The 'Dexter' Chronicles: Seasons 1 through 6 Quiz

Answer: nurse

Mary (Denise Crosby) was Harry's nurse during his hospital stay. Mary was also an "Angel of Death", who was known to occasionally overdose her elderly patients, causing their deaths, and in her opinion, being spared the pain of their conditions.

After her unsuccessful attempt to inject Harry with a lethal dose of medication, Harry, while in his hospital bed, urged Dexter to "stop her before she could hurt anyone else".

When she returned to her home, Dexter was waiting for her. After his ambush and an awkward struggle, Dexter was finally able to overpower her, injecting her with a syringe similar to the one she planned to use on Harry.

Following a brief ritual, Dexter ended her life with his knife.

Referenced: (Flashback sequence): season one, episode three, "Popping Cherry".

Answer: Slice of Life

Slice of Life was the 32 foot concept boat with a center console.

Dexter used his boat as a pleasurable escape from the rigors of the "real world". Dexter often found pleasure just relaxing on the deck of his vessel.

Slice of Life also served as the vehicle used by Dexter to dispose of the body parts of his victim.
After a kill, Dexter would often slice his victims into several smaller pieces, place those pieces is large garbage bags, and sail to his preselected deep water location in the Bay Harbor, and throw the bags overboard to their final resting places.

Referenced: Recurrent theme throughout series.

Answer: Travis Marshall

It was not revealed until episode 10 in the season that Professor Gellar (Edward James Olmos) had been killed, and was dead for at least three years, long before the Doomsday Killer first surfaced. The images and actions of Professor Gellar were all in the mind of his once student, Travis Marshall (Colin Hanks).

He first killed Gellar, then carried out the murderous acts of the Doomsday Killer, based on his interpretations of the professors views and written words. The truth first came to light when Dexter discovered the frozen body of Professor Gellar in a cold storage freezer, while searching for clues.

Answer: Camilla Figg

Camilla (Margo Martindale) was a retired Records Clerk Supervisor for the Miami Metro Police.
She and her late husband Gene were long time close friends with the Morgan Family. It was Carmella who, at Harry's request, destroyed the police file that detailed the gruesome murder scene of Laura Moser, where three year old Dexter was found in a pool of her blood.

Season three found Camilla, now a widow, hospitalized and in constant pain with terminal cancer. Dexter was one of the few people to visit her, always bringing flowers or some little treat to cheer her spirits.

Camilla made two final request of Dexter. She wanted to taste a slice of authentic key lime pie before she died. Each visit, Dexter brought with him what he believed were authentic key lime pies, but all fell short of the expectations..
Not wanting to suffer the extreme pain of her illness, she ask Dexter to help her by ending her misery. Camilla had watched her husband suffer greatly the previous year before cancer claimed his life.

Following additional visits and talks with Camilla, and considerable soul searching, Dexter decided to grant Camilla final request.

On his final visit to Camilla, Dexter brought what Camilla felt was the perfect pie. Dexter slowly fed Camilla pieces of the pie. Dexter asked Camilla if she was sure she wanted his help. Camilla motioned in the affirmative. With that, Dexter pulled a syringe from his pocket, injected a slice of the pie with a powerful yet non traceable medication, and reluctantly fed the piece of pie to Camilla. Within minutes, Camilla was dead, but just prior, Dexter confessed that he had killed his brother who was the Ice Truck Killer. Camilla told Dexter that he had done the right thing. Her final words to Dexter were, "Thank you".

Referenced: season three, episode seven, "Easy As Pie".

Answer: Teo Famosa

In the Everglades, Dexter shot and killed Teo Famosa.

Teo (Wilmer Calderon) and his brother Esteban (Gilbert Saldivar), two drug runners, had taken Sgt. Doakes hostage when he was trying to escape after being held captive in a secluded cabin in the Everglades. Teo and Esteban took Doakes back to the cabin to force him to carry packages of cocaine from the cabin to their boat. Their intent was to kill Doakes after he finished his task. Unknown to them, Dexter was waiting outside of the cabin. When Esteban entered the cabin, Dexter followed him, killed him (by breaking his neck), and took his weapon. Outside, Doakes spotted Dexter with the gun trained on Teo. Doakes then distracted Teo by yelling and throwing cocaine into his face, giving Dexter a clear shot, which he took, hitting Teo in the head. In a departure from his usual disposal method, Dexter took the two bodies into the Everglades. Upon returning, he remarked to Doakes, "we just made some alligators very happy", implying that Teo and Esteban made a tasty meal.

