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The books are better.
Except that time he tortured and killed a innocent guy and felt bad for all of 3 minutes.
felt
You lost me there
Maybe disappointed his guess was wrong?
In the books I don't believe he would have felt bad at all. They perverted Dexter in the show, gave him a soul.
Edit: I think the Dark Passenger would have prevented the error in the books
So obviously the original Dexter series peaked with the Trinity killer, even the show knows that.
The rest of the original series has its moments, even the final season has its moments, but ultimately the finale falls a little flat.
I've had time removed and the Lumberjack revival miniseries has its moments. I'll admit there is a lot of giving the show the benefit of the doubt or just accepting "this is happening" moments, but ultimately it was an enjoyable watch. It has holes, but the core is there.
Now, new sin or whatever, the prequel, it's obviously an attempt to keep the franchise alive... But you know... It's got the core, it's there. It's going to have its inconsistencies with the larger world but it's the Dexter you've always known.
If you made it to the Dexter finale, the new stuff is worth it.
I constantly hear "watch the first four season and then quit" parroted all over various forums. The other seasons are still pretty good except for the stupid finale.
You know, I'm torn with Dexter books vs show. I tend to be of the mind that translating a book to other media sacrifices a lot of what makes the books great, and I do believe that.
I'm also against changing a book so radically that you're left with something that only shares the name and character names. Which isn the case with Dexter.
However, the original show was so damn good overall. The ending kinda sucked, but the rest was some damn good tv.
Part of that is because it was so different. I don't think the books could have been brought to screen while staying true to them.
So, while I love the books, I can't say they're better, because they're so different it's a totally unique experience.
I get that, and I LOVED the show until he got married, and then it was pretty much changed forever. Good seasons after that sometimes, but the character of Dexter became "conflicted", and that just wouldn't ever feel right.
And they NEVER had the Dark Passenger right. That whole mythos would be fun to see explored.
I couldn't stand the actress that played his wife either. couldn't even finish boondocks saints 2 (which was meh anyway) due to her.