Dexter Just Made The Ice Truck Killer's Origins Even More Disturbing After 18 Years

NOTICE! This article contains SPOILERS for Dexter: Original Sin season 1, episode 4!As Dexter: Original Sin As Season 1, Episode 4 explores Harry Morgan's early experiences with Dexter and his brother, Brian, some disturbing new layers are added to the Ice Truck Killer's story. While Dexter: Original SinThe timeline, set in 1991, focuses primarily on 20-year-old Dexter becoming a serial killer and beginning his work in the Miami subway, the prequel also features the still-living Harry Morgan having frequent flashbacks to the events leading up to his adoption of 3-year-old Dexterincluding Harry's affair with Dexter's biological mother, Laura Moser.

These flashbacks in Dexter: Original Sin Season 1 Episode 4 shed more light on how Harry formed a paternal bond with Dexter before adopting him, while also emphasizing the contrast in personalities between Laura's children. Although Harry only adopted Dexter after Laura was brutally killed by Hector Estrada's men, the original series reveals that Dexter's brother, Brian Moser, also grew up to become a serial killer, earning the nickname the Ice Truck Killer.. However Dexter the first season already established that Brian was much more cruel than Dexter, Original sin makes the development context of your Dark Passenger even worse.

Dexter: Original Sin Reveals Brian Moser Had Disturbing Habits Before Laura's Death

Harry was bothered by Brian's behavior while Laura was still alive

All over Dexter In the first season, the titular killer was being taunted by another serial killer who knew the truth about his deaths and his dark, hidden past. The Ice Truck Killer continued to tempt Dexter with details about Hector Estrada's murder of Laura Moser, eventually leading Dexter to uncover his long-suppressed memories of his biological mother's tragic death, being found in a pool of blood with her brother by Harry Morgan, and the origin of his Black Passenger. Brian then reveals himself to Dexter as his brother, with both acting on their desire for blood and death following Laura's murder.

Since Dexter's Dark Passenger was born in the shipping container where his mother was murdered, it was assumed that Brian's desire to kill was also founded at that moment. Although this is still partially true, Dexter: Original Sinflashbacks to younger Dexter and Brian indicate that the older brother already showed signs of violence and lack of remorse before Laura's death. Harry was deeply disturbed by young Brian when Laura was still alive, but Dexter was a kinder, friendlier child who showed remorse and love.

As such, Dexter: Original Sin seems to suggest that Dexter could have gone his entire life without a Dark Passenger if it weren't for having witnessed his mother's mutilation while Brian's Dark Passenger was always with him. Dexter The first season made it clear that Brian didn't have the morals or potential to feel remorse like Dexter, but it's even more disturbing that this was instilled in Brian before his mother's death. Furthermore, Brian's behavior as a child was already concerning to Harry and was something he hoped would not be passed on to Dexter as he grew up.

Original Sin flashbacks explain more about why Harry didn't adopt Brian with Dexter

Harry thought Brian was too far gone to save

By revealing Brian's disturbing behavior as a child, Dexter: Original Sin adds more intriguing context to why Harry decided to adopt just Dexter instead of both of Laura's children. Brian himself revealed in Dexter season 1 that when Harry found him in the container, he simply saw him as a “fucked boy”, alongside the other authorities who examined him. It seemed in the original series that Harry made his assumption simply based on the aftermath of Laura's murder, but Dexter: Original Sin explains that Harry had reservations about Brian before that traumatic event.

When Harry watches Brian and Dexter while Laura works on the case with Bobby, Harry disturbingly finds Brian killing lizards and ripping off their tails. However, Dexter is distraught when he is unable to save one of the lizards from death, proving that he did not have the same bloodlust as his brother at that age. Harry saw Dexter as a child who had the potential to become a caring individual, but seemed to believe that Brian was too far gone even before Laura died.

Therefore, after Laura's death, Harry agreed that it was better to put Brian in a mental hospital and receive help from doctors, rather than raising him.. On the other hand, Harry thought he could “save” Dexter himself, hoping that witnessing his mother's death wouldn't give him the same violent inclinations as Brian. In the end, Dexter developed a Dark Passenger, but with Harry's Code, a loving family around him, and his kind and caring child nature, Harry was able to prevent Dexter from becoming the same ruthless killer as Brian.

Of course, it has long been debated whether Harry is partially responsible for the development of Ice Truck Killer and Bay Harbor Butcher. It can be argued that Dexter might not have become a murderer if Harry hadn't separated the Moser brothers, hidden Dexter's past from him, and taught Dexter a death code, instead of helping him overcome his trauma with professional psychiatrists. at a young age. Brian was led to believe he couldn't be helped when he was a child, and this rejection further fueled his violence as the Ice Truck Killer.

Will adult Brian Moser appear in Dexter: Original Sin?

Some fans have speculated that Brian has already made a cameo

So far, Brian Moser has only appeared in Harry's flashbacks about Laura in Dexter: Original Sintime when he is still a child. However, with Dexter becoming the butcher of Bay Harbor, it wouldn't be surprising if it were revealed that Brian Moser tried to contact his brother long before their official reunion in Dexter season 1. Brian would be around 20 years old during Dexter: Original Sin season 1episodes and already living under a new pseudonym, as the original program revealed that he was released from the psychiatric hospital at the age of 21 in 1989.

It has also been widespread fan speculation that an adult Brian has already subtly appeared in Dexter: Original Sin season 1, episode 2. A scene from this episode shows a young man with a striking resemblance to Brian asking Dexter to borrow a chair, leading some to believe that it was actually Brian trying to make Dexter remember him. It has not yet been confirmed whether this unnamed character was, in fact, Brian Moser, but it is possible that he appeared before Harry's death in Dexter: Original Sin.

New episodes of Dexter: Original Sin the first season will be released on Fridays on Paramount+ with Showtime.