Referenced: season 2, episode 11, "Left turn Ahead".

Answer: George "The Skinner" King

George King aka "The Skinner" (Jesse Borrego) managed to capture Dexter, take him to an abandoned tobacco manufacturing farm, and secure him to a table in preparation for his murder.

Dexter's thought was that he was never going to see his then unborn son. Harry encouraged him to fight for his life. When an opportunity presented itself, Dexter was able to break free, and overpower his would be killer.
Dexter was alerted to the sound of siren from the approaching police vehicles.
Dexter managed to drag his victim into the loft area of the structure. Dexter snapped the neck of his captor, and threw him to the ground, in the direct path of one of the responding police units, which hit the corpse.

From all appearances, George King died after being hit by a responding police car and his broken neck appeared consistent with the injuries sustained by a car accident victim. Arriving officers and detectives concluded the death was a result of the accident, and once again, Dexter was able to escape.

Referenced: season three, episode twelve, "Do You Take Dexter Morgan".

Answer: Bowl till you Bleed

The team wore matching blue jersey bowling shirts with black trim. The logo showed a bowling ball crashing through a group of bowling pins. Above the picture were the words (written in script), "Bowl till you". Below the picture printed in bold bright red print was the word, "Bleed".

The office bowling team included Vince Masuka, and Angel Batista, who was always wearing his signature hat.

Sgt. Doakes was often present at the bowling alley, not to support the bowling team but to keep an eye on Dexter. Doakes didn't know how, but he always suspected that Dexter was not who he claimed to be and was hiding some deep secret.

Dexter bowled to give the appearance of being "normal", blending in with his co-workers socially.

Referenced: season two, episode one, "It's Alive".

Answer: Arthur Mitchell

Arthur Mitchell (John Lithgow) was "The Trinity Killer".

The existence of this serial killer was brought to the attention of Miami police when retired FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine) unexpectedly showed up and started making inquiries about a murder case. Lundy felt that he had identified a pattern which had occurred throughout the country for the past 20 years. In each instance, a series of three seemingly unrelated homicides took place over short period of time. The three, or trinity of murders in each city bared the same similarities in death techniques and the same types of victims.
In the end, the search would cost Frank Lundy his life, and cause severe emotional pain for Dexter.
Dexter was eventually able to identify a suspect, but was perplexed as to how such a monster like Arthur Mitchell could lead what appeared to be a normal life and fit so perfectly into his community and society.

In the season finale, Dexter captured Arthur Mitchell, and following his usual ritual, took Arthur Mitchell's life. The reign of the Trinity Killer was over, but unknown to Dexter, one last victim was yet to be found.

Referenced: Recurrent season four theme: character.

Answer: Davey Sanchez

Harry stood in his full dress police uniform, in front of a mirror solemnly rehearsing the eulogy he was to deliver. Present was his teen age son. Dexter was moved by his fathers words.

Dexter was saddened and angered by the fact that someone could "kill a cop" and get away with it.

Harry recognizing the anger and frustration in Dexter, used the incident as a "teachable moment" for his troubled son. He explained to Dexter that the two things that needed to be done were to "Honor Davey's memory" and "Catch the bastards who did this to him". Harry continued to counsel his son, explaining to him that he had to learn to "Channel his anger and killing urges into something positive", and to avoid "acting on impulses".

Referenced: (Flashback sequence): season one, episode four, "Crocodile".

Answer: always retrieve a trophy

The "trophy" blood slide Dexter collects from his victims just before he ends their lives had become a personal idiosyncrasy practiced by Dexter and not referenced in the "Code of Harry".

Based upon his knowledge and experiences as a trained investigator, Harry developed a list of standards or rules designed to protect his son from detection and arrest and instill a basic sense of morals as to whom should or should not become a victim.
Following Harry's code was validation to Dexter that his actions were justifiable and beneficial to society.

The Code of Harry basically stated:
- Don't get caught,
- Be certain that the victim is a murderer who escaped justice by either not
being caught or beat the system on a technicality. According to Harry,
"Killing must serve a purpose. Otherwise, it is just plain murder".
- Always appear to "blend in" with the group
- Never kill an innocent
- Fake emotions. When taking a psychological test, answer questions exactly
opposite to your true feelings
- Be very careful with the actual killing, be prepared, leave no evidence,
- Control urges and channel them for your task.


