Boat shoes are his preferred footwear. When stalking a target, Dexter wears a military-inspired green the manufacturer calls it "Army Green" 4-button Henley. He also wears brown cargo pants and boots that resemble WWII paratrooper jump boots. To avoid leaving fingerprints, Dexter uses latex gloves or black leather tactical gloves.
Dexter's kill attire consists of coveralls and a dark-colored bib apron, probably made of thick vinyl. He usually wears a plastic face shield when using a power tool. He also wears sleeve guards, shoe covers, disposable gloves, and waterproof boots that match his apron. At times, he has to improvise. When creating crime scenes in his lab or working at bloody murder scenes " Seeing Red " , Dexter wears disposable clothing. This includes coveralls with a hood, gloves, shoe covers sometimes, boots , face shields, masks, and goggles.
It should be noted that some of these items are the same or similar to his Kill Attire. One of Dexter's most important traits is his need for control - of himself and others. Despite frequently feeling the urge to kill, Dexter displays an incredible amount of self-control.
In order to survive, it is vital that he restrain his dark urges and follow the rules of Code. Also, he is very organized in all areas of his life. He keeps his home clean and neat, writes meticulous lab reports, and carefully plans most of his kills. Dexter admittedly calls himself a "control freak. Another trait of Dexter is his sense of superiority. Because he follows a code, he believes that he has higher moral values than the killers that he kills. He justifies his actions as "taking out the trash.
Dexter can be charming but he is a practiced liar and, in most cases, viewers should place more trust in his thoughts than in his words. Even Hannah called Dexter a "master manipulator. Often, he engages in pre-murder conversations with his victims. With them, he can share the truth about who he is and know that they'll take his secret to their watery graves. Except for anger, Dexter's emotional responses are usually part of a well-rehearsed act.
In Season Two, he tells James Doakes that he only has a "small conscience" and that his feelings can't be played on because he doesn't have any " There's Something About Harry ".
Dexter frequently references his internal feeling of emptiness. In his youth, this lead to attempts to "feel alive. As an adult, he enjoys the rush he feels when stalking, killing, and evading capture. For many years, Dexter lived alone, had no interest in romance, and thought it best to avoid sex. He had learned to be wary of intimacy because usually when a woman gets that close to him, she is scared off. But he knew that he needs a relationship to help blend into society.
So, for that reason, he starts to date Rita Bennett an abused woman. At first, he considers his relationship with Rita to be part of his "disguise. Dexter eventually marries Rita after she becomes pregnant with his son, Harrison In the novels, Dexter has a biological daughter, Lily , instead of a son.
In his narration, Dexter often refers to "humans" as if he is not one of them. But there are a chinks in Dexter's emotional armor. He acknowledges loyalty to his family, particularly to his dead, adoptive father.
In one episode, Dexter comically repeats in his head "I will not kill my sister" as she regularly leaves his apartment a mess while living with him. However, Dexter didn't allow his own brother, Brian, to harm Debra, as Dexter was "fond of her. Although Dexter ruthlessly and ritualistically kills murderers with no remorse, he often wishes that he could just lead a normal life. His attempts to do this prove fruitless in the end. Am I good? I'm done asking those questions. I don't have the answers.
Does anyone? Dexter is portrayed as highly intelligent, introspective, pragmatic, calculating, relentless, generally fearless, and a "master of compartmentalization. On October 2, reported in an October 3, news article , Laura, her two sons, as well as three drug users were herded into a shipping container. The boys watched as their mother and the others were brutally murdered by chainsaw. Dexter and Brian sat in their blood for two days before they were rescued, and the traumatic event forever changed both of them.
While Brian was institutionalized, Dexter was taken in by the Morgan family and legally adopted. His adoptive family members are Debra sister , Doris mother and Harry the homicide detective who found him sitting in blood. Dexter grew up unaware of Brian's existence.
Dexter's murderous urges took shape well before adolescence and it was his adoptive sister, Debra , who saw the signs first, but she didn't realize what it meant. Dexter had taken apart each of her dolls -- a harbinger of human dismemberment. One day, while on the family boat, Harry asked Dexter if he's "different.
