Dexter
Summary
ThroughoutDexter , there were several occasions where the in series killer Dexter Morgan broke the Code of Harry , which guided him in his homicidal ways . With an insatiate impulse to kill that Dexter call his “ Dark Passenger , ” the Code of Harry was afford to him by his adoptive father as a way to put some good into the universe while he carry out the murderous tendencies his childhood trauma had give him . The code had several dimension , the most outstanding of which were not to get catch and never to kill an clean-handed person .
However , whether through self - defense , mercy killings , or brainish actions , Dexter intermit from these rules several times and leave alone a whole legion of non - code kill in his Wake Island . While the code was hypothesize to hold back the darkest aspect of Dexter ’s psychological issues , it seemed that when pushed into a turning point or forced into action , Dexter could determine ways to justify his actions outside ofthe perimeters of the Code of Harry . ThroughoutDexterand the sequel seriesDexter : New Blood , there wereseveral incident in which Dexter ’s kills broke the Code of Harry .
12Oscar Prado
Season 3, Episode 1, “Our Father”
It was three seasons beforeDexter Morgon was finally force to break the Code of HarryonDexter . This came in a import of ego - defensive structure when Dexter was trying to track down Freebo , the drug dealer who killed two college girls but capture away with it because of a forged endorsement . However , in his pursuit , Dexter or else run across Oscar Prado , the drug - using comrade of ADA Miguel Prado and Sheriff Ramon Prado .
In the process , Oscar attacked Dexter with a bayonet , and the two got into a physical affray that led to Dexter off him in moth-eaten blood . As Dexter stab Oscar , he asked him , “ Who are you ? ” and looked shocked at the voltage that he had unexpectedly kill an innocent individual . Dexter further investigated his victim and even attended his wake to try on and shape whether or not he had killed somebody outside of the margin of Harry ’s Code .
11Nathan Marten
Season 3, Episode 3, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
Dexter Morgan ’s second codification - breaking kill was far more intentional than the first and came just two episode later in Season 3 ofDexter . Rather than being an inauspicious stroke that take place in a present moment of self - defense , Dexter actually decided to break the codification so as to pour down Nathan Marten . While this man did forgather the requirements of Harry ’s Code , as a pedophile who was point Rita ’s young daughter , Astor , Dexter felt oblige to do something .
Dexter immediately recognized that something was faulty with Nathan and paid close aid to his market store conversation with Astor . In his research , Dexter learned that Nathan was a sexual predatorwith a account of molesting a untested girl , and as he keep to pursue Astor and ignore Dexter ’s warning , he decided to go against his codification and put an end to Nathan ’s evil ways . As this kill was not part of the Code of Harry , Dexter did not ready a kill room and stranged Nathan to last in his own home .
10Camilla Figg
Season 3, Episode 7, “Easy As Pie”
While most of Dexter Morgan ’s code - breaking kills were related to self - United States Department of Defense or receive another way to reconcile his victim ’s need to die , occasionally Dexter ’s life - terminate action mechanism came from a place of compassion . This was certainly the font for Camilla Figg , the records supervisor for Miami Metro who Dexter often land sweet gifts like donuts . In return for Dexter ’s gifts , Camilla often give him access to classified records that he used to pursue his dupe .
Camilla was revealed to be suffering from last lung cancer , and while Dexter visited her in the hospital , she require for him to stop her life . Dexter ab initio declined , and she apologized for even demand , let him know she know his sidekick was The Ice - Truck Killer and did not want to make him feel like a liquidator himself . However , Dexter changed his mind and fed Camilla a poisoned piece of key lime Proto-Indo European , which ended her liveliness .
9Jonathan Farrow
Season 4, Episode 7, “Slack Time”
Even though the Code of Harry had very specific requirements of when Dexter Morgan could feel justified in murdering one of his dupe , now and then , he acted too fast and defeat someone who did not assemble the correct preconditions . This was the sheath of style and S&M photographer Jonathan Farrow , whom Dexter was convinced was responsible for some of his models ' murders . Dexter was able-bodied to turn out that Farrow had abused modelswhile taking grotesque pictures of them and made the decision to dispatch him before getting definitive proof that he was the one creditworthy .
Dexter nobble Farrow , and despite the fact he take a firm stand he never killed any of the woman and had round them for artistic reasons , he still proceeded with the kill . After dismembering Farrow and dumping his body in the Gulf Stream , Dexter was subsequently face up with evidence that it was actually Farrow ’s assistant , Timothy Brand , who committed the slaying .
8Rankin
Season 5, Episode 1, “My Bad”
While the Code of Harry has always been Dexter Morgan ’s manner of keeping his homicidal instincts in check , that ’s not to say they do n’t sometimes observe a way to emerge unimpeded to the control surface . This became even more prescient when Dexter was in the midst of a crisis followingthe murder of his married woman Rita at the hands of the Trinity Killerin the Season 4 finale . In the aftermath of this , Dexter sought to go a newfangled aliveness and , in the process , acquire out his pain and defeat on a humanity named Rankin in a rundown waterside store lav .
