I thought we were out as a couple.
Out and flaunting it are two different things.
What, don't ask, don't tell?
Works for the military.
Not really.
S2 E10There's Something About Harry
[voiceover] Taking a life is one thing, but the care and feeding of it is another. I can't keep my problem locked away in a cabin forever. Harry always said there were plenty of people who deserve to die. But no matter how hard I close my eyes and wish, Doakes isn't one of them.
Maybe we could just ... hang.
Like a sloth. I can do that.
[voiceover] I remember when life was easy. When the only question I worried about was who's next. Now it's: How can I dodge my "protective detail"? What should I do with my "hostage"? These are not easy questions.
All those times he called me lab geek, fairywinkle, donkey fluffer. I'm just glad I took it lying down, you know?
What the fuck, Dex?
What which fuck?
Deb, Doakes is a lot of things, but he's not an idiot. He won't come out of the shadows because of a grudge.
Right. 'Cause serial killers are so practical.
Actually, they are.
Regardless of how we got here, one of the two killers in this cabin has to go away.
I am not a killer.
Right. In terms of who goes, it boiled down to a philosophical question: which one of us has more inherent worth?
I know you're fucking kidding me.
First I considered our value to the community. That was a wash. We're both loyal civil servants, we work hard to keep the city clean.
... You cut people up into little pieces ...
Then I looked at our personal lives, and ... well, it's where the differences became clearer. Strange as it may seem, I have people who depend on me. They would be devastated if they found out what I do. You, Sergeant, you're more of a lone wolf. Easier to put down, no one in the pack to miss you.
Fuck you. Fuck you, Morgan, I have a family. I have my mother, my sisters.
Who you never visit. Puts a pit in my stomach, that I can only interpret as ... sadness. If you had a personal life, you might not have made me your obsession, and we might not be here right now.
[voiceover] Doakes said I had two choices: kill him or let him go. But he neglected to look behind Door Number 3. Hand him over to the FBI, gift-wrapped. I don't need Doakes dead, I just need his fingerprints to complete my framejob.
[voiceover] When the Feds receive these kill tools with their suspect's prints on them, the only threat to me will be the inane rants of a murderous madman. So close I can feel it. This tragic tale might still end in Doakes' demise, but not by my hands. Harry's legacy will remain intact.
Don't test me, Sergeant. I could have killed you. I didn't.
You didn't because you can't. I've had time to think about this, Morgan. I don't fit that code you were talking about, do I? At first I thought the Butcher only went after criminals because nobody gives a God damn what happens to them. But now ... now I think you got a conscience.
Of course I have a conscience. I left you a place to shit, didn't I? It's a small conscience.
I'm sure Special Ops taught you to rattle your captor, but I should warn you, Sergeant. You can't play on my feelings. I don't have any.
Oh, really. Who's lying now?
You're not gonna do what I think you are.
There's no point in hiding it now, Sergeant. Your life is going to rest in the hands of the criminal justice system you put all your faith in. I wish you the best of luck.
[Dexter prepares to dismember his latest victim.]
Morgan, God damn it, you got a conscience, man, you said it yourself! You go after killers, you take out killers, I get that. But this, this is some sick fuck ritual, man, you need help. Let me help you, man.
Don't worry, Sergeant. I won't make you watch. I'm not uncivilized.
[voiceover] It was me. The idea of a code was one thing, a grand idea, a noble cause. But the reality of it ... Harry walked in on what he created. And he couldn't live with himself.
What, Morgan? What now?
I killed my father.
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