Harry asked Dexter if he ever wanted to kill something bigger than a dog, like a person. Dexter admitted that he had, but no one in particular.
When asked, "Why didn't you? When Dexter was years-old, Harry fell ill of coronary heart disease and was confined to a hospital. Harry soon realized that Nurse Mary , was purposefully overdosing people. On the verge of death from Mary's actions, Harry gave Dexter his "permission" to kill her.
This would be Dexter's first human kill " Popping Cherry ". A year later, Harry walked in on Dexter dismembering Juan Ryness and he vomited. If I believed in Hell Dexter doesn't understand religion.
He personally never believed in a higher power, apart from the guidance from his father, Harry Morgan. Throughout the seasons, he hinted at being atheist, although he had no problem with those who followed religion. In Season Six , he clarified that his belief was mainly in science. The season's focus on religion introduced him to various characters, from Brother Sam to Travis Marshall.
After pressure from Angel and Debra, he decided to pass religious belief on to Harrison his son. Dexter's faith was tested on multiple occasions, yet he never called out to a spiritual deity for assistance.
He found his own way out of bad situations. The exception was when he was faced with a predicament that he couldn't fix alone--Harrison in surgery for a ruptured appendix. Twice during this situation, Dexter prayed to God.
Deeply worried, he promised that he'd do anything if Harrison would be okay. He wasn't sure if he really believed in a higher being but, for the moment, he just wanted his son to survive. After news of his son's successful recovery, he said "Thank God," which Brother Sam heard.
Season Six events brought spirituality into Dexter's life. Deciding that his son would benefit from a structured lifestyle, he enrolled Harrison in Catholic school. As Dexter sought to understand religious values, he encountered one who knew little Joe Walker ; one who was an obsessed End Times expert Professor James Gellar ; one, a killer, who was trapped between his beliefs and his own personality Travis Marshall ; and one who "found" God but was a normal, functional man Brother Sam.
In the end, Dexter didn't believe in a high power. After Brother Sam's death, he claimed that religion was useless for his "dark passenger. And it's going to happen again, and again. It has to happen. Nice night. Dexter's need to kill stems from an early life incident. At age three, he witnessed his mother's brutal murder by chainsaw inside a cargo container. He was then left sitting in blood for two days. The traumatic incident caused something inside of Dexter to "change" and he was reborn as a killer.
Dexter's urge to kill is strong and needs to be satisfied nearly monthly. He continually hunts for prey to place on his table.
Then he takes his time to thoroughly enjoy his ritual. If he doesn't kill for a duration of time, he becomes unstable, with his personality representing "withdrawal syndrome. I hide it. I certainly don't talk about it. But it's there. Half sick with the thrill of complete wrongness. I don't fight him.
I don't want to. An important aspect of Dexter is his Dark Passenger , a psychological manifestation of his inner-thinking that represents his urge to kill. It is a level of 'darkness' that he can only keep at bay with a high degree of control. Dexter's adoptive father, Harry Morgan with the guidance of Evelyn Vogel trained Dexter to control his homicidal urges and to channel them away from innocent people.
The Code of Harry allowed Dexter to kill other killers and helped him to avoid arrest. Main article: Dexter's modus operandi. My instincts are impeccable, but I have to be sure of my prey. Dexter's preferred modus operandi but he improvises as needed:. Main article: Blood Slide Boxes. I understand, we all need our keepsakes. Dexter usually collects a blood slide as a trophy during a planned kill.
He keeps his blood slides inside a specialized Blood Slide Box. Dexter was in the top of his class in medical school and, subsequently, earned a degree in forensic science. His formal education included courses in biology, anatomy, chemistry, and mathematics. Additionally, he demonstrates knowledge on various topics, including history, anthropology, psychology, botany, philosophy, architecture, sociology, economics, religious lore, art, literature, law, and criminology.
Dexter possesses a large English vocabulary and speaks some Spanish, but he never exhibits fluency in other languages. Quotes from court in " Crocodile ". Lawyer: "Please state your name and occupation. Two thousand, one hundred and three. He's a well-respected and model co-worker reliable, efficient, friendly. The person that he works the closest with, Vince Masuka , covers the remainder of forensics although Dexter does often help him with non-blood related forensics fingerprints, fiber, hair, and bullets.
