Season

Season 1

by Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz, C.S. Lee, James Remar and 24 others

The first season of Dexter is an adaptation of Jeff Lindsay's first novel in the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines. This season aired from October 1, 2006 to December 17, 2006, and follows Dexter's

(35 total)

Characters

Dexter Morgan (29)Michael C. Hall (29)Daniel Cerone (12)Kevin Maynard (8)Melissa Rosenberg (7)Clyde Phillips (6)Tim Schlattmann (3)Drew Greenberg (3)James Remar (2)Harry Morgan (2)

“Sometimes I wonder what it would be like for everything inside me that's denied and unknown to be revealed. But I'll never know. I live my life in hiding. My survival depends on it.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: denied, unknown, revealed, Life, Hiding

“Dex, you are all the family that I have, and I barely know you. So, if you're going to eat steaks with somebody after a rough day, somebody's going to break through your fucking walls, I think it should be me! I think I have earned it!”

— Kevin Maynard, Debra Morgan, Jennifer Carpenter, imdb.com

Tagged: Family, rough day, break through walls, earned it

“I know — your big bad wolf has racked up a tidy little death toll.”

— Kevin Maynard, Lauren Gussis, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: big bad wolf, death toll, Killing

“Pretend. You pretend the feelings are there, for the world, for the people around you.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Pretend, Feelings, World

“The FBI estimates that there are less that 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.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: FBI, Serial Killers, conventions, trade secrets

“Keeping the truth from the people closest to you is how you'll survive, and how you'll protect them if anything ever goes wrong.”

— Tim Schlattmann, Harry Morgan, James Remar, imdb.com

Tagged: Truth, Survival, Protect, anything goes wrong

“Don't go down that emotion road, just go down on her. It's easier, she'll be distracted.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Kevin Maynard, Angel Batista, David Zayas, imdb.com

Tagged: Emotional, Sex, Distractions

“Freedom's just another word for one more way to get fucked.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Kevin Maynard, Officer Gerard, Scott MacDonald, imdb.com

Tagged: Freedom, Responsibility, another word

“I like to pretend I'm alone. Completely alone. Maybe post-apocalypse or plague... whatever. No one left to act normal for. No need to hide who I really am. It would be... freeing.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Kevin Maynard, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Alone, post-apocalypse, Plague, normal, freeing

“Everyone hides who they are at least some of the time. Sometimes you bury that part of yourself so deeply that you have to be reminded it's there at all. And sometimes you just want to forget who you are altogether.”

— Drew Greenberg, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Hides, Bury, Forget who you are, reminded

“The willful taking of life represents the ultimate disconnect from humanity. It leaves you an outsider, forever looking in, searching for company to keep.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Life, Disconnect, humanity, Outsider

“When you take a man's life, you're not just killing him. You're snuffing out all the things he'll ever become. As a cop, I only fire my weapon to save a life – that's a code I live by. Killing must serve a purpose. Otherwise, it's just plain murder.”

— Daniel Cerone, Harry Morgan, James Remar, imdb.com

Tagged: Life, Killing, cop, Gun, Weapons of Politics

“Keeping my face pinched in sorrow for two hours straight's a real chore.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: chore, face pinched, Sorrow, Inconvenient

“Most people have a hard time dealing with death, but I'm not most people. It's the grief that makes me uncomfortable. Not because I'm a killer. Really, I just don't understand all that emotion, which makes it tough to fake. In those cases, shades come in handy.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Death, Grief, Emotion, Uncomfortable, Killer

“My sister puts up a front so the world won't see how vulnerable she is. Me? I put up a front so the world won't see how vulnerable I'm not.”

— Clyde Phillips, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: sister, Puts up a front, World, Vulnerable

“I'm a very neat monster.”

— James Manos, Jr., Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: neat, cover my tracks, monster, Identity

“I love Halloween. The one time of year when everyone wears a mask, not just me. People think it's fun to pretend you're a monster. Me, I spend my life pretending I'm not. Brother, friend, boyfriend: all part of my costume collection. Some people might call me a fraud. Let's see if it will fit. I pre…”

— Drew Greenberg, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Master of Disguise, Halloween, costumes, dressing up, When The Real You Is Terrible

“I’ve never had much use for the concept of hell, but if hell exists, I'm in it. The same images running through my head, over and over.”

— Drew Z. Greenberg, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Hell, Mental Torture

“The trifecta: weapon, ammo, and impaired judgment. Throw in a little domestic violence, and you have the perfect recipe for a family slaughter.”

— Kevin Maynard, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: trifecta, Ammo, Impaired Judgment, Domestic Violence, Slaughter

“The only sound I hear, the only sound in the entire world...is my heart beating.”

— Daniel Cerone, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Solipsism, Hearbeat, sound, Egomania, Narcissism