Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence, blood, domestic violence, and child abuse.

Dexter Morgan carries a “Dark Passenger,” a voice that urges him toward violence, but he concentrates his efforts on people who, in his estimation, deserve to die violently. His latest victim is a priest, a predator who has killed young children in multiple parishes. Dexter encountered him in Homestead, an agricultural community south of Miami that is home to many immigrants from Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean. The priest has been working at an orphanage, and Dexter knows he has murdered at least seven children. One day, he feels a sixth sense that it is time to make his move. Dexter lies in wait, surprising the priest when he gets into his car. Dexter places a noose around the man’s neck and forces him to drive south along the quiet, rural road that leads toward the Florida Keys. He takes the priest to the small shack where he buried his child victims. Before killing the priest, Dexter shows him the children’s lifeless bodies so the priest will understand why Dexter has sentenced him to die.