What you can deduce from these spoilers on the Dexter Season 4 finale?

[Joe Washington]

These spoilers are excerpts from Internet articles.

• Dexter fans should stop crying over the shocking October 18 death of Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine) and brace themselves for something far worse. “Everything changes at the end of this season,” Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) said at the 2009 Scream Awards. “Dexter will never be the same.”
• The actress told me the Showtime series was so protective of its top-secret December 13 season finale that she had to sneak on set to witness the gruesome climax of John Lithgow’s bloody reign of terror as the Trinity Killer. “I was so curious that I showed up at 1:30 in the morning to see what they were shooting, so I know!” says Jennifer (who probably could have wrangled the secret out of her real-life husband and Dexter star, Michael C. Hall). “Let’s just say maybe all of our trailers won’t be there next year.”
• The 37-year-old actress, who plays Rita on the show, told Cinemablend: “Obviously at the beginning of the season we see Rita has it all,” she said. “I mean, she has everything she’s ever wanted. She has the perfect husband, the great kids, the new baby, the dream house in the suburbs but you know, just like anything, nothing great lasts forever. We have an amazingly shocking ending this season. I mean, it’s so shocking that – it’s just shocking is all I can say. It shocked the whole cast.”
• Asked if Dexter may reveal his ‘dark passenger’ to her, she added: “Oh! I don’t know about that. I don’t want to give away any spoilers but you know, you definitely see worlds collide; everybody’s world collides in this season.”
• DEXTER 4.12 DESCRIPTION: In episode 412, the season finale, Dexter and Arthur find themselves on a collision course, as Debra unearths a shocking long-hidden truth, Rita admits her marriage to Dexter is troubled, and Batista and LaGuerta face the consequences of an ethics breach.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

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Hmm I wonder if that means Rita will die, I see that could be a game changer

 

[Checkmate]

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I think "shocking" is the keyword. Rita dying would certainly be powerful, but it's pretty easy to see that coming. I think it's more likely that Trinity, blaming Dexter for losing his own family, will be out to exact some eye-for-an-eye revenge. And having Rita and her children die would definitely be shocking, especially if Harrison is the only survivor (probably due to Dexter showing up at the tail end of the murder).

And it kind of makes sense thematically, too. Dexter's Dark Passenger was born the same way. I could see Cody surviving, too, since he's closer in age to what Dexter was when it happened to him, and it keeps the half-brother angle in as well.

But I definitely think it's be Rita and her daughter that dies. Rita alone just isn't "shocking" to me.

 

[bigdaddy]

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Hopefully it will make up for the less than great season 3 finale.

I'm hoping their house blows up killnig everyone but Dexter.

 

[Kirkman1987]

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Well, someone posted what they claim to be spoilers for the finale on IMDB, and although I wouldn't place money on an IMDB posters inside knowledge, I really like these ideas.

Possible Spoilers.....

Spoiler: Dexter

Trinity kills both Cody and Astor.

Rita blames Dexter for their being missing.

Rita's neighbor tries to attack Dexter. (Dexter defends himself, killing another innocent...his code is cracking)

Rita goes mental as all those around her are disappearing.

Baby Harrison winds up in Dexter's custody.

Trinity's son kills Trinity.

Debb finds out that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Season ends on this cliffhanger.

I think that would be great leading into a final 5th season.....

 

[Shurik]

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Well, someone posted what they claim to be spoilers for the finale on IMDB, and although I wouldn't place money on an IMDB posters inside knowledge, I really like these ideas.

Possible Spoilers.....

Spoiler: Dexter

Trinity kills both Cody and Astor.

Rita blames Dexter for their being missing.

Rita's neighbor tries to attack Dexter. (Dexter defends himself, killing another innocent...his code is cracking)

Rita goes mental as all those around her are disappearing.

Baby Harrison winds up in Dexter's custody.

Trinity's son kills Trinity.

Debb finds out that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Season ends on this cliffhanger.

I think that would be great leading into a final 5th season.....

I can believe the first 6 of those, but

Spoiler: Deb unearthing big secret

how can she possibly find out that Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher? The only way for her or anyone else to find out that Dexter is not who he pretends to be is to find the blood slides. I don't see any reason for Deb to snoop around Dexter's shed.

 

[Aaron McGuire]

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Well, someone posted what they claim to be spoilers for the finale on IMDB, and although I wouldn't place money on an IMDB posters inside knowledge, I really like these ideas.

