Dexter (TV Series)
Shrink Wrap (2006)
Michael C. Hall: Dexter Morgan
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Quotes
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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.
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Dexter Morgan : What are we looking at here?
Angel Batista : I'm thinking two circus clowns dancing. You?
Dexter Morgan : Nah, looks like a lobster. See the claws?
Angel Batista : Why do bloodstains always look like crustaceans to you?
Dexter Morgan : I like seafood
Angel Batista : Rorschach would say you have a hard time relating to others
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Dexter Morgan : [voiceover] My therapist wants me to accept the things that are out of my hands. Tragically for him, he's not out of my hands.
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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.
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Dexter Morgan : [voiceover] I can't have sex with Rita. Every time I sleep with a woman, she sees me for what I really am. Empty. Then she's gone. But I don't want Rita to go, which means I have to deal with this.
[pause]
Dexter Morgan : I can't kill Meridian yet - I need another therapy session.
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Dexter Morgan : [voiceover] This is a disaster. I chose Rita because she was damaged. If she gets better I'll lose her for sure.
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Dexter Morgan : What can I do for you?
Lt. Maria Laguerta : So many things. I need the blood spatter report on Vanessa Gale.
Dexter Morgan : Blood spatter's inconclusive. All I can tell is she was shot at close range. I wish I had more for you.
Lt. Maria Laguerta : Mm. Me, too.
[Captain Matthews appears in the doorway and shouts at Maria]
Captain Tom Matthews : Maria! The D.A. needs the work-sheet for the Ice Truck Killer case.
Lt. Maria Laguerta : I'm working on it.
[puzzled]
Lt. Maria Laguerta : When did you talk to the D.A.?
Captain Tom Matthews : Oh, we had dinner last night. Mayor Allen took us out to celebrate Neil Perry's arrest. Hell of a good time.
Lt. Maria Laguerta : [She gives him a fake smile as he leaves and murmurs something including the word "puta."] I'm the one who get Perry to confess, and he's got the Mayor kissing his ass.
Dexter Morgan : I wouldn't be too upset. Matthews will be the one with the egg on his face soon enough.
Lt. Maria Laguerta : [softly] You still believe we got the wrong guy?
Dexter Morgan : Perry's a pretender to the throne. The real king is still out there, and he'll kill again. It's just a matter of time.
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[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.
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Dexter Morgan : Nothing like some Little Debbies and a worthy new adversary to clear my head.
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Dr. Meridian's Patient : [about Dr. Meridian] How about you? Finding him helpful?
Dexter Morgan : Nah. I'm a sociopath. There's not much he can do for me.
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Dexter Morgan : [voice-over] The three suicide sisters shared the same therapist. Dr. Emmett Meridian. He must be terrible at his job.
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[Dexter has spent the night in Rita's bed and sits up at dawn, his back to her]
Rita Bennett : [drowsily] Next time we'll figure out what to tell the kids. So you don't have to sneak out like this.
Dexter Morgan : You want there to be a next time?
Rita Bennett : And a time after that!
[Still sleepy, but smiling, she rises enough to prop herself on one elbow]
Rita Bennett : Don't you?
Dexter Morgan : [the look on his face is both harsh and confused] No. I mean, yeah. I just -
[He turns to face her]
Dexter Morgan : I didn't freak you out?
Rita Bennett : Why would you think that?
[She reaches over to touch his arm]
Rita Bennett : Dexter, there's nothing you could ever do that would scare me away.
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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.
