Oh that's a good one. It's one of the most depressing shows I've seen - and not sad depressing but enraging depressing.
Oddly enough, that is the only thing that makes the show somewhat realistic - everyone is a shit person and everyone's life is shit and going to be and stay shit.
Agreed, when I rewatch Dexter I always stop after season 4. It doesn’t get better than the Trinity killer storyline. That might be one of the best single seasons of television ever. And it’s crazy how bad that show got by the end… talk about going from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows! Although even at its worst the show still managed to be better than the books.
But if we’re talking pop culture stuff, it’s any reality show. Real housewives, real world, big brother, survivor, etc. can just die in a fire immediately.