3. Dexter Needs To Sort Out His Daddy Issues
The ending of Series 2 has become potentially one of my least favourite season finales in television history (and I watched Series 1 of Heroes) simply because it, and later series, completely threw away Dexters development here. A lot of Series 2 was uncovering and revealing things about his father, he had been on a path of learning that Harry wasnt honest with him, wasnt responsible and had done Dexter a disservice by telling him that a serial killer is all he could be. Dexter acknowledges at the end of Series 2 that he doesnt need Harrys rules, hes a free man he canContinue being a serial killer. WHAT?! I just spent 24 hours of television witnessing reasons why trusting Harrys word is ridiculous and youre going to continue being the person he told you to be? Eurgh Couple this miserable, show dragging, finale with the fact Harry now spends most of the show as a voice in Dexters ear reinforcing discouraging messages about how awful a person Dexter is you have some serious daddy issues that have been there 5 series longer than they needed to be. One of the clinical aspects that needs to be resolved in Dexter is the relationship with his father. While the voice in Dexters ear is really just a part of him that helps out with analyzing situations and reinforcing how terribly everything is going. A piece of evidence or something from their past, or Dexter maybe re-evaluating aspects of his relationship with Harry would help put things to bed at last, whilst allowing the opportunity for Dexter to either patch things up or remove his fathers words from him. Whichever ties a nicer bow.