Dexter Quotes
Jordan Chase: [during a seminar] We've lost touch with our instincts, with what we are. We have fallen from nature's grace. But WE SHALL BE DELIVERED! [The crowd cheers] It's time to tap into your primal selves and seize the power of instinct. We're gonna cut off those shackles that bind us to jobs we hate, people we don't love, lives that aren't worth living. We are going to [in unison with crowd] TAKE IT!
Dexter: [voiceover] I've never been around so many people that make me feel normal.
Crowd member: [to Jordan Chase] Yeah! [turns to Dexter] YEAH!
Dexter: [voiceover]Really normal.
Dexter: [voiceover] I've never been around so many people that make me feel normal.
Crowd member: [to Jordan Chase] Yeah! [turns to Dexter] YEAH!
Dexter: [voiceover]Really normal.
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Quinn: You alright?
Debra: Three people are dead. Carlos Fuentes and two girls. No one's crying about Carlos.
Quinn: Because he's a scumbag.
Debra: Yeah, he’s a scumbag that I shot and killed.
Quinn: And? What's the problem? Don't tell me that you feel bad about killing him.
Debra: I don't. That's the problem.
Debra: Three people are dead. Carlos Fuentes and two girls. No one's crying about Carlos.
Quinn: Because he's a scumbag.
Debra: Yeah, he’s a scumbag that I shot and killed.
Quinn: And? What's the problem? Don't tell me that you feel bad about killing him.
Debra: I don't. That's the problem.
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Jordan Chase: I have some bad news for everyone, you're all going to die.
Dexter: [voiceover as he looks at Cole] Some of us sooner than others.
Jordan Chase: Some of us sooner than others.
Dexter: [voiceover as he looks at Cole] Some of us sooner than others.
Jordan Chase: Some of us sooner than others.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Jordan promises change. But he also accepts credit cards. [Answering his phone] Lumen?
Lumen: Can you talk? Or are you about to have a major life revelation?
Dexter: No, that came around 9: 00am, when I realized that I really wanted a doughnut.
Lumen: Can you talk? Or are you about to have a major life revelation?
Dexter: No, that came around 9: 00am, when I realized that I really wanted a doughnut.
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Lumen: Cole's other victims. Why did you put their pictures up?
Dexter: Cole needs to see what he's done.
Lumen: What do you get out of all this?
Dexter: I like knowing that the men who did this to you won't do it to anyone else.
Lumen: This isn't about me.
Dexter: You're standing here.
Lumen: Look at all this. If you didn't know me you'd still be in this room. Boyd wasn't your first. You've been doing this a long time.
Dexter: Cole needs to see what he's done.
Lumen: What do you get out of all this?
Dexter: I like knowing that the men who did this to you won't do it to anyone else.
Lumen: This isn't about me.
Dexter: You're standing here.
Lumen: Look at all this. If you didn't know me you'd still be in this room. Boyd wasn't your first. You've been doing this a long time.
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Dexter: I'm going to take this gag out of your mouth; but if you make one sound I don't like I'm gonna cut your eyes out. Blink so I know you understand. [Cole blinks, so Dexter removes the gag]. We know about Boyd, and Dan the Dentist, and now you. Who were the others?
Lumen: The guy who held a watch up to my ear? "Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound of your life running out."
Cole: [smirks, but doesn't say anything]
Dexter: [holds a knife to Cole's throat] What are their names?
Cole: [whispers something]
Lumen: What did he say?
Cole: [defiantly] Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Dexter: [Regags him, and then turns his head to the pictures of his victims] Look at the women, whose lives you destroyed. [Forces Cole's eyes open] Look. Death was the only kindness you showed them. [Dexter slices Cole's cheek and takes a sample of his blood, as Lumen watches with a mixture of fascination and horror. Picks up his knife] It's a shame that you can only die once. [He then looks at Lumen, who nods in approval. Dexter then stabs Cole in the heart. After a long pause] You said I've done this before, that's true. This is who I am. When I was a child my mother was murdered in front of me. It shattered me. I've done this ever since. Because, for the longest time it was the only way that I could feel ... unbroken. And then, Rita was killed, and none of this made sense any more. [Long pause] Until now. [He picks up the blood slide and holds it out to her]
Dexter: [voiceover] Miguel couldn't, my father couldn't, can anyone live with the truth of what I am? [Lumen takes the blood slide] Is Lumen what will make me whole?
Lumen: The guy who held a watch up to my ear? "Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound of your life running out."
