ZZach
For what it's worth, you're wasting your time looking into my dad. He's an asshole, but he's not a killer.
That's quite an endorsement.
ZZach
In my family, that's about as good as it gets.
S8 E5This Little Piggy
You can hate me for the rest of your life but for right now, can we just set that aside until we know she's okay?
I don't hate you...Why'd you save me? Why didn't you let me drown?
...I saw the car going underwater...I knew you were gonna die...I couldn't imagine my life without you in it.
[out on Dexter's boat dumping Yates' body]
It's beautiful out here Dexter.
I like it. It's peaceful, alone on the water.
Tonight you brought us.
Yes, why?
I wanted to be with family.
S8 E6A Little Reflection
Accidents happen... Shattering our sense of control, if not our lives.
I mean, you think Miller's clean? Come on... You dig deep enough on anyone in this department, and you know what you find?
What?
The shit. It's there. I mean, we all got it. I know you know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, I can't argue with that. We've all got the shit.
Yeah. Big difference is, some people get away with theirs, and some people don't.
Well, you're a good detective. It'll work out.
Dexter Some things happen to us by accident. Others are choices. There are parts of me that I can never share with my own son. But with Zach... Could I teach him? Am I ready for this, to be a spiritual father?
S8 E7Dress Code
Harry was a good teacher to me because he was normal, human. But can anything good come from putting two killers together? Whether it be student and teacher or whatever Hannah and I have? Or will it always end the same way... like this?
S8 E8Are We There Yet?
DexterIs it possible Zach did this? Every contact leaves a trace. That idea is the foundation of all crime scene analysis. I should be focused on who bludgeoned Cassie and why. But instead ever since Hannah came back into my orbit, she's all I can think about.
Dexter Every contact leaves a trace. Everything and everyone we touch, is changed in someway. But the changes they are never what we anticipate.
S8 E10Goodbye Miami
Feels good to cook for you again. It reminds me of what it was like to be your mother.
You think fixing breakfast makes you my mother again?
No.
You gave up the privilege a long time ago.
Daniel, whatever mistakes I've made in the past, I want to make it up to you. I can help you.
Help me how?
I can arrange for the care you need.
The care I need? I will never be locked up again.
I have contacts at the best facilities.
Like the last one you sent me to? Do you know what that was like? Day after day wondering when you'd finally come to visit, only to realize that the answer was never!
Daniel, I couldn't. You'd killed Richard.
That was your fault! You ignored me. All you ever cared about was Richard. You never tried to help me.
I was young, inexperienced. I didn't know how to help you.
But you sure as hell knew how to help Dexter Morgan. You taught him how to deal with his condition. You gave him everything you denied me. While I was rotting away, you gave him a life.
I know that. I do. It was a horrible mistake.
I was your son. I needed you.
Please...
Please what?!
Let me help you. I'm sorry for everything I've done. I truly, truly am.
I wish I could believe you. [Saxon stands up and leaves the house]
S8 E11Monkey in a Box
You should go on one of those cooking shows. The competition ones? You'd win.
Oh I'd make sure I did.
I have a proposal. I figured the safest way to deliver it was to bring a referee.
I'm listening.
We walk away.
Walk away?
From each other. We take our separate paths, lead our separate lives. I forget about you, you forget about me.
You went out of your way to kill your mother in front of me, and you expect me to forget?
[chuckles] That may have been a little over the top, but I was trying to make a point.
I missed the point.
It was a test, to see if, this time, she would finally choose me. Well, we both know how that turned out.
So, naturally you had to cut her throat.
You know what it's like to kill. It can be cathartic... and it was. That's why I'm giving you a choice: Go on with your life, or come after me.
Miami's a great town. Lots of Cuban food, nice weather, murder solve rate's about 1 percent...
The next time we do this it's gonna be fucking tacos and tequila, or whatever the fuck they eat in Argentina.
Yeah, it'll probably be steaks. It's Argentina, not Mexico.
God, this is such a mind fuck! After tomorrow, you're not gonna be here. What the fuck does that look like?
We both start over.
Is that even possible?
Yeah, I think so. Don't you?
It's just every fucked up-- Every time I've been a complete mess, you've been there for me. Even when it was your fault that I was fucked up you've never given up on me. So if I can't make this work, going back to being a cop again, then who the fuck is gonna help me pick up the pieces of that?
You're not that person anymore. You're stronger than that. You're stronger than I'll ever be.
I'm not.
Deb, Dad and Vogel gave me the code so I'd know the right thing to do, but you've always just known. It's the compass I always wished I had. And as long as you listen to that you won't need me. You'll be fine.
Maybe. But don't ever think that it was the code that made you a good brother. There's a human being in there. There always has been. Even if you can't see it.
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