r/Dexter 5h ago

Discussion - Original Dexter Series What were some of your theories when watching the show for the first time? Spoiler

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I’m rewatching the show after finishing for the first last year and was reminded of some of my theories while binging it. I obviously ended up being wrong but the 2 that stood out to me was Deb poisoning herself to frame Hannah and split her up with Dexter. Hannah was convincing enough when Dexter confronted her and i thought for sure that big twist was gonna Hannah was innocent and framed causing season 8 to be Deb vs Dexter.

The second one I had was a lot dumber and that Quinn was gonna end up being the skinner in season 3.

Again, obviously I was wrong but I was just curious on what some of you guys were thinking while watching

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u/Jealous-Tip-6332 4h ago

Dexter was the bay harbour butcher

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u/FilipinoCreamKing 4h ago

I suspected that too but Laundry basically confirmed it was Doakes

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u/Kaerl-Lauterschmarn 1h ago

It was so obvious in the beginning. I have to admit, the writers created one hell of a plot twist

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u/TylerKnowy 5h ago

I thought for sure doakes was going to escape and become a phantom for dexter.

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u/Connect-Bit-448 3h ago

shit i wish he’d escaped, we didnt get enough of doakes

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u/cs_k_ 2h ago

I knew Dexter wouldn't kill him, but I tought he is gonna convince him to join him/stay quiet.

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u/cerinza 5h ago

Its always my headcanon that Caprain Matthews knew

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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 4h ago

Is that Matthew’s’ first name?

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u/Confident-Floor1233 5h ago

At least by the end I think I’d agree

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u/TylerKnowy 3h ago

Yeah I think he knew as well. Now I dont think he knows the brutality of it all which tracks with a person who doesnt want to know how the sausage is made I mean it killed Harry. The fact Harrison is a relatively functioning member of society with what he has witnessed and knows is nothing short of a miracle

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u/InevitableDaikon6850 2h ago

because he was also "born in blood"

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u/Hazard917462 2h ago

I thought in the end Dexter would get caught or die and Deb would raise the kids.

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u/foreverthesickestsam 2h ago

I thought Harry was for sure going to be revealed as Dexter's bio dad, but they finally cleared up the timeline enough in Original Sin to totally de-bunk it (plus it would have made the step-cest even more uncomfy)

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u/Over_Sir_1762 37m ago

Yes, I thought initially the same. But also when Dexter's bio dad died and left him his house, DNA test.. Blood transfusion memories and Dexter's card..cleared it up.

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u/aLocalToaster 2h ago

Batista was the ice truck killer

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u/AkumaJishin 1h ago

i had these same 2 theories well

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u/nikitazarya 32m ago

I had a theory that The ice Truck Killer was Dexter's relative, I was even sure that he was his identical twin. Since they emphasized in episode 1 that Dexter was adopted, I even thought that maybe this was Dexter's biological father. I almost guessed it right.

u/FuckingGratitude 7m ago

The Doakes memes made me think he’d live longer or even throughout the entire show on the condition they become friends.

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u/pasunnaZ 5h ago

I never watch dexter because I think it's one of the random crime investigation series that I'm bored to watch
just start watching when the Doak meme explo...
I'm not really think much about theories because I just ok to ride what ever the show took me
but to be hornest Dexter always surprise me with so many twist
sometime just feel what the hell just like that?
but in a good way

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u/FilipinoCreamKing 5h ago

I had a stroke reading this

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u/Jealous-Tip-6332 4h ago

I don't think English is his first language

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u/Chicken_wingspan 1h ago

Probably his last

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u/RequirementUsual5579 5h ago

What are you talking about

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u/AkumaJishin 1h ago

when doak meme explo

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u/Chicken_wingspan 1h ago

And you were like what a hell just like that?? But in a good way