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Dexter's Victims

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SEASON 1
Episode: "Dexter" Victim name: Mike Donovan Age/Occupation: 42/Church Choir Master Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter waited for Donovan after a choir performance in Donovan's Ford Taurus. When Donovan entered the car, Dexter emerged from the shadows of the backseat and choked Donovan with a garrotte wire, ordering him to drive to a house in the outskirts of Miami. There, Dexter forced Donovan to look at the bodies of the young boys he had brutally slain. Then Dexter used a syringe to sedate him. Why victim deserves it: He raped and killed young children. Victim's victims: Young children Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter dug up the bodies of the kids underneath a house rented to Donovan, showing him what he has done and then injects him. Used plastic sheets and garbage bags to cover the room. Plastic wrapped Donovan to table in center of room. Using a hand saw he cuts off his head as Donovan is screaming. Victim's last words: "I couldn't help myself, I couldn't please you have to understand" Dexter's last words to victim: "Soon you'll be packed into a few neatly wrapped heftys and my own small corner of the world will be a neater, happier place. A better place." Location of killing: On the second floor of the old house. Close calls/slip-ups: none	Episode: "Dexter" Victim name: James Jaworski Age/Occupation: 20s-early 30s; valet Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Outside the hotel where he valets and notices a red devil tattoo on his right arm. Dexter breaks into his home and finds a fetish website, Scream *** Scream, that Jaworski frequents. He views an online video that positively identifies Jaworski (by his tattoo) and his victim. Why victim deserves it: Killed at least one woman in a snuff film, was arrested but freed on a faulty search warrant. Victim's victims: Jane Saunders, mother of two small boys Dexter's kill methods and rituals:Lured him with a photo of Jane Saunders, Dexter with his face wrapped with plastic wrap sneaks up behind him and injects him. Jaworski is duct taped to rubber-sheeted table, Dexter takes his blood slide, they talk, and Dexter uses a cleaver to cut him up. Victim's last words: " Ok, I did her...in a movie, a snuff film, but I'm not sorry." Dexter's last words to victim: "of course not...and now I'm not sorry either" Location of killing: Construction site for future condos, where victim has come to steal copper piping to sell. Close calls/slip-ups**: No witnesses; Dexter comments that there is no security patrolling the site
Episode: "Crocodile" Victim name: Matt Chambers Age/Occupation: 35/Unemployed Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter continued to sit in on Chambers' trial, watching Chambers hide behind a mask of empathy and sympathy for his addiction and recovery. Chambers used his AA sponsor to vouch for his false recovery. But after Chambers was found not guilty, Dexter overheard him talking to his lawyer about having beat the system. Dexter trailed Chambers to a sports bar where he found him drinking, (clearly not recovered) and got some face-time, where he learned that Chambers moves from place to place. He also pocketed Chambers' drinking glass. Why victim deserves it: Chambers repeatedly drives drunk, and uses the pretense of AA recovery to get a lesser sentence. After fulfilling his decreased sentence, Chambers moves from city to city, changing his name to avoid further prosecution. Chambers is clearly not recovered. In each city, he repeats his bad behavior without remorse. Victim's victims:Alexander Pryce (18) and at least two to three more from other towns where he had already been and changed his name. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Abandoned Liquor Store. Covered in plastic. Laptop played footage of Alexander Pryce's last Christmas. Walls lined with news clippings of New Mexico and Massachusetts victims. Dester takes his blood slide and stabs him in the chest and chops him up. Victim's last words: Victims Defense "I was set up... I didn't do anything." Victims Confession "It was me... only it wasn't me. It was the booze... it takes me over. I'm sorry.. really i'm so sorry." Dexter's last words to victim: "You've done this too many times to be sorry." Location of killing: Abandoned Liquor Store. Close calls/slip-ups: Debra texts Dexter while he is outside the abandoned liquor store preparing for the kill. She says she needs to talk to him about something important.	Episode: "Popping Cherry" 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 broke into Mary's house and ambushed her, sticking her with a syringe, like the one she used on his father. (This is the origin of Dexter's syringe technique.) Why victim deserves it: She over-medicates her patients with morphine eventually killing them by overdose.- Harry's testimony. She was Harry's nurse while he was hospitalized for a heart attack. She administered his morphine and attempted to kill him by overdose. Harry realized what was happening and asked Dexter to 'stop her...before she hurts anyone else.' Harry gave Dexter permission to use the lessons he was taught. Victim's victims: Phoebe Burns (60), Jason Kheel (82), David Nammers (73). Attempted to overdose Harry. She has a photo album full of victims Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Being his first victim he covers everything in plastic. He comes at her with a syringe and she blocks him. They wrestle and he knocks her out with a punch to the face. he has on a full body rain suit and closes the hood over his face and stabs her three times sideways in the chest with a knife. Victim's last words: "I helped them, all of them. I took their pain away." Dexter's last words to victim: "I understand..now it's time to take away your pain." Location of killing: Nurse's apartment Close calls/slip-ups: While striking Mary with the syringe, he doesn't fully eject the contents into her; thus her pulling it out and them getting into a brawl. Also this was Dexter's very first victim, he killed her in her apartment, more of a chance to get caught.
Episode:"Love American Style" Victim name: Jorge Castillo Age/Occupation: "Coyote" (human trafficker/extortionist) and junkyard owner Where/how Dexter stalks victim:Dexter goes to the junkyard to look around and Jorge finds him and kicks him out. So Dexter proceeds to go back that night and finds a storage container with mattresses on the ground and buckets for toilets. The next morning the maids husband washes up on the beach. Dexter takes pictures of Jorge's house and new car from his boat while noticing a sticker for the Reef Shore Marina. He finds Jorge's boat in the marina and on it were three cellphones and three dead bodies in the fish keeper. Why victim deserves it:He is a human trafficker who kills any of the individuals who cannot pay for their freedom by drowning them in his boat. Victim's victims: Would-be Cuban immigrants Dexter's kill methods and rituals:He covers an old RV in Jorge's junk yard with plasic, injects Jorge and his wife pulls up and Dexter relizes she is in on it so decides to kill her too. Dexter plastic wraps both to seperate tables.He takes his slide and breaks from his routine to ask them how they make their relationship work when they're killers, just like him. He cuts Jorge up and puts him in garbage bags. Victim's last words: "We share the same dream. That's it" Dexter's last words to victim: "That's...uh helpful. Thank you." Location of killing: An RV in Jorge's junkyard. Close calls/slip-ups: Decides to kill Jorge's wife at the last minute. Dexter does not have time to dismember her body as a result. A witness hidden in the trunk of a car who was able to see him, which begins a police investigation into Jorge being a coyote and where the Castillo's ran off to, but in the end the witness identifies the man he saw as Jesus.	Episode:"Love American Style" Victim Name: Valerie Castillo Age/Occupation: Wife of Jorge Castillo and accomplice in coyote operation. Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Valerie arrived shortly after Jorge was subdued. Dexter witnessed her complicity with her husband's smuggling/blackmail operation and captured her as well. Why victim deserves it: Accomplice in coyote operation. Victim's victims: Would be Cuban immigrants Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter plastic wraps both to seperate tables.He takes his slide and breaks from his routine to ask them how they make their relationship work when they're killers, just like him. He does'nt have time to cut Valerie up so he just wraps her in garbage bag with duct tape. Victim's last words: "We share the same dreams. That's it." Dexter's last words to victim: "That's...uh helpful... Thank you." Location of killing: Inside an RV on Jorge's junkyard. Close calls/slip-ups: Didn't chop her up due to time constraints. This allowed the Ice Truck Killer to recover her body to "see" what Dexter would do under stress. A witness hidden in the trunk of a car who was able to see him, which begins a police investigation into Jorge being a coyote and where the Castillo's ran off to, but in the end the witness identifies the man he saw as Jesus.
Episode: "Return to Sender" Victim name: Alex Timmons Age/Occupation: Mid 30's, unknown Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Unknown Why victim deserves it: He is a sniper Victim's victims: Unknown Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Same as always. Victim's last words: "Yes, I did it. Is that what you want to hear?" Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown Location of killing: Unknown Close calls/slip-ups: Don't know much information because this is a flashback when Dexter was going to dispose of his blood slides.	Episode: "Return to Sender" Victim Name:Gene Marshall Age/Occupation: Unknown Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Unknown Why victim deserves it: Arsonist Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Surrounds Gene with candles before killing him. Victim's last words: "Have you ever watched someone burn alive?" Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown Location of killing: Unknown Close calls/slip-ups: Don't know much information because this is a flashback when Dexter was going to dispose of his blood slides.
