645:, after Rita is murdered, Dexter realizes that he genuinely loved her, and is devastated by losing her. However, after Rita's death, Dexter became worse in many aspects. These ranged from his emotional depth to his skills as a killer, as he started to ignore killing non-killers and innocents if it meant he remained free; he was willing to kill Maria LaGuerta and Angela Bishop (the last being his ex-girlfriend); and the police sergeant Logan was Dexter's final victim, as well as the final violation of the Code of Harry. Despite the blatant violation of the Code that was Logan's murder, Dexter showed absolutely no remorse or guilt, instead focused solely on escaping with his son Harrison, and he even tried to justify the murder to Harrison. This showed how far Dexter had truly fallen, as when he had killed Jonathan Farrow in the past, a man he had been convinced was a killer but was in fact innocent (of murder, but not of abuse), he had been wracked with guilt and had been ashamed of himself. His last conversation with Harrison became a turning point for him—no longer could he consider himself morally superior to his victims, accepting that he himself fit the Code and that he was just another killer.
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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. Dexter reflects on all the innocent people in his life who have died because of him, and finally sees that he can never be the good man and father that he wants to be. He tells
Harrison that the only way out for both of them is for Harrison to kill him. After a moment's hesitation, Harrison shoots Dexter in the chest with the hunting rifle Dexter gave him for Christmas. Dexter tells Harrison he "did good" as he succumbs to his wounds, and sees Debra holding his hand as he dies. Moments later, Angela arrives at the scene and allows Harrison to escape. Harrison leaves Iron Lake, and reads the goodbye letter Dexter wrote to Hannah 10 years earlier, telling her to "let me die so my son can live".
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rape club had started. In a fit of emotion, he accidentally wrecks the stolen car he is driving, allowing Chase to take him prisoner. Chase brings Dexter to the building in which he is holding Lumen. As Chase is about to kill them, Dexter frees himself with a knife he had stashed and immobilizes Chase by stabbing him through his foot and into the floor. Dexter cuts Lumen free and knocks Chase out. When Chase wakes up, Dexter allows Lumen to kill him. While they are still in the kill room, preparing to move the body, Debra arrives on the scene, though her view of Dexter and Lumen is obstructed by a sheet of plastic. Dexter and Lumen, trapped, remain silent. Without requesting their identity, Debra warns them that she is about to call in backup and allows them to flee before the police arrive.
1256:), a popular assistant district attorney. While hunting down Freebo at night, Prado stumbles upon Dexter, bloody from murdering Freebo; Dexter claims he killed Freebo in self-defense. Prado offers Dexter Freebo's bloody shirt as proof that he will not reveal Dexter's secret. The two men grow closer, and Dexter even makes Prado his best man. Prado gradually discerns that Dexter is a serial killer, and they begin to murder together according to Dexter's "code". 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 discovers the blood on the shirt is actually bovine, meaning that Prado was just using him as an excuse to kill. Angry and hurt, Dexter decides to kill Prado.
1178:), who becomes his sponsor. Lila convinces him to explore his past, and while under extreme duress after confronting and killing his mother's murderer, his relationship with Lila becomes sexual. Dexter confesses to Rita, who dumps him. Lila becomes obsessed with Dexter, believing he is her soulmate. Eventually, however, Dexter's desire to be with Astor and Cody compels him to ask for Rita's forgiveness; she grants it, and they get back together. Dexter learns that Lila is in fact a sociopath who attends NA meetings to vicariously experience emotions she is incapable of feeling, and tells her to leave him alone. Lila retaliates by framing Dexter's colleague and friend
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duct tape. If he has not already done so, he confronts them with narrative evidence of their crimes. In the novels, the method usually involves an extended "exploration" with various sharp knives; on the show, Dexter's favored method usually involves an immediately fatal wound to the chest, neck, or gut with a variety of weapons, usually a sharp knife. He occasionally varies his methods to fit particular victims; he kills his brother (and fellow serial killer) Brian by cutting his throat with a dinner knife (with the manner of the death and Dexter's own hesitation at inflicting the wound causing pathologists to conclude that Brian killed himself); he stabs gang lord
1489:), who appears to have also become a killer. Dexter adheres to Harry's code, however, causing a schism between his personalities. Dexter finally catches Jonah with the intent of killing him, but relents when he sees that Jonah feels guilty about failing to protect his sister, who committed suicide by slitting an artery in a bathtub, similar to how Mitchell killed his victims. When Jonah and his mother discovered Jonah's sister, their mother blamed the children for their father's shortcomings. This enraged Jonah, who then killed his mother. Learning this new information, Dexter rejects Brian and reaffirms the "Code of Harry", leaving Jonah alive to forgive himself.
1792:) arrives in town to do a story about Matt Caldwell, and Dexter discovers that she did a series on the Bay Harbor Butcher. He becomes obsessed with finding out what she knows, especially after Harrison reveals that he learned the truth about Rita's death from her show. He spies on her talking to Kurt, who lies that his son is hiding out at the family cabin, in order to lure her out there and kill her. Dexter reluctantly saves her and gets a closer look at what he correctly suspects to be Kurt's killing ground. Dexter grows alarmed as Kurt becomes a mentor to Harrison, especially after he encourages the boy to break another student's arm during a wrestling match.
1803:), to kidnap Dexter so he can kill him and Harrison, but Dexter manages to evade and kill him. Dexter arrives at Kurt's cabin just in time to save Harrison from Kurt, who runs off. He tells Harrison that they have the same "Dark Passenger", and for the first time truly bonds with his son. At first, Dexter tells Harrison that he merely "confronts" murderers to make them stop killing, but Harrison eventually figures out that Dexter kills his victims. Harrison reveals that he remembers seeing Mitchell kill Rita, and that he has been consumed with a violent rage ever since. He then says that Kurt deserves to die, and father and son set out to kill him.
1604:), a cop killer and one of Dexter's victims. Fearing for his family's safety, Dexter engineers Sirko's arrest, but Sirko is soon released on bail and resumes his vendetta. 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. Dexter refuses, but ends up inadvertently coming to Sirko's aid when one of his former henchmen attacks them both. Dexter kills the mobster, but is too late to save Sirko, who is mortally wounded during the struggle. As he dies, Sirko reassures Dexter that he can still find happiness.
