The sight triggers a panic attack and calls up several memories of himself as a child sitting in blood. In the second-season finale, "The British Invasion", Dexter finally admits that he needs the people in his life. In Dexter: New Blood (2021), Harrison returns as a teenager. Robert has lured Astor with promises of stardom, and she appears ready to help him to kill Dexter. This is fate, After returning home, Dexter calls Rita's phone to find out if she and Harrison made it alright. A few days later, Dexter learns that an assassin, El Sapo (Nick Gomez), is going to kill Briggs and Debra, and Dexter goes to Debra's hotel to save her. In addition, he was nominated five times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012). Dexter is certain that LaGuerta will not give up, however, and resolves to kill her, even though doing so would be a violation of his "code". Dexter looks at his father's stuff (e.g. [12], Meanwhile, a serial killer of prostitutes appears in Miami, and Dexter notices that the killer is leaving hidden clues at the scene that have personal significance to Dexter. Lumen finds it hard trust Dexter, but comes to realize he means her no harm. He then fakes his own death by wrecking his boat. [9] In New Blood, Dexter switches to using Ketamine to sedate his victims, due to no longer being able to acquire M99. The actual capture of his victims differs between the books and the show. Panicked, Dexter rushes over with Vogel in tow, and knocks Debra unconscious with a low dose of the tranquilizer he uses on his victims. He tracked Joe down and accessed his house while disguised as a cable TV repairman. He discovers that some of the blood at the scene belongs to Debra. Throughout the novel, Dexter is involved in the investigation of the "Tamiami Butcher", a serial killer who dismembers his victims and puts the body parts in refrigerated trucks. Dexter follows a code of ethics taught to him in childhood by his adoptive father, Harry, which he refers to as "The Code" or "The Code of Harry" and hinges on two principles: He can only kill people after finding conclusive evidence that they are guilty of murder, and he must not get caught. Stealing away to his boat, Dexter slips alongside the man and kills him. Upon getting to know Mitchell, however, Dexter realizes that he misjudged him; after spending Thanksgiving with the Mitchell family, Dexter learns that his would-be mentor is an abusive tyrant whose family is terrified of him. When Prado deviates from the code to murder a rival defense attorney, it sets off a game of competing leverage and blackmail between the two men. Dexter and Deborah repair their relationship, and team up with Brian to save Astor and Cody. He claims to have no feelings or conscience, and that all of his emotional responses are part of a well-rehearsed act to conceal his true nature. Dexter has internal conversations with his late foster father, Harry Morgan (James Remar), who gives him advice about killing and navigating his personal life. [31], LaGuerta has Dexter arrested for the Bay Harbor Butcher murders, but Dexter is released thanks to evidence he had tampered with to throw her off his trail. [26], After weeks under Debra's surveillance, a stressed out Dexter kidnaps Louis Greene (Josh Cooke), a former coworker with a grudge against him, with the intent of killing him. He also has two half-siblings, Astor and Cody . Brian slipped Joe a sedative and injected him with diabetic insulin, which caused Joe to have a seizure and die of cardiac arrest. Dexter quickly finds out that Dr. Vogel knew his father, and that she was the one who actually created Harry's code. This episode "Father Knows Best," has Dexter learning that his biological father recently passed away after being told he was dead for over thirty years. Dexter cuts Lumen free and knocks Chase out. They shove Crowley overboard, where he is eaten by a hammerhead shark. Dexter refuses to believe it at first, but he is suspicious enough to order a toxicology screen on Debra's water bottle. 13, and Dexter, 12. . Dexter allows Lumen to kill Tilden by stabbing him in the heart. Sirko asks for Dexter's protection against his former associates, who fear that he will testify against them; in return, he promises Dexter that he will let him live. [22] Once Dexter finds the killer, however, he is shocked to discover that "Trinity" is actually Arthur Mitchell (John Lithgow), a family man and pillar of his community. With Crowley dead, Dexter can finally focus on clearing his name in the murder investigation. Dexter thinks he has fallen in love with Jackie, and considers leaving Rita. He plants evidence in Hood's apartment, thoroughly discrediting him, while Doakes is now under review for excessive force and intimidating a witness. After getting into a violent altercation with Mitchell, Dexter insists that they are nothing alike and thinks he may be able to silence his Dark Passenger permanently.