4. Deb Goes Out Bin Laden Style
And then there's Maude. Or Deb. What used to be one of the most highly anticipated weekly dramatic characters on TV, who also brought an air of comedy and levity to a series centered around a serial killer, had become by the final season a see-saw whirlwind of a character to try to follow. Heavily drinking herself to stupidity one week, Deb quickly rebounds and shares familiar brews with big bro Dexter as if all is easily forgotten the next, the sad devolution of the writing of Deborah Morgan has become a chief example of overextending a character. At least Deb went out as a hero, taking a bullet on the job...again. As long as you consider "going out on top" as having your brother pull the plug on you -really- but not before one last foreshadowy monologue to brother Dexter, it's then up to him to give her a proper burial. And where else? At sea. And during one of the worst cinematically-lit storm scenes in recorded color-film history no less. Wrapped in white sheets, it could have just as well been OBL being lowered into the watery grave judging by the look of the scene. No fireworks, no last big surprise, just a brother rendering a "benevolent" judgment of no-life on his sleeping comatose sister, then disposing of her remains in the ocean as a hurricane rather unconvincingly swallows Dexter's "slice of life" ship. People will be debating this ending for years to come. Wait, no they won't. The next scene is of Dexter sitting looking out a window while his girlfriend and son are aloof and alone in South America. I hope he's sending alimony and child support!