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site in Kurt's own bunker. When Kurt claims that he "saved" his victims from lives of pain and suffering, Dexter kills him as
Harrison watches, and resolves to teach him "the Code of Harry". They return to Dexter's cabin to find that Kurt had burned it down the night before. They stay with Angela and Audrey, now Harrison's girlfriend, and start to bond as a family—until Angela finds evidence, left by Kurt, exposing Dexter as Matt's murderer. She then sees a connection between that proof and new evidence uncovered by Park on the Bay Harbor Butcher case, and realizes that Dexter is the killer.
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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. At that moment, Debra bursts in, holding Dexter at gunpoint and begging him not to go through with it. LaGuerta regains consciousness and urges Debra to kill Dexter. Seeing no way out, Dexter resigns himself to his fate and tells Debra to "do what you have to do". Much to Dexter's surprise, however, Debra turns the gun on LaGuerta, and shoots her dead. As the countdown to the new year begins, Dexter wonders if this is the "beginning of the end".
756:, he still dismembers the body, but initially only buries the remains in plastic bags under a fire pit by his cabin. When an investigation begins, he burns the remains in an incinerator. The incinerator becomes his go to method for disposing of his victims, though he leaves two of his victims at the locations where he killed them because he has no time to dispose of them. The books give less detail about disposal, with Dexter usually improvising depending on the victim. He dumps some victims into the ocean, but he uses anchors to weigh the bags. He disposes of another body in a vat of
718:; and he kills Santos Jimenez—the man who murdered his mother—in the same manner in which his mother was killed, by dismembering him with a chainsaw. He also tries to do the same to the man who ordered his mother's murder, Hector Estrada, but is prevented from doing so since Estrada is being used as bait against Dexter: he eventually kills Estrada simply by stabbing him in the heart. On other occasions, he uses hammers, drills, and other power tools. On a few occasions, Dexter has even resorted to killing with his bare hands, such as drowning victims or manually breaking their necks.
931:, Dexter is seen by an anonymous Shadow while killing a victim in a secluded house. He continues on with his life until he starts receiving threatening emails from the person who claims to have seen him over a pile of dead body parts. Instead of turning him in, the Shadow, as he is referred to, takes it upon himself to take Dexter down. 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. Dexter is eventually framed for a murder, at least circumstantially, by his still anonymous Shadow.
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1399:), who is still alive. After debating whether or not to kill her (and thus eliminate a potential witness), Dexter gives in to his better nature and decides to protect her. Lumen finds it hard trust Dexter, but comes to realize he means her no harm. She reveals that Fowler was not the only man who raped her. As Lumen gradually becomes integrated into Dexter's life, she begs him to help her to go after her attackers; Dexter reluctantly agrees. They stalk a children's dentist and the head of security for a high-profile motivational speaker named
1689:), a wealthy businessman. Dexter goes to see Hannah, who says she had wanted him to kill Castner, but changed her mind after realizing she is still in love with Dexter. Dexter goes to Castner's boat to protect him, but finds that Hannah has already killed him. The two of them dispose of the body, and Dexter arranges for her to leave the country. The night before Hannah leaves, however, Dexter and she have sex, and he realizes that he is still in love with her. They renew their relationship, and plan to run away together to
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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. Dexter also discovers that the victim was not a murderer or even an attempted murderer, and leaves him feeling some semblance of guilt due to the fact he accidentally broke the Code and killed an innocent man. In the novel's closing paragraphs, Dexter learns that Rita is pregnant with his child.
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loyalty lies with Debra. Later on, Brian begins to hunt down Debra himself, but Dexter apprehends Brian and then ties him down to an operating table in Brian's apartment. Dexter tearfully slits Brian's throat, staging the crime scene to make it look like Brian committed suicide. Eventually, the police find the body and close the case. The season ends with Dexter wondering what it would be like if everyone knew his secrets and imagining being celebrated outside the police station by an adoring crowd.
1336:) who is accused of murder, targeting him after he seemingly threatens Debra. He acquires proof that indicate that Farrow killed the models he took photos of, before capturing and killing Farrow in his own photography studio, despite Farrow's adamant and fearful protests that he did not kill anyone. The next day, Dexter learns that it was in fact Farrow's assistant that had been killing the models, and he is left shaken and guilt ridden with the fact that he had murdered an innocent man.
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1482:), is responsible, and swears revenge. On his deathbed, Sam forgives Nick, and implores Dexter to do the same. Dexter considers sparing Nick when he initially appears remorseful, but that proves to be an act; after Sam refuses to press charges on his deathbed, Nick brags about what he did. An enraged Dexter drowns Nick in the surf, reawakening in him the presence of his dead brother, Brian, who begins to guide him in much the same way that Harry's presence once had.
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apprehend him, and even saves
Mitchell's life when he attempts suicide. 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. 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.
1671:). He saves one of Yates' victims and confronts the killer, who escapes. The following day, Debra asks Dexter to take a drive with her so they can talk. During the drive, she intentionally crashes the car into the bay, intent on killing them both. Debra survives, however, and saves Dexter's life. When Yates kidnaps Vogel, the two of them put aside their differences to track him down. Dexter kills Yates to keep him from harming Debra, and he and Debra reconcile.
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forced to come after him before he leaves Miami. Dexter then enlists Debra's help in subduing Saxon and prepares to kill him. 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. He calls Debra so she can arrest Saxon, and says his goodbyes to her and Harry. After he leaves, however, Saxon escapes his bindings and shoots Debra in the stomach.
1814:", Angela arrests Dexter for Matt's murder. At the station, Angela tells Dexter that she suspects him of being the Bay Harbor Butcher. While she interrogates him at the station, Dexter says that Kurt killed Matt and is framing him, and tells her she can find proof that Kurt murdered numerous women in the bunker. Distracted, Angela leaves the station to go to Kurt's cabin. Dexter lures her deputy, Logan (
907:, Dexter grapples with raising his infant daughter, Lily-Anne, and wonders if she can help restore his humanity. Brian reappears in Dexter's life, situating himself with Dexter's family. The main event for the Miami Police Department is related to the appearance of cooked, partially eaten bodies and the disappearance of a teenage girl, Samantha. Dexter has sex with Samantha while under the influence of
1641:), is going to kill Briggs and Debra, and Dexter goes to Debra's hotel to save her. A scuffle ensues, in which Dexter kills Briggs. He begs Debra to come with him, but she refuses. Soon afterward, El Sapo is found dead, and Dexter is called in to investigate. He discovers that some of the blood at the scene belongs to Debra. She admits to killing El Sapo, and Dexter reluctantly covers up the crime.
