In the television series he is portrayed by James Remar. @media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Harry was right. In the novel's closing paragraphs, Dexter learns that Rita is pregnant with his child. [70] In an affidavit filed in Ohio County court, police said Andrew stated that he "watches a show called Dexter on Showtime, about a serial killer, and he stated, 'I feel just like him.'". Instead of turning him in, the Shadow, as he is referred to, takes it upon himself to take Dexter down. Dexter sees that his luck has finally run out, and waits for the police to arrive. The first novel implies that Harry chose not to adopt Brian because he was older and more likely to be traumatized; in the TV program, both Brian and Tom Matthews, Harry's best friend and former superior, state this to be true. [54], Together, they find Kurt's victims, including Park, perfectly preserved and displayed in a bunker underneath his house. In the books (and twice in the television program), he hides in the back seat of his victim's vehicle, then wraps a noose of fishing line around his victim's throat when he sits down. At that moment, Debra bursts in, holding Dexter at gunpoint and begging him not to go through with it. Father Knows Best: Directed by Adam Davidson. Dexter's nemesis, Sergeant Doakes, suspects Dexter of being involved in LaGuerta's murder, and starts following him around. The season opens with a shocked, guilt-ridden Dexter clutching Harrison as the police respond to his call, in which Dexter says "It was me". He then says that Kurt deserves to die, and father and son set out to kill him. She then sees a connection between that proof and new evidence uncovered by Park on the Bay Harbor Butcher case, and realizes that Dexter is the killer.[54]. Just as Danco is about to turn his attentions to Dexter, however, Deborah bursts in and kills him, saving Dexter's life. bowling trophies) which seem to indicate he led a rather boring life. Doakes' pursuit forces Dexter to spend more time with Rita and her children. Vogel, a specialist in the neuropathology of psychopaths, tells Dexter that she knew Harry, and helped him invent Dexter's "code" because she believes that psychopaths can play useful roles in society. Dexter thinks he has fallen in love with Jackie, and considers leaving Rita. Dexter also discovers that the victim was not a murderer or even an attempted murderer, and leaves him feeling some semblance of guilt due to the fact he accidentally broke the Code and killed an innocent man. He kidnaps and kills Estrada to lure LaGuerta in, and then knocks her unconscious, planning to shoot her to make it look like Estrada killed her. Distracted, Angela leaves the station to go to Kurt's cabin. [39] Dexter investigates and finds that she has changed her name and married Miles Castner (Julian Sands), a wealthy businessman. (The donor, who turns out to be Joe, kept the card through the years.). Harry is Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, now deceased. He was nominated four times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama (in 2007, 2007, 2009, and 2011) and won in 2010. Dexter is certain that LaGuerta will not give up, however, and resolves to kill her, even though doing so would be a violation of his "code". Though Dexter was able to keep animals after he had suppressed his 'Dark Passenger' and was living in Iron Lake, most animals still disliked him. [a] Harry adopted Dexter, while Brian was left to the child welfare system. [45], After Saxon is arrested, Dexter kills him in his cell, and apparently convinces Quinn and Batista that he acted in self-defense (it is implied that they knew what really happened). Harrison claims that Ethan told him he was planning a school shooting and stabbed him, and that he stabbed Ethan back in self-defense. [51], Meanwhile, true crime podcaster Molly Park (Jamie Chung) arrives in town to do a story about Matt Caldwell, and Dexter discovers that she did a series on the Bay Harbor Butcher. [3] While hunting down Freebo at night, Prado stumbles upon Dexter, bloody from murdering Freebo; Dexter claims he killed Freebo in self-defense. At the last moment, however, Dexter realizes that his love for Hannah is stronger than his need to kill, and he spares Saxon's life. [5][6] When Dexter was two years old, he witnessed his mother's brutal murder at the hands of three drug dealers. He completely drapes the site in clear plastic tarpaulin to catch all spilled blood, and often adorns it with evidence or photos of his victim's crimes. With Crowley dead, Dexter can finally focus on clearing his name in the murder investigation. Dexter relents at the last minute, however, and calls Debra so she can talk him out of it, reassuring her that there is good in him after all. Before that, they are no records of his life before age 30 nor any childhood photos. He spies on her talking to Kurt, who lies that his son is hiding out at the family cabin, in order to lure her out there and kill her. He has dumped some victims into the ocean due to the victim's owning a boat and doing the same with their own victims, but uses anchors to weight the bags. Harry Morgan is a main character in the Showtime series DEXTER. While Brian is dispatching Doug Crowley, Dexter goes down to Key West with his family. Ultimately, he dismembers the bodies into several pieces, stows them