Cole: [smirks, but doesn't say anything]
Dexter: [holds a knife to Cole's throat] What are their names?
Cole: [whispers something]
Lumen: What did he say?
Cole: [defiantly] Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Dexter: [Regags him, and then turns his head to the pictures of his victims] Look at the women, whose lives you destroyed. [Forces Cole's eyes open] Look. Death was the only kindness you showed them. [Dexter slices Cole's cheek and takes a sample of his blood, as Lumen watches with a mixture of fascination and horror. Picks up his knife] It's a shame that you can only die once. [He then looks at Lumen, who nods in approval. Dexter then stabs Cole in the heart. After a long pause] You said I've done this before, that's true. This is who I am. When I was a child my mother was murdered in front of me. It shattered me. I've done this ever since. Because, for the longest time it was the only way that I could feel ... unbroken. And then, Rita was killed, and none of this made sense any more. [Long pause] Until now. [He picks up the blood slide and holds it out to her]
Dexter: [voiceover] Miguel couldn't, my father couldn't, can anyone live with the truth of what I am? [Lumen takes the blood slide] Is Lumen what will make me whole?
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Angel: Deb. I'm gonna do whatever it takes, to set the record straight.
Debra: I thought you were backing LaGuerta's story.
Angel: I didn't know what I was gonna do. I was stuck between a rock and my wife. But I decided, I'm backing you.
Debra: Might not go over to well at home.
Angel: You're flesh and blood to me. Like my kid sister, but better, because I actually like you.
Debra: [Touched] Damn.
Angel: It's okay.
Debra: Yeah, it's okay.
Debra: I thought you were backing LaGuerta's story.
Angel: I didn't know what I was gonna do. I was stuck between a rock and my wife. But I decided, I'm backing you.
Debra: Might not go over to well at home.
Angel: You're flesh and blood to me. Like my kid sister, but better, because I actually like you.
Debra: [Touched] Damn.
Angel: It's okay.
Debra: Yeah, it's okay.
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Jordan: Now you know my secret, you ready to tell me yours?
Dexter: [voiceover] Over your dead body!
Dexter: [voiceover] Over your dead body!
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Dexter: [voiceover] An hour on the treadmill and I came up empty, not a clue. The only upside is that I got in my cardio for the day. Jordan is one tough nut to crack.
Jordan Chase: You're one tough nut to crack, you know that Dexter?
Dexter: [voiceover] I wish he'd stop doing that.
Jordan Chase: You're one tough nut to crack, you know that Dexter?
Dexter: [voiceover] I wish he'd stop doing that.
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Receptionist: Mr. Chase says he's been beefing things up.
Dexter: [voiceover] Well that's no surprise. Lumen and I have been knocking off his friends one by one.
Dexter: [voiceover] Well that's no surprise. Lumen and I have been knocking off his friends one by one.
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Lumen: Share something with her. What you did with her when you were her age.
Dexter: I killed the neighbor's dog
Lumen: Well don't tell her that.
Dexter: I killed the neighbor's dog
Lumen: Well don't tell her that.
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Astor: Harrison. He doesn't even recognize me.
Dexter: Well you didn't look like a raccoon the last time he saw you.
Dexter: Well you didn't look like a raccoon the last time he saw you.
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Batista: We've got to re-open this case.
Deb: I know, but I can't tell LaGuerta, I'm supposed to be on file clerk duty.
Masuka: I can't tell LaGuerta; this case was solved. If I ask her to re-open it, I might as well put my balls in a vice and not in a hot way.
Batista: Well that just leaves me.
Deb: I know, but I can't tell LaGuerta, I'm supposed to be on file clerk duty.
Masuka: I can't tell LaGuerta; this case was solved. If I ask her to re-open it, I might as well put my balls in a vice and not in a hot way.
Batista: Well that just leaves me.
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Dexter: Astor showed up drunk on my doorstep with a friend.
Masuka: How old's the friend? [long pause] Just kidding.
Masuka: How old's the friend? [long pause] Just kidding.
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Barry: It's tough looking after somebody else's kid. Sometimes you just gotta show 'em who's boss.
Dexter: Is that what you do with Olivia, show her who's boss?
Barry: What's that supposed to mean?
Dexter: I know about Olivia's bruises. How they're strategically placed so they won't show.
Barry: I don't know what you're talking about.
Dexter: No? Let me show you? [Dexter punches Barry twice in the chest, causing him to gasp and cough in pain] That's your solar plexus. Right now your diaphragm is partially paralyzed which is why you're having trouble catching your breath.
