Dexter (TV Series)

Shrink Wrap (2006)

Tony Goldwyn: Dr. Emmett Meridian

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• Dexter Morgan : I'm going to tell you something that I've never told anyone before.

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Okay.

  Dexter Morgan : I'm a serial killer.

  [pause] 

  Dexter Morgan : Oh God. That feels... so amazing to say out loud

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Well, you must be letting go, 'cause I've never heard you make a joke before.

  Dexter Morgan : I'm not joking; I kill people. Whoo. There it is again.

  [pause] 

  Dexter Morgan : You should try it.

• Dexter Morgan : [the psychiatrist turns off the lights in the room]  What are you doing?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : I'd like to talk you through a deep relaxation technique. It might bring some things to the surface.

  Dexter Morgan : What kinds of things?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Well, there must have been a time in your life when you felt powerless, right? Foster-child, no control over your destiny. If we can bring some of those memories to the surface, we might find the root of your "control issues". First I want you to close your eyes and focus on your breathing. I want you to count each breath, okay? In: one, and out: two. Just give it a try.

  Dexter Morgan : [in voiceover]  This is ridiculous. I could be killing him right now.

• [Still using the name "Sean", Dexter has returned to see Dr. Meridian as a patient, hoping for clues that Meridian has helped his rich women patients to suicide] 

  Dexter Morgan : She was sitting on top of me, basically naked.

  [He sighs heavily] 

  Dexter Morgan : Asking me to spend the night. And I didn't know what to do.

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : It's okay, Sean. Don't beat yourself up. Your girlfriend really means something to you. I know that.

  Dexter Morgan : Well, if she means something, why did I run away from her?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : For the same reason that you work so hard to shut everybody else out. 'Cause you're afraid they won't like what they see.

  Dexter Morgan : Yeah, I think you're right. How can I change that?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Well, for starters, you accept the fact that we all have a big bad wolf hiding inside of us. The darkness we don't want anyone else to see.

  Dexter Morgan : [sensing a clue]  Do you?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Of course I do.

  Dexter Morgan : [Dexter puts his fingers close to his mouth, almost as though he wants to bite his nails]  Really?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : [Nodding]  Mm-hmm.

  Dexter Morgan : Well, how do you deal with your own wolf?

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Well, first of all, I accepted that it was there. I made friends with it. And I just let it out for a big meal, once in a while.

  Dexter Morgan : [voiceover]  At least three times, that we know about.

• Dr. Emmett Meridian : So what do you want to talk about?

  Dexter Morgan : Fakes. People who pass themselves off as something they're not.

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : Like a pre-owned car salesman?

  Dexter Morgan : A brave politician.

  Dr. Emmett Meridian : A Jew for Jesus.

  Dexter Morgan : A wolf in sheep's clothing.