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"It&amp;apos;s her panel, and she can cry if she wants to. Jennifer Carpenter got a little emotional at the PaleyFest Dexter Fall Farewell event sponsored by Samsung Smart TV on Thursday, Sept. 12 -- and not just because the Showtime drama is nearing its much-anticipated conclusion after eight seasons and seven years on the air. The actress, 33, teared up onstage when asked about what it was like to work with ex-husband and series star Michael C. Hall following their December 2011 divorce.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Our marriage didn&amp;apos;t look like anyone else&amp;apos;s, and our divorce didn&amp;apos;t either, so...I said it before, just because the marriage ended doesn&amp;apos;t mean the love did,&amp;quot; Carpenter replied, her voice breaking. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m crying. It&amp;apos;s an awkward thing to talk about your personal life in front of a bunch of strangers, but there&amp;apos;s nothing but love and respect [between us]. Nothing.&amp;quot;\r\nHall, for his part, said it was &amp;quot;gratifying&amp;quot; to be able to continue his professional relationship with his ex. &amp;quot;I would say the fact that Jennifer and I worked through whatever was going on with us personally the way we did and maintained telling the story was never in question,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It was always what we needed or wanted to do.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThat said, the potential for awkward situations is high. At one point during the panel, the moderator prompted the cast to play &amp;quot;Kiss, Marry, Kill&amp;quot; -- an idea that Carpenter did not take well to. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t want to play,&amp;quot; she demurred, laughing. &amp;quot;No, seriously.&amp;quot; Then, when the host asked Hall if he&amp;apos;d kiss, marry, or kill Carpenter&amp;apos;s character Deb, she interrupted with, &amp;quot;You understand why this is loaded, don&amp;apos;t you?&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTheir relationship aside, both stars said they felt good about where the show had ended up. &amp;quot;Ninety-six episodes in, I felt like we were all called upon to invest ourselves to bring it home,&amp;quot; Hall said of shooting the final episode. &amp;quot;There were so many lasts...It was a bittersweet perpetual going-away party. It was the feeling when you read a great book, and you read the last page, and there&amp;apos;s something hovering in the air. It was that times 100. It was beyond anything we could probably articulate then -- or now, apparently.&amp;quot;\r\nAdded his ex: &amp;quot;Am I satisfied with how it ended? Absolutely. We built a beautiful, confusing, conflicting structure...The only reason I&amp;apos;m okay walking away is that the finale felt right.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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