Dexter also serves as an expert witness in court proceedings and is certified to photograph crime scenes. Dexter has a precise knowledge of his work field and, thanks to his interest in blood, he proficiently solves criminal cases.
To Dexter, "The blood doesn't lie. At times, suspects involved in cases fly into his radar and match the Code. Then he will tamper with evidence to ensure that they go free so that he can claim their lives.
Also, he tampers with evidence for other reasons. In one such instance, he altered evidence to ensure that Detective Joey Quinn didn't take the fall for Stan Liddy 's death.
Because of his many years in his line of work and the tragedy of his wife's murder, Dexter became well known locally. Even Jordan Chase , a motivational speaker, had heard of and unfortunately became interested in him. When Dexter attended his high school reunion, most of his classmates admired his "cool job. Sergeant Doakes found it curious that Dexter would "settle" for blood spatter work, a job he considered beneath Dexter's abilities.
He also questioned why a "lab geek" had studied advanced jujitsu in college. Detective Mike Anderson judged Dexter to be an exceptionally good deductive analyst and wondered how a "pro" like him could stand working with "Miami Homicide chuckleheads. So is mine. To supplement his forensic expertise, Dexter mastered a wide array of skills. He's portrayed as a master manipulator, practiced liar, lock picker, burglar, marksman, hunter and tracker, hand-to-hand combatant, actor, computer hacker, and impersonator.
These abilities proved necessary to maintain his double life, carry out his nightly activities, and keep one step ahead of the very Department in which he worked. His high level of physical fitness was a requirement for his survival and of utmost benefit in following the first rule of the Code - " Don't get caught.
Dexter's cardio was a major factor in his personal upkeep. In the event that he had to chase down a target, he needed to keep up without tiring. If in a fight, he had to endure hits and return them with ease. And having enough energy while chasing, subduing, transferring, and disposing of victims was a necessity. Regarding his cardio, he said, "The voices in my head get quieter until it's just me, my breath, and my feet on the sand.
Considering his muscle size and abdominal shape, it was apparent that he incorporated crunches, weight lifting, and push-ups into his exercise regimen.
His physical strength is also quite impressive; only a few of the series' antagonists, including Little Chino and Ray Speltzer , have been able to overpower him. Additionally, he can lift and carry adult men with ease, showing little sign of strain. He has proven capable of lifting a full-grown man Louis Greene off the floor by the neck, with two hands.
In his college years, Dexter studied advanced Jujitsu techniques to aid in learning how to fight opponents. Through years of experience and likely a few close calls , he became a master at hand-to-hand CQC close-quarters-combat and, on more than one occasion, he was able to out-maneuver and defeat other experienced combatants.
For the most part, his training in Jujitsu allowed him to quickly subdue targets with just a few simple movements, which mostly culminated in a rear naked choke hold. This technique cuts off blood flow to the brain via the carotid arteries and causes temporary unconsciousness in just a few seconds. While not often, Dexter snapped necks, particularly if the situation called for a quick execution.
If his opponents had weapons, he was able to disarm them before they caused any real damage. Dexter has no real interest in watching or engaging in team games or any sport. However, in order to appear normal, Dexter went bowling in Season Two , golfing in Season Three , and played flag football in Season Six. Dexter did, though, enjoy watching his son, Harrison, play soccer in Season Eight.
While capable of taking on opponents, Dexter never rushed a battle to leave room for his own mistakes - unless he really needed to do so out of desperation. For instance, a handcuffed Dexter did decide to start fighting Doakes right away when the latter held him at gunpoint. Another example would be the time that a hit man held him at gunpoint and Dexter quickly cut his throat. Dexter's style often relied on counter-offense. He would allow his opponents to strike first in order to expose a weak or blind spot and then immediately take advantage of them as with Joe Walker or Travis Marshall.
In most instances, he adopted stealth and sneak attacks, as opposed to direct confrontation. He often stalked his victims from the shadows and disposed of them with minimal effort due to quiet steps and quick movements. He took advantage of any opportunity that presented itself, including the use of the surrounding environment. The following situations are examples of when Dexter used strategic thinking:. In the TV series, Dexter mostly uses sleeper holds or M99 tranquilizer to capture his victims.
