Dexter (TV Series)

What's Eating Dexter Morgan? (2013)

Charlotte Rampling: Dr. Evelyn Vogel

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• [Dr. Vogel notices Dexter loading up his vehicle to leave the crime scene and walks over] 

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : What is it?

  Dexter Morgan : It's Deb. She was brought in for a DUI. I need to check on her.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Is alcohol an issue for her?

  Dexter Morgan : I'm an issue for her. She's acting this way because of me.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : But you can't keep taking on your sister's problems, especially right now.

  Dexter Morgan : [impatient]  It's my fault, okay? Deb found out... what I am. She knows everything.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Everything?

  [Dexter nods] 

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : How?

  Dexter Morgan : It's a long story. Just suffice to say, she's not handling it well.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : [studying Dexter]  You do really feel badly, don't you?

  Dexter Morgan : Are you analyzing me now?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Well, it's just so unusual.

  Dexter Morgan : It's really not a good time.

  [Dexter gets in his car and drives off] 

• Dexter Morgan : I'm meeting Deb for dinner. I'll check in with you later.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Uh, wait. Just- There's one thing I was wondering about since we last spoke?

  Dexter Morgan : Yes?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : When Harry and I came up with the Code, he insisted that you only kill bad people, and *I* insisted that the first rule of the Code be, "Don't get caught," giving you a little wiggle room.

  Dexter Morgan : Okay.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : So my question is this: when your sister found out about who you were and what you were doing... why didn't you kill her?

  Dexter Morgan : [shocked]  What?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Not that I would ever advocate such a thing, but since Debra knew the truth about you, she's clearly a risk...

  Dexter Morgan : I would never kill Debra. She's my sister. I love her.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : What, exactly, do you love about her?

  Dexter Morgan : [pauses]  Wha- what do you mean?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : When a psychopath speaks about love, it doesn't really mean the same thing as for... typical people. So, what do you love about her?

  Dexter Morgan : [at word loss]  I-I don't know. I love having steaks and beer with her, and until recently, the fact that she... is always there for me, the way she looked up to me.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : But none of that is really about Debra. It's about what she does for *you*.

  Dexter Morgan : So you're saying I'm selfish?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : I'm not criticising. Selfless love is hard enough for typical people. And for psychopaths, it's... impossible.

  Dexter Morgan : So why are you telling me this? So I'll feel bad about myself?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Quite the contrary. I want you to *revel* in what you are. I told you, you're perfect.

  Dexter Morgan : How can you still say that when you know what I've done to Deb?

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : That's my point. You're perfect as a psychopath. All this talk about helping Debra and... loving her- it's like you're Michelangelo trying to play the banjo.

  Dexter Morgan : I'm trying to be good brother.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Why don't you let *me* help Debra?

  Dexter Morgan : Because she wouldn't even listen to you. I'm the only one that understands her.

  Dr. Evelyn Vogel : Dexter, you've admitted to being the cause for her pain. How can you expect to be the solution?

  Dexter Morgan : I can handle Deb. I've been doing it my entire life.