1245:, Dexter finds his life manageable until he discovers that Rita is pregnant. Dexter, afraid of what kind of father he would be, considers leaving Rita to parent alone, until Debra convinces him that he would be a great father. After a few failed marriage proposals, Dexter proposes again by mimicking a declaration of love from one of his victims. Rita finally accepts, with her children's blessing.
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tries to take Astor as a hostage, she stabs him to death. 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. When Dexter searches the house, however, he finds that Rita is dead, murdered by Robert. Dexter sees that his luck has finally run out, and waits for the police to arrive.
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influence over
Harrison. She arrests Kurt for Iris' murder, but Kurt surprises her by saying that his late father, Roger, committed the crime. (A flashback reveals that Kurt did indeed kill her, however.) 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.
1434:). Dexter allows Lumen to kill Tilden by stabbing him in the heart. Dexter and Lumen then become lovers, before continuing their hunt for Chase. As Lumen and Dexter plan to capture Chase, Dexter realizes cameras are in his apartment. Dexter, assuming that Quinn is watching him, waits for him to return to the surveillance van. As Dexter opens the door to capture Quinn, Stan Liddy (
1166:), harbors lingering suspicions about Dexter's possible connection with the Ice Truck Killer, and he begins to tail Dexter everywhere. To throw him off, Dexter reluctantly refrains from killing for a month. Just as Dexter finds a chance to kill again, over 30 bodies (Dexter's victims) are found in a Miami harbor, provoking a massive search for the so-called "Bay Harbor Butcher".
1202:. Dexter is forced to take Doakes captive and sets about framing him. Lila discovers the cabin in the Everglades where Dexter is holding Doakes and blows it up (with Doakes inside), to protect Dexter. The police eventually find Doakes' charred body, surrounded by Dexter's murderous paraphernalia, and conclude that Doakes was the Bay Harbor Butcher, much to Dexter's relief.
544:, but later became a drug-addicted criminal. Dexter also had an older brother, named Brian. When Dexter was two years old, he witnessed his mother's brutal murder at the hands of three drug dealers. For two days, Dexter and Brian were left in a crate, surrounded by dismembered body parts and sitting in a pool of blood. Harry adopted Dexter, while Brian was left to the
1573:), a serial poisoner, who as a teenager had gone on a cross-country killing spree with her boyfriend. Dexter subdues her and prepares to kill her, but stops when Hannah does not appear to fear him. They are both suddenly overcome with attraction and have sex. Dexter falls in love with Hannah, who helps him realize that his "Dark Passenger" does not control his life.
1701:)—Cassie's boyfriend at the time of her murder. Dexter suspects that Saxon is the "Brain Surgeon" and warns Vogel, who tells him to stay out of it; Dexter is unaware that she is sheltering her son. Dexter makes preparations to move while hunting Saxon, the last "loose end". He goes to Vogel's house to make sure she is safe — only to see Saxon slit her throat.
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storage container, and reveals their true connection: he is Brian, Dexter's biological brother. Brian tells Dexter that as children, they witnessed their mother's brutal murder at the hands of drug dealers, and were locked in a crate for two days, surrounded by dead bodies. Dexter persuades Brian to spare
Deborah, and instead the two of them kill Lieutenant
638:, before killing a police officer who has murdered her own husband and daughter, Dexter is overwhelmed with the realization that he does not want to lose his new family. He is also horrified when he finds out that one of his potential victims is an abusive husband and father; Dexter vehemently insists he is nothing like that and would never hurt his family.
381:, 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. Dexter refers to his homicidal urges as his "Dark Passenger"; when he can no longer ignore his need to kill, he "lets the Dark Passenger do the driving".
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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. The murder seems to fit the pattern, but Dexter notices several errors. That night, Dexter and Jackie have sex, and start a brief but intense affair. Dexter thinks he has fallen in love with Jackie, and considers leaving Rita.
1712:", Dexter's flight to Argentina is delayed by a hurricane, and he tells Hannah and Harrison to go on without him, intending to take care of Saxon. 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. Moments later, however, she suffers a major stroke that leaves her in a
989:. Moments later, he finds Jackie's dead body in her trailer. Dexter then pieces it together: Robert killed Kathy after she caught him in a compromising position with Astor, and then killed Jackie when she found out what he had done. Dexter follows a hunch and heads to Rita and his new house. Robert catches him sneaking in and knocks him unconscious.
1682:) is murdered, he at first believes Zach is responsible and decides to kill him. Dexter confronts Zach, who swears that he did not target Cassie, but another murderer, giving Dexter hope that Zach can be "trained" after all. That hope is dashed, however, when Dexter finds Zach's dead body in his apartment — with a piece of his brain missing.
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determines that
Harrison stabbed Ethan unprovoked, and then inflicted a superficial stab wound upon himself to make it look like Ethan attacked him. Dexter searches Harrison's room and finds a bloody straight razor—the same kind of blade that Arthur Mitchell used to kill Rita—and realizes that his son has inherited his homicidal tendencies.
1678:), a teenager from a wealthy family who murdered his father's mistress and is now preparing to kill his father. Dexter kidnaps Zach, who admits that he enjoys killing and will do it again. Seeing in Zach a kindred spirit, Dexter promises to teach him how to kill without getting caught. When Dexter's neighbor Cassie Jollenston (
862:), and learned to share its knowledge with them. Eventually, there were too many, and Moloch killed the majority; however, some of them escaped into the world. In the novel, Dexter learns of the Dark Passenger's true nature when it briefly "leaves" him, frightening him into researching possible reasons for its existence.