Episode:"Return to Sender" Victim name: Cindy Landon Age/Occupation: Unknown Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Unknown Why victim deserves it: She is a black widow. Victim's victims: Unknown Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Unknown Victim's last words: "I'll f** you if you let me go." Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown Location of killing: Unknown Close calls/slip-ups**: Don't know much information because this is a flashback when Dexter was going to dispose of his blood slides.	Episode: "Shrink Wrap" Victim Name: Dr. Emmett Meridian Age/Occupation: Psychotherapist Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Goes to therapy to talk about his "friend's" suicide under the alias "Sean". Ends up making a major psychological breakthrough with Dr. Meridian, which allows him to let his guard down and finally have sex with Rita. He even manages a major catharsis by confessing that he's a serial killer to Meridian before killing him . Why victim deserves it: He gets female clients addicted to anti-depressants. When their prescriptions run out, he refuses to renew them and instead affirms that their suicidal thoughts are valid, even suggesting that "the brave ones do it with a gun." Three of his high-profile female clients have killed themselves because of his brainwashing. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Rubber sheets, surgical saw, shrink wrap, duct tape. Victim's last words: None. Blamed the killings on "mother issues" Dexter's last words to victim: "I'm sorry Doc. Actions have consequences and this is yours. I'm going to have to let you go." Location of killing: Dr. Meridian's office Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter was careful with this one.~
Episode: "Born Free" Victim name: Rudy Cooper aka Brian Moser Age/Occupation: Late 30's/Prosthetician Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't really stalk him. Brian Moser has been stalking him. Why victim deserves it: Has senselessly killed prostitutes, maimed Tony Tucci, and kidnapped and attempted to kill Debra Morgan. Victim's victims: At least five prostitutes, man whose car he stole (while kidnapping Debra), and the man he is posing as, the real doctor, his (and Dexter's) biological father, the elderly woman across the street from his father (that thought he was the cable man). Dexter's kill methods and rituals: None of his usual. Slit Brian's throat with a dull table knife, then drained his blood by hanging him upside down (he killed him the same way Rudy/Brian killed his victims) in order to make it look like a suicide. Victim's last words: "You're the one that needs setting free, little brother. Your life is a lie. People you've been...." Dexter's last words to victim: "Sorry, I can't hear anymore. You're right." Location of killing: Rudy/Brian's economy-sized freezer. Close calls/slip-ups: Rudy/Brian was the only one that Dexter wanted to let go. Doakes senses Dexter is linked to the Ice Truck Killer.
SEASON 2
DOESN'T KILL Episode: "It's Alive" Victim Name: Jimmy Sensio Age/Occupation: Shop owner and voodoo priest. Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter knew about Jimmy and that he would be Dexter's new next victim as soon as he could escape Doakes for a night. He stalks him in and around his Voodoo Shoppe. Why victim deserves it: Jimmy had been poisoning potions that he sold to the cursed victims with ricin. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Shrink wrap and duct tape, sedation syringe. Victim's last words: "Madolee curses you!" Location of attempted killing: Jimmy's Voodoo Shoppe Close calls/slip-ups: After the priest mumbles some words in Haitian that could have been interpreted as some type of curse, Dexter turns to pick up his knife. When he tried to stab the priest, he missed by a mere inch, striking the knife into the wood next to the priest's head. Dexter mouths the words "what the f***," walks around the table, and says "Let that be a lesson to you" and lets the priest go.	Episode:"Waiting to Exhale" Victim Name:Lil' Chino Age/Occupation:Gang member of the 29th street Kings Where/how Dexter stalks victim: 1st try: The Tattoo Parlor where this certain gang gets their tattoos. He was waiting outside, while Lil' Chino got his next tear drop for the last man he killed. 2nd try: Dexter stalked Chino to a party where other members of his gang was and attempted to assassinate him, but Chino found him said he was waiting for him and attempted to kill Dexter with the aid of other gang members and later spent the night in a storm drain. 3rd try: Dexter thought correctly that Chino would go to kill the snitch and then he trapped Chino in a garage elevator and shot him with a police tranquilizer. Why victim deserves it: Responsible for many killings. Many of his victims were innocent. Victim's victims: He had killed around 13 people. Either he did personally or was somehow involved in initiating the killing. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He took all of Lil Chino's clothes off and strapped him down to a table that he made by laying a door on a couple of horses. What he strapped him down with was plastic wrap, like usual, but the first time, the plastic wrap wasn't enough and Lil' Chino was able to get away. Second try, he used extra tape that covered his whole body except his face. Dexter had a picture of the one woman's son, her self and the daughter, shes still alive but Dexter says he killed her on the inside. Each of the pictures had a teardrop of blood drawn on it, similar to the teardrops Chino tattoos on his arm after each kill. Victim's last words:"You kill me, what do you leave behind?" Dexter's last words to victim: "A world without you. Look at that, steady as a surgeon." Location of killing: Some where in the parking garage where Chino was planning to kill a kid who snitched on his gang. Close calls/slip-ups: Lil' Chino got loose the first time. Dexter also found it difficult at first to actually kill Lil' Chino but he got over that fast.
Episode: "An Inconvenient Lie" Victim name: Roger Hicks Age/Occupation: Car Salesman Where/how Dexter stalks victim: At his car dealership. Takes DNA sample out of his trash can to verify his presence at the crime scenes. Why victim deserves it: Killed at least two different women. Apparently raped and killed them out of a general hatred for women. Victim's victims: Ann Cohen and Lynn Hall. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Brought Roger to one of his crime scenes. Besides that pretty much the usual, plastic chamber, framed pictures of victims, plastic wrap.Slams a knife in victim's chest when he in his last words calls Rita a c*. Victim's last words: She is not worth it, you're better of without that c! Dexter's last words to victim: Don't! ...talk that way about my girlfriend. Location of killing: Anne Cohen's house. Close calls/slip-ups:* Using a recent crime scene he had not been to could be considered. Also Dexter bought a car from his victim which could potentially make him a suspect if the body was ever found which is unlikely though.	Episode:"Dex, Lies & Videotape" Victim Name:Ken Olson Age/Occupation:33/unemployed Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He was a suspect in a assault on John Henry. Dexter breaks into his house to find evidence and Olsen comes in so Dexter gets him in a choke hold and gets him to confess to two killings so he chokes him out. Why victim deserves it: He attempted to kill a burglar who hurt his mother, which Dexter was willing to tolerate. However, he also killed people who didn't deserve to die, and to satisfy is own urges. He was also trying to be like the Bay Harbor Butcher. Victim's victims: A drug dealer and the husband of a woman he was sleeping with. He also attempts and fails to kill a robber who severely injured his mother. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He covers the train car Olsen tried to kill John Henry in with plastic. Dexter, points out that that is how a kill room should look like. they talk and Dexter uses a cleaver to kill him. Dexter who is "recovering" from his murderous urges, does not take a blood sample from Olsen. Also Dexter comes to the conclusion that he doesn't know who he is. Victim's last words: "I knew you weren't going to kill me." Quite ironic. Dexter's last words to victim: "No I'm gonna kill you I have to, I just don't need to... It's very empowering." Location of killing: A train car Ken had tried to kill John Henry in. Close calls/slip-ups: It wasn't a slip up but Dexter left the body, in pieces, in a garbage bag for the police to find. He did this as an example for the other people who try to take the law into their own hands. He also left it at a recent crime scene he had worked a day or two before, which was smart it a way, because any foot prints or evidence of him found could be attributed to his working of the earlier crime scene.
Episode: "Morning Comes" Victim name:Santos Jimenez Age/Occupation: Old/bartender Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter goes to Jimenez’s bar to tell him his feelings (Lila’s idea) about him murdering his mother and when that does not work he precedes to kick his A. With a knife to his throat Jimenez tells Dexter that the reason she was killed was because they found out she was a snitch and she was sleeping with the cop (Harry). Lila interrupts with a phone call and convinces him not to use (kill in Dexter’s case) Jimenez came after Dexter with a knife after a bowling game with the guys and Lila (Dexter later finds out that Lila called him.) Dexter waits for him outside of his bar, The Swamp, and then follows him to a cabin in the everglades looks through the window and sees Jimenez with bricks of cocaine. He turns on Jimenez’s car so the radio draws him out and then injects him with a needle. Why victim deserves it: He killed Dexter's mother in front of Dexter and his brother. Victim's victims: Dexter's mother. Plus probably a lot more as he worked for the mob. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter covers Jimenez’s cabin with plastic and has him plastic wrapped to a table in the middle of the room. He takes his blood slide and right before killing him he duct taped his mouth shut, used a chainsaw to represent the way his mother was killed. Victim's last words: "I'll f*** kill you." Dexter's last words to victim: "It's kinda fitting don't you think?" Referring to the chainsaw in his hand (Jimenez killed his mother with a chainsaw). Location of killing: An isolated cabin in the Everglades. Close calls/slip-ups**: Dexter had to leave the body without disposing of it to respond to Rita's phone call and to confront Lila. Dexter was not wearing any gloves when he was looking through Jimenez's wallet, and he answered his phone with blood on his hands. Later, when Dexter tried to dispose of the body, he is caught by Doakes	Episode: "There's something about Harry" Victim Name: Juan Rinez Age/Occupation:Pimp Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Unknown. Why victim deserves it: He is killing his prostitutes and dumping their bodies. Victim's victims: His prostitutes. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He covers his fathers garage in plastic and the rest is unknown Victim's last words: Unknown. Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown. Location of killing: Harry's garage. Close calls/slip-ups: One of Dexter's first kills.Harry had walked in and witnessed this killing. Because it was one of Dexter's first kills he may have been sloppy and inexperienced leaving traces of evidence. Also, Harry vomited at the scene, which could have left evidence (though DNA testing was not as prominent back then).
