Dexter Morgan, the Serial Killer with Code, Had Many Moments in Both Dexter and the sequel series Dexter: New Blood this made the audience turn away from him. Dexter’s moral code allowed him to commit murder, but only against those he deemed worthy of death, which made him a strangely engaging antihero whose sinister deeds he found a way to justify to himself. Although viewers have had to accept Dexter’s Dark Passenger since the first episode, he has committed many other actions that have angered viewers and hindered their love for his character.
Although the best episodes of Dexter showcased his meticulous planning and judicious assassination tactics against sinister criminals, the moments when Dexter broke Harry’s Code went against his established character and left viewers judging his actions. Other cases saw Dexter make mistakes on the part of loved ones in his life, such as his wife Rita, his sister Debra and his son Harrison, who faced the negative consequences of knowing and trusting Dexter. As a deeply disturbed and complex psychopath, there were many moments when viewers turned against Dexter Morgan.
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Dexter’s role in Doakes’ death
Dexter: Season 2, Episode 12: “The British Invasion”
The end of the second season of Dexter was the culmination of Sergeant James Doakes’ pursuit of Dexter Morganwhose double life as a serial killer he always suspected. Doakes was an essential character in Dexter early seasons, as he was one of the few people to recognize the soullessness behind Dexter’s eyes and the fact that he harbored a sinister secret. Determined to take down Dexter, his character’s tragedy was that he himself was doomed to be falsely remembered as a murderer.
Although Dexter didn’t explicitly break Harry’s Code to kill Doakes, it was Dexter’s actions that led to his death. This included Dexter placing sheets of blood in his car, making Doakes the prime suspect in the Bay Harbor Butcher case, and eventually dying from an ignited propane tank explosion near the cabin where Dexter had imprisoned him. This made Dexter indirectly responsible for Doakes’ death and the tragic end of a moral character whose only crime was wanting to see Dexter face justice.
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Breaking the code to kill Oscar Prado
Dexter: Season 3, Episode 1: “Our Father”
The way Dexter’s late father, Harry Morgan’s code, guided and subdued his Dark Passenger was a cornerstone of the killer’s character. As the moral framework by which Dexter lived his life and the only reason his serial murder impulses actually brought any good to the world, the first time Dexter truly broke the code for his own benefit was a moment that alienated audiences. from him. Since Dexter killed Oscar Prado in Season 3, this moment of self-defense represented a turning point in his character.
Dexter killed Oscar while trying to track down Freebo, a drug dealer who killed two college girls, after attacking him with a bayonet. The physical alternation of the two led to Dexter using lethal force and, for the first time, breaking Harry’s Code. Although Dexter clearly regretted his actions at this point, as he sadly asked Oscar, “Who are you?”When he died, there was no going back, and this opened the door for many other deaths not approved by the Code.
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Sleeping with Lila
Dexter: Season 2, Episode 6: “Dex, Lies, and Videotape”
Dexter Morgan’s relationship with Rita Bennett was perhaps the healthiest aspect of a very unhealthy series. While Dexter began dating Rita as a means of appearing like a normal member of society.the first seasons of Dexter showed how their bond deepened and he began to experience genuine feelings for Rita and became a father figure to his children. However, much to viewers’ chagrin, Dexter’s stable relationship was tested with the introduction of Lila West in season 2.
Lila was a former addict who recognized the darkness within Dexter and acted as an intriguing alternative to Rita’s character’s innocence. As Dexter grew closer to Lila, Rita became uncomfortable with their relationship and discovered that Lila had accompanied Dexter on a trip, so she broke up with him. This led to Dexter quickly sleeping with Lila, a move that seemed unfair after so long with Rita. Although Dexter and Rita got back together, at that moment, Dexter’s shocking infidelity seemed almost more immoral than his murders.
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Underestimating the Trinity Killer
Dexter: Season 4, Episode 12: “The Getaway”
The Trinity Killer was Dexter’s main antagonist during the fourth season, whose ruthless method followed the horrific sequences of events from his own childhood. With a story not unlike Dexter’s blood-filled upbringing, the killer known as Arthur Mitchell also lived an unassuming life as a church deacon and family man. Although Dexter was well aware of Trinity’s sinister potential, he underestimated it, which led to horrific results.
Although Dexter eventually captured The Trinity Killer and put an end to his horrific practices, it didn’t happen before Trinity committed a crime that would have major side effects. Before Trinity was murdered by Dexter In the same room from which he was kidnapped as a child, Trinity had already committed his final crime by murdering Dexter’s wife, Rita, and leaving his young son, Harrison, sitting in the blood-filled room. Although this was a tragic moment for Dexter, one that reflected his own childhood trauma, it was impossible not to curse Dexter for not getting to Trinity sooner.
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Dexter Morgan and Hannah McKay
Dexter: Season 7, Episode 6: “Do the Wrong Thing”
While Dexter’s code had been the glue that held the series together in previous seasons, as the series moved into its final years, the rigidity of Dexter’s rules felt less certain. This was perfectly summed up in Dexter’s relationship with Hannah McKay, a woman he would have had no qualms about killing in previous seasons. Like Dexter, Hannah was a serial killer who, as a teenager, accompanied her boyfriend on a murder spree across three states and later poisoned her husband.