626:", 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. In the second-season finale, "
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opens with a shocked, guilt-ridden Dexter clutching
Harrison as the police respond to his call, in which Dexter says "It was me". While he means that he killed her by letting Mitchell know his identity, the police interpret this as an admission of direct guilt. The FBI, however, soon clear Dexter, as
1297:, Rita has given birth to a baby boy, Harrison. Dexter is happy to have a child of his own, but his responsibilities as a new father leave him too exhausted to kill. Dexter finds it increasingly difficult to keep concealing his secret life, which leads to conflict with Rita and Astor, who has entered
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Waking some time later, Dexter finds Astor and Robert together in the house. Robert has lured Astor with promises of stardom, and she appears ready to help him to kill Dexter. Thinking quickly, Dexter tells Astor that Robert will be arrested and sent to prison, and is thus useless to her. When Robert
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By now, Dexter had embraced his role as stepfather to both children, but is annoyed when thoughts of them—wondering if Cody had brushed his teeth before bed and if Astor had set out her Easter dress for picture day at her school—distract him from hunting an intended victim. By the end of the book, he
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box on his bookcase. Dexter, in the TV series, eventually discontinues his practice of taking blood slide trophies during the seventh season, primarily because of the potential of him being caught due to a renewed secret investigation into the Bay
Harbour Butcher, and because Debra has discovered his
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Once they have arrived, he either strangles them into unconsciousness or uses the noose to drag them to the kill site. In such cases, he anesthetizes them once he has informed them of his judgment. When victims awaken, they are naked and secured to a table with plastic wrap, and for stronger victims,
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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. For each victim, he ritually prepares a kill site that has some symbolic relevance to the killer (e.g., killing a boxer
2022:. Detective Mark Anstey of the Edmonton Police Service was quoted as saying, "We have a lot of information to suggest he definitely idolizes Dexter", and Twitchell had posted a Facebook status stating that he believed he had "way too much in common with Dexter Morgan". A nonfiction book on the case,
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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 goes to her new job as a private investigator and learns that Debra is pursuing, and sleeping with, drug dealer Andrew Briggs
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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. 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". He
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Dexter pretends to want to run away with Lila, but she soon discovers that he intends to kill her. 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 manages to save the children and escape unhurt. Weeks later,
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While working a crime scene where police have found another body matching the pattern of Jackie's obsessed fan, Dexter notices a man fitting the description in a kayak out in the bay watching the scene. Stealing away to his boat, Dexter slips alongside the man and kills him. After a hard day's work,
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TV series. Deborah is shadowed by female lead Jackie Forrest and Dexter is left with over-the-hill star Robert Chase. Sensing a strangeness in him, Dexter keeps Robert at arm's length. When a series of murders leads Miami Metro's Detective Anderson through a loop, Dexter is assigned to guard Jackie.
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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. The killer begins leaving taunting clues for Dexter to draw him in. The killer kidnaps Deborah and meets with Dexter in a
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Doris Morgan, Dexter's adoptive mother, dies of cancer when he is 16. When Dexter reaches puberty, he realizes that he is uninterested in sex and needs instruction by his father on how to behave with women. Around this time, Harry discovers that Dexter has been killing neighborhood pets and realizes
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Together, they find Kurt's victims, including Park, perfectly preserved and displayed in a bunker underneath his house. Dexter intentionally triggers an alarm to let Kurt know they found his hiding place. As intended, Kurt rushes back to his house, where Dexter incapacitates him and prepares a kill
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After Saxon is arrested, Dexter kills him in his cell, and apparently convinces Quinn and Batista that he acted in self-defense (it is implied that they knew what really happened). Dexter goes to see Debra one last time, tearfully turns off her life support, and buries her at sea. He then fakes his
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opener, Dexter tells a bewildered Debra that he killed Marshall on impulse after Marshall ambushed him. Debra believes him at first, and helps him destroy the old church, with Marshall's body inside. A few days later, however, Debra finds Dexter's knives and collection of blood slides, and asks him
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While Dexter disposes of Liddy's body, Lumen gets a call from Emily. Emily appears frightened of Chase and threatens to call the police, but she is revealed to be setting a trap to allow Chase to capture them. Dexter returns to the apartment to find Lumen gone. He tracks Chase to the camp where the
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When he returns home, Dexter makes arrangements for Rita and him to take a belated honeymoon. He sends Rita ahead and entraps Mitchell, who is trying to skip town. Before Dexter kills him with a hammer, Mitchell tells him that Dexter will not be able to control his violent urges for long, and that
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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. As Doakes gets closer to discovering the truth, Dexter provokes him into a physical altercation at work, resulting in Doakes' suspension.
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Dexter and Deborah repair their relationship, and team up with Brian to save Astor and Cody. They storm Raul's yacht and take the kids back. Deborah and the kids get away, but Brian is killed by a bomb and Raul shoots Dexter in the shoulder. Dexter kills Raul and sets a bomb so no evidence is left,
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Dexter is called onto the set to appear as a minor character in the series following a conversation with Jackie and Robert. Suddenly, Dexter gets a panicked phone call from Rita: Astor has disappeared. Fearing the worst, Dexter goes in search of Robert, who had shown a suspicious interest in Astor.
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Deborah and Dexter quickly realize that the string of bodies all bear a striking resemblance to Jackie. Dexter is assigned to protect her in her hotel room. At first, things seem perfectly routine; Dexter accompanies Jackie to the station each morning and returns with her to the hotel at night, but
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While Dexter is preoccupied with the Key West police, Crowley finally attacks Dexter by abducting Cody and Astor. Dexter hunts Crowley down to a small island off the coast of Key West. He finally gets the drop on him, and Crowley escapes with Astor on a speedboat. Dexter manages to sneak aboard and
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The novel reintroduces Dexter's brother, Brian, who shows up unexpectedly at Dexter's doorstep and inserts himself into his brother's new family. Dexter is reluctant at first to let Brian back into his life, but changes his mind when he sees him bond with Astor and Cody over their shared bloodlust.
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performance piece called "Jennifer's Leg" in which the artist amputates her own limb. 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
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with an innate need to kill. 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. Doris died when Dexter was 16, and Harry died when Dexter was 20.