Episode: "There's something about Harry" Victim name: Jose Garza, aka Christopher Harlow Age/Occupation: Drug Dealer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Text message from Jimenez's cellphone. He texts Jose as Jimenez, telling him to meet him outside his bar. Why victim deserves it: He's a drug trafficker and murderer on the run from the FBI connected to Jimenez. Dexter's going to use him as Doakes' final victim. Victim's victims: Unknown. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter covers the cabin in plastic sheeting. He uses a small Hand saw and puts the body parts in plastic bags. Victim's last words: None - he was never brought back to consciousness as Doakes was present. Dexter's last words to victim: Unknown. Location of killing: Jimenez's Cabin in the Everglades. Close calls/slip-ups: Doakes was present at time of killing. Doakes tries to convince Dexter not to do it and to turn him in, and then seems to slip into a state when he sees the blood pour onto the plastic tarp.	Episode:"Left Turn Ahead" Victim Name: Estaban and Chico Age/Occupation: Drug runners who arrive at the cabin, capture an escaping Doakes and are trying to take Jimenez's cocaine. Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't, they go to Jimenez's cabin holding Doakes hostage. Why victim deserves it: They are going to kill Doakes, he needs to kill them to keep his secrets. Victim's victims: Unknown Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Estaban goes into the cabin and Dexter motions to Doakes to distract Chico. Then goes in and kills Chico and takes his gun. Doakes then throws the cocaine at Chico and dexter shoots him. He dumps their bodies (and the drugs) in the everglades (and says that he just made some very happy Alligators). Victim's last words: None. Dexter's last words to victim: None Location of killing: Outside Jimenez' cabin. Close calls/slip-ups: none.
Episode:"The British Invasion" Victim Name: Lila West a.k.a. Lila Tournay Age/Occupation: Artist Where/how Dexter stalks victim:Dexter tries to trick Lila into thinking that he is still in love with her. He tells her to pack so they can skip town together. This plan backfires, and Lila kidnaps Astor and Cody to lure Dexter to her apartment. Once he is there, she proceeds to set the apartment on fire while locking the door to prevent Dexter and the kids from exiting. Lila flees to Paris. After surviving Lila's attempt on his life, it is unclear how exactly Dexter finds her whereabouts. He sneaks up on her while she is reading her mail. Why victim deserves it:Killing James Doakes; attempting to kill Dexter, Astor, and Cody.(note: Dexter does not consider Lila's confessed kill of her former boyfriend because Dexter asks Lila if her former boyfriend deserved it and according to what Lila said he did. According to Dexter then Lila did no wrong, initially.) Victim's victims:Sgt. Doakes, Former Boyfriend Dexter's kill methods and rituals:Dexter does not use his traditional rituals, as he does not want this killing linked to anything with the "Bay Harbor Butcher", and also he's in Paris which obviously means he doesn't have the disposal resources he does back home. He does, however, show his victim a picture of the person whose life was taken, in this case Doakes' image was taped to a postcard, as a reminder why Dexter intends to take the victim's life. Single stab through the heart with a knife, then sealed in a body bag. Dexter paralyzes her with a spinal epidural instead of a tranquilizer so that her death will be painless. Victim's last words:"Don't do this" Dexter's last words to victim: "You taught me to accept what I am and to trust in the one thing I know with absolute clarity. Thank you." Location of killing:Lila's apartment in Paris, France Close calls/slip-ups:Initially, Dexter tried to kill Lila in the U.S. at her loft, but Debra showed up nearly getting Dexter's needle instead. After Lila shows up, she relizes Dexter's plans and procures his killing tools as well leaving Dexter vunerable. Lila, however, unknowingly botches her attempt to kill Dexter and flees to Paris. In Paris, Lila's body seems to be left in a bodybag by Dexter but we don't know exactly what he did after.
SEASON 3
Episode:Our Father Victim name: Oscar Prado Age/Occupation:Coach at a youth club Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He was stalking Freebo(intended victim) at his house Why victim deserves it: That's the thing--he wasn't Dexter's intended victim and Dexter is unsure if he deserved it. Victim's victims: ??? Dexter's kill methods and rituals: After a struggle, Dexter stabs Oscar in the chest. Victim's last words: "Who are you?" Dexter's last words to victim: "Who are you?" Location of killing: Freebo's living room Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter is intent upon killing Freebo, but walks in on a struggle taking place between Freebo and an unidentified, armed man. Freebo escapes and Dexter is left to fight off a man he assumes to be a drug dealer. In self-defense, Dexter kills the man with the knife meant for Freebo. To his horror, Dexter is left standing over his latest victim, unsure if the kill was justified under "Harry's Code". In the struggle, Dexter accidentally loses a crown filling at the scene. He must show up and find it before other investigators on the scene. Later, Dexter checks on Oscar Prado's record at the police station. He is caught and questioned on it by ADA Miguel Prado.	Episode:Our Father Victim Name: Unknown Age/Occupation: Middle aged/ Carnival worker Where/how Dexter stalks victim: At the carnival Why victim deserves it: Unknown. Presumably for killing people. Victim's victims: Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Standard Dexter affair. Victim's last words: Unknown Dexter's last words to victim: Location of killing: Carnival Close calls/slip-ups: n/a
Episode: Victim Name: Fred Bowman aka "Freebo" Age/Occupation: Drug dealer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Starts at Freebo's house where he ends up killing Oscar Prado. Seaching for clues to his where-abouts he goes to Teagan's (Freebo's recently found dead girlfriend) house. He finds him there, but has know kill tools. He goes home gets them and sneaks up on him and strangles him with a belt. Why victim deserves it: Killed two co-ed girls in the everglades and got off on a state police screw-up. Also, he would rat Dexter out as Oscar Prado's real killer if the police found him first. Victim's victims:Two co-ed girls. Suspected in his girlfriend Teagan's murder. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Freebo is plastic wrapped to a ladder wapped in plastic. Dexter takes his blood slide, then (using the same knife that Oscar Prado tried to kill Freebo with first and that Dexter killed Oscar with) he stabs him in the neck Victim's last words: no..last Sunday no...I was getting high with Sherry..or Carrie shes ah.. shes ah hell of a f... Dexter's last words to victim: You seem uncertain. It's uncomfortable isn't it. Just when you think you've answered all the questions another one smacks you in the face..Life, Life, Life. Life is just like that! Which is why I prefer death. Location of killing: In Teagan's detached garage Close calls/slip-ups: Miguel Prado catches Dexter off-guard right after Dexter kills Freebo. Dexter intercepts Prado outside before he could see the kill room and convinces Prado that he only killed Freebo in self-defense. Prado seems very grateful to Dexter since he was there to kill Freebo himself and wasn't sure if he could go through with it. This seems to be a big bonding moment for them.	Episode:"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Victim name: Nathan Marten Age/Occupation: Photographer and Convicted sexual predator/offender Where/how Dexter stalks victim: At the beach with Rita and the kids Astor spots Nathan taking pictures of the children. The next day Dexter finds Nathan by a children's play area and confronts him. That night Dexter goes to Nathan's house and looks through his windows. Why victim deserves it: He's a convicted sex offender and is ready to strike again. Although he never killed anybody, and he hasn't committed any crimes that he hasn't already paid for in prison, Dexter kills him because he feels that this man threatens "his children" (a first for Dexter). Victim's victims: none Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter breaks into Nathan's house and see him looking at pictures on his computer of Cody and Astor at the beach. He gets really upset and strangles him (not Dexter's usual way-not even a blood slide) While dragging him out he remembers he needs milk for the children and takes it from Nathan's fridge. Victim's last words: "ugh............." Dexter's last words to victim: His thoughts "but maybe there is another code a code that says you've stepped uninvited into my world..and that's a place where I decide who gets to live and who doesn't" To Nathan- "I am not like you" Location of killing: Nathan's house Close calls/slip-ups: none
