"I truly believe in season four we will see Deb discovering Dexter's secret. I don't know if I like that idea or not, but I feel strongly that is the direction the show is heading. Almost formulaic, every season we see Dexter making a real connection with someone but then having to kill them. I think the only thing that can be dramatically gratifying is for somebody to discover his secret and accept it. I'm sure most people would agree if any character could do that, it would be Deb."

"So, we think that Deb will get extra cred for being Mrs MCH? If so, the writers will not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.....but she could find out more about Harry. Dex follows him but Deb idolizes him. To find that he was a womanizer? (That will be her FIRST impression....you know Deb, right?) AND that he took advantage of his CI (holy crap, that's what Deb did too...might it run in the family?) She WILL DEFINITELY come to Dex with her fears and her suppositions. Imagine how Dex will steer her away from THAT line of questioning! Promising, very promising....:)))"

"What we know about Dex's DNA lineage: Brother Rudy was a serial killer, Dex and Rudy were pre-disposed genetically and both also witnessed their mother's horrific blood-dripping killing at a young age. Witnessing their mother's killing would not make them serial killers. There has to be more in their genetic past history: grandfathers/grandmothers, cousins, et al. Post-traumatic stress syndrome disorder doesn't alway lead a person to being a serial killer. PTSD, in my opinion, usually can be the underlying direction towards a person acquiring a mental illness, i.e., personality disorders, etc. Not necessarily becoming serial killers. Why did Harry only adopt Dex and not Rudy? Still feel we never got an exact answer to that. The writers of the show must not have wanted to explore that issue. Maybe in Season 4, Deb will find out that Rudy was Dex's brother. This knowledge would not bring her closer to finding out Dex's alter-ego of a serial killer. What would she know: Rudy and Dex are related, their mother was an informant for Harry and had a relationship with Harry. None of this information would bring her closer to learning the truth about Dex. Dex easily could avert any disclosure about his true alter-ego from all inquisitive parties. Anyone want to explore this further?"

"What we know about Dex's DNA lineage: Brother Rudy was a serial killer, Dex and Rudy were pre-disposed genetically and both also witnessed their mother's horrific blood-dripping killing at a young age. Witnessing their mother's killing would not make them serial killers. There has to be more in their genetic past history: grandfathers/grandmothers, cousins, et al. Post-traumatic stress syndrome disorder doesn't alway lead a person to being a serial killer. PTSD, in my opinion, usually can be the underlying direction towards a person acquiring a mental illness, i.e., personality disorders, etc. Not necessarily becoming serial killers. Why did Harry only adopt Dex and not Rudy? Still feel we never got an exact answer to that. The writers of the show must not have wanted to explore that issue. Maybe in Season 4, Deb will find out that Rudy was Dex's brother. This knowledge would not bring her closer to finding out Dex's alter-ego of a serial killer. What would she know: Rudy and Dex are related, their mother was an informant for Harry and had a relationship with Harry. None of this information would bring her closer to learning the truth about Dex. Dex easily could avert any disclosure about his true alter-ego from all inquisitive parties. Anyone want to explore this further?"

"You know we have new people come into this site all of the time. We are all part of the Dexter experience, and I am sure not everyone will sit down and read alll of the past postings. I look at it as the resposibility to bring the newbies up to date with our collective knowlege and not push them away. But to bring them along.
Even if we have talked things to death we can always re explore a situation. maybe soemthing will become clearer, or change some what. "

"I think you have a very good point. But there are variables that may or may not have been involved. Like Rudy was not rescued first, and he went to foster care (actually they probably both went to foster care) But Dex had been rescued first so his time in the blood and being so young may not have imprinted as deep. But Rudy was left in there longer, and was older, and may have been bullied at school or some other place, and he may have hardened before the murder. So he may have been set up befoer hand. He also went to a mental ward/Hospital at some point and labeled as Psychotic. While Dexter was adopted by a caring family. Harry cared for Dex very much and I think Harry cared for Dex more than any one else in his life. His adoptive mother was not such a strong influence on him, and Harry was not as involved with Deb as he was with Dexter. So Dexter had harry all over him as his primary care giver and significant other.
To me it makes sence that Dexter turned out better than Rudy, by having someone that really cared for him. He was in a much more stable environment, and he would turn out better (sort of) by this alone. But they both had the propensity for opportunic murder. But Dexter was able to channel it to something more constructive, via Harry's Code."