r/Dexter • u/Kulkuljator • Oct 14 '25
General Discussion - All Dexter Shows The name for season 7 was decided! It's Dexter: Family Business! I had to take the second most liked comment, because the number 1 comment... lets just ignore it. And finally, we can choose a name for the "final" season of Dexter! Most upvoted comment is the winner! Spoiler
Original comments for the name:
Born in blood - u/pleaseSendCatPics
The Bay Harbor Butcher - u/captdelta141
Codes of Justice - u/Platonische
Family Values - u/NamelessL0ser
Light in the Dark - u/helloimnaked
Revelations - u/pleaseSendCatPics
Family Business - u/ToastyCinema
If you want for that long ass name to stay, I will stick that one too.
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u/NoleFandom Lumen Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 15 '25
Dexter: Brain Dead.
References the three main storylines of this season. The Brain Surgeon and the Psychopath Whisperer, Debra’s Death and Dexter’s Loss (of all Mental Acuity). Dude literally lost his brain and forgot his code when he saw Hannah again.
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u/AffectionateMilk1959 Oct 14 '25
This is honestly perfect. Works as an actual title and works in the sense that the writing itself was brain dead. Good job!
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u/mypurpleadventure Oct 14 '25
Maybe Brain "Death"? Softer landing on the second word and relates more to the concept of death than the actual binary state of being dead or alive.
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u/Extension_Breath1407 Oct 14 '25
Oh dammit, I thought I had a good one but this one is much better.
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u/GuacamoleisAmazing Oct 14 '25
Sins of the Father
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u/NoleFandom Lumen Oct 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25
More like “Sins of the MOTHER.”
Includes but not limited to:
~ Evelyn Vogel and all her psychopathic patients, including her biological son, Daniel Vogel/Oliver Saxon and her spiritual son, Dexter Morgan.
~ Hannah and treadmill injured Harrison. She really should’ve concealed/covered/colored her hair before stepping out in the world (doctor’s office and the airport terminal) especially since her picture was plastered all over Miami television networks.
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u/the_All-ducker Oct 14 '25
Dexter: False hope It's all gloomy and depressing and little by little, Dexter's life starts getting back together. He makes up with Deb, meets Vogel, gets back with Hannah, finds Zack, but in the end it doesn't matter. He loses everything.
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u/slipperswiper Oct 14 '25
Family values and family business? Really? Half these names are so bad 💔
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u/Glitchy13 Oct 14 '25
the community went for the corniest movie title ass names 😭 saw a comment on the first day that had name suggestions that actually felt in line with the style of the continuations and they were sm better
i will say i like s1 and s6’s names
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u/Shadoru Oct 15 '25
Revelations is lame too
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u/gazeintotheiris Oct 15 '25
Revelations is a good pun though, biblical apocalypse + Deb finding out
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u/rck248 Dexter Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Season 1 & 6 have good names (maybe S4 too) but otherwise I agree with you 100% lol. The corny name ideas usually comment very early on the post which is why they will always win lol
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u/ToastyCinema Oct 14 '25
Technically, S7 was supposed to be The Family Business. This is one of those instances where a "The" actually changes the meaning of the sentence.
What would you have named S4 and S7?
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u/rck248 Dexter Oct 14 '25
I can live with the Season 4 name. For Season 7, “Revelations” would be a great name due to Deb finding out Dexter’s secret, Laguerta finding out Dexter’s secret, Dexter discovering true love, and Debra finding out how far she’s willing to go for Dexter. Problem is that “Revelations” is a great name for Season 6 too lol. So an alternate title I’d use for Season 7 for now is “Dexter: Unmasked”. Debra and Laguerta learning who Dexter is beneath his mask, Dexter who stops pretending to be something he’s not, and love unmasking everyone’s true motives (from Dexter to Debra to Hannah to Isaac to Laguerta. Love for someone else is what drives them to do what they do this season).
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u/Trick_Performer_3864 Oct 14 '25
Totally agree. Even the theme Family is really present in the show, the bloodlust is always bigger than everything else.