Episode: Victim Name: Ethan Turner Age/Occupation: I'd say "black widow" Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Dexter first checks him out at a resort/hobby store and makes casual conversation with him. Once he discovers that Ethan is headed on a cruise to Bimini, Bahamas, he follows him onto the ship. Once onboard, he creeps up on Ethan after he gets out of the shower in his room. Why victim deserves it: According to Miguel Prado, he got away with his first wife's murder by staging it as an overdose of pain meds. Then recently, he got rid of his second wife while on a cruise in International waters where Miguel has no jurisdiction. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter covers Ethan's room on the cruise ship with plastic. Wraps Ethan in plastic and lays him on the floor. Dexter takes his blood slide and since he is not wrapped to anything Dexter has to use his knees to keep him down. He stabs him in the chest cuts him up, wraps in in garbage bags and disposes of him out the porthole in Ethan's room. He also wore disposable booties--the kind surgeons wear in the O.R. Also missing from his usual ritual were pictures of the killer's victims. Victim's last words: "Hey..ugh-" Dexter's last words to victim: "I've been going through some changes myself lately. I'm getting married and I have a baby on the way...ME. Even though my life may never be the same I want to thank you for reminding me how important it is to take time for oneself. Savor these moments alone." Location of killing: In Ethan's room on the cruise ship. Close calls/slip-ups: Dexter "took care" of Ethan just one day after Miguel shared with him the frustration he felt over letting this guy get away. Once Miguel got the news that Ethan went missing, he immediately sensed Dexter was responsible (especially since the Coast Guard couldn't find Dex where he said he'd be). In a way, Miguel had set this up, and Dexter came through for him to finish a job he couldn't legally do himself. Dexter's overzealousness could not be hidden from Miguel.	Episode: Victim Name: Clemson Galt Age/Occupation: Neo-Nazi in prison Where/how Dexter stalks victim: In an elaborate scheme with Miguel, Dexter breaks him out of custody. Why victim deserves it: Killed multiple people. Ran Aryan operations from inside maximum security prison. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: The usual: plastic sheets, plastic wrap, cheek cut, blood slide, etc. Victim's last words: "No. You got me mixed up with somebody else". Location of killing: Inside the abandoned home of a previous victim of Galt's. Close calls/slip-ups: Involving a third party in the killer/killed equation (namely, Miguel Prado) is risky enough as it is. They were almost caught escaping the courthouse.
Episode: Victim Name: Camilla Figg Age/Occupation: Retired police filer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't. He visits her regularly in the hospital. Why victim deserves it: She asked him to do it and he felt he owed it to her. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter closes the door to the hospital room and draws the curtains closed. He then injects sodium pentothal into a slice of key lime pie and feeds it to her. Victim's last words: "You finally brought me the perfect pie" and then, "Its good that you did-" (responding to Dex's admission to killing his brother) Location of killing: Camilla's hospice room Close calls/slip-ups: None.	Episode: Victim Name:Billy Fleeter Age/Occupation: Ex-college football player, current gambling enforcer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Along with Miguel, Dexter follows him around to various sports bars and eventually knocks Billy out in his own home. Why victim deserves it: He killed people to pay off his gambling debts. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter set everything up as he normally would, but then handed the reigns over to Miguel and let him actually do the killing. No blood slide was taken. Victim's last words: 1st) "What the **?" 2nd) "Who are you?" 3rd and last) "Hey man, I just do what I had to do." Location of killing: A small storage room where broken slot machines were stored. Close calls/slip-ups**: Trying to teach Miguel "The Code" proved very difficult and risky as Miguel was prone to cut corners and even tried to take evidence from the kill-room.
Episode: Victim Name: Miguel Prado Age/Occupation: Assistant District Attorney Where/how Dexter stalks victim: After following Miguel around on his new, bachelor schedule, Dexter catches up to Miguel at La Guerta's house. Why victim deserves it: Killed Ellen Wolf and attempted to kill La Guerta. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Usual plastic covered room with Miguel strapped to table. He strangled Miguel though and presumably skins him to pin the murder on King, "The Skinner" Victim's last words: "You're a little freak! You think I'm done with you? You think this ends here? It doesnt!" Location of killing: Ellen Wolf's home. Close calls/slip-ups: None. Dexter's the man.	Episode: "Do you Take Dexter Morgan" Victim name: George King Age/Occupation: Tree Trimmer/ The Skinner Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He doesn't. George King "The Skinner" walks up behind Dexter and knocks him over the head, taking him hostage. Why victim deserves it: Skinned and killed Teagan (Freebo's Girlfriend), Javier (a pimp connected to Freebo), and Wendell Owens (Freebo's doorman). Kidnapped and assulted Anton. Tried to skin and kill Dexter. Victim's victims: Killed Teagan, Javier, and Wendell Owens. Assulted Anton and Dexter. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: The tables are turned and Dexter is tied to a table. While George is going to retrieve his knife to skin and kill Dexter, Dexter flips the table on it's side breaking his hand and setting him free. Dexter is able to subdue George and breaks his neck just as the police are entering the factory. At the perfect time Dexter throws George off the edge and right under the arriving police car. This skins his face (how apropos) and breaks his neck- or so the police think. Victim's last words: " Let's hope your this talkative once I get my tools" Dexter's last words to victim: "Miguel Prado tell you that, he wanted me dead so he used you. He played on your obsession...Probably wasn't too hard, Ha ha ha, you are a little single minded." Location of killing: Old abandoned cigar factory, George's hideout. Close calls/slip-ups: The police show up to arrest George, but Dexter had just finished killing him. Dexter throws George's body over a railing, causing a squad car to hit it. Dexter escapes from the factory undetected and the police believe it was the impact of their car on the Skinner that broke his neck.
SEASON 4
Episode: "Living the Dream" Victim name: Benito "Benny" Gomez Age/Occupation: Retired Boxer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Following Quinn's case notes Dexter goes to Tito's bar (a hang out of Benny's) and falls asleep, waking up to a cop. So instead he knocks on Benny's trailer door and injects him before he can react. Why victim deserves it: He bludgeoned a man to death in front of his son. Beat his girlfriend to death. Victim's victims: His girlfriend. A father of two. Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Completely covered the boxing ring in his usual plastic with a table in the middle. Benny is plastic wrapped to the table and Dexter is jealous he gets to sleep. Dexter smells a smelling salt to wake himself up and does a little boxing dance. Takes his blood slide and Rita interrupts with a phone call so Dexter kills Benny quick. Victim's last words:" I know you" Dexter's last words to victim: "I'm the blood guy" & " You've made alot of people very miserable-including me" Location of killing: Del Rubios-A broken down abandoned boxing arena. Close calls/slip-ups: Because Rita calls Dexter, asking him to go to a pharmacy, Dexter kills Benny hastily and hides the body. When Dexter crashes his car due to sleep deprivation, he forgets where the body parts are hidden. He remembers that they are hidden in a punching bag hoisted up to the ceiling when he sees blood dripping onto the boxing arena.	Episode:"Dex Takes a Holiday" Victim name: Zoey Kruger Age/Occupation: Police Officer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He investigates her past during an open house she was holding to sell her house. He finds a piece of the glove she used to shoot herself and plant blood evidence at her husband and child's murder. She caught on to his investigation and tried to turn the tables on him by threatening him. Dexter then purposely agitated her by pressing forward with his investigation, until she breaks into his house, where th ey struggle breaking his "Dad mug". He sudues her and takes her to her house. Why victim deserves it: She faked a home invasion so that she could kill her husband and daughter; she framed drug dealer, Darius Rey, who later died under fishy circumstances. Victim's victims: Husband, Daughter. Suspected in drug dealer-Darius Rey Dexter's kill methods and rituals: He wraps Zoey's late daughter's bedroom in plastic. Has a baby mobile hanging with her victims pictures. Plastic wraps her to the bed. Takes his blood slide and stabs her in the abdomen. Victim's last words: "You will choose your life over theirs" Dexter's last words to victim: "I don't want to lose them.. i don't.. thats the difference between us!" Location of killing: Zoey's late daughter's bedroom Close calls/slip-ups: Officer Kruger had a friend in the clerk's office notify her that someone had requested her case file. When she discovers that it is Dexter, she tails him in traffic and pulls him over to warn him to back off.
Episode: "Slack Tide" Victim name: Jonathan Farrow Age/Occupation: Photographer Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He goes to Farrow's photography studio and finds a trail of blood with luminal that leads to a chipped finger nail. The fingernail belongs to an arm found in a gators stomach. He goes to a club Farrow visits and was going to capture him there, but runs into Quinn (who was following him) so he aborts. Attempt two- he goes to his house and waits for him there while he is suppose to be camping with Cody. Why victim deserves it: Dexter suspected him of killing at least three of his models that he photographed Victim's victims: None Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter uses Farrow's camera flashes to draw him in, sneaks up behind him, and chokes him with a wire. He covers his photography studio in plastic and has his victim's pictures (or so he thought) flashing on the wall. Farrow is plastic wrapped to a lighted table and Dexter takes his blood slide. He uses a butcher knife to chop off his head. Victim's last words: “Because of my pictures, those women will live on forever! Dexter's last words to victim: "Nothing last forever" Location of killing: Farrow's photo studio in his house Close calls/slip-ups: Quinn was following Dexter and saw him stalking Farrow. When Farrow turns up missing Quinn may suspect him. At the end of the episode Dexter finds out that Farrow was innocent and his assistant was the killer.	Episode: Victim name: Age/Occupation: Where/how Dexter stalks victim: Why victim deserves it: Victim's victims: Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Victim's last words: Dexter's last words to victim: Location of killing: Close calls/slip-ups:
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Dexter Season 4

