to be an act of "self-defense."
That was it.
Someone was deadly close to exposing Dexter, and then that was conveniently killed off with ease, and no one really cared. In fact, it hardly came up again after the season. Sadly, "Hop A Freighter" led to another disappointing set of events...