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| “ | Tonight's the night. And it's gonna happen again and again. Has to happen. | „ |
| ~ Dexter Morgan's catchphrase and his most famous quote, noting his insatiable desire to kill. |
Dexter Morgan is the titular main protagonist of the crime drama series Dexter.
He is a family man and blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, though he also lives a double life as a vigilante serial killer. He was taught by his foster father Harry to only kill those who deserved it in order to channel his urges for "good." Dexter claims to have no feelings, and indeed exhibits many sociopathic traits, but genuinely does have love for his family (especially his foster sister Debra) and retains protective instincts towards innocents, particularly children.
He is portrayed by Michael C. Hall.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- Saved Harry's life by killing the nurse that was poisoning him.
- Stops Jeremy Downs from killing his friend Lucas.
- Freed Tony Tucci from captivity and tipped the police off to his location.
- Rescued eight Cuban refugees from the Castillo's.
- Killed his brother Brian to protect Deb despite Brian being the only one who would accept him.
- He comforted his friend Angel when he was falsely accused of rape and tried to get the charges dropped.
- He saved his girlfriend Rita's kids Cody and Astor from a fire his ex Lila started in an attempt to Kill them.
- Kills a pedophile to protect Astor.
- Supports family friend Camilla through her cancer by visiting her in hospital and ultimately performing a mercy kill on her at her request.
- Talks Angel out of taking revenge on the man who assaulted his girlfriend.
- Thwarts an attempt by Miguel Prado on Maria LaGuerta's life.
- Puts an end to Miguel's activities by killing him.
- Spares Ramon Prado from the truth about his brother and encourages him to focus on being with his family.
- Protects Arthur Mitchell's son Jonah when Arthur attacks him at Thanksgiving.
- Stops Arthur from murdering an innocent child.
- Delays his pursuit of Trinity to rush over and comfort Deb after Christine Hill kills herself in front of her.
- Tries to send his family away to stop Arthur from hurting them.
- Kills Arthur and puts an end to his decade-long reign of terror.
- Saves Lumen Pierce from the Barrel Girl Gang.
- Protects Astor's friend Olivia by threatening Olivia's abusive stepfather Barry into leaving her mother.
- Stops Joey Quinn from going to prison for the murder of Stan Liddy which he didn't do though mainly for Deb's sake.
- Thwarts Beth Dorresey's attempt to gas the police station, saving the life of Deb and many others.
- Saves his son Harrison from Travis Marshall.
- Saves Brother Sam from an attack by the Locos gang.
- Complies with Issak Sirko's demands to protect his girlfriend Hannah after she is kidnapped by him.
- Despite Sirko being his enemy, Dexter honors his request to be buried at sea with his boyfriend Viktor.
- Turns Hannah into the police to protect Deb after Hannah poisons her.
- Prevents Zach Hamilton from killing his father.
- Tries to save Evelyn Vogel from Oliver Saxon.
- Mercy kills Deb after she is put into a catatonic state.
- Saves Molly Park from being killed by Kurt Caldwell.
- Stops Kurt from killing Harrison and and comforts his son afterwards.
- Allows Harrison to kill him in an attempt to help his son overcome his trauma.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is a very lethal anti-hero and generally a hero by proxy, as he primarily kills to indulge his own urges and avoid getting caught, rather than to protect civilians. In fact, he has targeted innocent people himself, such as killing a man wrongfully suspected of serial murder, murdering a random man simply for insulting Rita (for which he showed no remorse), attempting to kill Maria LaGuerta to keep his crimes from being exposed, and killing Sergeant Logan to escape his jail cell.
- He frequently interferes with police investigations by planting or disturbing evidence and disrupting internal affairs, usually selfishly to protect various criminals from prosecution to kill them for himself and to avoid getting caught. He also frequently commits other crimes to achieve his goals, such as breaking and entering, vandalism, assault, theft, among others.
- He manipulates and lies to many people close to him, which not only leads to emotional unrest but also endangers their lives. In fact, many of his actions indirectly lead to the deaths of people he cares about, such as Rita, who was killed by the Trinity Killer due to Dexter's hesitation; Harry, who killed himself after witnessing what he had turned his son into; and Debra, who was shot by Oliver Saxon after Dexter left him to get arrested instead.
- Furthermore, while he believed faking his death was the best thing for his loved ones, it's shown in New Blood to have had a terrible effect on Harrison. Also, while he did care for Harrison and initially hoped that he would live as a normal child, it is implied that he was actually somewhat excited after learning that Harrison shared his homicidal tendencies, so he could treat him like an apprentice.
- He is often seen torturing or mocking his victims in a ritualistic fashion, which serves no purpose in protecting others or satisfying his urges and is mainly sadistic.
- Like most serial killers, he is very arrogant and egotistical.
External Links[]
- Dexter Morgan on the Heroes Wiki
- Dexter Morgan on the Villains Wiki
- Dexter Morgan on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- Dexter Morgan on the Dexter Wiki