and the plastic sheeting in garbage bags, and weighs the bags down with rocks and seals them with duct tape. Debra is intent on arresting Hannah for the murder of Sal Price, a crime writer for whom Debra had feelings, and Dexter has trouble reconciling his feelings for his girlfriend with his responsibility to his adoptive sister. Dexter goes to the house to investigate, accompanied by Rita & Debra (with Rudy in tow). As Chase is about to kill them, Dexter frees himself with a knife he had stashed and immobilizes Chase by stabbing him through his foot and into the floor. Moments later, he finds Jackie's dead body in her trailer. Brian proposes that they begin to murder together, and leads Dexter to a bound and drugged Debra, suggests that she be their first kill. Dexter breaks Logan's neck, steals his keys and flees the station after having contacted Harrison using Logan's phone. He has been nominated thrice for the Satellite Award for Best Actor Television Series: Drama (in 2006, 2008, and 2010) and won in 2007. Paste ranked Dexter Morgan number 6 on their list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011[1] In addition, Hall was awarded with a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2007, and was nominated five times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. In both the novels and television series, Dexter is a forensic blood spatter analyst who works for the fictitious Miami-Metro Police Department. The murder seems to fit the pattern, but Dexter notices several errors. They shove Crowley overboard, where he is eaten by a hammerhead shark. [39] When Dexter's neighbor Cassie Jollenston (Bethany Joy Lenz) is murdered, he at first believes Zach is responsible and decides to kill him. Throughout the novel, Dexter is involved in the investigation of the "Tamiami Butcher", a serial killer who dismembers his victims and puts the body parts in refrigerated trucks. Driscoll met his death at the age of 60, when Rudy (Brian Moser) murdered him as a way to reconnect with his long-lost brother. She admits to killing El Sapo, and Dexter reluctantly covers up the crime. Deborah is shadowed by female lead Jackie Forrest and Dexter is left with over-the-hill star Robert Chase. His life appeared to start when he was 30-years-old. Dexter and Deborah repair their relationship, and team up with Brian to save Astor and Cody. ^a:While Harry finds the boys in the shipping container on the television show, the investigating officer who finds Dexter is never specified in the novels.^b: Brian was ultimately sent to a mental institution for disturbed children. Animals do not like Dexter, which can cause noise problems when he stalks a victim who has pets. When an investigation begins, he burns the remains in an incinerator. Dexter consistently showed his affection for Debra throughout the series, even when their relationship became strained due to her discovery of his true self. Dexter confronts Zach, who swears that he did not target Cassie, but another murderer, giving Dexter hope that Zach can be "trained" after all. Eventually, there were too many, and Moloch killed the majority; however, some of them escaped into the world. Deborah and Dexter are assigned as "technical advisors" to the stars of a police procedural TV series. Variety said that "Michael C. Hall's portrayal of the title character remains a towering achievement, one that eclipses the show's other shortcomings and rough patches". Upon getting to know Mitchell, however, Dexter realizes that he misjudged him; after spending Thanksgiving with the Mitchell family, Dexter learns that his would-be mentor is an abusive tyrant whose family is terrified of him. Dexter is assigned to protect her in her hotel room. Dexter is notified of Joe's death, becomes executor-of-his-will, and inherits his house and possessions. [34], Quinn calls Dexter to tell him that Debra has shown up at Miami Metro, blind drunk, and confessed to killing LaGuerta. Dexter secretly takes blood samples of himself and Joe and sends them to Vince Masuka to perform a DNA test. Dexter goes to see Debra one last time, tearfully turns off her life support, and buries her at sea. To cover his tracks, Dexter injects Paul with heroin and leaves him to be found. Dexter destroys the corpse and alters the crime scene to make it look like Matt left town after being injured. [47], At the same time, a now teenage Harrison (Jack Alcott) comes back into Dexter's life, having tracked him to Iron Lake. Vogel says the "Brain Surgeon" is one of her former patients, and asks Dexter to kill him before he goes after her. Dexter's biological father Joe Driscoll was the first victim to truly goad Dexter into digging into his origins, as the next logical step would be for Dexter to remember their biological mother, Laura Moser, whose death turned the boys into the killers they became. This causes awkwardness between them after she catches Harrison in bed with Audrey. Sensing a strangeness in him, Dexter keeps Robert at arm's length. His bosses dog was hostile to Dexter, and when he went to a vet's to get supplies, several animals reacted hostilely towards him, with Dexter mentally commenting to himself that he 'still had it'. Joshua Alston with Newsweek mentioned the character, along with Tony Soprano and Jack Bauer, as an example of the growing popularity of antiheroes. ", Dexter's flight to