Dexter’s Jennifer Carpenter reveals details about the finale

We left last night’s Dexter episode salivating for details on the finale. And while  Showtime’s trailer made it clear that the Season 5 ending is gonna be amazing, it’s E!’s Watch With Kristin that really delivered the goods.

Check out this interview with Jennifer Carpenter about the finale and her role in it as Deb Morgan:

Asked how good the finale will be, Carpenter said nothing fans imagine can top the work of Dexter’s writers: “All the time you put in [episodes] one through 11 watching the show, you’ll be glad that you did in 12. Everybody matters in the end. Everybody matters. We all had to be there to shoot the finale.”

The finale leaves Dexter wide open for Season 5, she said: “I know the mold is sort of breaking and that’s an exciting thing. I think people are kind of getting comfortable sitting in their living rooms with a serial killer, and my hope is to make him more dangerous.”

As Deb gets closer to learning about Laura Moser, Carpenter wouldn’t say if she connects the dots this season: “I feel like a lot of viewers are waiting for the big payoff, the big reveal when Deb finds out, but I think it will be more exciting and feel more dangerous if the blanket’s not just ripped off the secret, if it’s slowly discovered. So I guess we’ll all get there someday.”
And what about that other secret Dex has been hiding? Will Deb eventually learn that her brother’s a serial killer? “I’m ready to go in any direction that they tell me to move, but I don’t think you can tease an audience the way we have about her getting close to it without giving them the payoff, whatever it is.”

Tune in Sunday night for the Season 4 finale!

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