Who is Dexter's sons mother?

Rita Morgan is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his book series about a vigilante serial killer named Dexter Morgan. She also appeared in the television series Dexter, based on Lindsay's books. She was the girlfriend and later wife of Dexter in both media.

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What happened to Dexter's son mother?

His mother lies dead in a bathtub, having been murdered earlier by Trinity. Dexter is shocked, realizing that his son is now like him (due to his own mother, Laura Moser, being killed in front of him).
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Who is the mother of dexters son?

Harrison, whose full name is Harrison Morgan, is Dexter's son with Rita Morgan, Dexter's late wife who was killed by the serial killer Trinity in season 4. Harrison also has two half-siblings, a sister named Astor and a brother named Cody, who were Rita's children from a previous relationship.
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Who killed Harrison's mom on Dexter?

In Episode 4, "H is for Hero," Harrison listens to Molly Park's (Jamie Chung) podcast on the Trinity Killer. Molly goes into excruciating detail about how Harrison's own mother, Rita Morgan (Julie Benz), was murdered horrifically by the Trinity Killer. Just like Dexter, Harrison was present when Rita was murdered.
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Who raised Dexter's son?

After Dexter faked his death, Hannah moved with Harrison to Argentina, where they would be safe. Harrison referred to her as his stepmother in Dexter: New Blood. He said that he lived with her until she died of pancreatic cancer three years before the start of the show.
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Why did Dexter leave his son with Hannah?

Dexter didn't plan to abandon Hannah and Harrison

Debra's death caused Dexter to realize that his very existence put Hannah and Harrison in danger. Although Dexter originally planned to flee with Harrison and Hannah to Argentina in the Season 8 finale, he ultimately chose to fake his death in the hurricane.
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Who is Harrison's stepmom Dexter?

Hannah McKay is a fictional character portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski, in the seventh and eighth seasons of the Showtime television series Dexter.
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Why was Rita killed off 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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How did Trinity find Rita?

Dexter finds Trinity trying to leave town and finally kills him, but not before he comes home to find Rita murdered in their bathtub with an infant Harrison crying in a pool of her blood.
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Who did Dexter leave his son with?

Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) arrives at the airport with his son Harrison (Jadon Wells) to leave for Argentina with Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski), who is hiding in the women's bathroom from private detective Jacob Elway (Sean Patrick Flanery).
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Is Harrison actually Dexter's son?

In the series finale of Dexter: New Blood, TV's beloved antihero Dexter Morgan (played by Michael C. Hall) finally gets a taste of his own medicine. He dies at the hands of Harrison (Jack Alcott), his long-lost son who found him hiding in Iron Lake.
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Does Dexter cheat on Rita?

Season Two

While Dexter was working through the program, Rita suspected (incorrectly) that he was having an affair with his sponsor, Lila, and broke up with him. In anguish, Dexter then turned to Lila, and they ended up actually having sex.
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What happens to Astor and Cody after Rita dies?

Feeling that he couldn't properly raise Astor, Cody, and the infant Harrison after Rita's death (while also being suspected of killing her), Astor and Cody were sent to live with their father Paul's parents in Orlando, Florida, with Astor only making a few brief appearances during the remainder of the series.
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Why didn't Harry adopt Dexter's brother?

He didn't adopt Brian for fear he had been too affected by the event. Turns out Dexter had his fair share of dysfunction, too. When Harry realized Dexter couldn't subdue his innate urges to kill, Harry taught him how to control and channel them. Dexter often refers to his urges as his Dark Passenger.
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Why did Dexter throw Deb body 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 did Arthur find out about Dexter?

After Mitchell learns from a news report that the boy is alive, and that Dexter didn't turn him in, he begins to become suspicious. As he tries to find Dexter he kills a man named Kyle Butler, and ultimately follows Dexter to the Miami Metro Police Department. There, he discovers Dexter's real name.
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Does Rita find out about Lila?

At Rita's mother suggestion, Dexter brings Lila to dinner, and when Rita finds out that Lila accompanied Dexter on his road trip, Rita breaks up with him. Dexter and Lila leave together and have sex later.
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Are Dexter and Deb still married?

Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are to divorce after just two years of marriage. Representatives for the couple confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly today.
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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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Who kills Deb in Dexter?

One of the most tragic moments in Dexter's original series was Deb's season 8 finale death. She had become brain dead from complications in surgery after being shot by Oliver Saxon, so Dexter mercifully pulled the plug on her life support in the show's final moments.
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How did Hannah get Harrison?

Our protagonist sailed his boat, Slice of Life, into a hurricane, and was pronounced missing, presumed dead. His fugitive girlfriend Hannah choked back the tears in a cafe in Argentina and took Dexter's ever-irritating son Harrison for ice-cream, presumably to soften the blow of his daddy's watery death.
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Did Hannah poison Deb?

Dexter visits Hannah in jail and she admits to poisoning Debra. She said she did it because Debra tried to separate her from Dexter.
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Did Dexter have a son with Rita?

Rita is the mother of Astor Bennett (Christina Robinson) and Cody Bennett (Preston Bailey), and later in the television series, gives birth to Dexter's son, Harrison. In the book series, she and Dexter have a daughter, Lily Anne.
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Do Astor and Cody come back to Dexter?

Will Astor and Cody appear on the revival? Showrunner Clyde Phillips confirmed Astor and Cody won't appear in Dexter: New Blood, but he imagines they are living happily. “They're basically off in the world living their lives,” he told TV's Top Five.
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