Complex sentence: After the finale aired, overall reaction to season 8 was negative, as critics criticized that the writers decided to make it like a normal season instead of a special season with Dexter in the run after his crimes are discovered.
Split into simpler sentences: After the finale aired, overall reaction to season 8 was negative. Critics denounced the decision of the writers to structure the final season like a normal season, rather than as a special season with Dexter on the run after his crimes are discovered.