Dexter (TV Series)

Circle of Friends (2006)

Michael C. Hall: Dexter Morgan

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Quotes 

• Dexter Morgan : I'm a lot like you, you know?

  Jeremy Downs : Yeah, right. You're a killer?

  Dexter Morgan : I'm empty... but I found a way to make it feel less bottomless.

  Jeremy Downs : How?

  Dexter Morgan : Pretend. You pretend the feelings are there, for the world and for the people around you. Who knows, maybe one day they will be.

• Dexter Morgan : The FBI estimates that there are less than 50 serial killers active in the United States today. We don't get together at conventions, share trade secrets, or exchange Christmas cards... But sometimes I wonder what it's like for the others. The only sound I hear, the only sound in the entire world... is my heart beating.

• Dexter Morgan : [about Paul]  When'd you first notice it, this darkness inside the guy you fell for?

  Rita Bennett : I always knew it was there. I guess I just didn't think I deserved better, 'til I met you.

  Dexter Morgan : I have a dark side too.

  [Rita laughs] 

  Dexter Morgan : What? I do.

  Rita Bennett : Somehow I doubt that. You have a good heart, Dexter. You're not like Paul, you don't hurt people.

  Dexter Morgan : Innocent people. I don't hurt innocent people.

• Dexter Morgan : I hate to break this to you, Deb, but you know you've got the wrong guy here, right? The Ice Truck Killer drains the blood from his victims, freezes the bodies and only then severs their limbs. It's clean and efficient, that's his psychological signature. Neil Perry on the other hand, stuffs roadkill.

  Debra Morgan : Yeah! And turns 'em into fucked up fantasy shit.

  Dexter Morgan : But the fantasies are all wrong! The guy we're lookin' for wouldn't turn dead dirty things into living cartoons, he'd find that pathetic.

  Debra Morgan : How do you know?

  Dexter Morgan : [pause]  Because it is pathetic.

• Dexter Morgan : For weeks, I've felt like a student in a master class. Is it really possible that the master's on the run? And even more tragic, does he live in a double-wide?

• Rita Bennett : Fucking bastard!

  Dexter Morgan : Only you can make those words cute.

• Dexter Morgan : [in voice-over]  I knew I recognized the knife-work of the killer. Jeremy Downs. I had him. He was mine. Until I found out the boy Jeremy killed raped him!

  Jeremy Downs : [speaking from the past]  He fucked me, and I killed him!

  Dexter Morgan : [in voice-over]  So I let Jeremy go. It seemed fair. But my random act of kindness was misguided. If I'd followed my instincts, this boy's High School Year Book would still have an Editor.

• Rita Bennett : [about Paul]  I just wish he'd just go away. I mean, why can't he just go away and disappear forever?

  Dexter Morgan : [voiceover]  He can do that. Very easily.

• [first lines] 

  Dexter Morgan : The F.B.I. estimates that there are less than fifty serial killers active in the United States today. We don't get together at conventions, share trade secrets, or exchange Christmas cards. But sometimes I wonder what it's like for the others. The only sound I hear, the only sound in the entire world, is my heart beating.

• Sgt. James Doakes : I swear to Christ, Morgan, after this case, I'm submitting your ass to psychiatric evaluation.

  Dexter Morgan : I'm just retracing cast-off patterns, directionality angles.

  Sgt. James Doakes : Can you tell us what happened here or not?

  Dexter Morgan : It's an execution.

  Sgt. James Doakes : Pretty unlikely victim. The kid's an honor student. The editor of his High School Yearbook.

• [to Deb, looking at the photo of Neil Perry] 

  Dexter Morgan : Hardly looks like a guy capable of terrorizing Miami. A science camp, maybe.