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When Angela finds the mummified corpse of her friend Iris, who disappeared 25 years earlier, she asks Dexter to analyze the remains, and tells him that she suspects Kurt of killing her. Dexter leads her toward investigating Kurt as a serial killer in hopes that exposing his crimes will destroy his
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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. Dexter pretends to accept, but is now more determined than ever to kill him. He finds proof of Saxon's murders, which he turns over to the police so that Saxon will be
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Brian proposes that they begin to murder together, and leads Dexter to a bound and drugged Debra, suggests that she be their first kill. After wrestling with internal conflicts from his attachment to his biological brother and need to protect his adoptive sister, Dexter ultimately decides that his
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Dexter perfectly. When she overcomes her demons and becomes more amorous, however, Dexter considers ending the relationship, fearing that she will see him as he really is if they become a real couple. However, during a therapy session with one of his intended victims, psychologist Emmett Meridian
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Dexter's brother Brian bails him out of prison and gets him the best lawyer in town, but the lawyer happens to be in the pocket of a powerful Mexican drug cartel led by a man named Raul, who is after Brian. The cartel tries to kill Dexter several times to get to Brian. Eventually, Dexter and Brian
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While on suspension from the police force for being a 'person of interest' in a murder investigation, Dexter finally finds out who his Shadow is: Doug Crowley. When he goes to dispatch Crowley, he finds he is once again being tailed by Doakes. Realizing that no way exists to take down Crowley with
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Since childhood, Dexter has felt homicidal urges directed by an inner voice he calls "the Dark Passenger"; when that voice cannot be ignored, he "lets the Dark Passenger do the driving". He abides by a moral code taught to him by Harry: He can only kill people who are themselves murderers; he must
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After investigating, Dexter discovers that Zach's killer is Vogel's blood relative. Vogel tells Dexter that she had a son, Daniel, who as a teenager murdered his younger brother Richard before apparently dying in a fire. Dexter discovers that Daniel set the fire himself to fake his own death, and
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Quinn calls Dexter to tell him that Debra has shown up at Miami Metro, blind drunk, and confessed to killing LaGuerta. 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 realizes he cannot help Debra and asks
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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. To that end, Dexter repeatedly puts off murdering Mitchell, thwarts police efforts to
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After returning home, Dexter calls Rita's phone to find out if she and Harrison made it alright. He immediately hears Rita's phone start to ring, indicating that she is in the house. Harrison then starts crying and Dexter is devastated to find Rita lying dead in the bathtub, with Harrison on the
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He meets up with Harrison and tells his son to leave town with him. Harrison sees blood on Dexter's face, however, and figures out that he killed Logan, Harrison's wrestling coach who had been a friend and mentor to him. Horrified, Harrison says that Dexter's "code" is a lie he tells himself to
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During a chance meeting with Angel Batista (now Captain of Miami Metro) at a police conference in New York City, Angela learns about Dexter Morgan's supposed death, and after some investigation discovers the true identity of "Jim Lindsay". Dexter tells her the truth about faking his death—while
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and stabbed him, and that he stabbed Ethan back in self-defense. 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. Using his training as a blood spatter analyst, Dexter reconstructs the fight and
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While driving home after killing his first victim in months, Dexter falls asleep at the wheel and has an accident, and the resultant short-term memory loss causes him to forget where his victim's body is. He eventually retraces his steps and disposes of the body. After retired Special Agent
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Doakes' pursuit forces Dexter to spend more time with Rita and her children. While attempting to bond with Astor and Cody, he realizes that they both have "Dark Passengers" of their own, and he resolves to provide them with the same "guidance" that Harry had given him. After finding
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with his family. Despite learning from his brother that a Doug Crowley had been taken care of, he finds the body of Detective Hood, the lead detective investigating him for murder, in his hotel suite, with the only explanation being that Brian killed the wrong Doug Crowley.
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Dexter considers himself emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity; in his narration, he refers to "humans" as if he is not one himself. He makes frequent references to an internal feeling of emptiness, and says he kills to feel alive. He claims to have no feelings or
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Brian. Eventually, the Ice Truck Killer (who turns out to be Rudy) kidnaps Debra after proposing to her, then drugs her and takes her to Dexter's childhood home. When Dexter goes to rescue Debra, he finally recognizes Rudy as his long-lost brother, Brian Moser.
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to cut off blood flow to the brain. In the books (and twice in the TV show), he hides in the back seat of his victim's vehicle, then wraps a noose of fishing line around his victim's throat when they sit down in the front seat. Dexter then uses the threat of
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trial. After weeks of testimony and evidence presented in court, Twitchell was found guilty of the planned and deliberate murder of 38-year-old Johnny Altinger on April 12, 2011. Twitchell, an aspiring filmmaker, had adopted the persona "Dexter Morgan" on
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for disturbed children. The first novel implies that Harry chose not to adopt Brian because he was older and more likely to be traumatized; in the TV program, both Brian and Tom Matthews, Harry's best friend and former superior, state this to be
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just offshore. In one episode, the dump site and remains are inadvertently discovered by scuba divers, so he changes tactics, cutting the bodies into smaller pieces and dumping them further offshore, where they will be dispersed by the
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Distraught over Rita's death, Astor and Cody leave to go live with their grandparents. A struggling Dexter attempts to move on by hiring a nanny to look after Harrison while he goes out to find his next kill. He settles on Boyd Fowler
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tries to clear Dexter's name, but he gets swatted down by everyone from the beat cops to the state attorney. Deborah, meanwhile, has disowned Dexter for cheating on Rita and putting Astor in danger, and taken custody of his children.
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to kill. He "falls off the wagon", however, when he impulsively murders Matt Caldwell (Steve M. Roberts), an arrogant stockbroker who once killed five people and got away with it thanks to his family's wealth and political clout.
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find out their lawyer sold them out to the cartel, so they kill him and the cartel's members who were sent to kill them, save for one, whom they torture to find out where the cartel's leader, Raul, is holding Cody and Astor.
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for the Miami Metro Police Department; in his "secret life", he is a serial killer who preys on people who are themselves murderers. In his private life, Dexter maintains superficial relationships – with his sister
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who counsels other ex-cons. Dexter initially sees Brother Sam's religious conversion as a scam, but Brother Sam proves himself a truly changed man, and even helps Dexter through a crisis when Harrison undergoes an
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point blank if he is a serial killer. Not knowing what else to say, Dexter replies that he is. Debra is horrified, but resolves to help Dexter stop killing by moving in with him and keeping a constant eye on him.
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that the boy has an innate need to kill. Harry decides to channel Dexter's urges in a "positive" direction by teaching him to kill people who "deserve it", and to get rid of any evidence so he does not get found.
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Rita soon figures out that Dexter has been lying to her and concludes that Dexter is a heroin addict; Dexter vaguely confesses to having "an addiction" in order to hide his real secret. Rita forces him to attend
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tendencies he did at their age, and he tries to provide them with "guidance" similar to that which Harry provided him. Early in the show, Dexter deviates from his code of only killing murderers to dispose of a
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Debra gets into a near-fatal car accident following a confrontation with Hannah, and insists to Dexter that Hannah poisoned her. Dexter refuses to believe it at first, but he is suspicious enough to order a
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To keep the police occupied, Dexter puts them on Fowler's trail. Dexter becomes personally acquainted with Chase and stumbles onto a photo that proves that all of Lumen's attackers (who are also guilty of
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message from his son. Unbeknownst to Dexter, Kurt is a serial killer who preys on runaway teenage girls, and is trying to get the search called off so the police will not find his victims' bodies.
