r/Dexter

omg im currently watching season 4 and I love her so much, I also think she's very beautiful, I cant wait to see Harrison, Rita's kids and Rita grow together as a family

I’m reading a great mystery book, A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz and giggled when I came across a character named Debra Morgan. Then, I found out she was married to Harry Morgan! I believe we have a Dexter fan here, guys! 😊

ETA: this book was just released May 2026

Lyla: You going to tell me how you’re doing?

Dexter: I’m fine.

Lyla: Come on, Dex. Open up.

Dexter: Very fine?

Ha, don’t you love those moments? Almost as much fun as watching someone like Lyla.

Mr. Hall did a great job (still does) giving depth to a character who’s basically emotionless. Along with the writers who penned moments like above.

So I am reading the series of books Dexter is based on and I just wanted to share a thought. I notice, when comparing the two, the show focuses a lot on Dexters growth/character development as a person. Usually attempting to lean away from his vigilante like serial killer self ("become a better person"). Whereas Jeff Lindsay focuses on the 'mental' development of the dark passenger, not in any direction but just more depth to understanding IT as its own entity. And I just gotta say I kinda love that direction of the novels more. Just one example of this deeper dive into the dark passenger: the entire introduction of Dexter in the Dark has such poetic and humanlike narrative from ITs( 😉) perspective.

Was wondering the best way to see all the Dexter series in order? Or does it really matter ?

holy fk am i the only one that thinks dexter going after hector estrada is lazy writing??? it made no sense that literally the sequence of events of him getting investigated by laguerta then dexter vetting hector. he knew she knew about his past and for a guy as smart as him it made no sense to rush killing hector.

What the actual fuck…? Why did Dexter not give LaGuerta the same courtesy that he gave Debra by giving her a chance to see what good he is doing…?

And why the hell did he let Debra make the choice between him and LaGuerta instead of letting him take LaGuerta’s life.

I don’t know how I feel about LaGuerta dying… but I think him choosing Debra over Hannah gave Debra a push towards her choosing her brother over justice. But ahhhh gawd Debra and LaGuerta was my favorite enemies to friends duo.

I just finished the original series (late to the party, I know). Deb’s death has affected me surprisingly deeply so forgive me if I ramble a bit while I collect my thoughts.

There was always that question whether or when Deb would find out about Dexter’s dark secret… The way the writers decided to let her in on the secret in that church in season 7 was phenomenal. That may have been my favorite season. Isaac was a great adversary, too.

I respect the writers for exploring a taboo. That took guts. It was refreshing, even though it felt a bit forced at first, imo. I’ll have to rewatch some of the earlier seasons to see if there were any hints of Deb’s attraction to Dexter or if this is something that was added later (probably it was). Even though they didn’t end up exploring that part of the story much, it made the ending even sadder somehow. There was yet another thing Deb couldn’t have.

But I hate Dexter for what he did to her. She was a truly good person. He corrupted her. He put her into situations where she had to make impossible decisions. She needed him so badly she ended up losing herself in the process. And yet somehow, she had the strength to work through all that.

She looked so proud when they got Saxon in Dexter’s bedroom at night. It seemed like she and Dexter had finally found a way to coexist. But then we see her lying at the station about Hannah the next day (?). We know she can’t work on the force anymore and keep/restore her integrity. She’d always have to be ready to keep covering for Dexter somehow.

Contrast that with Deb’s unbreachable integrity from earlier seasons where that woman from internal affairs kept trying to get her to rat out her colleagues. She would have never done that. But later, for Dexter, she was willing to do just about anything even if it went against her principles.

Saxon, by the way, was an interesting juxtaposition to both Deb and Dexter. Deb is salt of the earth; Dexter is a bad guy who at least tries to rein in his badness and make some good of it. But Saxon is just full-on psychopath. Absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I liked that the show explored different ‘shades’ of evil.

Harry was right to warn Dexter about living a double life or getting attached to anyone. But in a way, that was the problem, too: that caused Dexter to be weary about getting too close to Deb, who wanted that connection so badly. Would it have killed him to tell her he loved her or to hug her every now and then?

Dexter’s whole justification was to give bad people what they deserved. And arguably, many of them did. He saw to that. But a lot of good people around him didn’t get what they deserved at all. Rita, Doakes, La Guerta didn’t get what they deserved. And Deb definitely didn’t get what she deserved. Dexter caused their demise. Deb’s death was the worst of all.

Dexter ruined Deb. And then he had the nerve to throw her into the ocean like one of his victims! He should have found a way to give her a proper burial. Unforgivable.

My compliments to Jennifer Carpenter for portraying Deb so well. What a great actrees.

Deb was the true hero of the story. Rest in peace, sweet foulmouthed Deb :(

Hear me out.

So far we’ve had:

• Dexter — Miami (2006–2010)
• Dexter: New Blood — Iron Lake (2021)
• Dexter: Resurrection — 2021/2022, still in New York
• Dexter IV: 2030+?

Personally, I hope they do like 8 seasons of Dexter: Resurrection, then take a break and eventually give us a fourth major series set somewhere totally different Europe, Japan, or even Australia/New Zealand.

I remember people on here years ago saying they wanted Dexter in Japan lol, And Are they going to follow any of the books or just keep doing their own thing as well?

So what do you think? Is Resurrection the final form of Dexter we’ll get? Maybe another long run like the original 8 seasons? Or do you think Michael C. Hall will want to keep going even when he’s pushing 70+?

Honestly, I wouldn’t even mind that.