Barry: [coughing] What are you, man? Some kind of psycho?
Dexter: Not today, just a concerned parent. [Punches Barry twice in the side, causing him to gasp further] That's your liver. [Punches him in the liver three more times] The nice thing about the liver is if you hit it just right, you hit the vagus nerve which tentacles out to the rest of your body. [Punches him there twice more] Your brain short-circuits, your body shuts down, and you feel, what's the word? Terror? Which is what Olivia felt every time you hit her there just so the bruises wouldn't show. I want you to listen to me carefully. Listen to me very carefully, because this is what you're gonna do. You're gonna call Olivia's mother, you're gonna tell her you're sick of her fat ass. You can't stand to look at it anymore. And you're gonna make her believe it. Because if you don't, she may take you back one day, and let you near her kid, or mine. And I can't let that happen. [Throws Barry to the ground] You're not even gonna swing by to pick up your stuff, you're just gonna leave. Tomorrow, when I drop Olivia off, you will be gone. If you ever come back, believe me I won't go so easy next time. [Kicks Barry in the side] By the way, that's your kidney. [Walks off. Gets into hi
Dexter: Is that what you do with Olivia, show her who's boss?
Barry: What's that supposed to mean?
Dexter: I know about Olivia's bruises. How they're strategically placed so they won't show.
Barry: I don't know what you're talking about.
Dexter: No? Let me show you? [Dexter punches Barry twice in the chest, causing him to gasp and cough in pain] That's your solar plexus. Right now your diaphragm is partially paralyzed which is why you're having trouble catching your breath.
Barry: [coughing] What are you, man? Some kind of psycho?
Dexter: Not today, just a concerned parent. [Punches Barry twice in the side, causing him to gasp further] That's your liver. [Punches him in the liver three more times] The nice thing about the liver is if you hit it just right, you hit the vagus nerve which tentacles out to the rest of your body. [Punches him there twice more] Your brain short-circuits, your body shuts down, and you feel, what's the word? Terror? Which is what Olivia felt every time you hit her there just so the bruises wouldn't show. I want you to listen to me carefully. Listen to me very carefully, because this is what you're gonna do. You're gonna call Olivia's mother, you're gonna tell her you're sick of her fat ass. You can't stand to look at it anymore. And you're gonna make her believe it. Because if you don't, she may take you back one day, and let you near her kid, or mine. And I can't let that happen. [Throws Barry to the ground] You're not even gonna swing by to pick up your stuff, you're just gonna leave. Tomorrow, when I drop Olivia off, you will be gone. If you ever come back, believe me I won't go so easy next time. [Kicks Barry in the side] By the way, that's your kidney. [Walks off. Gets into hi
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Lumen: [answering it]' Dexter?
Jordan Chase: No, it's Jordan Chase. But I'm looking for Dexter, is he there?
Lumen: [terrified] He - He's not available right now.
Jordan Chase: Can I leave a message?
Lumen: [still terrified] Uh-huh.
Jordan Chase: Tell him, I'm just checking in and I'd like him to schedule another appointment. As soon as possible.
Lumen: Okay, I will. Bye.
Jordan Chase: Hang on a second. Tell Dexter one more thing.
Lumen: [controlling herself] Okay.
Jordan Chase: Tell him time is of the essence. [With deliberate slowness] Tick, tick, tick, [Lumen appears to be close to tears] that's the sound of his life running out. Could you be sure to tell him that? Take care, Lumen. [He hangs up, leaving Lumen gasping in terror]
Jordan Chase: No, it's Jordan Chase. But I'm looking for Dexter, is he there?
Lumen: [terrified] He - He's not available right now.
Jordan Chase: Can I leave a message?
Lumen: [still terrified] Uh-huh.
Jordan Chase: Tell him, I'm just checking in and I'd like him to schedule another appointment. As soon as possible.
Lumen: Okay, I will. Bye.
Jordan Chase: Hang on a second. Tell Dexter one more thing.
Lumen: [controlling herself] Okay.
Jordan Chase: Tell him time is of the essence. [With deliberate slowness] Tick, tick, tick, [Lumen appears to be close to tears] that's the sound of his life running out. Could you be sure to tell him that? Take care, Lumen. [He hangs up, leaving Lumen gasping in terror]
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Masuka: DNA report's from the coroner's office point to multiple perps.
Quinn: Do we have any names?
Masuka: No. What we do have are partial sequences from seriously degraded DNA. But the evidence confirms what we knew about Boyd Fowler; and also points with a high probability to Cole Harmon, Jordan Chase's head of security.
