We only see two things in people: what we want to see and what they want to show us.
S3 E6Sí Se Puede
No matter how close two people are, an infinite distance separates them.
Never underestimate the capacity of other people to let you down.
[voiceover] Clemson Galt has been on my top ten list for years, and Miguel could be a big help. But the goal here isn't to satisfy my need, it's to get Miguel to find some other hobby.
CCamilla
You know, Dexter, my whole life I've been searching for...
The meaning of life?
CCamilla
The perfect... Key lime pie. And what do I get when I'm about to croak? Fucking pie-crust, Reddi-wip, and green Jell-O...
I'll see what I can do about finding you the perfect Key lime pie.
S3 E7Easy As Pie
No way your nickname was worse than "Fatista." 'Cause Gianna just rolls off the –
BGBarbara Gianna
"Va"-gianna.
Okay, you win. Kids can be cruel.
[voiceover] Hand-holding. So simple, so intimate, so ... uncomfortable.
EWEllen Wolf
We all know how easy it is to plant evidence, and let's be honest, you look the type.
[voiceover] Do I see sheets of plastic in your future?
So, uh, Ellen Wolf, a piece of work, right?
[thoughs] Go easy, be tactful. [speech] We can't kill her.
[voiceover] I've never been great at conflict resolution. Not without a blade and several rolls of plastic wrap.
[after pulling an all-nighter] I found a fucking lead on The Skinner case. It's in the trees! Right, so, we've had our heads up our asses, Sarge. We've been looking down at the bodies, but no one has been looking up!
... How much caffeine have you had?
A metric fuck-ton.
Well you should stop, its giving you touretts.
So I go through every fucking photo of every fucking crime scene, and guess what I found.
Trimmed trees?
No, I didn't find shit. But, when I looked at the homes of the victims, mother fucking trimmed trees!
I want you know that you were right about my brother. There's something else. I killed him.
CCamilla
[last words] It's good you did.
[voiceover] All the lives I've taken, they've always begged for mercy. I've never understood that concept, until now. This. This is mercy. But only for a friend.
S3 E8The Damage a Man Can Do
[voiceover] It's said that everything is connected to everything. The butterfly effect. You drop a pebble into a pond and the ripples radiate outward, affecting everything. Until finally a fish grows arms and legs and crawls out of the water, and picks up a rock and smashes the next two fish over the head, and we have the first serial killer.
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