[23]. [5][6] When Dexter was two years old, he witnessed his mother's brutal murder at the hands of three drug dealers. [2] At the story's outset, Dexter knows very little about his life prior to being adopted by Harry and Doris Morgan. Lila kidnaps Astor and Cody, and when Dexter finds them at her house, she sets it on fire and leaves the three of them locked inside. Dexter, assuming that Quinn is watching him, waits for him to return to the surveillance van. In both the books and the show, Dexter selects his victims according to his adoptive father's code and kills them only after he has discovered enough evidence to prove their guilt. Paste ranked Dexter Morgan number 6 on their list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011[1] In addition, Hall was awarded with a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2007, and was nominated five times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His life appeared to start when he was 30-years-old. Dexter tells Harrison he "did good" as he succumbs to his wounds, and sees Debra holding his hand as he dies. The season opens with a shocked, guilt-ridden Dexter clutching Harrison as the police respond to his call, in which Dexter says "It was me". In his private life, Dexter maintains superficial relationships with his sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), his girlfriend Rita (Julie Benz), and Rita's children, Astor (Christina Robinson) and Cody (Daniel Goldman in season one, Preston Bailey in subsequent seasons) to appear normal. [22] He eventually retraces his steps and disposes of the body. He disposes of another body in a vat of hydrochloric acid. In other words, we learn more about Dexter's past and his biological father. Dexter confesses to Rita, who dumps him. He liked playing hide and seek with his mother and big brother, whom he called "Biney" because he was unable to pronounce "Brian." [49], Harrison is injured in a knife fight with another student, Ethan Williams (Christian Dell'Edera), whom he badly wounds. Dexter then resolves to save Marshall from himself. The Dark Passenger is one of Moloch's many offspring; Moloch had many children (formed through human sacrifice), and learned to share its knowledge with them. When Dexter is 18, Harry is diagnosed with cancer and hospitalized. View complete answer on dexter.fandom.com. Horrified, Harrison says that Dexter's "code" is a lie he tells himself to justify the murders he enjoys committing, and that if not for him, Rita and Debra would be alive and he would have grown up normal and happy. [37] When Yates kidnaps Vogel, the two of them put aside their differences to track him down. Waking some time later, Dexter finds Astor and Robert together in the house. After extracting a sample, he discovers that the blood belongs to Emily Birch (Angela Bettis), the rape club's first victim. Dexter adheres to Harry's code, however, causing a schism between his personalities. [61] He appeared in Comcast's list of TV's Most Intriguing Characters. Who is Dexter's biological father? Father Knows Best: Directed by Adam Davidson. When it is discovered that Ethan was indeed planning to kill several of his classmates, Harrison is hailed as a hero, but Dexter doubts his story. There, Harry gives Dexter his "permission" to kill his first human victim, a nurse who is murdering her patients with overdoses of morphine. Dexter realizes that circumstantial evidence implicates him as the murderer of Robert and Jackie, and that the only person who can exonerate him is Rita. Doakes' suspicions subside some when he realizes that Dexter is attending Narcotics Anonymous, but he begins to suspect this is a cover for an even worse secret. When they return to Miami, Dexter crosses paths with a suspicious homicide detective and a serial killer who preys on tourists: though the killer had initially only stolen corpses to mutilate and pose for art, he switches to actually killing people when his lover becomes one of Dexter's victims, with Dexter's murder of the lover being caught on a video camera that the two had hidden and used to record the mutilated corpses. At first Harry resists, but his wife Doris insists he contact the donor and Dexter receives a transfusion. [4], Both the television show and the first novel gradually reveal Dexter's complete back story. [13] The show reveals to the viewer that Rudy murdered Driscoll with an injection of insulin designed to mimic a heart attack.