In the novels, Dexter uses pound-test-nylon-fishing line to strangle his victims into unconsciousness with a tactic known as garroting. He either casually walks up to his victims and quickly throttles them, or he hides in their cars and waits for them to sit down in the front seat, at which point he strikes. He then orders them to drive to the site where he plans to kill them. Dexter also does this in the TV series.
In Dexter's early days, he underwent extensive gun-training from his father, Harry. In flashbacks, Dexter can be seen at a gun range making accurate shots with various weapons. In addition, he hunted with a rifle during his teen years and was capable of hitting a deer or another animal quite easily. Although Dexter prefers not to use firearms in his adult years, he is still a proficient marksman that can fire a handgun with precision.
One of his witnessed uses of a handgun in his adult life is the time that Esteban and Teo Famosa hold Sergeant James Doakes as a hostage at the cabin. Dexter became one of Showtime's most-watched shows of all time, consistently breaking viewership records in its early seasons. Unsurprisingly, Dexter heralded a renaissance for serial killer narratives, being quickly followed up by Hannibal , Mindhunter , True Detective , The Fall , Bates Motel, Scream Queens and a host of others on a variety of platforms.
But few if any have matched the unique star power of Dexter Morgan and his singular moral code. Tonight's the night. The room is wrapped in plastic. This time we're analyzing the ending of Dexter. Put on your gloves and mask. It's about to get messy. When Dexter was just two years old, his mother was brutally murdered by a cartel boss who hacked her to pieces with a chainsaw and left her children sitting in her blood. At first, the audience is encouraged to believe that this foundational trauma is what put Dexter down the path to not just being a forensic blood spatter analyst, but also a serial killer.
When Dexter's father Harry Morgan James Remar realizes his son lacks emotional empathy and might possibly be a sociopath with psychopathic tendencies — Harry finds Dexter killing neighborhood pets — he teaches him a code so Dexter will never get caught.
This code involves vetting a potential target to make sure they actually deserve to die, which makes Dexter's later law enforcement role come in handy. But by the ending of Dexter , Dexter's story is far more complicated.
As it turns out, Harry had been working with criminal psychiatrist Dr. Evelyn Vogel Charlotte Rampling , who had come up with the code herself and taught Harry how to apply it to Dexter as a test case.
When Dexter first kills as a teen and Harry finds the meticulous crime scene, Harry finally grasps the monster he helped create. Dexter finds out only years later that his father didn't die of a heart attack as claimed: he killed himself once he realized what Dexter was capable of. Dexter would come to refer to this shadow self as his Dark Passenger — a persona he tried to outrun, but never could escape.
One of the most compelling things about Dexter's personality and psychology is his incredible level of self-awareness. It is this introspection that makes Dexter an unrealistic psychopath according to professionals , and it is exactly this trait that makes him so relatable to viewers.
He struggles in society, just as we all do. In his case, his struggle is that he might not feel empathy, but he recognizes what empathy looks like in others and can emulate it. He might not feel love, but he knows what people who love each other do and the sacrifices they make. As the narrative progresses from the beginning to the ending of Dexter , we see him go from someone who must imitate human emotion to a man who actually does feel and comes to truly care about those closest to him.
In fact, it's this emotional development that causes Dexter to get many people in his close orbit hurt or killed. He has moments when he realizes the law could take this into their own hands, but by the time he's meddled it's already muddied the waters. A number of psychiatrists and psychologists contributed to the anthology The Psychology of Dexter , which presented a deep dive into this fascinating character's internal background as well as why people are so fascinated with him.
As contributor Christopher Ryan writes, "For me, the seductiveness of Dexter revolves around the fact that he represents that tipping point where the two extremes of human behavior connect, completing the circuit that describes human consciousness.
Dexter is both cold-blooded killer and warm-hearted family man. Unfeeling assassin and supportive friend. Like all of us, he is confused, yet certain.