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After the death of Marshall's sister, Dexter follows him to the old church and discovers Gellar's body in a freezer, concluding that Marshall had been acting alone the whole time, with Gellar as a
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overdose at a party, Dexter murders the drug dealer who sold him the pills by forcing him to ingest a lethal amount of the drug instead of his usual killing method, a stab wound to the chest.
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and Doris Morgan. Harry only tells Dexter that his biological parents both died in a car accident, and Harry brought him home from the crime scene. Harry and Doris have a biological daughter,
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Hannah reappears in Dexter's life when she non-lethally poisons him and Debra to get his attention. Dexter investigates and finds that she has changed her name and married Miles Castner (
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At the same time, a now teenage Harrison (Jack Alcott) comes back into Dexter's life, having tracked him to Iron Lake. He says he lived in a series of foster homes after Hannah died of
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the third novel of the series, the third-person narrative reveals through an entity referred to as "IT" that the Dark Passenger is an independent agent inhabiting Dexter, rather than a
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whose connection to a string of missing women makes him the perfect target. Dexter kills Fowler, only to find Fowler's latest kidnapping and rape victim, a young blonde woman named
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Dexter spends the next day completely numb, unable to even fake any sort of emotion or grief. As Dexter plans to disconnect and restart, he finds himself confronted by Rankin (
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Harrison is injured in a knife fight with another student, Ethan Williams (Christian Dell'Edera), whom he badly wounds. Harrison claims that Ethan told him he was planning a
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leaving out that he is a serial killer—but she breaks up with him regardless. This causes awkwardness between them after she catches Harrison in bed with Audrey.
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own death by wrecking his boat. The series' final scene reveals that he has assumed a new identity in Oregon as a lumberjack and begun a new life, alone.
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who targets other murderers who have evaded the justice system. Dexter follows a code of ethics taught to him in childhood by his adoptive father,
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and made a movie that was similar to how Dexter operates in the TV show. Prosecutors alleged that Twitchell had begun a double life inspired by
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to sedate his victims, due to no longer being able to acquire M99. Other times, Dexter incapacitates his target by using either his hands or a
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Dennis, Wendy (March 19, 2007). "The thinking woman's killer".
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who is stalking Astor; and his old friend Camilla Figg (
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432:(2015). In 2006, the first novel was adapted into the
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477:. Hall reprised his role as Dexter in the miniseries
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2174:. Season 3. Episode 1. September 28, 2008. Showtime.
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2195:. Season 2. Episode 9. November 25, 2007. Showtime.
1964:. In addition, he was nominated five times for the
1577:sister. To make matters worse, Miami-Metro Captain
356:. In the television series, Dexter is portrayed by
3782:. Winnipeg, Canada: FP Canadian Newspapers Limited
3639:Zabjek, Alexandra; Gelinas, Ben (April 16, 2011).
3602:Zabcek, Alexandra; Gelinas, Ben (April 12, 2011).
1837:Jeff Lindsay has written two comic miniseries for
446:. Season one is largely based on the first novel,
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3834:"Prosecutors: Ind. Teen Felt Hunger To Kill"
3458:. Vol. 2, no. 153. New York City:
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3126:. Season 8. Episode 12. September 22, 2013.
3098:. Season 8. Episode 11. September 15, 2013.
1947:'s list of TV's Most Intriguing Characters.
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3077:. Season 8. Episode 10. September 8, 2013.
2854:. Season 7. Episode 12. December 16, 2012.
2704:. Season 7. Episode 1. September 30, 2012.
2654:. Season 4. Episode 12. December 13, 2009.
2612:. Season 4. Episode 1. September 19, 2009.
2544:. Season 3. Episode 12. December 14, 2008.
2296:. Season 5. Episode 1. September 26, 2010.
2225:. Season 1. Episode 12. December 17, 2006.
1799:Kurt pays one of his truckers, Elric Kane (
5261:Fictional characters from the 20th century
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3774:"When a twisted life imitates twisted art"
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3337:. Season 1. Episode 8. December 26, 2021.
3312:. Season 1. Episode 7. December 19, 2021.
3287:. Season 1. Episode 6. December 12, 2021.
3257:. Season 1. Episode 4. November 28, 2021.
3204:. Season 1. Episode 2. November 14, 2021.
3179:. Season 1. Episode 3. November 21, 2021.
2812:. Season 7. Episode 11. December 9, 2012.
2788:. Season 7. Episode 10. December 2, 2012.
2633:. Season 4. Episode 9. November 22, 2009.
2523:. Season 3. Episode 11. December 7, 2008.
2502:. Season 3. Episode 9. November 23, 2008.
2481:. Season 3. Episode 8. November 16, 2008.
2418:. Season 1. Episode 9. November 26, 2006.
2390:. Season 1. Episode 8. November 19, 2006.
2345:. Season 1. Episode 03. October 15, 2006.
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2246:. Season 1. Episode 11. October 12, 2006.
1353:Dexter Morgan, "The Getaway", Episode 4.12
1301:. At Rita's urging, Dexter and she enter
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3604:"Twitchell guilty of first-degree murder"
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3390:. Season 1. Episode 10. January 9, 2022.
3232:. Season 1. Episode 5. December 5, 2021.
3154:. Season 1. Episode 1. November 7, 2021.
2833:. Season 7. Episode 9. October 25, 2012.
2767:. Season 7. Episode 6. November 4, 2012.
2746:. Season 7. Episode 4. October 21, 2012.
2725:. Season 7. Episode 3. October 14, 2012.
2586:. Season 3. Episode 7. November 9, 2008.
2565:. Season 3. Episode 3. October 12, 2008.
2272:. Season 2. Episode 9. October 14, 2007.
1982:Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
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5266:Moloch in literature and popular culture
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3365:. Season 1. Episode 9. January 2, 2022.
3056:. Season 8. Episode 9. August 25, 2012.
3032:. Season 8. Episode 7. August 11, 2012.
3011:. Season 8. Episode 8. August 18, 2013.
2460:. Season 3. Episode 2. October 5, 2008.
2366:. Season 2. Episode 2. October 7, 2007.
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3489:Bellafante, Ginia (November 23, 2007).
2990:. Season 8. Episode 6. August 4, 2012.
