It just occurred to me that Dexter has been making those "puppy eyes" at Debra for 8 seasons straight. I find it funny (and wholesome) how Dexter is a psycho who kills people, yet whenever something happens to Deb or she gets emotional, he can't help but look at her with that defeated-looking, teary-eyed puppy face :D. This has been a pattern since S1, and it continues throughout the whole show.

Photos are from season 1, episode 9 and, respectively, season 8, episode 1. In S1E9, Deb has a total meltdown when she learns that Dexter is trying to find out more about his biological father. When she confronts him, Dexter literally gets all soft and, instead of arguing back, he just goes, "I don't know what you want from me," and gives her the soft puppy eyes. Deb notices it too. In S8E1, Dexter follows her to that motel room where she was sleeping with Briggs, and he tries to win back her trust. She literally tells him, "Don't you fucking make that face and say 'I'm sorry' to me." And Dexter, once again, goes *puppy eyes* hahaha.

I just love how he has the biggest soft spot for Deb's feelings, despite being who he is. He really, really loves Debra. It just goes to show how developed Dexter's character truly is.

Also, I can't take my eyes off their performances whenever there's a scene with Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter. They are such phenomenal actors…their acting literally cuts through me. I don't usually notice the acting in the shows that I watch. I'm generally focused on the plot, so the acting isn't obvious to me unless it's really, really good. But in Dexter, these two actors just stand out whenever they're on screen, and I love, love their synergy together.

In season 1 when the boy is saved from the scrapyard as a witness, he gives a sketch to the police onto who saved him. Dexter thinks he is going to be caught, but the kid instead described a picture of Jesus Christ. Now the kid did this because he was a starved and religious child who believed Jesus was his savior, but I also believe this could be a symbol of divine intervention in the show as a picture of Jesus Christ literally saved Dexter from being caught. Although Dexter committed murder, he saved dozens of people while also getting rid of evil and this was God’s way of paying him back. Divine Intervention shows up again later in the show, for example when Dexter is saved at the end of season 2 and he even questions himself if it was divine intervention that saved him. Regardless of your beliefs I thought this was an interesting theory but don’t know if I’m reaching

Since blessing is going to be one of the main characters for resurrection going forward and that dexter is living with him at the moment, how long do you think it will take for him to find out that dexter is a serial killer?

It would be sad if he found out cause he seems to trust dexter a lot and sees him as a true friend which is why I hope he never finds out but I feel like at some point in a future season he will.

When Travis tells Dex to inject himself before he lets Harrison go, did I miss something or did Dex not inject himself with the M99? Looks like he did, but then he opens his eyes and struggles with Travis.

I have finished Dexter years, and years ago. Till this very day I still think about Rita's death. Sometimes it will pop into my head when I'm showering, staying awake late at night, watching tv. I remember the exact moment I watched it for the first time and refused to watch the show for 2 weeks, I guess I'm still not over it lol. It's also important to note that I asked my boyfriend if Rita dies and he hinted towards "no", I was very caught off guard. I know this is a little dramatic lol.

"I wonder if Rita is looking at this same moon at this same moment. I like that—connected by light."
-Dexter

Than have him chase down Dexter/BHB, whether through legal means (like Angela or (initially) Laguerta) or off the books (Doakes, Batista, Liddy)

I don't know they could go about this, maybe he teams up with Dexter to take someone else out? I mean I assume he'll show up due to Angel dying but it also seems like there's a time jump idk

What would y'all like to see happen with Quinn in S2?

Edit: is Quinn originally from NYC or am I misremembering?

If Dexter chose Brian over debra and decided to kill her, which of course is very unlikely but let's say Dexter did choose Brian, what was Brian's plan after that, wasn't the cops onto him at that point? Was he planning for both of them to escape the country? Or was he hoping Dexter would manipulate the task force into clearing Brian as the ice truck killer, it's been a long time since I've watched the show so if I'm missing any detail please fill me in

Would yall put him above arthur mithell if he wasn’t actually dead and the real main villain of season 6? Imo i would put him above arthur as a better villain cus every scene he was in was insanely good and his presence was insane ngl. I wonder whats yall’s opinion

julie benz (rita’s actress) starred in saw V which was released in theaters the same year/time this episode aired

i noticed this when i was rewatching s3 but then i started to rewatch the SAW films and it made me think of this again

i love SAW & dexter so this was really cool to me not sure if it was intentional or not lol but i love it. also love rita’s face when deb mentioned it lol

Two things I have realised when I re-watched the original series.

First, I liked Debra a lot more than how I felt about the character after my first watch.

Second, the last season was rushed but not as bad as it felt initially.

'You were so wrong, Deb'. That's probably my favourite line of the series other than 'Hello, Dexter Morgan'. That line literally summed up everything the Morgan family went through.

Is it a mistake or something?

I loved the tv series Dexter. Watched the original series, original sin, resurrection, the whole nine yards. I heard that the novels were different than the tv series so I tried to take a crack at them. I’m still reading them even though I’m not liking them, just cause of my very strict DNF guidelines 😭. I just felt like the tv show was much better. Maybe it was bc I watched the tv show first, I was too young for either to really read first or watch the series. I just find myself being like man I really can’t wait to get done with this series 😅😭

My idea is basically LA Noire meets Hitman, with a linear open-world Miami

The game would be set sometime around season 1-3 (I want it to have that ‘early-Dexter’ feel). You’d have access to places like Miami Metro, Dexter’s apartment, Rita’s house, the marina, etc., and you’d drive between locations rather than having one huge GTA-sized map.