denkiva — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:05:02 CST

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DEXTER SEASON 4
Living the Dream	Remains To Be Seen
Blinded by the Light	Dex Takes a Holiday
Dirty Harry	If I Had a Hammer
Slack Tide	Road Kill
Episode 9	Episode 10
Episode 11	Episode 12

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Slack Tide

Patty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:28 CST

SLACK TIDE
Airdate: November 8, 2009
Directed by:Tim Hunter
Written by: Scott Buck

Dexter finds himself enjoying a brief moment of tranquility. He's finally managed to strike a balance between work, family... and other pursuits. But he's keenly aware that times like these aren't meant to last. When Miami Metro discovers a string of murders connected to a prominent photographer, Dexter sees an opportunity for a clean kill. However, his plans seem to be thwarted every step of the way. Quinn has taken a renewed interest in Dexter's nightlife. Dexter's plans to keep Astor and Cody distracted with new activities soon backfire. Even Harry disapproves of Dexter's choice of pastime, urging him instead to focus his efforts on the Trinity Killer. Meanwhile, Debra returns to work, frustrated to find everyone treating her with kid gloves. She decides to concentrate on her pursuit of the Trinity Killer as well as delving into her father's checkered past - investigations which Dexter fears might lead her to danger - or worse, the truth.

More about "Slack Tide"

Dexter shares the definition of slack tide in the opening monologue: a slack tide is when the tide is neither coming in nor going out, but perfectly still.In relation to the episode, Dexter is experiencing a slack tide or sorts in his life. He believes that he's found a perfect balance between his private, work, and domestic life. However, much like how Dexter said in the beginning, "The only downside to the slack tide is that it doesn't last long", and Dexter's ends this episode when he finds he has killed an innocent man.

Name: Jonathan Farrow

Occupation: Photographer

Last words: “Because of my pictures, those women will live on forever!”

Location of killing: Farrow's home

Why victim deserves it: Dexter suspected him of killing at least three of his models that he photographed, but in a twist of events, at the end of the episode Dexter discovers that Farrow was actually completely innocent of any murder.

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: After an aborted attempt at a nightclub, Dexter attacks Farrow in his home while he was suppose to be camping with Cody.

Dexter's kill method/rituals: Classic Dexter.

Close calls/slip-ups: n/a

Did Dexter kill an innocent man?

Dexter - "Dear Abby: I'm a serial killer and need advice on keeping my kids from taking over my life."
Dexter - "Okay - two serial killers go for a ride. Why do I get the feeling that this jokes ends with only one of them coming back?"
Name - "Quote"

Dexter killed his first innocent man (at least, the first one who wasn't attacking him with a knife anyway).
Trinity has strange mood swings and couldn't even kill a deer.
Harry slept with numerous CI's.

Dexter sees Harry when Deb reveals to him his multiple affairs. Even in a dream state, Harry looked guilty.
Harry continued to press Dexter on killing Trinity while they were on their little excursion in the woods.
When Dexter finds out Farrow is innocent there is a flash to Harry who has a very dissapointed look on his face.

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More Season 4 Discussions

"Road Kill"
When Dexter learns that Trinity is planning a road trip, he sees an opportunity to ride shotgun and learn more about Trinity's past. Meanwhile, back at Miami Metro, Debra refuses to let a technicality keep her off the Trinity case.

The Ice Truck Killer

andjet — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:56:19 CST

THE ICE TRUCK KILLER

Name: Brian Moser
(Fake name was Rudy Cooper)

Alias(es): Rudy Cooper

Occupation:
Doctor specializing in prosthetic limbs

Family:
Laura Moser (mother), Dexter Morgan (brother), Joseph Driscoll (father)

Personality type:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:
He loved his brother

Quirks:
He loves menthol cough drops and has an obsession with artificial limbs.

Secrets:
He is really Dexter's biological brother. He was with Dexter in the shipping container and watched his mother's murder. Brian was put into a mental institution for children.

Fate: Dexter hands him upside down and slashes his throat leaving him to bleed out. Dexter leaves the body for the police to find, and they rule his death a suicide based on the angle of the cut on his throat.

DISSECTING THE ICE TRUCK KILLER

Motivations:
He killed because he saw his mother butchered with a chainsaw.

Methods: He kills the person, then carefully disects them into equal sections after draining all of the blood from their body.

Pre/post kill rituals:

Childhood trauma: Witnessed his mother being butchered by a chainsaw.

Self image:

Inspirations:

Psychological disorders: Sociopath

Reason for killing:

Similarities to actual serial killers:

VICTIM FILES

Name:

Year of death:

Last words:

Location of killing:

Where/how serial killer stalks victim:

Ice Truck Killer's kill method/rituals: Hooker found in a drained pool at the Seven Seas Motel. Cut up at the joints and drained of all blood. Parts of the body are wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine. Head was there.

Trophies:

Clues/messages left for police:

Name: Sherry Taylor (Cherry)

Year of death:

Last words:

Location of killing:

Where/how serial killer stalks victim:

Ice Truck Killer's kill method/rituals: Hooker, Sherry Taylor (Cherry), found in the goal of the Miami Blades ice rink. No blood and no hesitation cuts. All parts wrapped, except the head, and finger tips are missing. He’s escalading the thrill by placing her in the ice rink.

Trophies:

Clues/messages left for police:

Name:

Year of death:

Last words:

Location of killing:

Where/how serial killer stalks victim:

Ice Truck Killer's kill method/rituals:

Trophies:

Clues/messages left for police:

Name:

Year of death:

Last words:

Location of killing:

Where/how serial killer stalks victim:

Ice Truck Killer's kill method/rituals: Hooker found laid out like the first- cut up into pieces, drained of blood, on one leg the flesh was complete flayed off and the head was missing. Cuts were different in some places rough then a little better, and then clean. Parts were wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine. Head was missing. Her head was later thrown at Dexter from a refrigerated truck.

Trophies:

Clues/messages left for police:

Name: Tony Tucci

Year of death:

Last words:

Location of killing:

Where/how serial killer stalks victim:

Ice Truck Killer's kill method/rituals:A man’s (Tony Tucci) hand propped on a lounge chair at Petrie (formally Ran Beach) beach. There is blood, cut was delicate and surgical. There is a pail with shovel that has a postcard like picture of the scene in it. It’s set up like a scene from a family trip that Dexter took when he was a kid.
His foot was found on a park bench next to a soccer ball. There is blood and the cuts are sergical. Also a scene from Dexter’s childhood.
An ankle to knee was found at Mc Cavery Pumpkin Patch. No infection where the foot was cut off so he had to have been given antibiotics. It’s also set up like a scene from Dexter's chilhood.
Tucci was found alive and taken care of at the abandoned Angel of Mercy hospital in the basement. The scene was taken from a picture in Dexters photo album.

