[To Hector] The normal reasons. I've never killed for the normal reasons. I used to think I was special - a special kind of killer, but tonight I'm not.
S7 E12Surprise, Motherf**ker !
[ Debra walks in on Dexter preparing to kill LaGuerta]
Oh God...Dexter?
You shouldn't be here.
Why...shouldn't I be here? What are you doing?
What needs to be done.
Are you gonna kill her?
You need to leave. I need to finish this.
Dexter you can't!
I can. And I will.
No! Fuck, Jesus, Dexter you can't do this!
It's the only solution. The only way to end this.
[getting hysterical] No, no, no I can't let you go through with this!!
[waking up] Shoot him Deb. You have to end this. Shoot him.
[Dexter picks up one of his knives]
[aiming her gun at him] Stop!
Do it Debra! Shoot him!
[Deb doesn't move or say anything]
Do it!! Shoot him!! This is not who you are. You're a good cop. You're a good person. You're not like him.
[Deb starts to cry]
Put him down!!!
...
It's true. Everything she said. You're a good person. It's okay...
[Dexter drops the knife and puts his hands up]
Do what you gotta do.
[crying] ...Dex...
[Deb pulls the trigger and shoots LaGuerta, killing her. She instantly breaks down and runs to her body]
[Sobbing hysterically] OH MY GOD!! OH MY GOD!!!
S8 E1A Beautiful Day
[Batista, Quinn, Dexter and Masuka are examining a fallen near a river]
Hey, what do we have?
Robert Bailey, killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest, right above the heart.
Judging from the stippling on the wound, it looks like the muzzle of the gun was in contact with the victim's chest when fired.
Suicide?
No, the victim was killed elsewhere and dumped here. [Dexter lifts the victim's head. A part of the head falls. He raises the part to reveal a piece of the brain] Parietal and occipital bone sliced through. Back of the cranium removed.
Okay, that's weird.
And looks like a piece of it has been scooped out, like with a melon baller.
Just got weirder.
DMDet. Miller
We have a gun.
So someone shoots this guy, cuts his head open, and messes with his brain. He takes the body and the weapon and brings them all the way out here. Why?
People are crazy.
Do you wanna know why I'm not returning your phone calls? Because I don't wanna talk to you. And I really don't wanna fucking see you.
Why?
Why!? Umm, because you made me compromise everything about myself I care about. And I hate you for it.
No you don't.
I shot the wrong person in that trailer.
I came here to save you.
No.
Deb, look at yourself. You're lost!
I am not lost! I know exactly where I am. I am in some shitty fucking hell, which is exactly what I deserve! But you! You are lost! All my life, I thought I needed you. That I couldn't survive without you. Fuck! Fuck! It was the other fucking way around! It was the other way around.
[voiceover] Debra was right. I was wrong. It's me who's lost. A better person would let her go. But I don't know how. Without her, I don't know who I am anymore.
You can't kill me.
Why?
Because I don't fit Harry's code.
S8 E2Every Silver Lining
I know almost everything about you, Dexter - and not just because I heard it from your father, but because I helped create you.
Create me? You sound like Dr. Frankenstein.
What if I weren't here to cover your ass?
You really wanna play the "what if" game? What if you weren't a serial killer? What if Harry had left you in that shipping container?
You were only doing what you thought was right. We had no idea that-
You should have no idea. You've never done this before. Me, it's what I do. The one thing I've always been good at. Vetting, stalking, and killing people. I can't even do that anymore.
What you're feeling now, it's not because of the killer.
I've destroyed Deb. She's gone. You were wrong about me. I'm a mistake.
You're exactly what you need to be Dexter. [gently embraces him] You're perfect.
[gasps]
S8 E3What's Eating Dexter Morgan?
I can't believe she actually confessed. I thought I got her to see that she's a good person.
This could have been the only way she could relieve herself of the guilt.
Need you to help get her out of this. Give your expert opinion that she's having a breakdown.
Are you sure? This could be the best thing for her.
Spending the rest of her life in prison? That's the last thing Deb needs.
Or the last thing you need. If Debra goes away, odds are, you'll join her. Admit it, Dexter. You're mostly worried about yourself.
That's not true. I told you, I love her.
Not the same way she loves you. When Debra killed LaGuerta, it was real, selfless love. She sacrificed everything she believed in for you. Can you see that?
[To victim] You're disgusting. Cannibal - a consumer of human flesh. There was a time I couldn't imagine anyone being what you are...and doing what you do. But now I realize I'm just like you. I consume everyone I love.
S8 E4Scar Tissue
LaGuerta. She was on her knees, where those blood stains are, isn't that right? She was your co-worker, your friend. Why didn't you just stay at the party and let Dexter take care of everything?
I had to stop him.
But Dexter can't help what he is. He has no conscience, unlike you. You knew the moment you pointed that gun at LaGuerta it was wrong, and still, you pulled the trigger. You shot a woman in cold blood! You let her bleed out and did nothing! You shot an innocent woman for simply doing her job!
Because of Dexter!
And that's what terrifies you the most. You so desperately want to believe that if you had just shot Dexter, then you wouldn't have to face the truth, that if you had to do it all over again you'd still choose him. Because in your heart, you know you'll always choose Dexter.
[quietly] How do I make it right?
By finally accepting that you're a good person who was forced to do a terrible thing. And that you made the best of an impossible situation. You can walk out that door. You can move forward. The choice is yours. It always has been.
The body forms scar tissue to close a wound. Has my sister begun to do the same? Eventually, scars fade. Who knows, with enough time, you may not even remember how you got them.
Did Dad kill himself?
Yeah. A few years back, Matthews told me the truth. Harry OD'd on his heart medication.
Was it because of you?
He thought he'd created a monster.
I think I know how he felt. Why he killed himself. But he only got it half right!
[Deb grabs the wheel and forces the car into a lake]
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