2439:. Season 1. Episode 10. June 12, 2006.
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5251:Literary characters introduced in 2004
5166:American male characters in television
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2966:. Season 8. Episode 5. July 21, 2013.
2945:. Season 8. Episode 4. July 14, 2013.
2924:. Season 8. Episode 3. July 13, 2013.
2878:. Season 8. Episode 1. June 30, 2013.
2324:. Season 1. Episode 06. May 11, 2006.
2074: Brian was ultimately sent to a
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502:Debra ("Deborah" in the novels) Morgan
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2899:. Season 8. Episode 2. July 7, 2013.
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752:. In the case of his first victim in
3903:DePaulo, Bella; Leah Wilson (2010),
3862:Wilson, Charles (October 15, 2010).
3641:"A star only in his own warped mind"
3405:Alexander, Bryan (January 9, 2022).
2679:. Season 6. Episode 12. 2011-12-18.
1958:Television Critics Association Award
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467:Television Critics Association Award
3949:"America's favourite serial killer"
3801:Martinez, Jose (December 4, 2009).
3567:"The 20 Best TV Characters of 2011"
3448:Alston, Joshua (January 12, 2009).
2098:"The 20 Best TV Characters of 2011"
1190:, though he is eventually cleared.
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384:Dexter's novel appearances include
181:Joseph Driscoll (biological father)
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3772:MacKenzie, Alan (March 31, 2012).
3565:Jackson, Josh (December 5, 2011).
2096:Jackson, Josh (December 5, 2011).
1565:Dexter sets his sights on killing
844:deviant psychological construction
683:(the serial killer protagonist of
354:television series of the same name
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3536:"TV's Most Intriguing Characters"
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1446:Harrison's first birthday party.
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5176:Fictional atheists and agnostics
5161:Adoptee characters in television
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3676:Bennett, Dean (March 23, 2011).
3462:. pp. 58–59. Archived from
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5256:Fictional characters from Miami
5246:Orphan characters in literature
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1962:Individual Achievement in Drama
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471:Individual Achievement in Drama
184:Laura Moser (biological mother)
4784:This Is the Way the World Ends
3426:Dexter - Early Cuts | SHOWTIME
2671:This Is the Way the World Ends
2538:"Do You Take Dexter Morgan?".
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2134:This Is the Way the World Ends
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193:Doris Morgan (adoptive mother)
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5241:Male characters in literature
5181:Fictional forensic scientists
5156:Male characters in television
4382:There's Something About Harry
3575:. Avondale Estates, Georgia:
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1348:what's wrong. This is... fate
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1029:Dexter in the television show
440:and its companion web series
4915:What's Eating Dexter Morgan?
4728:A Horse of a Different Color
3840:. 2009-12-03. Archived from
3686:. Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
2916:What's Eating Dexter Morgan?
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1988:Connections to actual crimes
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265:Astor Bennett (stepdaughter)
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4957:Make Your Own Kind of Music
2848:"Surprise, Motherfucker!".
2559:"The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
2475:"The Damage a Man Can Do".
1714:persistent vegetative state
671:(specified to be an animal
532:. On the show, Laura was a
276:Lily Anne Morgan (daughter)
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5151:Dexter (series) characters
5112:"Treehouse of Horror XXII"
4493:Do You Take Dexter Morgan?
4026:
3947:Teuteberg, Jasmin (2009),
3931:Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
3905:"The Psychology of Dexter"
3813:Tribune Publishing Company
2893:"Every Silver Lining...".
2806:"Do You See What I See?".
154:Maxwell Huckabee (toddler)
5231:Fictional murdered people
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4811:Sunshine and Frosty Swirl
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4645:Everything Is Illumenated
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4361:That Night, A Forest Grew
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4243:Let's Give the Boy a Hand
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3450:"Too Much of A Bad Thing"
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5206:Fictional mass murderers
5201:Fictional knife-fighters
5035:Too Many Tuna Sandwiches
4354:Dex, Lies, and Videotape
3927:"Darkly Dreaming Dexter"
3279:Too Many Tuna Sandwiches
2782:"The Dark... Whatever".
2266:"The British Invasion".
2142:. Season 6. Episode 12.
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1810:In the finale episode, "
1500:college professor named
1063:), and Rita's children,
5221:Fiction about patricide
4881:Surprise, Motherfucker!
4465:The Damage a Man Can Do
4430:The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2984:"A Little Reflection".
1905:San Francisco Chronicle
1881:The New York Daily News
1708:In the series finale, "
1454:About a year later, in
677:etorphine hydrochloride
348:book series written by
298:8240 Palm Terrace, #10B
162:In-universe information
5271:Fictional Welsh people
4978:Remember the Monsters?
4908:Every Silver Lining...
4874:Do You See What I See?
4063:Darkly Dreaming Dexter
4041:Awards and nominations
3925:Lindsay, Jeff (2009),
3118:Remember the Monsters?
2761:"Do the Wrong Thing".
2132:(December 18, 2011). "
1893:The Detroit Free Press
1887:The Hollywood Reporter
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1710:Remember the Monsters?
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770:Darkly Dreaming Dexter
449:Darkly Dreaming Dexter
387:Darkly Dreaming Dexter
335:The Bay Harbor Butcher
268:Cody Bennett (stepson)
64:Darkly Dreaming Dexter
5216:Fictional sororicides
5186:Fictional fratricides
5171:Atheism in television
5089:Pedro Rodrigues Filho
4721:Smokey and the Bandit
4707:Those Kinds of Things
4070:Dearly Devoted Dexter
3718:LastLinkontheLeft.com
3649:. Edmonton, Alberta:
3612:. Edmonton, Alberta:
3005:"Are We There Yet?".
2960:"This Little Piggy".
2412:"Father Knows Best".
2360:"Waiting to Exhale".
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1521:dissociative identity
1498:fanatically religious
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1160:Sergeant James Doakes
1044:blood spatter analyst
800:Dearly Devoted Dexter
565:Psychological profile
518:Sergeant James Doakes
393:Dearly Devoted Dexter
368:blood spatter analyst
5226:Fictional vigilantes
5196:Fictional kidnappers
4631:Beauty and the Beast
4583:Hello, Dexter Morgan
4527:Blinded by the Light
4396:The British Invasion
4375:Resistance Is Futile
3953:Stockholm University
3749:. November 3, 2008.
3460:Newsweek Media Group
2606:"Living the Dream".
2496:"About Last Night".
