She was his mentor, she thought she knew dexter s secret, she bacame irritating and dangerous and she was killed by dexter, in the finale of the second season. Rita s estranged mother visits and senses something is wrong with dexter. But now, with wife and kids in tow, dexter s got more to lose then ever, as he gets drawn into a deadly. Wow, i knew last nights season finale of dexter was controversial, but i didnt know it was going to be this controversial. It may be that everyone believes that dexter has snapped. Maintaining an averageguy facade while satisfying his need to kill has never been easy. By season 2 dexter s relationship with rita is thrown into turmoil with the reappearance of her drugaddict husband and a passionate romance with lila, an artist, tormented with her own demons, who is determined to have dexter as her soulmate, but who keeps threatening rita and the kids. In season 4 finale, trinity found dexter address, but went to his old flat and found that debs living there. In addition to smits, dexter s third season introduces two. Americas favorite serial killer, dexter morgan, for. Dexter and arthur are on a collision course, while debra unearths a shocking, longhidden truth, and rita admits her marriage to dexter is troubled. The season 4 finale of dexter delivered a few jawdropping jolts and one shocking death.
Rita urges dexter to join a treatment program for addicts. In season 4 we see a new side to dexter newly married to rita they have a son whom is named harrison, so dexter is now a father to three and is trying to keep his new ever needy wife happy, whilst taking out the bad. Rita became dexter s wife after fours seasons and she was killed by trinity in the season 4 finale. You have your demons, i accept that, said rita to dexter. On may 27, 2009, showtime announced that john lithgow would guest star in all 12 episodes as. Dexter and arthur find themselves on a collision course, as debra unearths a shocking longhidden truth, rita admits her marriage to dexter is troubled, and batista and laguerta face the consequences of an ethics breach. The cast of dexter discusses ritas death in season 4. Dexter is an american crime drama mystery television series that aired on showtime from october 1, 2006, to september 22, 20.
Dexter season 4 final scene dexter gets trinity duration. Dexter tries to sabotage his departments investigation into his killings and hooks up with an obsessed pyromaniac. Set in miami, the series centers on dexter morgan michael c. Dexter came home after killing the bathtub killer and found rita dead in the tub. Hopefully, with executive producer clyde phillips stepping in, it will help answer. I get that the main storyline is great and one of the best of the series, but the subplots are just as bad as weaker seasons of dexter. Born in blood, both of us, in dexter s voiceover phrase, and rita murdered in the bathtub. In the fourth season opener, rita and dexter are living happily together in a suburban neighborhood with astor, cody, and new baby harrison. Rita morgan, dexter most shocking character deaths. In the absolute shock season 4 finale, we see rita bled out in a bathtub at the hands of the trinity. A sub reddit for the fans and critics of the show dexter. The messes are piling up, ghostharry warned dexter in sunday nights season four finale. Hall, julie benz, jennifer carpenter, desmond harrington.
Season 4 rita just made me want to slap the out of her. Is there any indication in the show or that the show runners have hinted at, that rita is told dexter. With imminent danger on the horizon, dexter makes one last bid to eliminate arthur from his wife, dodging all the bullet. Dexter season 4 episode 3, blinded by the light showtime. Its been a full season and then some, since we witnessed rita s bloodbathending in the season 4 finale of dexter, and the subsequent departure of julie benz from dexter.
The shows writers convened during february and march 2009 to brainstorm ideas for the fourth season, and filming was scheduled to begin in june 2009. Dexter season finale ends with murder of his wife, rita. Dexter, season 4 2009 dexter, season 7 2012 dexter, season 6 2011 top drama shows see all. For me this is the best season of dexter yet, having seen 16 simply outstanding, television doesnt get much better than this. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of all. In the meantime, rita discovers that she is pregnant, and debra investigates the murders of a new serial killer, called the skinner, hoping to gain a promotion to detective. Hall, a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis for the fictional miami metro police department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer. Ive just finished watching the getaway, dexter s season 4 finale. Dexter has been spending a lot of time away from the house this season, and even if hes never going to turn into someone like arthur with rita and the kids, even just keeping up the facade of being a normal family man is going to be something that gets in. Julie benz reveals her feelings about being written out of the show and the effect it had on her.