Possible Spoilers.....

Spoiler: Dexter

Trinity kills both Cody and Astor.

Rita blames Dexter for their being missing.

Rita's neighbor tries to attack Dexter. (Dexter defends himself, killing another innocent...his code is cracking)

Rita goes mental as all those around her are disappearing.

Baby Harrison winds up in Dexter's custody.

Trinity's son kills Trinity.

Debb finds out that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Season ends on this cliffhanger.

I think that would be great leading into a final 5th season.....

I can believe the first 6 of those, but

Spoiler: Deb unearthing big secret

how can she possibly find out that Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher? The only way for her or anyone else to find out that Dexter is not who he pretends to be is to find the blood slides. I don't see any reason for Deb to snoop around Dexter's shed.

Well...

Spoiler: Deb and the secret plus the IMDB spoilers

Even if she doesn't figure out that Dexter was/is the Bay Harbor Butcher, I can't see her not putting together that Dexter is Laura Mosser's kid and Rudy/Brian/Ice Truck Killer's brother. I mean she's got the damn Laura Mosser file on her coffee table for christ's sake. What the hell are they waiting for?

As for the stuff on IMDB: I think it's just some jackass posting speculation, although I could see Rita and/or one of the kids getting killed by Trinity and a surviving kid gaining a dark passenger ala the books.

Aaron McGuire

 

[bigdaddy]

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I really hope Trinity isn't killed, he somehow gets away. I hate how "the bad guy" always dies in the finale, bring him back for a few episodes next season.

 

[Joe Washington]

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Here's what I think:

1. Rita or Rita and one of the kids (I'm having a feeling Cody) will get killed. Astor and Baby Harrison survive the bloodbath somehow. Astor is traumatized by what happened.
2. Deb doesn't find out that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher but uncovers one of Dexter's secrets and may even witness him killing someone, probably the Trinity killer. Maybe that's the cliffhanger Season 4 will end with that's been hinted upon.
3. The Trinity killer getting killed may happen before Dexter finds Rita and Cody dead and the Trinity killer's last words could hint at him being by Dexter's home prior to this for a "special visit". Or after Dexter finds Rita and Cody dead, at which point Dexter is pushed over the edge by his grief and exacts his revenge against the Trinity killer.
4. Now the Trinity killer may be the one who kills Rita and Cody or maybe his daughter, the reporter. I can see the reporter doing this out of some twisted love for her father. That is why she killed Lundy which I strongly suspect she had a hand in. I can also see her doing it to make Dexter pay for screwing things up for her father and probably for killing her father.

 

[Joe Washington]

