âDexterâ Creator James Manos Jr. Admits Series Ending Was âHorrible,â Plans To Bring Show Back For One Final Season
It can sometimes be hard to admit when a mistake is made. It can be doubly difficult when the mistake costs millions to produce and leaves a following of fans unsatisfied and despondent. That is why James Manos Jrâs admission that he could have done better with the seriesâ ending was such a breath of fresh air to Dexter fans.âQuite frankly, we screwed up. It was horrible, and weâre ready to make it right with a true final seasonâ said Manos Jr.The Dexter series pulled in millions of fans to its twisted storyline of a serial killer tied to a bizarre moral code. Throughout eight seasons, the show wowed audiences while keeping them guessing at every turn. Unfortunately, the final episode undid all the positive motion that the previous seasons had built. A ruined climax and a rather uninspired ending left many crying foul and wanting a redo. Now, unhappy fans will finally get their wish.âTo be honest, the ending was simply thrown together because we ran out of time,â said Manos Jr. âWe were all dealing with a big bout of writerâs block by the end of the showâs run. We heard that Breaking Bad was putting Walter White in the Northwest forests. We thought it would be great to put our murderer there as well. Can you imagine? A forest battle between Walter White and Dexter Morgan? We thought it was going to be brilliant.âUnfortunately for Manos, the AMC series turned away from its original concept and killed off Walter White in the final episode, leaving Dexter in the woods alone.âWithout warning, their ending was totally different. We were left hanging there with our murderer out in the forest with no antagonist. But it was too late to save the finale since ours was a week prior to their own. They screwed us, and in turn, we screwed the fans. So now weâve simply got to do a true final season.âManos Jr. Stated the ninth season could begin as early as 2016. Fans are already starting the gossip mill on who will be the antagonist, with many clamoring for Jesse Ventura.âAt the very least, even if we screwed up again, I can promise this,â said Manos Jr. âwe will definitelyÂ notÂ just cut to black in the middle of a conversation. Sorry,Â Sopranos.Â Youâre alone in that boat.â