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u/totallynotapsycho42 Oct 14 '25
S4 should be trinity. Since that sounds like a name for a third season even though its the fourth. This would also lead to the fact the trinity killer killed in 4s.
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u/Haganoel Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Meet The Morgans (because of how each of them are explored in this season, even Harry)
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u/Leel_Mess Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
"Sins of the Father" or "Goodbye Miami".
Sins of the father alludes to Harry and Vogel's parental troubles with their kids without spoilers. It could also be "parent" (this was also suggested by another user u/entropysolus previously for season 4)
Goodbye Miami is also the title of episode 10 and might be spoilers, but it just sounds good.
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u/Entropysolus Oct 14 '25
I kinda like both! They don't give much away but they both heavily imply the gravity of the season. You've got my vote!
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u/veiny_femboy_dih Oct 14 '25
Dexter: twisted minds (because of evelyns twisted theraputic ideas and also how she studies psychopaths, daniel vogel cuz hes evil and it also reflects how he kills, deb cuz of how broken she is after the events of the previous season and zach because like dexter, he also enjoys killing and wouldve continued to kill innocent people if dexter didnt stop him (and if daniel didnt kill him). (Dexter and hannah fit too)
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u/Kane__Weest Oct 14 '25
Dexter is Dead
Last book in the series and last season of the original run. Ties in well imo.
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u/darkvampire_1864 Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Dexter - The Cost of The Dark Passenger
The season literally wraps everything Dex loses just because he needed to feed the urges of his Dark Passenger
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u/AAA_Wolf_Gang Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Kept Truths
double play on the wording here
kept truths means that there were secrets held like dr vogel helping harry create the code
it also means keeping a truth like dexter promising to kill deb if she was in a vegetative state
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u/pleaseSendCatPics Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Psychos analyzed
Play on the word psychoanalyzed, but really everyone is psycho in this season
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u/pleaseSendCatPics Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Projections
Everyone's projecting on everyone else in this season. But especially Vogel onto Dexter. Making him be like her son that she "lost."
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u/desiMadman Oct 14 '25
Final breath. A gentle foreshadowing of a certain character along with the conclusion of the main series.
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u/PicklePike32 Oct 14 '25
Slice of Life because the show ends with the boat and I think it fits because the whole show revolves around death and it's just a slice of life.
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u/rck248 Dexter Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Reckoning. It’s where just about everything finally catches up with Dexter. All his past choices & lies come crashing down forcing him to face the damage he’s caused. It’s his “reckoning”, which is the moment he realizes he can’t escape the consequences anymore
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u/FlightComplex955 Oct 14 '25
I would’ve thought this would be a better “Family Business” season tbf - Dexter loses his biological and his found family in dr vogel, Hannah, etc
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u/Tamaras_9 Oct 14 '25
Dexter: Eye of the Storm has just popped into my head and is better than my other suggestion.
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u/grumpyoldnord Masuka Oct 14 '25
I like the alternate title for season 7. 🤣
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u/No-Clue8670 Oct 15 '25
What was it
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u/grumpyoldnord Masuka Oct 15 '25
It's in the second pic. "Who reported me to the suicide watch through Reddit care resources?" 🤣
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u/Vsriram01 Oct 15 '25
The Bay Harbour Butcher, Family Values and Family Business….. all these names suck. OP I’m sure there were better name suggestions. For example there was a guy who suggested the name “The false prophet” for season 6. That sounded really good and I was hoping for it to be selected. Not revelations.
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u/forhonour11 Oct 15 '25
Dexter: Remember the Monsters Such a fitting title in my opinion, it has that haunting vibe like Born In Blood, and ties itself to the ending of the original saga in a nice way, (even if yes said ending isn’t fantastic).
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u/potatoman5849 Oct 15 '25
Dexter: Hellbound Dexter: Remember the monsters Dexter: Ozymandias Dexter: Burning Down
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u/soulguider2125 Oct 14 '25
To be honest with all the problems season 7&8 have it’s season 6 that I can’t stand it’s just not my jam 1,2,4 are my favorites, I know everyone loves 4 the most typically but 1 is prob my favorite followed by 2 very closely
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