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Played by: Jennifer Carpenter

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Occupation: Police Officer (moves from Vice Squad to Homicide in Season 1). She has not been promoted to detective yet (end of season 2)

Personality type: Open, honest, needs approval, Tom Boy

Signature look: Slick and professional, but often becomes unkempt before day's end!

Endearing trait(s): Earnest, hardworking, loyal.

Annoying trait(s): Sometimes appears to be a little dim, easily distracted. She often uses profanity to the extreme, which makes her appear to be less than well-educated and professional.

Debra's backstory: Dexter's foster sister, often felt overlooked and ignored by her own father in favor of Dexter. Probably why she seems to think she HAS to find "true love," as well as causing her to seek validation from the males with whom she works.

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CHARACTER CONNECTIONS

Dexter
Debra's foster brother and co-worker.
Debra loves her big brother. She has never given him that feeling that he doesn't belong in her family. She was always made to feel the one in second place when it came to their father. Now as adults they are close, but Deb wants to be closer. Deb often says she feels Dexter tries to push her away when she gets too close. She also senses that her big brother has secrets, but she can never get a straight answer from him. (Deb has asked Dexter to use his 'intuition' several times to help her professionally!) He saves her in Season 1, and she returns the favor at the end of Season 2.

Harry Morgan
Father
Debra was desperate to prove herself to her father and earn his attention, and thought following in his steps and becoming a cop would be enough, but admits that it didn't really seem to work.

Sean
Ex-boyfriend
Deb and Sean did not last long, relationship coming to an abrupt halt when it was revealed Sean was married.

Brian Moser AKA Rudy Cooper
Boyfriend (briefly fiancé)
Deb "felt safe" with him, in a way she hadn't with other men. When his true identity as a killer was revealed, Debra was crushed.

Special Agent Frank Lundy AKA The Rockstar

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Co-worker/ Superior /Boyfriend
Debra's admiration for Lundy's work, attracts her to him, leading them into a relationship. Everyone at Miami Metro finds out about them and they seem very happy together, if Lundy can just stop harping on their age difference! Deb has become stronger than ever before thanks to Lundy. She feels that he gives her strength and she can talk to him. He listens to her and that is something she feels she has never had before with any other man, especially her father. Deb feels she can count on him and so far he seems to be the right guy for her if we (and he!) can look past the age difference.

CHARACTER BEST:

QUOTES

So, Miami is the haystack and the ice truck's the needle, right? Brother, I just found the f***ing needle!

F***ing Beef bus

Who is she? and are you trying to f*** her or set her on fire?

EPISODES | SCENES & RELATIONSHIPS

In Season 1- Debra breaks up with Sean, a guy she later found out was married. Trying to find love Debra meets and falls in love with with prostethics doctor Rudy Cooper. Not knowing that he is the Ice truck killer that she's hunting for. Rudy a.k.a. Brian Moser also turns out to be Dex's real brother, but Deb doesn't know this... Yet.

In season 2 she meets book writer Gabriel at the gym and their relationship is hot and heavy, but after a very short time she realizes that her heart belongs to someone else. She uses the line "The truth speaks to me from a peaceful place" Those words were spoken by Lundy to her earlier in the day. She considered Gabriel to be age appropriate.

Through out season 2 she falls in love with FBI special agent Frank Lundy, who is older than her and the head of the task force, which she is a part of. The two start a relationship. Will their relationship last until next season, or will it end when the Bay Harbor Butcher case does?

Photos of Debra

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Deb isn't the best public speaker Deb in her not often seen police attire	Julie Benz (left) and Jennifer Carpenter (right)