The series finale of the original Dexter television series aired in 2013. The eighth and final season concluded on September 22, 2013, with the episode “Remember the Monsters?” on Showtime.
That finale followed Dexter Morgan as he attempted to leave Miami and build a new life after the season’s conflicts involving Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Daniel Vogel, and his sister Debra. The episode originally served as the ending of the show’s first eight-season run, which had begun in 2006. Its conclusion became one of the most discussed endings in modern television because it left Dexter’s fate and identity in a deliberately bleak, divisive state.
The year can be confused with 2012 because season 7 aired that year and ended in December. It can also be confused with 2014 because the finale’s aftermath, critical debate, and later home-media discussion continued long after broadcast. The franchise eventually returned with Dexter: New Blood in 2021, but that later continuation does not change the original finale’s air date.