Trophies:

Clues/messages left for Dexter: At each of Tony's crime scenes the Ice Truck Killer left a photo which was like a photo from Dexter's photo album. On the back of Dexter's Angel of Mercy hospital photo there was a smiley face drawn in ink.

THE ICE TRUCK KILLER QUOTES
What did they say?	When did they say it?

INTERACTION WITH DEXTER
What happened?	Episode \| Scene

Slack Tide Full Recap

Patty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:20:58 CST

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Season 4, Episode 7:
Slack Tide

There’s a moment sailors call slack tide. When the tide is neither coming in nor going out, but perfectly still. It’s a moment frozen in time, when all is calm and peaceful. The only downside to it is that it passes so quickly. As much as we might like things to be suspended in time, they never do.

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Dexter is out on Slice of Life with Debra and the family when he is called back on a case. An alligator is killed by a local man and once cut open found to contain the severed arm of a woman. The wrist shows ligature marks. The team heads back out to look for the rest of the victim. Following his evidence collection at the scene, Dexter returns home where his family greets him with a laundry list of “Honey, Dos.”

Dear Abby, I am a serial killer and need advice for how to keep my kids from taking over my life. No, there’s only one person who can help me.

Dexter, as Kyle, helps Arthur load up his car with supplies for the next Four Walls, One Heart build. Arthur counsels Dexter about being a father and encouraging his kids’ outside interests, even though it makes them so busy he barely ever sees him. Dexter admits that he’s lonely and knows no one; Arthur rises to the bait and asks him to meet him at his house the next morning at 6:30 a.m.

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Debra and Dexter chat outside the “roach coach” lunch wagon, where she receives a hero’s welcome and treatment from her fellow colleagues. He intercepts Christine, who is there to interview Debra for a profile. Quinn and Dexter have a tense exchange about the fact that Christine is just doing her job; as far as Dexter is concerned, the last thing he wants is a nosy reporter sniffing around him and his family.

Inside the station, the homicide team huddles to discuss the case of the dismembered arm. LaGuerta and Batista introduce what they know about the case so far, which includes fingerprint evidence that IDs the victim as a 19-year-old Nicaraguan woman named Estrella Carazo, a cocktail waitress and sometime model, who had a job scheduled with a photographer named Johnathan Farrow. Farrow specializes in disturbing imagery and has previously been investigated, but not charged, with rape. Following the briefing Debra asks Quinn what’s up with LaGuerta and Batista, concluding that they are “doing it.”

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Scene changes to Dexter, who is mulling what extracurricular hobbies Astor should take up. I’ll need to find the right activity for Astor… What did I like to do when I was 12…? Okay, then, moving on… Dexter looks up and sees Johnathan Farrow stepping into interrogation. Harry perches on his psychic shoulder, asking him why he’s losing focus on Trinity in favor of the twisted photog. Dexter defends his focus, saying that Trinity is not an imminent threat because he’s completed his kill cycle.

In interrogation, Farrow denies knowing anything about Estrella, until he is shown a picture of her. He allows that the shoot happened and that her nice booty was the feature of his Jamaican rum campaign. He says the events of the shoot can be corroborated by his assistant and about 20 other people. Harry again intrudes, asking Dexter why he’s stalling on Trinity. Dexter says he still has things to learn from him. Harry says he spent his life trying to teach Dexter not to be like Trinity. Dexter replies that Harry also taught him that he couldn’t be with people, get married, etc.

Batista asks Farrow if he knows of anyone who would have cause to hurt Estrella, and Farrow replies that she was gorgeous but “FOJJ,” i.e. fresh off the jumbo jet. He then hones in on Debra and tells her that he could make her a star if she comes to his studio, where he will “rough [her] up a bit.” Dexter, looking on, moves Farrow up to the top of his list.

***

Quinn helps Debra move some of her things into Dexter’s old apartment that same night. Quinn remarks on the fact that Dexter kept the apartment after marrying Rita and on his way out, bumps into Dexter, who is also helping her move her things in. Debra shares with him her intention to take all of Lundy’s findings on Trinity to LaGuerta, including her belief that Trinity was the person who shot her and killed Lundy. Dexter also notices she has Harry’s old CI files, and she shares with him the news that she is planning to meet up with a woman for coffee who may have been involved with Harry, a woman named Valerie Hodges. Debra’s headed in the wrong direction, but when she realizes that and gets headed the right way, Laura Moser leads to Brian Moser leads to the Ice Truck Killer leads to Harry Morgan. So many little stepping stones that lay a path to the real me.

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Back at home, Dexter shares all his good dad ideas for the kids' activities, including a sailing club for Cody and a handful of ideas for Astor that she rejects: soccer, ballet, and the little scientist association. Rita is extremely pleased at Dexter’s parenting involvement.

***

The next morning, Dexter goes with Arthur deep into the woods. Arthur opens up the back of his van to reveal a number of tools, including a chainsaw, saw, and an ax. He tells Dexter they are going to cut down a tree. Arthur has trouble firing up the chainsaw, and loses his cool a bit. Dexter powers it up on the first attempt, and sinks the blade into a nearby tree, felling it easily. Dexter asks why they didn’t just go get wood at the lumber yard, and Arthur testily says he doesn’t want wood from the lumber yard. After sectioning the tree and loading it up in the van, they drive off. A deer leaps in front of the vehicle and is hit. Arthur is extremely agitated by the event and wants to leave the scene, but Dexter tells him that the animal is injured and needs to be put out of its misery. He collects the ax from the back and hands it to Arthur: “You need to kill it.” Harry sneers at this, saying that Trinity has spent his whole life killing and can’t bring himself to kill Bambie. “This is your new role model, Dex? Get that ax and kill him now.” Dexter asks Arthur if he’d like him to kill the deer and does so.

***

Back at the station, Batista shares the bad news that the judge will not issue a search warrant for Farrow’s studio, due to lack of probable cause. “I’m still sure he’s our guy,” he says, and shares the names and pictures of three other Central and South American women who were also in the States illegally and have gone missing, and there is evidence they may have also been involved with Farrow. Batista’s theory is that Farrow targets them, knowing that their families are in a poor position to do anything about influencing an investigation into their disappearance.

Fortunately, unlike Batista, I don’t need a search warrant…

Dexter begins stalking Farrow that night, arriving at his studio after dark, as the photographer’s assistant is locking up. He breaks in and starts scoping the place out, including reviewing images on Farrow's computer of Estrella. He sprays for blood evidence and finds many indications of blood on the floor and wall. He finds a fingernail stuck in the wall and takes it back to the lab where he confirms that the nail fragment fits a broken nail on Estrella’s severed arm. Not exactly Cinderella’s glass slipper, but it’s a fit.

***

Scene changes to Arthur’s garage workshop where he is planing a board…

***

Next morning, Debra meets Valerie Hodges for coffee. She is a pretty middle-aged woman with a nice manner, short hair. She allows that she used to work for Harry. Debra asks her directly if the two of them ever had a romantic relationship. “I was one of his girlfriends, if that’s what you’re asking. … I think he picked his CIs based on how good we were in the sack.” Valerie starts to go into TMI terrain, and Debra bugs out. She goes straight to Dexter and shares the news with him. Dexter advises her to let sleeping dogs lie, and offers to return Harry's files. He puts the report about his mother’s death through the paper shredder, but can’t bring himself to destroy her picture. He puts it in his desk drawer.

***

Dexter brings home an acoustic guitar for Astor, who receives it with very little enthusiasm. Rita reminds him that he’s on the hook to take four boys from Cody’s young sailor club on a weekend camping trip. Using the event as an excuse, he tells her he has to prep the boat and buy supplies for the outing. His real aim is to kill Farrow. He goes to a club where Farrow is partying and is in the process of trying to lure him outside (by having a server tell Farrow that a homeless person has thrown up in the backseat of his car!), when he sees Quinn is also at the club. The plan has become too risky, he decides, and proceeds to get a woman standing next to him at the bar to go over and hit on Quinn, so he can sneak out unseen.

***

Dexter takes Cody and three of his friends on their club outing, and tries to bond with Cody by teaching him to tie some knots.

Meanwhile Debra seeks and receives LaGuerta’s permission to start a limited Trinity killer investigation. She calls Dexter to share the news, as well as her intention to avenge Lundy’s death.

On the campout, after dark, one of the dads is telling a really lame scary story. When he’s done, Dexter starts to tell his own scary story, using the general framework of Trinity’s actual story. When he starts to get too scary, the other father cuts him off by providing a slapstick ending to the story that cuts the tension and makes the kids laugh. After putting Cody to bed in the tent, Dexter hops into his boat to head back to get Farrow.