LaGuerta: As you know Cole Harmon was our original suspect in the case...
Dexter: [voiceover] Until I pointed them toward Boyd Fowler.
LaGuerta: He is now our main target again.
Dexter: [voiceover] A target you'll never hit. He's already been buried at sea.
Quinn: Do we have any names?
Masuka: No. What we do have are partial sequences from seriously degraded DNA. But the evidence confirms what we knew about Boyd Fowler; and also points with a high probability to Cole Harmon, Jordan Chase's head of security.
LaGuerta: As you know Cole Harmon was our original suspect in the case...
Dexter: [voiceover] Until I pointed them toward Boyd Fowler.
LaGuerta: He is now our main target again.
Dexter: [voiceover] A target you'll never hit. He's already been buried at sea.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Despite having considered myself a monster for as long as I can remember, it still comes as a shock when I am confronted with the depth of evil that exists in this world.
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Lumen: [As Dexter enters the apartment] I've been trying to get a handle on this Emily Birch, and there is nothing. She graduates high school in 1992 and then it's just a big blank. Except for those DUIs you found. [Noticing his somber expression] What?
Dexter: We found this, at a search at Cole's. [He takes out the DVD that has her torture on it] The men who hurt you, they made DVDs of everything they did.
Lumen: [After a long pause, reading the number on the DVD] Thirteen. Is that me? [Dexter nods, she takes the DVD][With a mixture of fear and shame] Did everyone watch it?
Dexter: No. I managed to get it out of evidence in time.
Lumen: [With even more fear and shame] Did you- did you watch it?
Dexter: Only enough to make sure I had the right one. Are you sure you want to keep it?
Lumen: Number Thirteen. That's what I was to them. [Drops the DVD on the desk with disgust][She struggles to contain herself] It must have been hard for you to get that. [Dexter does not respond] I know that you risk your life, every day that you're with me. [Crying] You've been my only way through this.
Dexter: Well I guess, we both met each other at the right time.
Dexter: We found this, at a search at Cole's. [He takes out the DVD that has her torture on it] The men who hurt you, they made DVDs of everything they did.
Lumen: [After a long pause, reading the number on the DVD] Thirteen. Is that me? [Dexter nods, she takes the DVD][With a mixture of fear and shame] Did everyone watch it?
Dexter: No. I managed to get it out of evidence in time.
Lumen: [With even more fear and shame] Did you- did you watch it?
Dexter: Only enough to make sure I had the right one. Are you sure you want to keep it?
Lumen: Number Thirteen. That's what I was to them. [Drops the DVD on the desk with disgust][She struggles to contain herself] It must have been hard for you to get that. [Dexter does not respond] I know that you risk your life, every day that you're with me. [Crying] You've been my only way through this.
Dexter: Well I guess, we both met each other at the right time.
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Debra: Watching these DVDs, watching it actually happen, is way worse than any fucking crime scene. What these women went through... I don't know. Maybe it's a fucking blessing that they're dead. No one could go through something like this and have a life again.
Dexter: [Long pause] People may be stronger than you think.
Debra: Believe me on this one, you're wrong. There's no coming back from something like this.
Dexter: [Long pause] People may be stronger than you think.
Debra: Believe me on this one, you're wrong. There's no coming back from something like this.
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Jordan Chase: I was hoping we'd have a chance to speak again.
Dexter: We don't have anything to talk about.
Jordan Chase: Oh I beg to differ, I think we have a lot to discuss. After all, you are a client.
Dexter: Former. Your program didn't work for me.
Jordan Chase: Regardless, when I see someone on a self-destructive path I can't just stay silent. Often people get involved with someone who is toxic to them, unstable and dangerous, bad things happen.
Dexter: Open. [Chase opens his mouth, and Dexter takes a DNA sample]
Jordan Chase: You're just now putting your life back together after a terrible tragedy. I implore you, don't invite another one. For yourself or for what's left of your family.
Dexter: [After an intense silence] You know, I'm glad that you didn't touch any of them.
Jordan Chase: Really? Why is that?
Dexter: Because this DNA test will clear you. Leaving you all to me, and to her. Your time is up.
Dexter: We don't have anything to talk about.
Jordan Chase: Oh I beg to differ, I think we have a lot to discuss. After all, you are a client.
Dexter: Former. Your program didn't work for me.
Jordan Chase: Regardless, when I see someone on a self-destructive path I can't just stay silent. Often people get involved with someone who is toxic to them, unstable and dangerous, bad things happen.