Argentina is delayed by a hurricane, and he tells Hannah and Harrison to go on without him, intending to take care of Saxon. Brian was also in the shipping container when their mother was murdered, but Harry only adopted Dexter. According to Dr. Pittman, Joe was in the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam War, although there is no proof of this. It has been a symbol of incarceration for decades and can show that the wearer has spent time behind bars. Dexter's trophy signature is to slice the victim's right cheek with a surgical scalpel to collect a small blood sample, which he preserves on a microscope slide. Over ten years prior to the first season, Harry died from suicide, covered up as heart failure. After Liddy calls Quinn to bust Dexter, Dexter attacks Liddy and kills him in self-defense, after Liddy tries to stab him. During the debut's season finale, Brian is revealed to be Dexter Morgan 's biological older brother and the son of Laura Moser. Paul fails a drug test (thus breaking his probation) and returns to jail. When Dexter searches the house, however, he finds that Rita is dead, murdered by Robert. Who is Dexter's biological father? As a . [29] Dexter falls in love with Hannah, who helps him realize that his "Dark Passenger" does not control his life. Horrified, Harrison says that Dexter's "code" is a lie he tells himself to justify the murders he enjoys committing, and that if not for him, Rita and Debra would be alive and he would have grown up normal and happy. Her first call is specifically to Dexter Morgan, not Jim Lindsay. He took it upon himself to end her suffering, and in her final moments, admitted that he loved her, the first and only time he had ever said that to her. An enraged Dexter drowns Nick in the surf, reawakening in him the presence of his dead brother, Brian, who begins to guide him in much the same way that Harry's presence once had. The next day, Dexter learns that it was in fact Farrow's assistant that had been killing the models, and he is left shaken and guilt ridden with the fact that he had murdered an innocent man. Dexter goes to her new job as a private investigator and learns that Debra is pursuing, and sleeping with, drug dealer Andrew Briggs (Rhys Coiro). The Hollywood Reporter noted that "Hall is brilliant at conveying the subtle complexity of Dexter". Moments later, however, she suffers a major stroke that leaves her in a persistent vegetative state. After a hard day's work, they return to the hotel only to be disturbed in the night by sirens; Jackie's assistant Kathy has been murdered in the room below. Dexter is reluctant at first to let Brian back into his life, but changes his mind when he sees him bond with Astor and Cody over their shared bloodlust. He is in a relationship with Angela Bishop (Julia Jones), the town's chief of police, and has abstained from killing for almost a decade. Dexter's nemesis, Sergeant James Doakes (Erik King), harbors lingering suspicions about Dexter's possible connection with the Ice Truck Killer, and he begins to tail Dexter everywhere. After a few failed marriage proposals, Dexter proposes again by mimicking a declaration of love from one of his victims. He has been nominated seven times for the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013) and won in 2006. Debra survives, however, and saves Dexter's life. [37] When Yates kidnaps Vogel, the two of them put aside their differences to track him down. [45], Approximately 10 years after the original series' finale, Dexter has moved to the fictional small town of Iron Lake, New York, posing as Jim Lindsay, a local shopkeeper. His exact relationship with Laura Moser (Dexter's biological mother) is not made clear, nor is it confirmed whether or not he is also Brian Moser 's father. A struggling Dexter attempts to move on by hiring a nanny to look after Harrison while he goes out to find his next kill. He also has two half-siblings, Astor and Cody . In season two, Dexter is so haunted by killing his own brother that he cannot resume killing. During his pursuit of Trinity, Dexter targets a photographer, Jonathan Farrow (Greg Ellis) who is accused of murder, targeting him after he seemingly threatens Debra. He continues on with his life until he starts receiving threatening emails from the person who claims to have seen him over a pile of dead body parts. I thought I could change what I am, keep my family safe. For example, in the novels, Dexter continues his relationship with Rita because he realizes that Rita's children are exhibiting the same sociopathic tendencies he did at their age, and he tries to provide them with "guidance" similar to that which Harry provided him. Harrison was born shortly after the wedding of his parents, coming into the world at The Miami Central Hospital. Debra's new boyfriend, Rudy Cooper (Christian Camargo), insists that they accompany Dexter and Rita to clean out the house. Complicating the situation further is Detective Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington), who believes that Dexter killed Rita and is getting too close to finding out Dexter's dark secrets. In the meantime, Dexter begins investigating "the Doomsday Killer", a serial killer who models his crimes after the Book of Revelation. While working a crime scene where police have found another body matching the pattern of Jackie's obsessed fan, Dexter notices a man fitting the description in a kayak out in the bay watching the scene. The first season of Dexter is an adaptation of Jeff Lindsay's first novel in a series of the same name, Darkly Dreaming Dexter.Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. [49], Harrison is injured in a knife fight with another student, Ethan Williams (Christian Dell'Edera), whom he badly wounds. The actual capture of his victims differs between the books and the show. Dexter and Lumen, trapped, remain silent. Doakes' suspicions subside some when he realizes that Dexter is attending Narcotics Anonymous, but he begins to suspect this is a cover for an even worse secret. After a moment's hesitation, Harrison shoots Dexter in the chest with the hunting rifle Dexter gave him for Christmas. During the night, Dexter breaks into the morgue and steals Joe's ashes. The FBI, however, soon clear Dexter, as he was with the police at Mitchell's house at the time Rita was murdered. They storm Raul's yacht and take the kids back. Before Dexter kills him with a hammer, Mitchell tells him that Dexter will not be able to control his violent urges for long, and that "it's already over"the same thing Mitchell tells his victims just before killing them. Dexter considers himself emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity; in his narration, he refers to "humans" as if he is not one himself. When Robert tries to take Astor as a hostage, she stabs him to death. Dexter is eventually framed for a murder, at least circumstantially, by his still anonymous Shadow. The killer kidnaps Deborah and meets with Dexter in a storage container, and reveals their true connection: he is Brian, Dexter's biological brother. He also notes that Dexter studied advanced Jiu-Jitsu in college. While his step-kids Astor and Cody went to live with their grandparents following Rita's gruesome death, Dexter still had his biological son Harrison, to whom he was a single father. Dexter subdues her and prepares to kill her, but stops when Hannah does not appear to fear him. (A flashback reveals that Kurt did indeed kill her, however.) Dexter, assuming that Quinn is watching him, waits for him to return to the surveillance van. [42] Dexter makes preparations to move while hunting Saxon, the last "loose end". [Dexter] Harry thought Dexter was his biological son I initially thought that Harry Morgan may be Dexter's biological father as well as adopted but then I was reminded of an episode in Season One where Dexter's father was identified with DNA confirmation. Dexter adheres to Harry's code, however, causing a schism between his personalities. When victims awaken, they are naked and secured to a table with plastic wrap, and for stronger victims, duct tape. To make matters worse, Miami-Metro Captain Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) reopens the Bay Harbor Butcher case, convinced that Doakes was innocent and that Dexter is hiding something. Dexter follows a code of ethics taught to him in childhood by his adoptive father, Harry, which he refers to as "The Code" or "The Code of Harry" and hinges on two principles: He can only kill people after finding conclusive evidence that they are guilty of murder, and he must not get caught. Eventually, Dexter and Brian find out their lawyer sold them out to the cartel, so they kill him and the cartel's members who were sent to kill them, save for one, whom they torture to find out where Raul is holding Cody and Astor. Joe Driscoll Dexter's Confirmed Biological Father. [57], Jeff Lindsay has written two comic miniseries for Marvel featuring Dexter Morgan: Dexter and Dexter: Down Under. Dexter suspects that Saxon is the "Brain Surgeon" and warns Vogel, who tells him to stay out of it; Dexter is unaware that she is sheltering her son. Who killed Dexter's biological father? Dexter leads her toward investigating Kurt as a serial killer in hopes that exposing his crimes will destroy his influence over Harrison. [2] At the story's outset, Dexter knows very little about his life prior to being adopted by Harry and Doris Morgan. As Dexter opens the door to capture Quinn, Stan Liddy (Peter Weller), a private investigator Quinn had hired to tail Dexter, stuns Dexter with a taser. About a year later, Dexter has begun searching for a preschool for Harrison, though his atheism conflicts with the religious preschools to which he applies. [4], Both the television show and the first novel gradually reveal Dexter's complete back story. Dexter reluctantly saves her and gets a closer look at what he correctly suspects to be Kurt's killing ground. He meets up with Harrison and tells his son to leave town with him. He is the biological son of Dexter and Rita Morgan, as well as the half-brother of both Cody Bennett and Astor Bennett. By the start of season one, Dexter is a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department; in his "secret life", he is a serial killer who preys on people who are themselves murderers. For his performance as Dexter, Hall has received critical acclaim. His exact relationship with Laura Moser (Dexter's biological mother) is not made clear, nor is it confirmed whether or not he is also Brian Moser's father. Dexter is called onto the set to appear as a minor character in the series following a conversation with Jackie and Robert.
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