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in FavoritesA Few of Our Favorite (and Most Disappointing) Things in 2021 TV
It’s time for another round of the venerable TV Obsessive Awards! A word as to the ethos that guides the entries that follow (which also gets to a broader kind of ethos around here): we’re not claiming that our choices are the “best of the year” as though we can inhabit some objective point of […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 8 Offers Us Some of What We Want
The following article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 8. Proceed with caution. Dexter: New Blood Episode 8 served as a setup episode in many ways, moving us towards the conclusion of this series. Or season? I suppose that remains to be seen. Typically the penultimate episode serves this type of function but […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 7 is the Beginning of the End
The following article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 7, “Skin of Her Teeth” Dexter: New Blood Episode 7 continues the streak of fast paced, tightly packed episodes we’ve seen over the last several weeks. There’s a momentum, a race towards a conclusion, that feels fresh and invigorating. Some sense of nostalgia, but […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 6 — “I Need Dexter Morgan”
The following article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 6. Proceed with caution. Last week’s episode of Dexter: New Blood threw everything on the table so to speak, making the follow up episode an interesting act. Would the show dig its heels in and continue to build on the themes that makes this […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 5 Is Dexter at its Best
This episode contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 5, “Runaway.” Proceed with caution. If you’ve been on the fence about Dexter: New Blood, then this is the episode you’ve likely been waiting for. Familiar faces? Check. An intriguing killer who feels unpredictable? Check. Law enforcement hot on Dexter’s heels? Dexter: New Blood Episode […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 4 Takes Big Steps Forward
The following article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 4, “H is for Hero.” Proceed with caution. Last week, I was fairly critical of what I felt was an episode that had no momentum. This week, in Dexter: New Blood Episode 4, the pace picked up considerably and we took some major steps forward […] More
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How Will It End? Dexter: New Blood Theories
This article will contain spoilers for the first three episodes of Dexter: New Blood, as well as future episode titles, as part of my Dexter: New Blood Theories. Proceed with caution. We’ve now seen the first three episodes of Dexter: New Blood and if you’ve read my last article, then you know that I have […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 3 & My Working Theories
This article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 3, “Smoke Signals” (written by David McMillan and directed by Clyde Phillips) Dexter: New Blood Episode 3 is a test of patience. Last week was a slower moving affair but it felt acceptable. The story was being laid out and we were getting acclimated to […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Episode 2 Is Another Solid Outing
This article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 2, “Storm of F*ck” Dexter: New Blood Episode 2 picked up right where the previous episode left off but it didn’t feel that way. It felt like we knew this new setting more than that already. Perhaps it’s a testament to the work done in […] More
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The Dexter: New Blood Premiere Makes Its Case for Redemption
This article contains major spoilers for Dexter: New Blood Episode 1, “Cold Snap” I really missed the closing theme from Dexter. It struck me as I sat down to watch the first episode of Dexter: New Blood that I really wanted to hear that theme close the show. Not because I was longing for nostalgia […] More
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Dexter: New Blood Trailer: Is It New Blood Or Old Tricks?
It’s been about a week since Showtime decided to drop their full official trailer for Dexter: New Blood. The video has already racked up over six million views on a reboot that will hopefully save the original series from its mundane non-ending and infuriating last season. Seriously, every episode of Dexter Season 8 made me […] More
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Art of the Finale: Dexter “Remember the Monsters”
How does one make a television series finale so bad that even the most dedicated weekly viewers of the series can’t defend it? Ask Scott Buck, co-writer of the Dexter series finale and the showrunner for the series final three years. Before I sat down to watch this truly terrible series finale again for this […] More
