"Killing Miguel's brother in the first episode season three was outside of Dexter's code - and look what trouble it has gotten him into!"

"But Dexter did not choose to randomly kill him. It was actaully a case of self defense. Ramon came at him with the knife and Dexter defended himself. I don't know if the code says anything about self defense, but if it does, I'm sure it will say that self preservation is important. (When Dexter was with the Nazi in the garage, Harry told Dexter to give himself up. That is was better that being killed by the cops. Self preservation.)"

"That's right too. He seemed ready to kill Doakes though. That would have been a MASSIVE break in his code. Obviously necessary to maintain his innocence. It makes you wonder though how far Dexter would go. He does have something to live for and more than just himself to protect. You don't think he would have killed Doakes if he had no other option? Cause that would have been a bad move for him but he seemed desparate. I love the divine interventions. You'd think it would seem unrealistic but it doesn't. It makes me love the show more. If Dexter can't weasel his way out of trouble, some higher thing is gonna help him. I don't wanna say God but I don't wanna not say God."

"but its HIS code now,not Harrys,so he can twist it in anyway he wants,even killing innocents."

"Sorry, had another thought.

I forgot about the pedophile. Some would argue that Dexter went outside of his code for the pedophile. Technically, a man without emotion wouldn't do something like that on impulse. The pedophile didn't kill anybody and didn't necessarily have plans to. But Dexter hunted him down for the sake of "his children." It seems like there's an instinct in Dexter that he would probably do anything to protect his family. So maybe he wouldn't randomly kill someone for cutting him in line. But I definitely think he would kill someone to protect an innocent person. Even if it was a pre-emptive strike like with the pedophile. There's clearly good reason to kill that pedophile but it seemed to be outside the code. "