1) Why would Clayton, a federal marshall, not recognize the city’s most wanted sitting in his own kill chair? Aren’t those guys on top of APBs? That he didn’t kicked off everything from there on, and it all hinged on a most implausible premise.

2) Dexter chooses a very inopportune time and person to decide that he doesn’t need to kill him. Okay, he didn’t need to, but he HAD to; there’s a difference, and one that,  in reality, would not have stopped him, and ultimately didn’t. Like Clayton, it was way too convenient.

3) Why did Vogel and Dexter ever believe that Yates was the brain surgeon when there was absolutely no evidence to support it and he was clearly in the middle of continuing to follow his current m.o. of holding girls, breaking toes, etc.?

4) Why choose the final season to give Masuka some depth and then do it in such a cliche, choppy way?

Nikki: “Hi, I’m your daughter.

Masuka: “Don’t wait tables half naked.”

Nikki: “Okay, DAD! Oops, that just slipped out.”

Masuka: “Don’t do drugs.”

Nikki: “Having this weird dude as my dad is weird awesome!”

Really?

But back to Dex: I understand why we have to feel that the idea of Dexter living with Hannah happily ever after is an illusion, and probably even that it sends a bad message that there is no punishment for his crimes. And I love the idea that to be human is to suffer, something they only touched on, and I wish they had expanded.  I could have lived with the idea that losing Deb was suffering for being human, something he would have to live with for the rest of his life; that would have been enough punishment for me.  But his ultimate punishment notwithstanding, there remains something illogical about his worst consequences resulting from his choice NOT to kill. I guess this makes him feel that no matter what he does, he ruins lives, but for the audience, it makes us feel like somebody like Dexter is NEEDED (Rita was also killed as a result of him NOT killing Trinity) and considering that the writers sent him off to self-imposed exile rather than give him a shred of happiness, that seems like a message they didn’t want to send.

Best moment: Dex, Quinn, and Angel watching the tape of Dexter killing Oliver, and knowing the truth. More thoughtful stuff like that would have made it a much more satisfying ending.

I know I’m late to the game on this, but just had to record my thoughts.