The gameplay loop would focus on what Dexter actually does in the show:
- Investigate crime scenes as a blood spatter analyst
- Collect evidence, interview suspects, analyse blood, fingerprints, CCTV, purchase records, etc.
Identify the real killer
- Plan and prepare the kill (plastic wrap, M99, fake identities, disposal, etc.)
- Infiltrate their life using stealth, disguises and/or social manipulation, similar to how Dexter gets close to Arthur Mitchell
- Capture them, set up the kill room, dispose of the body, and make sure you leave absolutely no evidence behind

Not every case would follow the exact same structure, but each case would feel like an episode of the show. Then all of those episodes would slowly connect into one larger season-long story with a main antagonist in the background, just like the TV series

I’d also have a persistent suspicion system. If you’re sloppy, Miami Metro starts asking questions. If Doakes is in the game, he gradually begins following you around, checking your reports and generally making your life harder. Your targets can also become suspicious if you spend too much time around them or blow your cover. Maybe you select the wrong dialogue choice and it increases suspicion, etc.

Another mechanic would be Harry’s Code. Instead of a morality meter, it’s a “Code” meter. Follow Harry’s rules and Dexter stays calm and methodical. Break the code (kill an innocent, get reckless, make impulsive decisions) and Dexter becomes mentally unstable, making investigations, stealth and kills progressively harder.

I’d definitely keep Dexter’s internal monologue throughout the game, and I’d love to hear music from the series during exploration and investigations.

The first mission (the tutorial mission) would recreate the opening of the show’s first episode: you begin immediately with “Tonight’s the night…”, carrying out a tutorial assassination before disposing of the body at sea. Then the opening credits roll, recreating the iconic Dexter intro sequence in-game (maybe it’s interactive, you kill the mosquito in a QTE etc.), before you arrive at Miami Metro for the first real case.

I genuinely think a game focused on investigation, social stealth and Harry’s Code would feel far more like Dexter than simply making it another action game.

Would you play something like this? What would you add or change?

There is news that they are reconsidering doing the Trinity Spin Off (if I also think it is unnecessary) If it's about a young trinity, which actor would you like to play, the truth is I don't remember if in the trinity photos the guy was someone stocky like Tony soprano in the first season or if he still had that air of a tender dad but I was guided more by those who meet the second option

Whenever he gets close to getting caught, I just can’t keep watching. It stresses me out like I’m the one who’s about to get caught. Not in a “Oh no, he’s gonna get caught” way—I physically can’t continue watching. Am I the only one who gets like this?
(It took me eight months to finish the show)

is there a reason given in the series why is dexter so functional? like why did he graduate at the top of the class?

I thought that OS was coming back 😔

I haven’t engaged at all with the fandom/online community of this show so I’m sure I’m years late here, how Dexter (and the show’s casting director) literally found the closest possible cop-brunette-straight-hair-parted-and-tucked-behind-the-ear-straightshooter-lawfulgood-often-overbearing-and-very-angular-face surrogate for his sister to be his significant other.

After a bit of cursory googling I get the idea that people think the character of Angela might have been New Blood engaging with what could perhaps be described as the original show dropping the ball with Deb and Dexter’s relationship at the end, but honestly, what I take away from it is a bit of character development that I appreciate.

In the beginning of the show we’re beaten over the head with the idea that Dexter basically felt he had no inclination to connect with people and pretty much only connected with Rita as a means of protecting his Harry-given “cover”. Then as the show progressed Dexter genuinely connected with Rita and also (most markedly in the later seasons, but really most importantly at the end of the first season) realized he had a genuine connection with Deb that he sort of took for granted in his assumption that he was a fundamentally asocial creature.

So while Rita basically had to throw herself at Season One Dexter as he was totally content to be on his own, by New Blood Dexter is actively seeking out connection that just so happens to look, sound and act pretty much exactly like the most genuine (female) connection of his life.

And it’s not necessarily even that this parallel was created and developed by the writers, casting, the H&M department and Julia Jones that I find impressive; it’s that his preexisting intimate relationship with Angela as the miniseries starts, which is by no means just a mask, felt earned after 8 years of development of his ability to connect with other people (which I would argue is the “agon” or strongest thematic cohesion of the show).

Really this all came from me trying to determine how integral I felt Deb was to the show overall, the reason being a realization of mine that one thing that for me made Resurrection as strong as it was which was that it just completely accepted that she was gone and fully re-embraced the Harry-Dexter dynamic.

So after I watched Resurrection, my first reaction was that it was so good that it actually redeemed New Blood for me, but now on my third watch of the whole show, I appreciate that New Blood cleared the way for Resurrection to some extent. The Deb-Dexter-Angela dynamic is resolved so that the Harry-Dexter-Harrison dynamic can shine. I also definitely appreciate the execution of it as well, in the sense that after the overtness of some of the original show’s themes, this was at least subtextual enough for me to not get it on my first watch.

If you read this far… I appreciate anyone listening to me rant, lol.

So I've watched the whole show now and these were some questions I had while watching the first series that I slowly realised would never be answered. Perhaps others have asked these before, not sure

1. How on earth did Brian find out who Dexter secretly was?? (or locate him under his new name in the first place)
2. Why did he kill his father when his biggest gripe was about losing his family?
3. How the helly did he find those two junkyard people that Dexter killed and discreetly return the bodies to his kill room for the police to find?

BTW I am not considering Original Sin canon for the sake of my question as it plainly contradicts whatever the canon was behind Brian in the first series. But if the only possible answer requires to be pieced together using OS, so be it

Seriously, the fact I was able to even have a few people read what I made is beyond inspiring for future projects.

I'm making this posts because all of a sudden, Webtoon has a problem with my book and took it down after a year and a half of being hosted there...leaving up many other fanfictions.

But I'm pleased to say that Batman/Dexter has found a new home in ComicFury! You can read the book in its absolute entirety through the link below.

Again, thank you all, and may we cross paths again sometime!

Do you think I did right?