No. I loved the first episode of the season, but everything has been going steadily downhill and has now just ended in... whatever the hell that finale was.

The only thing I loved was the Dexter/Debra stuff that went down. Sure, it was a shitty end for Deb, but the emotional stuff that went on was brilliant. I cried like a fucking baby. The actual circumstances were lame and cliche, but the emotional connection Dexter had with Deb really saved it. I think it was, for me, more that these to characters I had loved for 8 years were coming to an end, but I do think the Dexter/Deb stuff was as perfect as it could be given the totally ridiculous corner the season had got itself in.

I was also so pissed off at the lack of Masuka. Seems like a stupid thing to get angry about, given that the show isn't about Masuka, but I can't for the fucking life of me understand why they spent sooooooooo much time with Masuka and his daughter and then literally did NOTHING with it. It was almost like when they spent a hell of a lot of time with Louis and his weird shit, then just killed him and never explained any of it. I dunno, it just really bugged me... And introducing all these new characters and basically have them do nothing of significance. I just can't see point in 99% of the stuff that they did this season and I guess the finale was just the climax of all that half-assed plot. It really sucks because Dexter is one of my favourite shows of all time and I hate being mad at it, but I just feel like they pretty much did everything wrong with this last season and that set the finale up to be a bust.

Sorry for ranting, but jesus fucking christ, it was hard to watch such emotional stuff in such a lame context. The show, the characters and the fans deserved better.

I cried like a baby ...I was so connected with these 2 characters, it was so tragic ...Deb shouldn't have died, Dexter should have got caught .....I wanted a different ending for Dexter , but I guess changing the Writers was a bad decision, they did a piss poor Job at it ....the only scenes I liked just like misanthrope86 said were the Deb/Dexter ones ....so emotional ...I really thought Deb will make it and live to be happy and free of her brother but I guess I was wrong ....
on other news this season sucked big time ....all of it for nothing ....

I have to say, I feel better about what went down now that I've read the producers' intentions. The problem is the story across the whole season has been so half-assed, what they intended didn't come through in the finale. They were way too subtle with some things and way too heavy-handed with others.

It is funny, because way back years ago I predicted that in the end Dexter would kill Deb, but that it would be a merciful death or something he was forced to do not because he had to to protect himself, but rather to protect Deb. I just didn't foresee the actual story surrounding it to be so rushed and limp...

My only complaint about the finale was that Dexter went to be in the mountains and become a mooutnain man. When I first saw the semi and tress, I thought that maybe he was going to get a ride and get out of the country later and go be with Hannah and Harrison. And I'm sad Debra died, but I do like how she died cause I wouldn't wanna be like that so he put her out of her misery.

A lumberjack? Are you freaking kidding me?

I was ready for it to be a bit disappointing, considering the two prior seasons.. 7 being the worst, the introducing of Hannah and Deb's situation with Dexter, Quinn doing next to nothing.... It was just the worst for me... Coming to season 8 after that, I did have my suspicion that it would be half bad... It was ay better than season 7, but it did disappoint to.. The beginning was ok, and also the whole Quinn and Deb was awesome.. Building up there relationship again... and that last "I love you Joe" was just heartbreaking, I must say that all that was the reason for me actually watching this show till the end, Dexter (My favorite character!!) had started to make me ending by then and he's feelings for Hannah didn't make it better.. By season 7 his character was no good anymore...
The ending was sad and I cried a lot, not for Dexter's sake, but for Quinn...
And then the Dexter becoming a lumberjack... It was not a good ending at all... I mean sure, people have mentioned that you know he's dark passenger had died alongside Deb and that t was a reasonable thing, but why did he need to become a F****** lumberjack.. -.- He's way to awesome ...