***

In Farrow’s studio/apartment, Dexter assails Farrow, subduing him on a light table before a projected slideshow of his model victims. Farrow vehemently denies that he has killed the women. “Because of my pictures, those women will live on forever!” he screams. Dexter replies, “Nothing lasts forever,” as he deals the death blow with a cleaver. He takes Farrow’s bagged body out on Slice of Life and dumps it overboard.

***

Man has always been drawn to the sea. But it’s an unnatural setting for us, a place of great danger. Tides, currents, waves, wind – each presenting their own hazards, none of which can be ignored. The slightest lapse of judgment can be a mistake you might never recover from. But a good sailor doesn’t fight against these elements. A good sailor works with them, using them to his advantage. While others less fortunate might be forever be cast adrift – often in several pieces – he always comes home safely.

During Dexter’s monologue, we see what Trinity/Arthur has been working on in his workshop: a casket. We see Debra, in her apartment, surrounded by all of Lundy’s research files. And we see Dexter making pancakes for Cody on his camp stove. When Dexter returns to the office, he sees Batista and Quinn taking Farrow’s assistant into custody for the murder of Estrella. Batista tells Dexter that they have an airtight case against him, including tollbooth video of him driving into Alligator Alley, DNA evidence, everything. Has Dexter killed an innocent man?

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Two Great Interviews with Jennifer Carpenter
11/06/09

UK News Source ITN has two great interviews with Jennifer Carpenter about her role on Dexter and relationship with onscreen brother/offscreen husband. Check them out below.

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Dexter News: Thursday Round-up
11/05/09

All the Dexter news that's fit to print!

• The Associated Press has a great interview with John Lithgow where he talks about what attracted him to the role of the Trinity Killer. Looks like we can thank his wife, who said "No, you've got to take the role," despite the plans they'd have to cancel to accommodate the shooting schedule.
• Chicago Tribune TV Critic Mary McNamara gives readers a glimpse of what's on her DVR and Dexter makes the cut. She writes "When it debuted, it was hard to imagine watching a show in which the hero was an emotionally damaged serial killer. Now it's impossible to imagine not watching." Check out the rest of her DVR list here.
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New Serial Killer? More Severed Feet In Shoes Found Along The Coast of British Columbia

11/04/09

On Thursday, October 29, 2009, another right foot was found inside of a running shoe on a beach in Richmond. It is the 7th foot found along B.C.'s coast in two years. All the feet have said to separate from the body through a natural process. However, it is unknown as to why these body-less feet have been appearing at all. So far, all of the severed feet have been inside of sneakers. An interactive map tracks the first 6 feet, all near Vancouver, on the coast of BC.

It seems like we could use Dexter's help in solving this real-world mystery of the floating feet in sneakers.

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Dexter Webisodes: Early Cuts Chapter 3

11/04/09

Chapter 3 of the Dexter: Early Cuts series is out so make sure to check it out along with the previous chapters! As a special treat for you, we've got a Behind the Scenes video about this breakthrough web series.

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Extended scenes from next Sunday's "Slack Tide"

11/02/09

Hot off the heels of last night's episode we've got two scenes from next week's "Slack Tide" to tide you over until Sunday! We're at the halfway mark of the season! Can you guess where it's going?

Portraying Kyle Butler, Dexter runs into Arthur.

Quinn and Dexter help Debra move into the apartment.

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If I Had a Hammer Full Recap

denkiva — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:38:32 CST

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Season 4, Episode 6:
If I Had a Hammer

The episode starts with Trinity singing in front of a congregation, Dexter in attendance… The wolf in sheep’s clothing, hour by hour the spitting image of a normal man. … Father, husband, teacher, deacon. Camouflage is nature’s craftiest trick.

***

Back at home, Rita gives Dexter the cold shoulder. She tells him that she’s made an appointment with a therapist to deal with their emergency.

***

The next morning, Dexter is talking to Deb when he gets a call about the bludgeoning death downtown. Debra knows where the killing has taken place, as Lundy suspected.

The last victim in the cycle of three. Trinity’s done... for now. He’s retreated into the safety of his camouflage. His defenses will be down – the perfect time to strike. I just have to stay ahead of my colleagues.

Masuka, Dexter, and Quinn discuss the evidence. The body has been undiscovered all weekend. Masuka recognizes the wound as being inflicted by a framing hammer. Dexter attempts to remove a smudge of evidence found on an opposing wall. When Dexter asks him how he knows so much about hammers, he replies, “Not a tool I haven’t played with, my friend.”

***

Scene changes to Trinity’s garage, where he is cleaning the hammer he used on his latest victim.

***

Back at the station, Debra watches Batista’s interrogation of Nicky, Rose’s girlfriend, who confessed to the vacation murders as well as to killing Rose. But she did not confess to killing Lundy and shooting Debra. Quinn shuts off the tape and tells her that watching it will only f*ck her up.

LaGuerta and Batista talk about his transfer and he seems reasonably sanguine about it, knowing it will mean a pay raise, a safer life, and the chance to remain in a relationship with her.

***

Dexter and Rita are in therapy; he struggles to say what is “expected” of him. The new therapist challenges Rita about her expectation that Dexter will change, since he is behaving as he did before they were married. “I need a partner, Dexter, someone I can trust.”

***

I’m doing everything I can to save my family, and I’m still failing. Rita’s picturing her life without me, and I can’t picture mine without her, the kids, without Harrison.

***

Scene changes to Dexter in the lab testing hammers on plaster-cast skulls full of blood. Quinn and LaGuerta come in to talk to him and the three are interrupted by Masuka, who makes a report about the wall smudge Dexter collected at the scene of the bludgeoning. He says it contained DNA from two sources: a bone fragment contained in ashes from a cremated human and the saliva of the killer, who purposefully wiped the ash on the wall with his own spit. LaGuerta asks Masuka to run it through all available databases to find a match.

No you won’t. Arthur Mitchell isn’t in any of our police databases. I already ran him – he’s squeaky clean. He hides the real him; except from those ashes. He can only be honest with the dead.

***

Batista comes to collect the vacation murder files from Debra and encourages her to go home. She collects a voicemail from a woman whom she had contacted about her association with Harry.

At home, Dexter tries to find something to talk to Rita about, but comes up short again. She says they are out of bread and he offers to go get some. We next see him sitting in the congregation at Arthur Mitchell’s church, watching as Arthur sits with his wife and picture-perfect family.

Arthur’s kept this up for, what, 28 years? My family may not last 20 minutes. Warmth, intimacy… He’s convincing. … But he’s like me – how does it do it?

Following the service, Dexter introduces himself to Arthur as Kyle Butler, and Arthur invites him to come to his house for a meeting about building a house for the needy. Dexter says he’s “Looking for answers” and that he and his wife have separated. “I don’t know where else to go,” he says.

***

Scene changes to Quinn and Christine – she asks him to help her get an interview with Debra, to do a “hero piece.” Debra comes over to his house and rings him down. She tells him she wants to be an eye witness to the murder. Quinn encourages her to think about it so that the situation doesn’t come back to “bite her in the *ss.”

***

Back at the station, Dexter prepares to go over to the construction site where Arthur’s congregation is building. He hands off his prelim blood spatter report to LaGuerta; Masuka comes up and delivers his “big reveal”: though the killer’s DNA has not been found in any database, he has discovered that the DNA from the killer and that of the human remains are related. Masuka asks Batista why he’s not working the case.

***

Dexter shows up at the construction site and starts working alongside Arthur, using the framing hammer from the bludgeoning! Dexter introduces himself to Arthur’s son, Jonah. Jonah goes on and on about how cool his parents are and tells Dexter that his father gave him his convertible three days ago.

***

Debra comes by Nicky’s cell to get the truth from her. Nicky tells her that the night Debra and Lundy were shot she and Johnny were shacked up in a motel doing meth, watching porn and cartoons, etc. Debra calls her a liar, and she says that no matter how many times she asks the answer will be the same, that she didn’t shoot Debra and she didn’t “kill that old man.” Debra loses her cool and reaches through the bars to get her hands around Nicky’s neck. Debra say: “I’m going to say I saw you.”

***

LaGuerta asks to be transferred out of homicide to being a press liaison.

***

Dexter comes home with a bag full of gifts for the kids and Rita. “A breadmaker?” Rita says archly. “We’re always running out of bread,” Dexter responds. “We’re always running out of milk – did you get me a cow too?”

Rita says she appreciates him trying but the family doesn’t need gifts. They need him to talk to them. Dexter can’t say anything and Rita gets angry, saying she is moving up their next therapy appointment.

