 Dexter season two review Hey, what's up guys, it's Josh here today I want to do a little review on Dexter season two now Dexter was a show that if you had asked me before rewatching I would say that seasons one two and four of Dexter were near perfect They were almost like a full-length show turned into a movie movie quality everything absolutely love this stuff So I watched the first season of Dexter and although I really enjoyed it There was a lot of little aspects about it that weren't really my favorite. I didn't really feel like it hit on all cylinders I felt like it was a little bit slow I found that it would probably be better with 10 episodes instead of 12 But it just wasn't this masterpiece like I remembered and I was wondering I'm like are any of these seasons really gonna seem like The top-level show that I remember and yes, they do starting with this season. So season two I will be getting into spoilers. Just letting you guys know right away There's no real way for me to dive into this season without going into spoilers But I do highly recommend that if you have not seen Dexter go ahead watch season one watch season two at least through season four Because it is that good if you think it sucks come back. Let me know and I'll dive into it here We're gonna be doing some spoilers. So basically Dexter season two is like Dexter on crack in my opinion. It is way more intense. It is way more crazy It is way more dark. It is way more emotional and it is way more entertaining in my opinion than season one The basic premise of season two is Deb is destroyed because she was dating the ice truck killer So she's living with Dexter. Dexter is getting tailed by Sergeant Dokes. I do think we could have had a few more seasons of Dokes We didn't need to open it with him just going gung-ho after Dexter But Dokes is after Dexter so Dexter can't really get away to do any kills That's basically where we're at and then eventually in the first episode they ended up finding Dexter's bodies So now the Bay Harbor butcher is the main person that they're looking for this season, which is Dexter So he's basically pretending we're trying to throw people off his trail because he's actually working on finding himself So let's jump into the pros that I had with this season the pros was the pacing now Again, I want to say that no Dexter up until this point has had perfect pacing for me I think they all every single season would be better with ten episodes, but the pacing was so so enjoyable here I found myself kind of struggling at some point to get through a bunch of episodes of season one and even season three But season two was like I just could not put it down I think I watched four episodes and one sitting right off the bat This thing was just so well-paced and so entertaining and for some reason This was just so rewatchable I don't know if it was because of that entertainment value or because it was so edgy and intense But I was thinking while I was watching this if I wanted to just put one Dexter on and just fly through a season This seems like the season that I would pick again I just started season four so maybe season four will be that season for me But wow do I just absolutely love everything about season two and it's just so rewatchable in my opinion I don't know why but it just it has the least amount of cringy scenes the most Entertainment the more the most just raw emotion and I just love it again. I'm gonna be kind of beating a dead horse with this I'm probably gonna say this in every single Dexter review that I do I think they should have been ten episodes because I absolutely loved Lila but basically Once Dexter actually gets with Lila and then he kind of is like I don't know if I'm filling Lila There's not much interesting things that happen after that. So I mean that happens in episode maybe seven or eight He's kind of over her It would have been nice if if she kind of forced him into like some more sexual encounters later on because it was just the scenes Were so juicy and so just oh my goodness like such great TV It was kind of stupid to see her for like four or five episodes Just literally kind of doing nothing Dexter is over her He's not gonna do anything with her and I feel like the ending wasn't as good But I absolutely loved Lila. I think she's probably the most entertaining character Besides the main characters of the show that and all of Dexter. I just absolutely loved her She was so engaging and gets under your skin. I absolutely loved Lila I also like that Rita was a hair more independent here in the first season She just seems so broken and kind of like destroyed and here She has a lot more for own opinions And it's just she's just easier to watch for me in this season versus season one Dexter being a terrible partner to Rita is just really cringy and it just happens so so so much The fact that he's not with Rita most of this time kind of gets rid of that cringy aspect of oh Dexter is just kind of like a Dumb little man boy and doesn't know how to treat a girl You kind of get rid of that in this season because Rita is kind of off on her own and she's more independent Frank Lundy now, I don't really like love this guy's character for like the actor I don't think he should have been in like every single season of Dexter, but for this season I think that Frank Lundy was a perfect addition to the cast. He adds a bit of maturity He can basically step over anybody if he sees something that's out of line He could call anybody out at any time, but at the same time, he's kind of oddly fair You end up kind of liking him because he's fair. Yeah, he will just raise hell But if you have a legitimate thing, he will actually help you and be behind you I felt like it was a great transition from the ice truck killer to him And I just didn't want this season to end Lundy was a great addition even coming after Dexter He was just a perfect thing to just mix things up for one season and get them out again I wouldn't want to see him in every single season, but I loved him in this one. It's intense. It's emotional It's dark and the last thing I will say about this season that I really really enjoyed was the scenery I love the Miami scenery that kind of makes Dexter even on the worst seasons of Dexter just all the different You know music and scenery they have it really just takes you away To another place like Miami and it is so nice how to throw that in there I'll probably put scenery as a pro in every single season of Dexter because I love it so so much I kind of liked Rita's mom for this season She wasn't in here the whole time, but