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Episode 3: Popping Cherry

EPISODE 3: "Popping Cherry"

Episode summary:After the dead body of another of victim of the so-called "Ice Truck Killer" is found on the ice rink at Miami's Hockey Dome, Dexter helps out Debra, newly transfered to the homicide squad to investigate when Lt. Laguerta, ambitious for a promotion and the media spotlight, decides to have the department pursue a security guard whom they believe is the Ice Truck Killer. Meanwhile, Rita receives an unpleasant visit from her imprisoned ex-husband's drug dealer who confiscates her car, leading Dexter to drive her to and from her hotel receptionist job, while at the same time, Dexter zeros in on his next victim, a recently paroled teenage murderer who harbors some dark secrets of his own. Dexter also flashes back to committing his first killing: a nurse who was taking care care of his sick father, Harry told him that the nurse had been overdosing her patients (including him) and was slowly killing them, he told Dexter to kill her. Elsewhere, Sgt. Doakes continues to hound the drug kingpin Carlos Guerrero, but gets in over his head when a group of dirty cops decide to take matters involving Guerrero into their own hands.As the manhunt for the ice truck killer continues, another victim is found and a suspect emerges. Have they Identified the Ice Truck Killer at last?

Original air date: 10/15/2006

Written by: Daniel Cerone

Directed by: Michael Cuesta

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Description of crime: Latest victim of the Ice Truck Killer is found at the Miami Blades ice arena.

Victim(s): Sherry "Cherry" Taylor, a prostitute

Assigned officer(s): Angel Batista, Vincent Masuka, Debra Morgan

Crime scene: Victim is posed inside the goal on the ice inside the arena

Suspect(s): Night watchman from the arena, Tony Tucci, who is missing; a stolen surveillance tape found in his apartment shows him assembling the body parts in the goal.

Clue(s): The body is missing her fingertips, which are assumed to be the ones found frozen in the block of ice in the back of the ice truck in the previous episode.

When Debra questions prostitutes, she learns that Cherry got into a wood-paneled station wagon the night she disappeared.

The killer uses liquid nitrogen to process the body parts.

Blood evidence suggests... No blood to analyze

Victim name: Mary, AKA Angel of Death

Age/Occupation: 40s; nurse

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: She is the nurse attending his father in the hospital. Dexter's father encourages him to make her his first purposeful killing.

Why victim deserves it: She over-medicates her patients, killing them.

Victim's victims: Her terminally ill patients

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He stabs her in the chest with a knife.

Victim's last words: "I helped them, all of them. I take their pain away."

Location of killing: Nurse's apartment

FLASHBACKS

He recalls hunting with Harry, learning the chief tenet of the Code of Harry: a killing must serve a purpose, otherwise it is just plain murder. Harry says: "When you take a man's life, you're not just killing him, you're snuffing out all the things he'll ever become."

A flashback shows us Dexter's first kill. Dexter killed a nurse who was overdosing Harry's medication, she was slowly killing him.

CLUES TO DEXTER'S PAST

DEXTER'S RELATIONSHIPS

Developments with Rita:

Dexter helps Rita with her kids and gives her a car from the impound lot to help with transportation.

Interactions with others:

SIGNIFICANCE OF EPISODE TITLE

SIGNIFICANCE OF EPISODE TITLE

The episode title comes from the slang term for piercing a women's hymen, usually during sex for the first time, which should be a special occasion. In this episode, there is a flashback to Dexter's killing of a human for the first time, which indeed was a special occasion for him. The title could also refer to the dead prostitutes name, Cherry. Popping is also a slang term for killing someone, so it ties into the sex theme of Cherry being a prostitute and also the fact that she has been murdered

The episode title comes from the slang term for piercing a women's hymen, usually during sex for the first time, which should be a special occasion. In this episode, there is a flashback to Dexter's killing of a human for the first time, which indeed was a special occasion for him. The title could also refer to the dead prostitutes name, Cherry. Popping is also a slang term for killing someone, so it ties into the sex theme of Cherry being a prostitute and also the fact that she has been murdered

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Best Moments:

One of the most intense scenes is when he follows Jeremy and Lucas into the swamp, and he is surprised by an alligator.
[about going to the Captain behind LaGuerta's back]
Shanda: [Whistles]
Debra Morgan: What?
Bella: Never p*** off your pimp.
Debra Morgan: LaGuerta's not my pimp.
Shanda: Is that right... b**** tell you what to do?
Bella: Is your p**** taking all the risk?
Prostitute #1: Does she steal everything you earn?
Debra Morgan: Yeah, she definitely does that.
Bella: She's your pimp, baby, and she will mess you up if you play her.

Best Lines:

"things were a little messy in the beginning, hey perfecting a new craft takes time" (dexter reminiscing his first kill)

"it was messier than i anticipated, but still a special day" (dexter reminiscing his first kill)

EPISODE TRIVIA

Goof:Deb tells Captain Matthews she got a tip about a wood-paneled station wagon from Gabrielle, one of her vice contacts. In fact, it was a different hooker named Bella who gave Deb the tip

Jeremy Downs goes to Dade County Juvenile Prison.

ORIGINAL VERSUS NETWORK BROADCAST
This one is for the superfans, tell the newbie fans what they're missin' out on!

IN THE SHOWTIME SERIES

IN THE CBS BROADCAST

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