John Goldwyn, the producer on the hit serial killer drama Dexter has defended season four’s finale in which…SPOILER ALERT LOOK AWAY NOW…Dexter’s wife Rita was killed by The Trinity Killer and left to bleed out in the bath tub while Dexter’s baby son sat on the floor crying.

In an interview with Zap2It Goldwyn explained the reasons for killing off Rita (Julie Benz)…

“I think that what we hope [season five] will prove is that it’s time to move Dexter into a new universe. That the theme of domestic life had built into it certain boundaries and it became in a sense its own prison. We wanted to be sure, as we do every season, that we take Dexter somewhere new so he can discover new facets of humanity. It just felt that in that environment [of domesticity] he couldn’t. That relationship felt it went as far as it could. [Fans] were disappointed but we hope they’ll understand as the [new] season unfolds. We were very sorry to lose Julie Benz.”

You can catch the fifth season of Dexter on Sundays at 9pm on Showtime.

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