Im so fucking mad right now i could hunt down those dexter writers and shove their heads into the bloody bathtub they had rita lying in at the end of season 4. On october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth season of dexter, each consisting of 12 episodes. Watch dexter episodes online season 4 2009 tv guide. Rita and the children take an outoftown trip, leaving dexter behind for some longoverdue rest and relaxation, which he. Dexter discovers that mitchells happy home life is a sham, and his wife and children are actually terrified of the mentally and emotionally unstable mitchell. Julie benz speaks out about her gruesome exit from dexter. Julie benz has that rare ability to dissolve completely into a role. The halloween hummer when dexter first debuted back in 2006, the character was very much closed off emotionally and. Summary of season 4 2009 4 discs miami forensics specialist dexter morgan has been so successful at keeping his secret life as a serial killer under wraps that no one not even his newly minted wife, rita knows about his extracurricular activities. Masuka thinks hes developed a lead in the bay harbor butcher case, which has dexter. Hall, until the season 4 finale, when she was murdered by the trinity killer john lithgow. Rita soon noticed a pattern of lies by dexter, including lying about the concussion he suffered in a car accident, how serious the accident was, and the fact that he kept his old apartment. In remains to be seen dexter is in a terrible car accident, and rita demands that he give her his keys so that she can drive him. Dexter season 4 on october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth season of dexter, each consisting of 12 episodes.
In the season five premiere, dexter reels from rita s murder and makes a choice that will affect everyones lives. When dexter returned home at the end of the season 4 finale to gather his things and meet rita on their honeymoon, he called her cellphone and heard it ringing from within the house. Quinn stirs up trouble by suggesting that rita s death doesnt fit trinitys profile. Dexter season 4 on october 21, 2008, showtime commissioned a fourth and fifth. Because they needed a new plot point and the rita love story was getting a bit stale. Why would anyone think that rita s death began to feel inevitable as the story evolvedx. Like she doesnt work but she has to bother dexter while hes at work to put the baby to bed. Alright, that being said, the hype for this episode was huge, and i dont need to hear from the network about the drastic ratings increase leading up to. To make matters worse this all happened in front of harrison, w.
Dexter has become a family man with wife rita and a new baby boy, and must work harder than ever to conceal his murderous urges. Anyone else think rita suddenly got much hotter in season. A something crazy is going to happen and b we have no idea what that crazy thing is. Hall mishandles crucial evidence in a case, deb jennifer carpenter takes the blame for an unforeseen event, and rita julie benz discovers one of dexters. The dexter season 4 finale is still the best finale of alltime. Arthur mitchell aka trinity kills rita at the end of season 4. In this season, dexter kills a man in selfdefense and initiates a friendship with the mans brother, assistant district attorney miguel prado jimmy smits. Rita s estranged mother jobeth williams visits and senses something is wrong with dexter. Masuka thinks hes developed a lead in the bay harbor butcher case, which has dexter c. Dexter discovers a potential mentor when he learns the blandly domestic identity of the trinity killer, the latest serial murderer plaguing miami, but his attempts to curb trinitys macabre cycles of slaughter have shocking, tragic results. The showtime original series dexter is back with an allnew season, and this time americas favorite serial killer has gone from freewheeling bachelor to responsible husband and doting dad. Discussion of the show, pictures from the show and anything else dexter related. Dexter rita morgans last moments of season 4 youtube.
But, theres nothing showed on how he found where dexrita lives. Arthurtrinity is gone forever and in the time rita was killed dexter cannot explain his whereabouts. Arthur had already found out everything about dexter at the time he killed rita. Benz played rita bennett, the wife of serial killer dexter morgan michael c. It may have been disappointing to the rita fans, but most other fans were getting bored with how much she stifled his activities.
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