Season

Season 2

by Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Julie Benz, C.S. Lee, James Remar and 22 others

The second season of Dexter premiered on September 30, 2007, and ended on December 16, 2007. "It's Alive", the season premiere, attracted 1.09 million viewers in the United States, making Dexter the first Showtime series to attract more than a million vie

(17 total)

Characters

Dexter Morgan (16)Michael C. Hall (16)Scott Buck (5)Tim Schlattmann (5)Melissa Rosenberg (4)Clyde Phillips (3)Lauren Gussis (2)Daniel Cerone (2)Jennifer Carpenter (1)Debra Morgan (1)

“It's strange to have a creation out there. A deeply mutated version of yourself, running loose and screwing everything up... I wonder if this is how parents feel.”

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

Tagged: Creation, mutated, Loose, Screwing Things Up, Parenthood

“I lie to everyone I know. Except my victims, right before I kill them. It's hard to establish much of a rapport there.”

— Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Lie, Victims, Death, Killing, establish

“Harry's heart gave out when he saw what's inside me. He thought he could tame it, give it a purpose, help it find a place in the natural order. Guess he was wrong.”

— Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: heart, gave out, tame it, purpose, Natural Order

“Did you happen to be stuffing a human leg into a garbage bag at that point?”

— Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: stuffing, human leg, garbage bag, Murder, Death

“Can't live with her, can't kill her.”

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

Tagged: Can't live with her can't live without her, Kill, Death, Life

“I love Martha Stewart!”

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

Tagged: Martha Stewart, admiration, Appreciation, Love

“You're such a guy. When I get pissed I say stuff I don't mean all the time: I hate you. I faked it. You're hung like a grape.”

— Lauren Gussis, Debra Morgan, Jennifer Carpenter, imdb.com

Tagged: Guy, Pissed, Hate You, faked it, Simile Examples

“I never really got the whole superhero thing. But lately, it does seem we have a lot in common; tragic beginnings; secret identities; part human, part mutant; archenemies.”

— Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Superhero, in common, tragic, Secret, human

“Think you might have broken a commandment somewhere in there.”

— Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Commandment, broken

“I also know denial is the first stage of the grieving process for those who learn they're going to die.”

— Scott Buck, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Denial, Death, first stage, Grieving

“Lila: The first step to recovery is accepting who you are. Dexter: I thought the first step was admitting you have a problem.”

— Scott Buck, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Recovery, accepting, Admitting, Problem

“Dexter: But there's never any justification for killing. Lundy: No. Well, one, of course. To save an innocent life.”

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

Tagged: justification, Killing, innocent life, saving

“Brian: It's human nature. Dexter: I'm not human. Brian: No. You're just fucked up.”

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

Tagged: Human Nature, Messed Up, humanity, human

“I'm drifting. I finally get a chance to kill and I can't do it, then a second chance and he gets away. And now all my secrets are floating to the surface.”

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

Tagged: drifting, Kill, chances, Secrets, Surface

“I really need... to kill somebody.”

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

Tagged: Killing, Death, Murder

“If eyes are the window to the soul, then grief is the door. As long as it's closed, it's the barrier between knowing and not knowing. Walk away from it, and it stays closed forever. But open it and walk through it, and pain becomes truth.”

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

Tagged: Eyes, Soul, Grief, Pain

“I just know there's something dark in me, and I hide it. I certainly don't talk about it, but it's there—always. This Dark Passenger. And when he's driving, I feel...alive, half-sick with the thrill of complete wrongness. I don't fight him, I don't want to. He's all I've got.”

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

Tagged: Darkness, Wrongness, Evil