2187:Resistance is Futile
1664:Vogel to treat her.
1468:born-again Christian
1196:The British Invasion
1123:designed to mimic a
714:in the chest with a
628:The British Invasion
312:Iron Lake, New York
229:Lila West (season 2)
5191:Fictional jujutsuka
5056:The Family Business
4936:A Little Reflection
4714:Once Upon a Time...
4624:Practically Perfect
4534:Dex Takes a Holiday
4333:An Inconvenient Lie
4250:Love American Style
4091:Dexter Is Delicious
3808:New York Daily News
3779:Winnipeg Free Press
3657:on October 31, 2011
3620:on November 3, 2012
3546:on October 14, 2013
3357:The Family Business
3092:"Monkey in a Box".
2872:"A Beautiful Day".
2719:"Buck the System".
2011:first-degree murder
1832:Dexter: Early Cuts.
1508:) and his protégé,
1172:Narcotics Anonymous
904:Dexter is Delicious
896:Dexter is Delicious
854:deity worshiped in
558:Dexter Is Delicious
411:Dexter Is Delicious
19:Fictional character
5063:Sins of the Father
4867:The Dark… Whatever
4839:Do the Wrong Thing
4735:The Angel of Death
4520:Remains to Be Seen
4113:Dexter's Final Cut
4077:Dexter in the Dark
3991:The New York Times
3688:The Globe and Mail
3683:The Canadian Press
3496:The New York Times
3382:Sins of the Father
2827:"Helter Skelter".
2454:"Finding Freebo".
2339:"Popping Cherry".
2076:mental institution
2025:The Devil's Cinema
1930:The New York Times
1873:
1860:Critical reception
1849:Dexter: Down Under
1812:Sins of the Father
1646:Charlotte Rampling
1506:Edward James Olmos
1494:Book of Revelation
1413:Desmond Harrington
1291:
1239:
1200:Florida Everglades
1069:Christina Robinson
1055:), his girlfriend
1053:Jennifer Carpenter
1011:forensic scientist
963:Dexter's Final Cut
838:Dexter in the Dark
830:Dexter in the Dark
805:Dexter's nemesis,
540:and served in the
443:Dexter: Early Cuts
423:Dexter's Final Cut
399:Dexter in the Dark
104:Sins of the Father
5138:
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5042:Skin of Her Teeth
4950:Are We There Yet?
4929:This Little Piggy
4666:Teenage Wasteland
4548:If I Had a Hammer
4437:All in the Family
4347:The Dark Defender
4326:Waiting to Exhale
4278:Father Knows Best
4264:Circle of Friends
3962:978-3-640-44920-0
3940:978-0-307-47370-7
3918:978-1-935251-97-2
3872:. New York City.
3811:. New York City:
3694:on March 11, 2012
3651:Postmedia Network
3614:Postmedia Network
3476:Highbeam Research
3387:Dexter: New Blood
3362:Dexter: New Blood
3334:Dexter: New Blood
3309:Dexter: New Blood
3304:Skin of Her Teeth
3284:Dexter: New Blood
3254:Dexter: New Blood
3229:Dexter: New Blood
3201:Dexter: New Blood
3176:Dexter: New Blood
3151:Dexter: New Blood
3071:"Goodbye Miami".
2517:"I Had a Dream".
2240:"Truth Be Told".
1756:pancreatic cancer
1725:Dexter: New Blood
1650:neuropsychiatrist
1571:Yvonne Strahovski
1105:Christian Camargo
970:police procedural
758:hydrochloric acid
754:Dexter: New Blood
685:Bret Easton Ellis
492:General biography
480:Dexter: New Blood
352:, as well as the
328:
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249:Dexter: New Blood
202:(adoptive sister)
190:(adoptive father)
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5278:
5128:
5127:
4777:Talk to the Hand
4673:In the Beginning
4513:Living the Dream
4472:About Last Night
4444:Turning Biminese
4257:Return to Sender
4209:
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4084:Dexter by Design
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3876:. Archived from
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3579:. Archived from
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1699:Darri Ingolfsson
1680:Bethany Joy Lenz
1480:Germaine De Leon
1405:Jonny Lee Miller
1354:
1272:Margo Martindale
1038:By the start of
949:hammerhead shark
881:Dexter by Design
874:Dexter by Design
724:microscope slide
534:police informant
487:Characterization
405:Dexter by Design
307:Portland, Oregon
300:3319 Meadow Lane
280:Television Only:
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188:Harry Morgan
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4922:Scar Tissue
4804:Are You...?
4742:Just Let Go
4687:The Big One
4638:First Blood
4590:The Getaway
4541:Dirty Harry
4458:Easy as Pie
4451:SĂ Se Puede
4340:See-Through
4319:It's Alive!
4271:Shrink Wrap
3550:February 1,
3329:Unfair Game
2696:Are You...?
2038:Ohio County
1790:Jamie Chung
1781:Meanwhile,
1733:Julia Jones
1658:psychopaths
1594:Isaak Sirko
1560:Matt Gerald
1531:" during a
1529:lamb of God
1514:Colin Hanks
1377:Brad Carter
1363:Season five
1311:Frank Lundy
1299:adolescence
1295:season four
1278:Season four
1254:Jimmy Smits
1228:David Zayas
1184:David Zayas
1085:James Remar
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750:Gulf Stream
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636:season four
624:Shrink Wrap
588:sociopathic
542:Vietnam War
342:protagonist
319:Nationality
143:Devon Graye
5145:Categories
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4763:Get Gellar
4569:Hungry Man
4555:Slack Tide
4416:Our Father
4285:Seeing Red
4154:Joey Quinn
4131:Characters
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3848:2011-02-26
3728:2011-02-26
3698:October 5,
3661:October 4,
2290:"My Bad".
2166:Our Father
2084:References
1925:antiheroes
1921:Jack Bauer
1783:true crime
1639:Nick Gomez
1635:Rhys Coiro
1610:toxicology
1553:Josh Cooke
1450:Season six
1409:Joey Quinn
1334:Greg Ellis
1224:Julie Benz
1156:season two
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1061:Julie Benz
1040:season one
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530:drug trade
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145:(teenager)
111:Created by
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4990:New Blood
4853:Argentina
4846:Chemistry
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4652:Circle Us
4576:Lost Boys
4562:Road Kill
4299:Born Free
4229:Crocodile
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3624:April 12,
3521:Maclean's
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