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This was the turning point for most viewers. Dexter killing Logan, an innocent "good man," felt like a betrayal of the Code of Harry. While Dexter has killed innocents before to protect himself (like LaGuerta), the desperation here felt like a shortcut to make the audience turn against him so they would accept his eventual death. The Final Confrontation: Harrison’s Choice

In the original series, Dexter used Etorphine (M99). In New Blood , the writers switched this to Ketamine so that Angela Bishop could link Dexter to the Bay Harbor Butcher via a Google search. This felt like a "cracked" piece of writing to many—a convenient continuity error used to force a conclusion. finale dexter new blood cracked

To understand why the New Blood finale hit so hard, we have to look back at the original series finale in 2013. "Remember the Monsters?" was notoriously loathed, ending with Dexter Morgan faking his death and becoming a lumberjack in Oregon. This was the turning point for most viewers

Felt that the journey was more important than the destination. They felt cheated by the "Ketamine" plot device and the sudden shift in Dexter’s intelligence. The Legacy of New Blood The Final Confrontation: Harrison’s Choice In the original