***

Masuka and Dexter talk in the lab about the case, and Masuka tells him that the DNA from the human ashes is female, meaning the relation was a mother, daughter, sister, or grandmother.

***

Debra tells Quinn that some of Lundy’s research on the Trinity killer was taken from his motel room. She also tells him she thinks Nicky is telling the truth about not shooting her and Lundy.

***

LaGuerta and Batista come before the brass with signed affadavits saying they are no longer dating. He says that if he finds out the paperwork is BS that there will be severe consequences to their careers.

***

Back at his apartment, where he is packing up the rest of his belongings, Dexter goes online to see if he can determine what fatalities in Arthur Mitchell’s past set him on his path. He discovers the obituary of Vera Mitchell, Arthur’s 16-year-old sister, a cheerleader found dead in the bathtub. Marsha Mitchell, 1961, age 40, jumped to her death off a bridge. Henry Mitchell, 1964, age 45, died in an alley of a fatal head wound. Sister, mother, father. He’s recreating their deaths, decade after decade… We both have skeletons, which means we both get a closet to keep them in. Arthur has a closet. I know almost everything about you, Arthur, except where you hide. Ready or not, here I come.

Dexter watches as Arthur loads tools into his garage. He cuts his finger with a box cutter so he can gain entry into Arthur’s house. Arthur goes to collect the first aid kit. Tacky, but normal – his secrets must be under lock and key.

Dexter walks around the house looking for clues to Arthur’s secrets and discovers that the locations of the previous Four Walls builds are his trophies. He doesn’t need a secret apartment, he’s hiding in plain sight in the center of his family. Dexter also notices an urn, containing the ashes of his dead sister Vera (“his own Dark Passenger”).

Arthur comes back into the room and sees Dexter holding the urn and attacks him, pushing him up against the wall and cutting off his air supply. He calms down and starts treating Dexter’s cut.

“If the ashes bother you so much, why do you keep them out,” Dexter asks. “Because she’s a part of me, Kyle. She is part of who I am. … I used to push people away because of my past. Even lost a relationship over it, like you. I met Sally, had my kids, and I realized that the only way it was going to work was to jump in with both feet. My family saved me.”

They leave the house, and on the way out, Arthur gives him the murder weapon, so he’ll have tools for the next build.

***

Later, in therapy, Dexter tells Rita he wants to jump in with both feet. He allows he never learned, and that his mother’s murder shaped who he is, but that he wants to change. Dexter admits that he’s afraid that if Rita sees him for who he really is that she will “absolutely” leave. The therapist asks him to tell Rita the truth about why he kept the apartment. He says he needs a place to keep his stuff, and Rita says she will give it to him.

***

Arthur comes into the bathroom where his wife is taking a bath. He joins her in the bathtub.

***

The next morning, Debra shares her theory that Trinity stole Lundy’s research, as well as shot her and killed Lundy. Rejuvenated, Debra heads to the office to get working on the case. Dexter outfits a toolshed in the backyard as his new space to keep all his stuff.

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Episode 12 Do You Take Dexter Morgan

alixito — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:11 CST

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EPISODE 3.12: "Do You Take Dexter Morgan"

Episode summary:

With Miguel out of the picture, Dexter’s focus shifts to calming his emotionally unstable brother, Ramon. Upon easing Ramon’s concerns, Dexter can finally breathe again. All that stands before him now is his wedding with Rita… until he’s met with yet another deadly surprise. Meanwhile, Debra’s informed by Batista that she is going to receive her Detective’s shield, but is instantly blindsided with information that could potentially derail her promotion.

Original air date:

December 14, 2008

Written by:

Scott Buck

Directed by:

Keith Gordon

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Notable music:

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Victim Name: George King

Age/Occupation: Tree Trimmer/ The Skinner

Where/how Dexter stalks victim: He really doesn't. The skinner catches Dexter.

Why victim deserves it: He skinned and killed a bunch of people, but mainly he tried to skin and kill Dexter on his wedding day.

Dexter's kill methods and rituals: Dexter is tied up on a table and purposely flips the table over, breaking his own hand, so he can escape his rope ties. He grapples with George but eventually snaps his neck.

Victim's last words: "We'll see if you're so talkative once I get my tools"

Location of killing: Abandoned cigar factory.

Close calls/slip-ups: The police show up to arrest George, but Dexter had just finished killing him. Dexter throws George's body over a railing, causing a squad car to hit it. Dexter escapes from the factory undetected and the police believe it was the impact of their car on the Skinner that broke his neck.

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DAYDREAMS

CLUES TO DEXTER'S PAST

Dexter and Dream-Harry have a moment where Dexter forgives Harry for everything and Harry let's Dexter know he's proud of him.

Deb was given the case file that would show Dexter's mother and Harry together, but she hasn't read it (yet).

DEXTER'S RELATIONSHIPS

DEVELOPMENTS WITH RITA

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS

Dexter and Rita were married.

Dexter confronts Ramon in prison and convinces him that Miguel was a bad person and that he didn't need to exact revenge on Dexter for him.

SIGNIFICANCE OF EPISODE TITLE

In this episode, Dexter is kidnapped by the Skinner. The title, Do you take Dexter Morgan, is a play on the common phrase heard at weddings, since the Skinner literally took Dexter Morgan off the street and to an old cigar factory. Of course, Rita also took Dexter's hand in marriage at the end.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

BEST MOMENTS

BEST LINES

The Skinner getting skinned by the police car.

The wedding ceremony.

Deb finally getting her shield!

Dexter's blood dripping onto Rita's dress. (symbolic, metaphor)

"Well, what goes around comes around." (Deb)

"Life is good." (Dexter)

"The sins of the father go on and on from kid to kid to kid, unless someone, you, chooses to end them." (Dexter)

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TOOLS OF YOUR TRADE

Dexter’s tools are a hunting knife and the family of Glad products — what are the tools of your trade?

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If I Had a Hammer

linoleumbored — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:12:20 CST

IF I HAD A HAMMER
Airdate: November 1, 2009
Directed by: Romeo Tirone
Written by: Lauren Gussis

Dexter knows it's only a matter of time before Miami Metro discovers the Trinity Killer's latest handiwork. Therefore, he has to work doubly hard to stay one step ahead of their investigation. Dexter has begun to realize that the closer he gets to Trinity, the more he stands to learn from this very different beast. Trinity hides behind a well-kept mask, and getting behind that facade will require some extra prodding on Dexter's part. Meanwhile, Debra becomes frustrated when she finds herself shut out from her own case. She considers bending the rules in the name of justice, risking her career in the process. LaGuerta and Batista come to regret a major decision, and realize that by playing by the rules they may have painted themselves into a corner. And when the friction between Rita and Dexter comes to a head, Dexter gleans relationship advice from a most unlikely source.

"If I Had a Hammer" Recap

"If I Had a Hammer" is the title of a folk song written in 1949 by Pete Seeger. The song became an anthem of the Civil Rights movement.

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

In this episode, Dexter is amazed that Trinity doesn't even bother to hide the hammer he used to the murder the man with recently. In fact, he uses it openly as he builds a house. At the end of the episode, Arthur gives the hammer to Dexter as a gift.

Dexter's fascination with Trinity's apparently normal family life compels him to become involved in Arthur's church and Four Walls charity.

With the bludgeoning murder, Trinity completed the cycle.

100 OCEAN GATE

Nicky cops to the vacation murders and to killing Johnny. Her denial of any accountability in the shootings of Debra and Lundy drives Debra to compromise her integrity.

Dexter - "I'm perfectly comfortable with bodily fluids. Blood, snot, tears. But the emotions that go along with them - not so much"
Dexter - "People just do this? Say what they're thinking? Out loud?"
Name - "Quote"

Trinity is reliving the murders of his father, mother, and sister.
LaGuerta and Batista call it quits on their relationship.
Debra believes Trinity shot her and Lundy and also believes she knows who Harry had an affair with.
LaGuerta requests to transfer instead of Angel being transferred.

Did Trinity/Arthur really shoot Debra and kill Lundy?
Did Arthur kill his family sister, mother, and father?
Did LaGuerta and Batista really choose their careers over each other, or are they playing a dangerous charade?

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"Slack Tide"
Has Dexter finally managed to strike a balance between work, family, and his darker pursuits? A string of murders connected to a prominent photographer provides Dexter with a seemingly perfect opportunity to kill, but Quinn reengages interest in Dexter's nightlife. Debra concentrates on pursuing Trinity as well as delving into her father's past.