Although Dexter initially investigated Hannah with plans to kill her, the two ended up having sex in the kill room and actually hooked up. However, Dexter and Hannah’s relationship was controversial to viewers, as her manipulative and untrustworthy nature made her a stark contrast to Dexter’s murdered wife, Rita. As a hastily developed relationship, it sometimes felt like Dexter ignored his own moral compass to be with Hannah, which led to mixed feelings in the audience.
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Dexter’s willingness to kill LaGuerta
Dexter: Season 7, Episode 12: “Surprise, motherfucker!”
Dexter Morgan lived a secret life as a serial killer while working for the Miami Metropolitan Police Department. This innate contradiction meant that Dexter existed right under the noses of those tasked with stopping his crimes and imprisoning him for his mistakes. While this occasionally came dangerously close to occurring in the early seasons, such as Sergeant James Doake’s realization of Dexter’s true nature, it took Captain María LaGuerta much longer to discover Dexter’s criminal life, which unfortunately led to his death. premature.
Although Dexter followed a strict moral code of only killing those he deemed worthy of death, in LaGuerta’s case, he was surprisingly willing to make an exception to save his own skin. Although it was actually Dexter’s sister Deb, who pulled the trigger at the endDexter’s simple willingness to ruthlessly murder his colleague was an out-of-character decision that alienated viewers from him. As a noble and passionate police captain, LaGuerta’s death felt like an unfair death for a beloved character.
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Dumping Deb’s body
Dexter: Season 8, Episode 12: “Remember the Monsters?”
The series finale of the original’s final season Dexter series was full of controversial moments this angered viewers. One particular example was Dexter’s role at the end of his sister Debra’s story. After being shot, Deb suffered a stroke and was left in a persistent vegetative state, which led Dexter to break his code, disconnecting her from life support and allowing her to die as he whispered, “I love you.”
Although this was an extremely emotional time in Dexterthe next scene showed Dexter taking Deb on his boat and somberly throwing her body into the ocean. This heartbreaking scene meant that Deb ended up suffering the same fate as many of Dexter’s murderous victims and felt like a sad conclusion to the story of one of the series’ main characters. As Dexter continued to go unpunished for his crimes, it was shocking that Deb met such a brutal and tragic fate in the end.
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Dexter abandoning Harrison
Dexter: Season 8, Episode 12: “Remember the Monsters?”
The end of season 8 of Dexter saw Dexter Morgan faking his own death, as after the police found the remains of his boat in the ocean, they concluded that he must have died. While this laid the groundwork for Dexter to rebuild his life under a new identity, it also meant he abandoned the one person in the world he was supposed to love and protect. Dexter’s final acts in the original series resulted in Harrison’s abandonment and were yet another brutal example of the child’s harrowing childhood.
Dexter left his son behind with Hannah McKaywho had moved to Argentina, which seemed a disappointing end to Dexter’s growing empathy as a father. This abandonment would have negative effects on Harrison, who grew up determined to track down his father, and the two were reunited in the series’ sequel. Dexter: New Blood. Dexter’s abandonment of his only son was a truly heartbreaking ending to the series, as it went against all of his character growth that had occurred over the previous eight seasons.
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Lumberjack Dexter
Dexter: Season 8, Episode 12: “Remember the Monsters?”
The highly controversial series finale of the original series Dexter was remembered for its disappointing final scene of Lumberjack Dexter. This sequence told viewers that Dexter didn’t actually die on his boat and was instead living under a new identity, far from Miami, his son Harrison, and all the characters who populated the last eight seasons of Dexter. About that went against Dexter’s obligation to his sonIt was also a moment that made audiences stop loving Dexter because he never faced justice in the original series.
From the first episode of Dexteran exciting potential scenario was for him to be captured and the true nature of his crimes to be revealed. Seeing the aftermath of a Miami Metro employee being revealed as one of the most prolific serial killers of all time was a turning point that Dexter never fully explored, which was a missed opportunity for some fascinating stories. This lack of Dexter the narrative and the fact that he never faced full-scale justice caused viewers to stop loving Dexter Morgan, as even a killer with a code needs to be caught eventually.
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Killer Cop Dexter
Dexter: New Blood – Episode 10: “Sins of the Father”
The surprising ending of the series sequel Dexter: New Blood featured a moment that forced viewers to stop loving Dexter Morgan. Although it was revealed that Dexter was living a new life under the name Jeff Lindsay (a tribute to the author of the original Dexter novels), the careful ecosystem of his new life began to fall apart when his estranged son, Harrison, finally tracked him down. This series of events, such as Dexter’s unusual murder of innocent Sergeant Logan at the end of the series.
Dexter was arrested and cornered as his past, as the Butcher of Bay Harbor, caught up with him. Rather than pay for his crimes, Dexter killed Logan to escape and proved he was no better than any of the killers who had engaged in his kill room over the years. When push came to shove, Dexter showed time and again that he would do whatever it took to escape justice, and it was cruel murders like this that meant audiences had plenty of moments where they stopped loving. Dexter Morgan.