How many kills did Dexter have?

Dexter – aka the “Bay Harbor Butcher” – was responsible for about 140 kills before he vowed to stop in the series finale (although eventually he returns to killing in Dexter: New Blood). Dexter's kill count includes kills that stand out more than others because of the meaning they had for him personally.
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Has Dexter ever killed an innocent?

In the episode, which takes place several months after the second-season finale, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) mistakenly kills an innocent man but forms a friendship with the man's brother, well-known assistant district attorney Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits).
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How many people did Deb kill on Dexter?

Victims. Debra killed three characters during the series, however, in "A Little Reflection," she incorrectly states that she killed TWO people.
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How many people has Dexter killed in the books?

Below is a list of the 144 known people that Dexter directly killed, along with their basic causes of death. Note: An X means the victim did not fit the Code of Harry.
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Who was Dexter's first kill?

Mary ("Last Nurse" and "First Nurse" in novels) is a character in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER. She was an "Angel of Death" nurse (serial killer) working at a time when Harry Morgan was hospitalized for heart problems. Mary was Dexter Morgan's first human victim.
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Which serial killer had the most victims?

Serial killers with the highest known victim count. The most prolific modern serial killer is arguably Dr. Harold Shipman, with 218 probable murders and possibly as many as 250 (see "Medical professionals", below). However, he was actually convicted of a sample of 15 murders.
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Is Dexter based on a true story?

In Showtime's official Dexter: New Blood Wrap-Up Podcast, writer Scott Reynolds confirmed that the secluded hunting aspect of Kurt Caldwell's serial killer character is based on the true story of Robert Hansen.
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How unrealistic is Dexter?

By comparison, what happens in Dexter isn't realistic and doesn't make sense. "The elaborate stringing job done on the arterial spurt pattern did not match reality. There were no individual drops, there was no pattern to reconstruct, and all of the drops you could see were traveling downward," Shen explains.
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Would Dexter have gotten the death penalty?

Federal court stops execution of Dexter Johnson within 24 hours of his scheduled death. In his recent appeals, Johnson has claimed he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty. He was convicted of a double murder in Harris County that took place in 2006.
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Is Dexter Morgan realistic?

Although Dexter is fictional, he actually has a lot in common with a real-life serial killer.
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Does Dexter sleep with Debra?

Dexter told her he couldn't because he's been sleeping with her. Deb told Dexter she was in love with him. It's almost as weird as the Petraeus scandal. As usual, Deb summed up things well.
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Why did they kill off Rita on Dexter?

The writers felt that dexter needed a more dark passenger side to him and decided that having Rita negated that idea. So they killed her.
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Why did Dexter throw Deb in the ocean?

He also buried her at sea, dropping Debra into the sea to mark the end of his time in the life he'd made for himself. It was poetic justice that Dexter, who had experienced a thrill disposing of his victims in the exact same way, had to let go of his sister like this.
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How long did Dexter go without killing?

He's no longer working for the police department. And he's been abstaining from killing for nearly a decade,” Hall said of Dexter in New Blood. One thing is for sure, Dexter: New Blood will be very different from the original series.
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What is Dexter's code?

The Code of Harry is a concept in the Showtime series DEXTER. It's a set of guidelines created by Harry Morgan and Dr. Evelyn Vogel to help Harry's adopted son, Dexter Morgan, channel his need to kill. For many years, the code was thought by Dexter to have been created by only Harry himself.
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Does Dexter ever get caught?

In the Dexter: New Blood finale, Dexter is finally arrested by his on-and-off-again girlfriend, Angela Bishop (Julia Jones). Dexter was never arrested before this point. Dexter's arrest finally reveals cracks in the titular killer's facade. For once in his life, Dexter has to answer for his vigilante-style justice.
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What's Dexter's real name?

Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor best known for his roles as Dexter Morgan, the titular character in the Showtime series Dexter, and David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under.
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How does Dexter not get caught?

Dexter follows a code of ethics taught to him in childhood by his adoptive father, Harry, which he refers to as "The Code" or "The Code of Harry" and hinges on two principles: He can only kill people after finding conclusive evidence that they are guilty of murder, and he must not get caught.
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Why did Dexter Johnson go to jail?

Johnson was convicted in Harris County of a carjacking that left 23-year-old Maria Aparece and her boyfriend, 17-year-old Huy Ngo, dead in June 2006.
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How much was Dexter's salary?

Dexter Morgan, "Dexter" -- Forensics expert

Real-life median salary: $47,680, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) only uses his job as a forensic blood spatter analyst as a cover for his night-time job -- as a serial killer who kills bad guys.
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Was Dexter based on Ted Bundy?

“It allows us to examine the good and evil in all of us,” she said. “He's not a Ted Bundy character. You want to hope that there's a part of him that can be redeemed.” John Goldwyn, another of the show's executive producers , said, “We think of it as provocative.” Over the course of the season, Mr.
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Is Dexter a sociopath or psychopath?

Other than the traits from PCL – R, Dexter Morgan is a psychopath because of what he does for a living. Dexter Morgan conceals himself from the world because he is a serial killer, an organized serial killer as he calls himself a neat monster.
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Is there a real serial killer like Dexter?

Pedro Rodrigues Filho is a Brazilian serial killer that influenced the creation of Dexter Morgan. Why? Because he also murdered other murderers and criminals. The vigilante was sentenced for 71 murders but he claimed to have killed about 100 people, a Brazilian outlet Folha De S.
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How long would it take to watch all of Dexter?

How long will it take? Each of Dexter's eight seasons clocks in at 12 episodes, and each episode runs for just under an hour, give or take a few minutes. If you were to, say, tuck into an episode a night and double up on Saturdays and Sundays, you could run through the whole series in a little over two months.
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Is Harry Dexter's biological father?

Detective Harrison "Harry" Morgan is a fictional character in the Showtime television series Dexter and the novels by Jeff Lindsay upon which it is based. In the television series he is portrayed by James Remar. Harry is Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, now deceased.
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