Dexter: Open. [Chase opens his mouth, and Dexter takes a DNA sample]
Jordan Chase: You're just now putting your life back together after a terrible tragedy. I implore you, don't invite another one. For yourself or for what's left of your family.
Dexter: [After an intense silence] You know, I'm glad that you didn't touch any of them.
Jordan Chase: Really? Why is that?
Dexter: Because this DNA test will clear you. Leaving you all to me, and to her. Your time is up.
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Lumen: What else did Jordan say?
Dexter: [Examining his knives] That you were toxic. And dangerous, that I was on a self-destructive path.
Lumen: That sounds like a threat.
Dexter: [As Lumen comes into the room] He was trying to make me doubt [turns to look at her] you.
Lumen: [She is dressed in all black "serial-killer garb"] What do you think?
Dexter: [He stares at her, clearly finding her beautiful] You look...
Lumen: I look stupid don't I?
Dexter: No, no, no.
Lumen: You can tell me the truth.
Dexter: You look...perfect.
Dexter: [Examining his knives] That you were toxic. And dangerous, that I was on a self-destructive path.
Lumen: That sounds like a threat.
Dexter: [As Lumen comes into the room] He was trying to make me doubt [turns to look at her] you.
Lumen: [She is dressed in all black "serial-killer garb"] What do you think?
Dexter: [He stares at her, clearly finding her beautiful] You look...
Lumen: I look stupid don't I?
Dexter: No, no, no.
Lumen: You can tell me the truth.
Dexter: You look...perfect.
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Lumen: I look different don't I? Without my hands tied behind my back. But you recognize me, I can tell. [Dexter removes Tilden's gag]
Tilden: I never wanted to do any of it.
Lumen: Really?
Tilden: It-it wasn't me. It-it was Jordan. It's all Jordan. You know, he has this way...
Dexter: Of getting inside your head, getting you in touch your primal nature.
Tilden: He made me do things I never would have done.
Lumen: [Angry] No, [putting a finger on his head]you made me do things I never would have done. Ever. EVER!
Tilden: What do you people want? I can give you Jordan Chase.
Dexter: We've got Jordan Chase.
Tilden: Well, what do you want? Everybody wants something. I mean, that-that-that's what brought us to this fucking unfortunate situation. Am I right? I'm a banker. I can get money, lots of it. We can work this out, just tell me what's this gonna cost? Just give me a number!
Lumen: [Leans in close to whisper]Thirteen. [She smiles at him]
Tilden: No, I- (Dexter regags him)
Dexter: [Walks over to a table and picks a knife, voiceover] There's a first time for everything. A first step, a first word, a first kiss, a first kill. Somehow you know when the time is right. [He gives Lumen the knife, and then says aloud] Aim for the heart.
Tilden: I never wanted to do any of it.
Lumen: Really?
Tilden: It-it wasn't me. It-it was Jordan. It's all Jordan. You know, he has this way...
Dexter: Of getting inside your head, getting you in touch your primal nature.
Tilden: He made me do things I never would have done.
Lumen: [Angry] No, [putting a finger on his head]you made me do things I never would have done. Ever. EVER!
Tilden: What do you people want? I can give you Jordan Chase.
Dexter: We've got Jordan Chase.
Tilden: Well, what do you want? Everybody wants something. I mean, that-that-that's what brought us to this fucking unfortunate situation. Am I right? I'm a banker. I can get money, lots of it. We can work this out, just tell me what's this gonna cost? Just give me a number!
Lumen: [Leans in close to whisper]Thirteen. [She smiles at him]
Tilden: No, I- (Dexter regags him)
Dexter: [Walks over to a table and picks a knife, voiceover] There's a first time for everything. A first step, a first word, a first kiss, a first kill. Somehow you know when the time is right. [He gives Lumen the knife, and then says aloud] Aim for the heart.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Harry tried to mold me in the image of the monster he thought I was. He told me to flee human connection. So that became a way of life for me. When I couldn’t run, I put up barriers to protect myself. And to protect others from me. [Later, after they have made love, as they lie in each other's arms] But with Lumen, I'm someone different. In her eyes, I'm not a monster at all.
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Dexter: [to Lumen] Don't be sorry your darkness is gone. I'll carry it for you - always. I'll keep it with mine.
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Dexter: [voiceover] They make it look so easy. Connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.
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Dexter: [voiceover] Lumen said I gave her her life back... A reversal of my usual role. Well the fact is, she gave me mine back too.
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