Referenced: Recurrent theme throughout series.

Answer: Jonathan Farrow

Dexter killed Jonathan Farrow (Greg Ellis), an eccentric artist and photographer, in his "usual" manner and disposed of the body.
Having been accused of a past rape and paying off the victim to avoid prosecution coupled with his unusual style of treating and photographing his models, strongly indicated that Farrow committed homicide on one of his models.

Dexter was shocked when he returned to work on the day following the kill and learned that Farrow's assistant, Timothy Brand (John Griffin), had been arrested for the murder and later confessed. Dexter was forced to face the fact that he had killed an innocent man, in direct violation to "The Code of Harry".


Referenced: season four, episode seven, "Slack Tide".

Answer: Rita Bennett

Rita Bennett was married three times and divorced twice. Before marrying Dexter in the season three finale, she had been divorced from John Alan Ackerman and Paul Bennett. Paul was the father of Astor and Cody.

Angel Batiste was twice married and twice divorced. Angel's marriage to Nina produce Angels daughter, Auri.
During season four, Angel married his then boss, Lt. Maria LaGuerta.

It was revealed in season two that James Doakes was once married, but the name of his wife was never indicated.
Doakes told Curtis Barnes that he understood the pain of post traumatic stress disorder (as a result of his military service), stating that he divorced his wife to keep from killing her.

Vince Masuka remained single throughout the first six seasons of the series.

Reference: General character information.

Answer: Oscar Prado

Dexter's intended victim was Fred "Freebo" Bowman (Michael Erwin), a drug dealer and killer. When Dexter appeared at Freebo's house, he found Freebo involved in a fight with another man. Dexter's sudden appearance distracted the combatants. One man turned his weapon (a knife) on Dexter, while the other man escaped. Following a brief struggle, Dexter was able to use the knife to kill his attacker in a clear case of self-defense. Dexter was shocked to find that the man he had just killed was not Freebo, and that the actual victim was unknown to him. Dexter realized that he had killed an innocent man, which violated the "code" taught to him by Harry.

Dexter was summoned to the crime scene the following morning to investigate the blood spatter at the crime scene. It was then that Dexter learned that the victim was Oscar Prado (Nick Hermz),a Community Organizer who was confronting a known drug dealer, defending the innocent kids in the neighborhood. Dexter also learned that his victim was the young brother of prominent Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits) and a lieutenant with the Dade County Sheriff Department, Ramon Prado (Jason Manuel Olazabal).

Dexter later found a little relief after learning through Debra that Oscar Prado was a drug user in debt to Freebo, however, the killing still did not meet the requirements of the "Code of Harry".

Referenced: season three, episode one, "Our Father".

Answer: alias used by Dexter

Dr. Patrick Bateman was the alias used by Dexter on the DEA license used to obtain the animal tranquilizer Etorphine Hydrochloride (M99) that Dexter used in his syringe to incapacitate his victims before taking them to his selected "kill room" and encasing and securing them in plastic shrink-wrap.

Dexter curtailed the use of the alias when Vince Masuka started trying to investigate the identity of the party who purchases the powerful drug. Dexter feared that close investigation would lead back to him. Dexter was able to erase the name from the computer file that Masuka was using.

In a fitting manner, Dexter used as his alias, the name of the lead character from the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel, "American Psycho". The novel, a psychological thriller, featured a a young Wall Street Investment Banker who also happened to be a serial killer. There was a movie as based on it as well.

Referenced: season two, episode six, "Return To Sender".

Answer: The Ice Box Killer

There has never been a character known as the "Ice Box Killer".

Primary killers sought during the first six seasons were:
Season One - - - - - The Ice Truck Killer
Season Two - - - - - The Bay Harbor Butcher
Season three - - - - The Skinner
Season Four - - - - The Trinity Killer
Season Five - - - - The Group aka Barrel Girl Gang aka The Circle
Season Six - - - - - The Doomsday Killer

The season five killers included in "The Group" were Jordan Chase (Jonny Lee Miller), Dan Mendell (Sean O'Brian), Cole Harmon (Chris Vance), Alex Tilden (Scott Grimes), and Boyd Fowler (Shawn Hatosy).