NOTICE! This article contains SPOILERS for Dexter: Original Sin season 1, episode 2!At the end of Dexter: Original Sin Season 1, Episode 2, Dexter is surprisingly angry when he sees a child's severed finger, which is related to a childhood trauma that he won't remember for another 15 years. With Dexter: Original SinWith the timeline bringing the story back to Dexter's first kills in 1991, the prequel includes several examples of foreshadowing and setup for the future revelations he will have in the main series. Much of this has to do with his Dark Passenger's origins, which he eventually discovers through the Ice Truck Killer in Dexter season 1.
Dexter getting his Dark Passenger as a child led him to become strangely excited about death, blood, and gore. Dexter: Original Sinthe main character even calls himself a “boy in a candy store” When examining footage of unsolved murders. However, this feeling of excitement unexpectedly turns into intense anger and rage when Miami Metro sees Jimmy Powell's severed fingerwho is being held hostage by unknown figures. Although Dexter couldn't understand why someone would hurt a child, this isn't the only reason he is so deeply affected by the finger. Original sin season 1, episode 2.
Dexter's mother was dismembered in front of him as a child (but he still doesn't remember)
Jimmy's severed finger is bringing up these repressed memories
In Original sinIn the timeline, Dexter still doesn't remember what happened to his mother when he was just a child. Harry didn't remind Dexter of the truth, so it was only when his biological brother Brian Moser, aka the Ice Truck Killer, tracked him down in 2006 that he finally discovered his repressed memories. Through Brian, Dexter was able to remember that his mother, Laura Moser, was brutally murdered and dismembered right before his eyes. when he was three years old. Although this trauma gave Dexter his Dark Passenger, he would not remember the bloody incident until Dexter season 1.
Therefore, when Dexter sees Jimmy Powell's severed finger Original sin Season 1 Episode 2 He Remembers Seeing His Mother Dismembered in front of him. Since Dexter and Brian were children at the time, this parallel with Jimmy becomes even more profound – although Dexter is not yet able to consciously make these connections. Not only that, but Hector Estrada is the one theorized to be holding Jimmy Powell, and he was also the one who ordered Laura's brutal dismemberment with a chainsaw.
Hector Estrada Being the One Who Traps Jimmy in Dexter: Original Sin Would Make a Tragedy of a Series Even Worse
Hector was the one who ordered the murder of Laura Moser
If Hector Estrada is really the one holding Jimmy Powell back Dexter: Original SinSo there's a harsh reality to face in the prequel. After seeing Jimmy's finger, Dexter notes that he wants revenge on whoever did this to him. However, he will not be able to take revenge Original sinas Dexter doesn't kill Hector Estrada until the end of Dexter season 7after spending years tracking down and eliminating everyone involved in his mother's murder.
Laura Moser is played by Brittany Allen in Original sinafter being played by Sage Kirkpatrick in the original Dexter show.
Estrada being the one holding Jimmy would add another tragic layer to Dexter wanting to find and kill him.. It will be another 21 years before Dexter kills Estrada, this murder being what finally leads Maria LaGuerta to arrest Dexter while trying to convince others of her theory that he is the Bay Harbor Butcher. It is not yet confirmed whether Hector Estrada is behind Jimmy's kidnapping and dismemberment in Dexter: Original Sinbut the show's interspersed flashbacks to Laura Moser and Harry Morgan riding Estrada suggest the two will eventually connect.