Well, I have to hand it to Jennifer Carpenter. She was right. I didn't see that one coming at all.
I am still in shock! So sad too.

Trinity's pattern fits very well into Dexter's family.... Just a thought. Cody, Deb, Rita, then well Dex...

My stab at the dark is that Trinity will somehow, "Out" Dexter as a serial killer too. Next season will be the Dexter manhunt by his co-workers.

Would it be too much to hope for Debra, Rita & the kids to get butchered (By Dexter or Trinity, I don't care)?

I think Rita will end up having to kill Trinity (in self-defense or in defense of her children or even in defense of Dexter). I do not see Trinity being taped down on Dexter's table and being neatly killed and nicely disposed of in the ocean. Also I think Deb is finally going to learn that the ice truck killer was Dexter's biological brother (though whether she learns that dex knew about it all along is something I am not going to guess at).

Other than Trinity, I don't think any major characters will die. Actually I was thinking Quinn is the only character who is disposable, but now I think Quinn and Deborah will end up hooking up and being together next season. They've become close and they're both good for each other, especially since they both had relationships with murderers.

The real problem is Dexter has done such a good job of framing "Stan the Man" that there's no way Arthur Mitchell will ever end up in trouble with the police. And if he does, Dexter will have some tough questions to answer.

That's indeed really hypey. I'm not really liking the idea of a full on cliffhanger, since Dexter is gone for a full 9 months instead of standard TVs 3 I might forget to tune in (yeah right!)

My guess on the twist is they'll go the way of the books and Deborah will find out Dexter's (more than) a little homicidal.

I was thinking that maybe Carpenter was trying to drop a hint with that therapist line- like maybe Dexter's imagined this entire season or something and is in therapy from his concussion way back from the start of the season, but that's too much of a stretch.

Regardless of the twists, I know I'll love it regardless! Can't freaking wait till Sunday!

1) Bye Bye Rita
2) Bye Bye Debra
3) Bye Bye Batista and LaGuerta
4) Bye Bye Dexter

I'm going to predict that one or more of the above options is going to happen in the finale. And none of the options involves the permanent death of the trinity killer. Dexter and Trinity can play cat and mouse for another season as far as I'm concerned.

If they end this season with a bow and wrapping paper like they have every single previous season I will be disappointed. Dexter needs an old fashion cliffhanger to take us to the next (final?) season!

I'm still hoping the half shredded picture of Dexter's mom plays some sort of role in the finale.