He's the best and worst we can be — often simultaneously. We're always so busy focusing on Dexter Morgan and what he'll get away with next that a key aspect of Dexter often gets overlooked. If America's criminal justice system worked better, there would be no need for vigilantes like Dexter when criminals get away with crimes through loopholes or a skilled defense attorney. In particular, when Dexter goes after freed rapists, he's highlighting a real-life crisis in America that involves disbelieving victims as well as not testing every rape kit that's been turned into evidence.
Could this be why Dexter had so many female fans? Dexter takes wife beaters, spouse killers, pedophiles, and other sexual predators off the street with cool precision and does make the world a little bit safer for women and children. On the flip side, Dexter also shows us how easy it is to game the law enforcement system from the inside. Harry's code insists that the person Dexter targets must be a killer or other kind of confirmed monster. Dexter is able to change information in computer databases.
On the occasion he gets bored and needs a victim, with just a few keystrokes he can release someone on bail to kill them himself. In one example, this is how Dexter eventually identified the men who killed his mother. And because of his easygoing persona, Sergeant James Doakes Erik King is the only person who ever suspects something is off with Dexter until much later on in his story. Harry's code defines Dexter's approach to vigilante justice, but it isn't foolproof.
And the more human Dexter becomes in building his personal relationships at home and at work, the more he opens up innocent people around him to the collateral violence of his targets. Dexter is also a consummate risk-taker whose exploits get more and more dangerous as the years go by. Arguably the worst death that Dexter sets in motion is that of his eventual wife, Rita Julie Benz.
Because of Dexter's push and pull with the Trinity Killer, a. Rita's murder has been named one of the most shocking television deaths of all time.
Next is the death of Sargeant Doakes, the first person outside Dexter's family to suspect there was something off with him. Worse, because of the circumstances surrounding Doakes' explosive death, Dexter manages to pin his own crimes on Doakes, ruining his stellar record posthumously. Nobody goes to Doakes' funeral. Dexter also gets Lt.
Maria LaGuerta Luna Lauren Velez killed when she learns about Dexter's identity, forcing Deb to choose between her brother and her colleague.
Deb chooses her brother, but not without great personal loss. Unlike other crime shows that would wait until later seasons before really amping up the stakes, by its second season Dexter has his crimes come to light after divers find his dumping ground off the Miami coast.
Dexter is dubbed the Bay Harbor Butcher, and he even assists in the lab work for his own crimes. This tension does a great deal for Dexter's character development right off the bat.
Harry taught him never to get caught, and because of his smarts he thought he had the system beat. When his dumping ground is revealed it's an enormous reality check for Dexter that grounds him for a few years after it happens. But as his life develops and his family grows, he starts to get sloppy again, culminating in too many incidental deaths as he battles his Dark Passenger. The Bay Harbor Butcher is also the turning point in Dexter's arc where collateral deaths that don't meet the standard of Harry's code begin in earnest.
Dexter begins framing Sgt. Doakes for all the murders, but has no intention of killing him. Because of her obsession with Dexter, Lila kills Doakes, thinking Dexter will love her for it.
She's wrong — and ends up being the next Bay Harbor Butcher victim. For certain kinds of crimes, like sexual violence, revenge is sometimes the only justice a victim might have. A horrifying study examined how two-thirds of rapists get away with this heinous crime. Dexter 's fifth season features one of the most brutal and disgusting groups of villains brought to the screen.
They filmed each prolonged session of torture before killing the women, putting them in a barrel, and dumping it in the Florida Everglades. When Dexter kills Fowler, he doesn't realize that the gang's final victim Lumen Pierce Julia Stiles is still being held. She witnesses Dexter dispatching Fowler, and because of the nature of the crime she survived, her shame is too great to make the events public. Dexter decides to help Lumen hunt down the men who brutalized her. Debra Morgan figures out that two people, a man and a woman, are killing the Barrel Girl rapists one by one.
And when Lumen and Dexter are about to kill the last one, Deb finds their hideout. In a twist nobody saw coming, Deb lets the pair go with a grudging admiration for what they have accomplished.
She's seen the DVDs of what those monsters did, and allows the pair to finish their revenge spree. As a law enforcement insider, Deb is all too aware of the reality of prosecuting rape cases, which forces the victim to relive the events over and over.
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