[13]. When a series of murders leads Miami Metro's Detective Anderson through a loop, Dexter is assigned to guard Jackie. He took it upon himself to end her suffering, and in her final moments, admitted that he loved her, the first and only time he had ever said that to her. Dexter's novel appearances include Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005), Dexter in the Dark (2007), Dexter by Design (2009), Dexter Is Delicious (2010), Double Dexter (2011), Dexter's Final Cut (2013), and Dexter Is Dead (2015), the final novel in the series, conceptually inspired by the real-life Brazilian vigilante serial/spree killer Pedro Rodrigues Filho. Marshall kidnaps Harrison to sacrifice him as the "lamb of God" during a solar eclipse, but Dexter rescues Harrison and takes Marshall to the old church. Traditionally a "family includes a married father and mother and kids -- either biological or adopted" (Hater: 2014) When comparing this definition to the texts an show more content In the case of Dexter, this is his step father who created a code to help control Dexter's dark side and focus on using it for good. He kidnaps and kills Estrada to lure LaGuerta in, and then knocks her unconscious, planning to shoot her to make it look like Estrada killed her. Sensing a strangeness in him, Dexter keeps Robert at arm's length. After finding FBI agent Kyle Chutsky's ring in Dexter's pocket, Rita believes Dexter is about to propose to her, and happily accepts before Dexter can explain. They storm Raul's yacht and take the kids back. After wrestling with internal conflicts from his attachment to his biological brother and need to protect his adoptive sister, Dexter ultimately decides that his loyalty lies with Debra. A few days later, however, Debra finds Dexter's knives and collection of blood slides, and asks him point blank if he is a serial killer. His bosses dog was hostile to Dexter, and when he went to a vet's to get supplies, several animals reacted hostilely towards him, with Dexter mentally commenting to himself that he 'still had it'. Harrison claims that Ethan told him he was planning a school shooting and stabbed him, and that he stabbed Ethan back in self-defense. As he dies, Sirko reassures Dexter that he can still find happiness. Dexter admits that he cannot hurt Debra or allow anyone else to harm her because he is "fond of her". This enraged Jonah, who then killed his mother. [25], In the season-seven opener, Dexter tells a bewildered Debra that he killed Marshall on impulse after Marshall ambushed him. After a hard day's work, they return to the hotel only to be disturbed in the night by sirens; Jackie's assistant Kathy has been murdered in the room below. Dexter goes to her new job as a private investigator and learns that Debra is pursuing, and sleeping with, drug dealer Andrew Briggs (Rhys Coiro). Dexter discovers that Daniel set the fire himself to fake his own death, and that he is now living under the identity of Oliver Saxon (Darri Ingolfsson)Cassie's boyfriend at the time of her murder. [3] In the second season, Dexter's nemesis, Sergeant James Doakes, discovers that Dexter forsook a career in medicine to pursue blood spatter analysis, despite being at the top of his class in medical school. Prado gradually discerns that Dexter is a serial killer, and they begin to murder together according to Dexter's "code". Dexter eventually finds a vial of blood that Chase wears around his neck. He has been nominated thrice for the Satellite Award for Best Actor Television Series: Drama (in 2006, 2008, and 2010) and won in 2007. Dexter travels to the house with Rita. It has been a symbol of incarceration for decades and can show that the wearer has spent time behind bars. Related: Dexter: Where Does Kurt Hide The Bodies In New Blood? [46] Over Debra's objections, Dexter once again becomes a father to the boy, who quickly becomes a popular student and star of his school's wrestling team, and befriends Angela's adopted daughter, Audrey (Johnny Sequoyah). [62] Paste ranked Dexter Morgan number 6 on their list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011.[63]. He tracks Chase to the camp where the rape club had started. Dexter refuses, but ends up inadvertently coming to Sirko's aid when one of his former henchmen attacks them both. s1e9 "Father Knows Best" The scene in Dexter's biological fathers house when Deb gets the phone call about the DNA test results on his deceased biodad. At the last moment, however, Dexter realizes that his love for Hannah is stronger than his need to kill, and he spares Saxon's life. During the episode "Shrink Wrap", when his current target is a psychologist, Dexter infiltrates his office by posing as a patient, and the doctor astutely speculates that part of Dexter's problem in admitting to his feelings is his need for control; this revelation helps Dexter finally have real intimacy with Rita. Thinking quickly, Dexter tells Astor that Robert will be arrested and sent to prison, and is thus useless to her. He makes frequent references to an internal feeling of emptiness, and says he kills to feel alive. His last conversation with Harrison became a turning point for himno longer could he consider himself morally superior to his victims, accepting that he himself fit the Code and that he was just another killer. Deborah and the kids get away, but Brian is killed by a bomb and Raul shoots Dexter in the shoulder. While Dexter tries to find and dispose of this Shadow, he quickly finds out that this person is much more capable than he initially suspected. [49] Dexter tells her the truth about faking his deathwhile leaving out that he is a serial killerbut she breaks up with him regardless. Once they have arrived, he either strangles them into unconsciousness or uses the noose to drag them to the kill site proper. [71] Even further, after killing his brother, he put a plastic bag over his brother's head, mimicking a practice that Dexter ritualistically commits to dispose of his victims.