Discussion: Dexter's First Emotion?

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Glidinforlove	Dexter's First Emotion? Oct 25 2007, 5:47 PM EDT When Dexter has his victim on the table and the man is running off at the mouth--Dexter actually reacts with emotion for the first time. When the victim calls Lila a c***, Dexter's emotions run wild and his stabs him, possibliy before he actually meant to. A few seconds before, he was admiring the man for his ability to lie. What gives? Post reply 4 out of 8 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
alethiometer	1. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Nov 25 2007, 8:23 PM EST It was in reference to Rita, as the victim talks about the kids in the back. But I thought it was a really great scene, sure, it showed real emotion, but it also made Dexter realised he was attached to Rita, and that he needed her to survive. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
redgreentea	2. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 6:46 AM EST clearly the audience is being exposed to dexter's surfacing conscious, a conscious that has seemingly been there all along just now is increasingly building. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
dexgal	3. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 6:53 AM EST "clearly the audience is being exposed to dexter's surfacing conscious, a conscious that has seemingly been there all along just now is increasingly building." Well, I think this consiousness was deliberately tamped down by Harry... Post reply Do you find this valuable?
GPuffer	4. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 10:34 AM EST "clearly the audience is being exposed to dexter's surfacing conscious..." FYI: the word is "conscience," like Jiminy Cricket sitting on your shoulder telling you right from wrong. "Conscious" is being aware of your surroundings. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
dexgal	5. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 11:41 AM EST "FYI: the word is "conscience," like Jiminy Cricket sitting on your shoulder telling you right from wrong. "Conscious" is being aware of your surroundings." But I meant consciousness, as in awakening or realization. Conscience, yeah lil Jiminey Cricket sitting on Dexter's shoulder, that is a totally different concept...! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
GPuffer	6. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 11:46 AM EST "But I meant consciousness, as in awakening or realization. Conscience, yeah lil Jiminey Cricket sitting on Dexter's shoulder, that is a totally different concept...!" Yeah, but that's not what redgreentea was referencing. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
dexgal	7. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 2:27 PM EST "Yeah, but that's not what redgreentea was referencing." I know, I was trying redirect and just went with it...work with me here! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Inato	8. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 3:29 PM EST Actually Dexter has shown emotion long before that. Brian's death scene. Hitting Rita's ex with a frying pan was an emotional response. Why even in the first couple minutes of season 1 when he says "Open your eyes and look at what you did!", He was showing anger. Dexter has always shown emotion at times, he is just acknowledging it for the first time. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
dexgal	9. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Dec 16 2007, 5:41 PM EST "Actually Dexter has shown emotion long before that. Brian's death scene. Hitting Rita's ex with a frying pan was an emotional response. Why even in the first couple minutes of season 1 when he says "Open your eyes and look at what you did!", He was showing anger. Dexter has always shown emotion at times, he is just acknowledging it for the first time." hence my use of "consiousness" Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
birdman2	10. RE: Dexter's First Emotion? Sep 22 2009, 7:21 AM EDT Responding to the question of how Dexter can be admiring the scumbucket's lying and then suddenly get so enraged that he kills him: D. admires the ease the scum seems to have lying. Lying is obviously important to D.'s survival in general. But specifically he has had trouble lying to Rita lately--this gets him sent to the NA meetings(which he doesn't want) and then into the doghouse with Rita for not wanting to continue to go to them. So D. is listening to the scum's relentless, glib lying and wishes he could have done better himself lying to Rita. But when the scum's attempts to connect with D. so as to save himself lead to discussion of women the ugliness of the scum's attitude toward them surfaces and he calls D.'s GF derogatory names in a venemous outburst that triggers D. to attack him. Yes,D. has previously shown emotion. But here he realizes unexpectedly his emotion for Rita specifically--that she is not "just a companion" as he has just described her--trying in vain to dismiss her importance as he is threatened presently with losing his relationship with her because of his refusal to go to NA further. He attacks the scum at that moment because the scum's words are so insulting towards this person that D. suddenly realizes he does now care about despite that he apparently did initiate the relationship more with the goal of simply projecting normalcy so as to keep suspicion further from him. So I agree that this seems to be the first time we see emotion about Rita from Dexter. He realizes he does actually care about her as a person' not just as a means of being more inconspicuous. Post reply Do you find this valuable?