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NEW SPOILERS

• The fourth season finale is well worth the wait—though you might need to invest in a little psychotherapy after it.
• "I hope you have a good time talking to your therapists about it because it's beyond whatever you may think," Jennifer says.
• I have to give a lot of our fans credit. The stuff that they come up with and the guesses that they make on how it's going to end are really impressive, but you just can't top our writers. All the time you put in [episodes] one through 11 watching the show, you'll be glad that you did in 12. Everybody matters in the end. Everybody matters. We all had to be there to shoot the finale.-Jennifer Carpenter
• At the end of every season, collectively, the writers, the producers, the actors, we all sort of cry, "What are we gonna do next year?" And this season it ended and everybody said, "Well, what can't we do next year?" I know the mold is sort of breaking and that's an exciting thing. I think people are kind of getting comfortable sitting in their living rooms with a serial killer, and my hope is to make him more dangerous.-Jennifer Carpenter.
• Question: Darling, you’re viciously ignoring a fabulous show — Dexter! Care to redeem your fabulous self and dish? —Tina. Ausiello: Are you channeling Miss Piggy or Alexis Carrington? Either way, I like it! Re: Dexter, I hear there’s a big breakup coming.
• Michelle in Toronto: I need Dexter scoop—the show is getting ridiculous (in a good way), and it's driving me crazy trying to figure out how it's all going to play out! You and me both, sister! I emailed big boss Clyde Phillips today because, frankly, I couldn't contain myself, and he just so happened to drop this little bomb regarding what will go down in the final two episodes: "It'll blow your head off, it's so stunning!" To which we can only say: WHOA. Dexter is totally gonna use a stun gun! What's next? A Wiffle bat?!
  Kidding. Clearly the juicy choice of wording here is "blow your head off," and we can only assume that someone's noggin is going to go kablooey before Dexter's riveting fourth season comes to an end on Dec. 13.
• What I’ve seen in the finale’s preview in disorganized order that are actually clips from the finale: bits of Dexter and Trinity’s confrontation in the police station, Trinity finds out Dexter’s home address, Dexter looks for Arthur at his home but the mother says he just took off, it seems that one of Trinity's graves at one of his construction sites has been uncovered by the police, the police busts into someone’s home (probably Trinity’s), Trinity violently confronts his son about something, Deb ask Dexter if the name Laura Moser means anything to him, Dexter puts his needle into Trinity’s neck, Dexter is pushed down by men who seem to wearing security guard uniforms in what seems to be a parking lot, someone’s hand holding the same kind of hammer Trinity used on some of his victims (probably Dexter’s hand), Dexter looking through the window surprised, Dexter racing down the street in his car while Harry ask him if he has a plan.
• In the sneak peek clip of the finale, Debra tells Dexter that she found another informant (Laura Moser) and learned that she had two sons, one of them is Dexter. By the way Debra is telling him this; it seems that she thinks Dexter doesn’t know about his connection to Brian Moser and was afraid of telling him, thinking that the impact of such a revelation would crush him emotionally.
• NEW DEXTER 4.12 EPISODE DESCRIPTION: As the noose tightens, Arthur warns Dexter to back off. But Dexter will do anything to stop Trinity from eluding him, even if that means putting himself on the wrong side of the law. Rita acknowledges the rocky relationship she and Dexter share, but reaffirms her support. Batista and LaGuerta face the consequences of their actions. Debra unearths a deeply-hidden truth, but not one she expected to find. And ultimately, Dexter and Arthur find themselves on a collision course, leading them to a confrontation that will change their lives forever.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

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I'm trying to stay spoiler free so I'm not going to read this thread till next Monday (assuming the shock and dismay Sunday nite doesn't kill me).

I think Arthur is going to murder Rita and the final scene will be Dexter being arrested for her murder.

Otherwise, why have a) Matsuka find out that Dexter knows about Rita "cheating" on him (even if he makes it sound like no big deal) and then b) Dexter then goes and punches the guy in the nose?

Sounds to me like an unbalanced, angry husband who is trying and failing to repress his vengeful rage. The cops interview Matsuka and the neighbor and bingo, Dexter looks very suspicious. Add that to the well known fact among cops that the prime suspect when a woman is killed is always the husband or boyfriend, and...

For added fun, perhaps Deb can witness Dexter killing Arthur (this might happen before Dexter knows Arthur killed Rita). Then Deb might assume Dexter knew about the murder, went nuts with grief and killed Arthur as a result.

In that case, she might side with her poor, bereaved brother and simply tell no one about the murder. That makes her complicit in one murder; what happens when she inevitably finds out about all the others?

I suspect it's going to be a very very veeeeerrrry long wait between next Monday and next Sept.

 

[Jax]

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I've decided against reading this thread because I wan to be spoiled free for the finale so sorry if this has already been posted but the promo looks amazing...

Promo 4x12

Dexter best show on TV at the moment .

 

[Captain Shaw]

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There a longer one here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjUUNobMU-s&feature=related

 

[Harvey]

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Otherwise, why have a) Matsuka find out that Dexter knows about Rita "cheating" on him (even if he makes it sound like no big deal) and then b) Dexter then goes and punches the guy in the nose?

It's Masuka, not Matsuka. But your predictions sound about right, although I say that as someone who has only read about this season, not seen it (yet).

 

[bigdaddy]

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I'm really hoping that the season ends with Dexter having to leave and hide, but then what would they do next yera?

 

[Trippy]

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Hmm I wonder if that means Rita will die, I see that could be a game changer

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!




I still can't believe they did that!

 

[bigdaddy]

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Ehh... the ending wasn't that shocking, people for weeks figured (or wanted) it to end the way it did.

 

[Technobuilder]

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It was predictable... which is why I'm surprised they did it.

Honestly I was hoping for an actual reveal of himself to someone he'd have qualms over offing.

 

[ITL]

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Well, we all saw that one coming. What a let down.

 

[Kirkman1987]

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^

predictible, but it was executed. I'm just glad it was done, as season 5 has a lot of potential with this development. It's good to see this series progressing.