I just sat down to binge watch Dexter for the first time. OMG, Carpenter is so strange and annoying. It's mainly the way
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mistashock-74762 — 9 years ago(April 29, 2016 05:35 AM)
I totally agree! Her acting is horrible, she is either cursing or crying/laughing (I can't tell the difference) Maybe you should do what I used to do, watch the show with the remote in your hand and fast forward through her parts. I guarantee you won't miss anything interesting and it's a much better show. (I ended up loading a few episodes and editing them)It's worth it because other than Deb it's a great show!!! (At least the first few seasons)
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SteveH2002 — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 06:55 PM)
watch the show with the remote in your hand and fast forward through her parts.
I do the same thing, watching the series again after however long it's been since it went off the air. I'm sure she was giving the series what it wanted but I found it very hard to believe that someone so out of control of their emotions could be a police detective. I'm pretty sure the show's producers like the contrast - Dexter buries his emotions, Deb is a walking nerve end. Hard to accept someone rising through the ranks like that who has no freaking clue her brother is a serial killer. It may have worked in the books (wouldn't know, haven't read them) but not so much for me in the series. -
RobScott_13 — 9 years ago(May 04, 2016 11:07 PM)
I agree 100%!! I really liked the show Dexter but Jennifer Carpenter is a terrible actress! I've also come to like the show Limitless & she's ruining that show for me too. I could live with a talented actress who isn't attractive or an attractive actress who can't act Jennifer Carpenter is neither! She's a terrible actress who is incredibly unattractive!
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thedarkinside — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 10:36 AM)
I haven't formed a complete opinion yet (only halfway through Season 1), but I completely bought her nervousness and hesitations as she was grasping for confidence. I actually felt embarrassed with her on a couple occasions. This is my first exposure to her and as of right now, I'd have to disagree about her talent. That may change as the binge goes on though.
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mccaygirl — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 01:39 PM)
Debs got on my nerves severely. By the end of the series, I wanted to shoot her myself. I realize that she and Dexter had a strange brother sister relationship but she so much played the jealous girlfriend when it came to Hannah's character. It seemed pathetic and misplaced.
To be a hetero, she sure talked and acted more like a guy. What guys see in her I definitely fail to see. Maybe she played the character to the letter and was a great actor, I don't know. So, maybe it's just her character that I don't like. I don't see the attraction to her whatsoever. She's way too emotional to be a subjective policewoman in authority. Maybe bipolar, she's always crying, bitching or cursing. Doesn't seem stable at all.