[72]. I'm what's wrong. Harry is Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, now deceased. Deborah and Dexter are assigned as "technical advisors" to the stars of a police procedural TV series. He goes to Vogel's house to make sure she is safe only to see Saxon slit her throat. [43], Days later, Saxon shows up at Dexter's apartment and offers a truce: he will spare Dexter's family if Dexter will leave him alone. When Dexter goes to rescue Debra, he finally recognizes Rudy as his long-lost brother, Brian Moser. He has dumped some victims into the ocean due to the victim's owning a boat and doing the same with their own victims, but uses anchors to weight the bags. As such, he never discovers Rudy's involvement. When he learns what has happened to Debra, Dexter rushes to her side at the hospital, but she tells him to go on and live a good life. One day, Dexter receives official notification that a man named Joseph Driscoll is his biological father, and that, since Dexter is the only next of kin, he must come settle the estate and claim the body. When Kurt is released, he tries to intimidate Dexter by hinting that he knows he killed Matt, and Dexter realizes that he will have to kill Kurt to protect Harrison and himself. With Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King. At Rita's urging, Dexter and she enter couples therapy. "This is fate." Just 109, but yes, you're right. he is an extraordinary character because of his objectives and strategies. At the age of 60, Joe met his demise when Brian Moser schemed to reconnect with his long-lost brother, Dexter. He finds a greater understanding through Brother Sam (Mos Def, credited as Mos and later as yasiin bey), an ex-con and murderer whom Dexter once considered killing, who has since become a born-again Christian who counsels other ex-cons. Dexter with his father Joe Driscoll, as he's driving The known events in Dexter's early life occurred at his mother's house, before he was three years old. He acknowledges loyalty to family, particularly to his late adoptive father, saying: "If I were capable of love, how I would have loved Harry." Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Contents 1 History 2 Season One 3 Trivia They stay with Angela and Audrey, now Harrison's girlfriend, and start to bond as a familyuntil Angela finds evidence, left by Kurt, exposing Dexter as Matt's murderer. Brian reappears in Dexter's life, situating himself with Dexter's family. Fearing the worst, Dexter goes in search of Robert, who had shown a suspicious interest in Astor. [33], The eighth season opens six months later, with Dexter growing increasingly worried about Debra, who has quit the police force and spiraled into depression and self-destructive behavior. Dexter assumes the alias Kyle Butler and begins to insinuate himself into Mitchell's personal life in an effort to learn how Mitchell balances his family responsibilities with his secret life as a serial killer. Moments later, Angela arrives at the scene and allows Harrison to escape. [44], In the series finale, "Remember the Monsters? When Dexter confronts her, Debra tells him that she wishes she had killed him instead of LaGuerta. For example, in the novels, Dexter continues his relationship with Rita because he realizes that Rita's children are exhibiting the same sociopathic tendencies he did at their age, and he tries to provide them with "guidance" similar to that which Harry provided him. Without requesting their identity, Debra warns them that she is about to call in backup and allows them to flee before the police arrive. Other times, Dexter incapacitates his target by using either his hands or a garrote to cut off blood flow to the brain. Who is Dexter's biological father? [41] The night before Hannah leaves, however, Dexter and she have sex, and he realizes that he is still in love with her. The first season of Dexter is an adaptation of Jeff Lindsay's first novel in a series of the same name, Darkly Dreaming Dexter.Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. Dexter goes to see Debra one last time, tearfully turns off her life support, and buries her at sea. She makes a deal with him: she will not stop Dexter as long as he does not tell her about it or interfere with Miami-Metro investigations. In the novels, Laura was involved in the drug trade. Dexter is called to analyze a hotel room flooded with the blood of multiple persons. (A flashback reveals that Kurt did indeed kill her, however.) In the television series he is portrayed by James Remar. After a few failed marriage proposals, Dexter proposes again by mimicking a declaration of love from one of his victims. Consequently, Harry decides to channel the boy's homicidal urges in a "positive" direction by teaching him to be a careful, meticulous killer of people who "deserve it"murderers who have escaped justice.
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