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They start dancing making Dex uncomfortable. (hehe)

Masuka: Did I call the hot Morgan by mistake, my subconscious has been exposed. Deb: Well zip it up. (haha) Easily Masuka's best line of the series.

As aware as Dex is you think he would pick up on Rudy in some way. He is quite imposing in terms of being forward and is quite cluey for just being Deb's boyfriend.

Again I love the flashbacks. Harry is such a caring father, Young Dex throws the card in the bin, "It doesn't matter". Harry: It does matter. Dex finds the card at Joe Driscoll's place.

A touching moment in the house when Dex is interested in finding out what happened to Joe Driscoll. Deb says he isn't even family. Dexter says, "I don't know what you want from me." "I want what Dad wanted. I want nothing to do with this guy. Let's just finish packing up this crappy house and walk the f*** away!" Dexter says "that sounds like a good plan."

Rudy going back to kill the old women at the end, kinda reminds us that this guy is a serial killer, and not a nice guy like Dex.

Terrific episode.

This episode begins with Dexter, he is showering together with Rita. Doakes is chasing a man, he shoots him down. He died instantly. Dexter remembers something of his past, is the dead man his father? Angel told to McKay that Doakes shot first, will James forgive him? The DNA test is positive. Joe Driscoll was Dexter his Biological Father. Dexter got caught in the morgue but he escaped. Dexter throws his father's ashes on the ground. Paul tries to rape Rita but Rita slams him down with a baseball bat. Nice episode of Dexter Season 1, Dexter has a real father. And is Rudy The Ice Truck Killer?

My Reaction / Review for Dexter Season 1 Episode 9 ''Father Knows Best'' (S1. E9): Episode 8 was awesome and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. Why Doakes shot that guy? He is lying, the guy didn't shoot him first, I only heard one gun shot. So now Dex's real father is dead and in his will he left a house to Dex? I didn't know his biological father was alive. Lol, when they all started dancing it was one of the most awkward things I've ever seen. Paul is so annoying, Dex has to do something about it. So was Harry actually lying? I think Doakes in in trouble. Seems like Rudy wants to feel a connection to Dex. Dex isnt really shocked his father is dead but I didn't expect him to be. So Rudy was the ''repairman''. Does that mean he murdered Dex's father? Probably. Overall an amazing episode, my rating is 9/10.

"Father Knows Best" is arguably one of the most important episodes in the series. Dexter discovers that his real father, Joe Driscoll, had been alive all this time, and that Harry had lied to him about his existence. Driscoll left him a house, where Dexter discovers that Driscoll donated blood to him as a child. In addition, Dexter (albeit unknowingly) meets the Ice Truck Killer face-to-face, who seemed very interested in him, which is a little odd considering that he's his sister's boyfriend. While this episode is important, as Dexter discovers that Harry lied to him and begins to question the Code for the first time, it is also a little flat. The story isn't as engaging as previous episodes, and even Dexter and Rudy's first meeting falls a little flat. Paul (Mark Pellegrino) appears to regress in his behavior towards Rita, becoming abusive once again, but this sudden flip from the last episode doesn't quite work. Overall, a decent episode with some brilliant moments, but it doesn't quite work as well as prior ones.

The episode it's self provided good insight into where Dex came from a little more about his childhood with Harry. However there are somethings that are questionable. First, I don't understand why his sister thought that her reaction to the blood test and the tox screen was OK. I mean I get that he was 'questioning' Harry, but he had good reason. As for the tox screen, the man may have been murdered and she should have wanted to know the truth too, I mean murder is murder no matter if the victim or possible victim is someone that your father didn't want to be near you... Then we get to the ice truck killer. How did Dex not pick up on the way he was acting? And you cannot tell me that normally Dex would have missed the old woman. She was pretty loud when she was trying to get his attention and then she even went so far to call out to Dex to ask if 'the cable guy' had said anything about her cable. There is no way that he missed that connection, so why did? All in all not a bad episode, but there are somethings that don't fall in with the observative Dexter that we have come to know through out the season.

This episode has some bewildering emotional weirdness mainly from Dexter's sister. Her behavior at Dexter's biological father's house is positively psycho.... She literally throws a fit because Dexter decides to get a DNA paternity test to confirm that the guy is actually is his real father because he has some legitimate concerns.... His sister is mistakenly given the results, she has a cow with Dexter. The writers deciding this was an understandable reaction is far too Hollywoodish. The show usually does a great job of nailing the intentions, motives and emotions, but this episode is infuriating... the way his sister behaves is nutso... beware...

Or...

And Deb goes off the deep end. Again.

Dexter might be a psychopath, but foster/adopted sister Deb is a total head case. It's like her whole world comes crashing down around her because Dexter DARES to pursue the truth about his biological father. Regardless of her chronological age, her emotional maturity is that of a 5 year old. And in some ways, she typifies the entire series. When it/she is good, it's all very very good. And when she's bad...it's HORRID.

So Harry Morgan lied about Dexter's father having died. SO WHAT, DEB? Get an effin grip!!

The more interesting revelation is that Joe Driscoll, Dexter's biological father, might have been killed, possibly by Rudy, the Ice Truck Killer. (I could be way off base here but the thought crossed my mind that Rudy and Dexter might somehow be brothers, traumatized by the same event, which could have resulted in their compulsion to kill.)

We also learn that Doakes was involved in a special op in Haiti when he was in the military -- after he shoots and kills a former member of the Haitian death squad (the Ton Ton Macoute). Before I.A. can get too involved in the shooting Washington steps in and closes the investigation.

One final note: it's becoming clearer and clearer that Rita's husband Paul is still a total piece of work.

On a more general note...the one great thing about this series is that it constantly presses the issue of what is right/fair when it comes to retribution. Is there anyone here who would really be upset if Dexter dispensed with Paul once and for all? What about that guy from the Ton Ton Macoute? It's what makes "Dexter" a thought provoking show. I just hope the rest of the series is as creative and suspenseful as this episode.

Summary 1. Dexter gets to find out who his biological father is. Most likely killed by Ice Truck Killer (Rudy) 2. Rudy meets Dexter face to face for the first time. Dexter does not realize 3. Paul is a dick. Doakes gets involved in a shootout that implicates Angel as well.

I'm starting to dislike Deb more and more. Maybe the character is designed to be that way but she seems way too emotional, perhaps to strike a contrast with Dexter.

Not sure what Dexters origin story is going to be - or why Harry kept the whole thing as a secret. Will find out soon enough.