she served a good purpose. She's kind of narcissistic You kind of see why Rita is so kind of destroyed because her mom doesn't help her like at all her mom's all about herself Her mom's kind of bearing her and her past relationships and it kind of gives her a story arc something to handle Something to come get over with and now she's a stronger person to go back with Dexter at the end I thought it was a pretty good again I wouldn't want to see her in a bunch of seasons, but for half the season I thought she was good Okay, my mixed aspects I only have one and this is ruining the Harry and Laura kind of story in the original Dexter Harry was the first point on the scene Harry saw Dexter and was just felt so bad that Dexter was in a pool of blood that He adopted him and that was a very wholesome very nice story here They take that initial narrative and they just twist the shit out of it Harry kills himself because he's so disgusted by Dexter which was like wow That's that's like the real big curveball and then he makes it so Harry gets with Dexter's biological mom and I'm like, okay, this is getting a little drama heavy That's getting a little crazy and then they make it so like his mom got killed because she was with Harry So they just really twist the entire narrative of the first season and they just make it almost Unrecognizable and the reason I put this in the mix is because it was kind of annoying seeing Harry in every single episode of season one It was almost literally like every episode of season one needs a flashback with Harry and Dexter And I like the flashbacks with Harry and Dexter, but when it's in every single episode it just felt a little forced So by destroying the Harry and Laura kind of story It takes away from that episode to episode think about Harry and kind of makes him more sporadic and more Situational instead of every single episode so I kind of like that They they put Harry kind of in the back burner But at the same time the way that they did it with the story was just kind of crazy And then the cons and I really don't have too many cons with this one But the main one and it's a little bit hard to describe is that this is really unlike What you think of when you think of Dexter like when I think of Dexter I think of he's in control most of the season. He's kind of out of control most of the season He's flustered in the beginning because he needs to kill and then he like can't kill the guy And then he's kind of like taken over by Lila and then at the very end He's kind of himself and then you think of okay Deb lives on her own But no Deb lives with Dexter Dexter has kills every episode not really here He starts off being afraid to kill somebody then he gets good at killing then he gets with Lila and Lila gets Them to stop killing and then he kills like who he needs to at the end to make the season all work out So there's not really a killer of the week. It was just very unlike typical Dexter Like you think of Harry is the voice of reason Harry's just a dick this season like Harry's like almost the reason for all of Dexter's Problems this season. So everything I think of when I think of Dexter was flipped upside down with this season And in season 3 they bring it much more back to like a more light Dexter. He's by himself He's on good terms with Rita. That's another thing He's on bad terms with Rita the entire time with this one, which is unlike Dexter you think of most of time He's on good terms with Rita not here So they just flip everything that you think about of Dexter upside down But the same time it was so freakin entertaining that I didn't really remind it as much another con that I have was killing Dokes so soon man. Dokes is such an entertaining character Freakin love Dokes and it's like, okay You have to kill him at least kill him at the end of three or four like he's such a great character Like give me a few more seasons with him, you know It's almost like we had that first season and then this season He's kind of like all over Dexter and then he's kind of like this loose cannon this season So you don't even get full Dokes in my opinion So I hated that they killed Dokes so soon because I loved his character And he was just part of that Miami Metro vibe for me a hundred percent Although I do like Quinn in future episodes and future seasons. He's just not as good as Dokes. I'm sorry Okay, the pacing at the beginning and the end now I'm probably gonna say this with every single season of Dexter because when I thought of Dexter I thought it was either eight or ten episodes and they're all 12 and in my opinion That's just a little too much for the story that they're trying to tell and I felt at the beginning and the end of This season was actually pretty slow now from my understanding from rewashing the Dexters The first two episodes are really slow and almost every single Dexter They don't really kind of start picking up to at least episode three So the first two episodes I felt were a little slow in this Dexter a little bit of Cringy he's failing. He doesn't know how to kill kind of hard to watch And then I felt like the last two episodes or the last couple episodes were just really really slow I think he gets Dokes trapped in like episode eight and then he's done like Flirting and having sex with Lila around episodes seven or eight. So it's like you get four episodes of like Kind of nothing because he's not getting with Lila So we're just basically waiting till he finishes her off and then Dokes He's trapped in a I mean the very last episode lots of stuff happened at once There was almost too much happening at once, but I felt like it slowed way down by the end I would say the middle of this season was perfect. So I felt like it was a little bit slow in the beginning in the end But this is probably the best pace Dexter. I'm on season four and already it's really really slow I'm not gonna lie. So anyways guys season two of Dexter might be my favorite personal season And I like that it's not so popular and you know people's favorites people usually like season four of Dexter the best And I absolutely really really like this one. It's been a long time since I revisited I don't know if I've seen it twice before this or only once I for sure seen it, but it was Fantastic to revisit it. I loved it and I definitely recommend checking out Dexter one two and four So anyways guys run the road to 50,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without any of you guys help you guys are the best I'm having a great day out here. Hopefully I've been a great day at home. See you on the next video. Peace