Original Sin Ignores a Major Twist That Makes Harry Morgan and Laura Moser's Case Even Worse

NOTICE! This article contains SPOILERS for Dexter: Original Sin season 1, episode 4!As Dexter: Original Sin The first season delves into Harry Morgan's affair with Laura Moser, the prequel leaves out some details from the main series that made Harry's actions even more disappointing. The new and old characters in Dexter: Original Sin help shed more light on past events referenced in the original show, particularly in regards to Dexter's early deaths, the beginning of his career at Miami Metro, and the twists and turns that led to Harry Morgan's tragic death. To expand these events, Original sin also gives Harry flashbacks from his own point of view, revealing how his affair with Dexter's mother, Laura Moser, unfolded.

Harry and Laura's romantic involvement originally came as a twist revealed in Dexter season 2, leading Dexter to wonder if his adoption and the Code were simply ways to ease Harry's guilt over Laura's murder. In the prequel, after explaining how Harry recruited Laura to become a confidential informant, showing the two working together against drug lord Hector Estrada, and delving into how Harry formed an early bond with Laura's young son Dexter, their affair begins officially in Dexter: Original Sin season 1, episode 4. However, Original sinThe version of events omits some shameful details revealed in Dexter.

Dexter: Original Sin ignores that Harry was having affairs with other confidential informants before Laura Moser

Harry was already having an affair with Valerie Hodges before his relationship with Laura

Like Harry's flashbacks in Original sin progress, it is clear that the prequel is presenting the case in a way that audiences would like to see Harry and Laura together. The show develops their chemistry, highlights their mutual trust and kindness, and even includes moments where Harry presents himself as a caring and loving father to Dexter. When Laura and Harry, who is still married to Doris, finally begin having an affair, it is presented as a relationship in which they both try to avoid acting on their feelings, but ultimately prove too strong to ignore.

As such, Original sin paints a very different picture of how the relationship is detailed in Dexter. The original series certainly doesn't imply that Laura and Harry had a torrid love affair in which Harry only abandoned the marriage because of his strong and unique feelings for Laura. Instead of, Laura was just one of the few confidential informants with whom Harry was having an extramarital affair. before Dexter: Original Sintimeline. Although the prequel suggests that Harry was undecided about his infidelity with Laura, Dexter season two revealed that he was already sleeping with other ICs, such as Valerie Hodges.

In fact, when Debra meets Hodges in Dextershe claims that Harry likely chose his confidential informants based on his desire to have an extramarital affair with them. Dexter makes a point of explaining that Laura was more special to Harry, however, as he broke off his affair with Valerie in favor of Dexter's mother. By avoiding the context of these other matters, Dexter: Original Sin Season 1 episodes paint Harry in a better light, as a conflicted man who fell in love with another woman during a difficult period in his marriage, while the truth of Dexter It's much more nuanced.

Dexter: Original Sin tries to excuse Harry's affair by making his marriage to Doris worse

Original Sin reveals that Harry and Doris were in a difficult situation before his affair with Laura

Dexter: Original Sin It further takes away the inexcusable nature of Harry's affair by revealing the difficulties of his marriage to Doris. In the original Dexter show, it didn't seem like Doris and Harry's marriage was reaching breaking point when he started his affair with Laura. Instead, Harry's affairs were used as a way to explain how he wasn't this perfect, morally upright family man who made some misguided mistakes - he repeatedly cheated on his wife with women he held a position of authority over. , ignored his daughter, and taught his son a killing code.

Of course, Dexter it also never included the existence or death of Harry and Doris' first child, Junior. Original sin reveals that Junior's death has caused significant strain on Doris and Harry's marriage, with the grief tearing them apart and their failed efforts to have another child making matters worse. Although he was still hesitant to act on his feelings for Laura, his belief that his marriage was already ending gave Harry the excuse to begin the relationship. It still doesn't justify his actions, but it puts Harry and Laura's case in a relatively grayer area than the original show.

Dexter has a good excuse for original sin, ignoring the worst parts of Harry's case

Harry is an unreliable narrator

The flashbacks to Harry's affair with Laura in Original sin contrasting so sharply with the revelations of the main Dexter the series can be explained by the notion that the prequel's flashbacks are shown from Harry's point of view. Like Dexter himself sometimes, Harry Morgan is an unreliable narrator in his own flashbacks. Dexter: Original Sin it shows the case the way he remembers it, and that's why it paints it in a much better light. To justify the affair in his own mind, Harry emphasizes his close connection with Laura and marital conflicts with Doris, while ignoring his other affairs.

New episodes of Dexter: Original Sin release Fridays on Paramount+ with Showtime.