"You make both a valid point and an invalid point. Dexter is a killer and is not seen as evil but it has nothing to do with the fact that he is male. His killing is deemed acceptable by the viewers because it is supposed to. He is the focal point and has a set of morals. He is the "Hero" of the show. He punishes the "wicked" and we know about him and his child hood and his life and it is all set up for us to not only accept Dexter but to embrace him. Though they are twisted, he still has some.

Lila is a different story. She is not seen as evil because she is female. She is deemed "Bad" because of what she does and how she does it. Dexter wouldn't have put the lives of the children in danger just for revenge. He wouldn't have framed a good and innocent man just to get back at someone. Lila did all this and more. Though they both do "bad" things, Dexter's are, in the end, the lesser of 2 evils.

Most people, if given a choice, would rather a known murderer be killed than choosing to burn 2 innocent children. See the point. She was vindictive and spiteful. Dexter was not. He did kill but what he did. who he killed and the manner in which his victims were chosen and executed would be the more socially acceptable of the 2 killers.

So, climb down from your soap box. Not everything is sexist. Sometimes women play the villain. Season 1 was a man, season 2 was a woman. Where I come from, we call the equality. Besides, it is sexist to think that women shouldn't be the bad guy. They are capable of the same atrocities that men are. I am glad she was the villain and I am glad Dexter offed her. Personally, I wish he had been able to do it up in the way he enjoys. She got off light. :)

-Boom"

"You have no idea how long I have been saying that, actually I have been a Lila supporter since she was first showed on Dexter and I am still hoping to this day that the whole Finale was just one big dream sequance...hey I can dream can't I? anyways I have been such a big Lila supporter that on many posts I got flamed, insulted, and kicked from the main SHOtime forums for Dexter...all because I supported Lila...people just insulted me left and right and they started to call me all sorts of meanfull names...so I insulted back of course, I don't sit back and take those things, and what happens? they ban me from the forums not the people who started it initially, but me...it seems as if nobody likes Lila even though I have made many justifications for this, but don't think your the only one who loves Lila, because there are a great deal of people who loved her character much more than Rita, and I am one of them, but of course on this Wiki most people seemed t be obsessed with the whole Deb + Lundy relationship, so I haven't got insulted or dissed for likeing Lila yet, which is nice, but anyways it was most obvious that Lila and Dexter are ment to be together, and truth is they should be, so many reasons but yet I have typed them so many times before and people just insulted me and that really hurts too see somebody like me who enjoys a character so much, then too see another person say soo much bad things about her for the worst reasons, and its actually quite simple to see why they hate her now, people who dislike Lila are the people with dull boring lifes filled with no adventure, and do everything in life like they are told, in other words they are sheep, but unlike them I am the Sheperd, the Sheperd of all their Souls."

"I was such a fan of Dexter- but was very upset about Lila. I guess I am like the only person who actually loved the character Lila- she was his soul mate . People are quick to judge her, forgetting that they admire a serial killer (oh that's right he is a "good" serial killer"-lol) please- I like the show, but if it is cool with everyone for Dex to kill-why such the hatred of Lila? Is it because she is not making excuses for her true nature? I guess it is cool to be a killer only if you are a dude? He was going to do Doakes himself ,so that was a lame excuse to kill her. That was a great Gothic love story and I think a huge mistake to kill off that character. Rita is boring. "

"Does anyone think he could kill off Rita if she was a source of trouble- like finding out about him etc...? "

"A couple thoughts on Lila ...

1. whoever the actress is behind the character is fabulous;
2. the Lila character was just over the top wonderful -- and charmingly evil;
3. I, too, will miss her ... most of all for that wonderful purring way she said "Dexxxxttter ..."
4. I've pitched the idea in two other threads that I'm not convinced she is dead ... I suspect a "dream" based on Dexter's desire to clean things up ... why?
a. different lighting ... half the show is shot in the dark, but this had a film-noir quality that was a different production dynamic;
b. the obvious reasons -- how did he find her so quick? how did he leave the country and return without his absence getting discussed and queried by Deb and others?
c. Dexter is coming back in season 3 and what better foil and danger element than that of someone who knows his secret ... and who is literally "a woman scorned" ... wow, that could be scorching -- no pun intended.
5. I personally adore Rita, too ... I see nothing mutually exclusive in loving both of them ... good girl / bad girl internal dilemma and dialog !!!
6. I wouldn't get too upset over the prevailing emotions toward her ..."

"I wont miss lila but I will definately miss doakes. I wish that he would some how come back. I would like to know if they ever proved if that was his body or not that was found, because thats how bad I love doakes and want him back. He is soooo handsome."