Rankin was a rude client who sought to utilise the storehouse ’s bathroom and insult Dexter before going to the restroom . Despite it not outfit Harry ’s Code , Dexter keep an eye on Rankin into the john and mangle him with a grappling hook . This uncharacteristically madcap putting to death from Dexter foreground just how much Rita ’s death affected him , as he had no time to research Rankin ’s criminal account .
7Norm
Season 6, Episode 7, “Nebraska”
The murder of Shady Lane Motel possessor Norm was yet another impulsive kill that violated the Code of Harry from Dexter Morgan onDexter . This get when Dexter stay in Nebraska and sought to hound down Jonah Mitchell . While Norm initially appeared as a helpful , albeit inquisitive , associate of Dexter ’s , he quickly made the disastrous mistake of trying to extort money from Dexter and back him into a situation where his homicidal impulses get to the forefront .
Norm steal Dexter ’s knives from him and , think that Dexter was ample , tried to betray them back to him for $ 10,000 . However , at this stage , Dexter was being haunted by visual sense of his deceased brother , The Ice Truck Killer Brian Moser , who defend Dexter ’s urge to kill . At first , it appeared Brian grabbed a pitchfork to assault Norm , but it was quickly bring out to be Dexter , who had wipe out yet another dupe outside of the Code of Harry .
6Alberto
Season 6, Episode 12, “This Is the Way the World Ends”
Occasionally , Dexter Morgan was able-bodied to justify his kills that broke the Code of Harry through the belief that he doing them for the greater commodity . One instance of this came in the Season 6 episode “ This is the Way the World Ends ” when Dexter and several others found themselves aimless in the sea and pulled on deck by a group of Cuban migrants and their smuggler , Alberto . At first , Alberto appeared to be no threat , but this before long change when he lead off to make demands upon those who had been carry through .
Dexter reached a breaking point when he witness Alberto hold a torpedo to the head of a pregnant woman as he call for everyone on add-in put their valuables in his hat . Without anything of note value to give , the only thing Dexter could provide was a swift dying ashe grab a nearby boat hook and plunged it into Alberto ’s stomach . Although this kill violated Harry ’s Code , if Dexter had waited , there was a chance the pregnant char could have been dispatch by Alberto .
5Clint McKay
Season 7, Episode 10, “The Dark… Whatever”
Clint McKay was the father of Hannah McKay and the only dupe of Dexter ’s who broke the Code of Harry to receive a ritualistic kill . A vicious and neglectful father , Clint was depict to be a liar , con military man , blackmailer , and gambling addict who consistently disappoint his girl while she held out hope that he could save himself as a enough Fatherhood . When Clint pressure Hannah into giving him $ 20,000 , Dexter decided to take matter into his own hands and put an end to her sire ’s vicious and manipulative ways .
Unusually for a kill that was commit alfresco of the code , Dexter wrapped Clint in plasticand severalize him that although he knew he did not need to kill him , he want to protect Hannah . Before being stabbed to death , Clint secern Dexter , “ You ’ve got the devil inside you , ” to which Dexter replied , “ I think that ’s just me . ” As Dexter threw Clint ’s body into the sea , he mockingly enounce , “ sink or swim , daddy , ” in reference to the roughshod way Clint had thrown Hannah into a pond when she was a child and did not know how to swim .
4Andrew Briggs
Season 8, Episode 1, “A Beautiful Day”
Andrew Briggs was an armed robber who started a physical family relationship with Debra Morgan in the Season 8 premiere ofDexterbefore he was pour down by Dexter Morgan in an attack that violated the Code of Harry . Debra had initially plan to dig Andrew while working undercover as a private investigator but before long get herself love his company as they took drugs and slept together . At this stage , Debra was spiral from her murder of María LaGuerta , and her impulsive actions come from a place of thick trauma .
Knowing Debra was getting herself into peril , Dexter give chase her down and learned thatBriggs was due to be killed by a hitman named El Sapo . Once Dexter tried to admonish her about this declaration killing , Briggs and Dexter get into a conflict , and when Briggs grabbed a tongue , Dexter turned it on him and killed him with it . This was a self - defense killing from Dexter that rifle against the Code of Harry , as , although Briggs assaulted hoi polloi before , there was no evidence he was a killer whale .
3Debra Morgan
Season 8, Episode 12, “Remember the Monsters”
Perhaps the most lurid kill that broke the Code of Harry in the entirety ofDexterwas the end of Debra Morgan . As Dexter ’s adopted sis , Debra was always one of the most authoritative people in his life , and to think that it would at last be Dexter who was responsible for her death was almost inconceivable . However , Dexter killed Debra out of mercy as he work her off liveliness supportwhen she went into a vegetative state after she was shot trying to pick up Oliver Saxton .
However , it could be debated that Debra ’s death was actually countenance by the Code of Harry because Deb had killed the innocent Captain of Miami Metro Homicide , Maria LaGuerta . But since Dexter was an accomplice in that execution , it ’s up for debate whether or not this mercifulness violent death would have fit the codification . As one of the most heartbreaking moments in all ofDexter , the death of Debra felt especially touching , as she was one of the very few hoi polloi for whom it seemed the sociopathic killer Dexter actually felt something real .
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