Dexter2006

Dexter Morgan:
The victim led a quiet life. No enemies.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Serial killers don't have enemies. Everyone's a potential victim.

Dexter Morgan:
Well, if you need anything else, just pick up the phone. Anybody at the lab can help you.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
I was interested to have your take on this case.

Dexter Morgan:
Me? Why? I'm the blood guy.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
"The blood guy." How did you end up here?

Dexter Morgan:
My dad was a cop. He kinda steered me away from that. This seemed like a better fit.

[Dexter steals a glance at the autopsy instruments]

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
I was drawn to forensics, too, but chose to focus on neuroscience. Psychopaths. We both chose murder. Maybe we're both a little crazy.

Dexter Morgan:
Maybe.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Mad scientists, trained to look at this as a biological mass, a body part. Yet, somehow, from all those firings of neurons, something... intangible emerges. Emotions. Trust, morality, love. Unless you're a psychopath. But even then, belief systems emerge... as with the... Bay Harbor Butcher. What was he like?

Dexter Morgan:
[exhales] Who?

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
The Bay Harbor Butcher. James Doakes. I- if I'm not mistaken, he worked with you here in Miami Metro.

Dexter Morgan:
He was angry. Had a short fuse.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Well, that doesn't sound right to me. As a psychopath, he would be disassociated with his feelings, not quick to anger.

Dexter Morgan:
Maybe he wasn't a psychopath.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Oh, yes, the Bay Harbor Butcher was definitely a psychopath. He'd have to be to masquerade the way he did. But he was an odd one, that's for sure.

Dexter Morgan:
You're the expert.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Just the way he picked his victims - persons who, on the whole, had some sort of criminal background - speaks to a... strong belief system, almost as if he operated with some sort of... moral guidelines.

Dexter Morgan:
"Guidelines".

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Yeah, clearly it wasn't a moral choice, as psychopaths have no conscience. So, why else would he kill that way?

Dexter Morgan:
So he could... [exhales] get away with it as long as he did? People are less likely to miss criminals when they disappear. Doakes was Special Ops; maybe he picked it up from there.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
Maybe he did. Makes an interesting case study. I wish I could have interviewed him.

Dexter Morgan:
Sorry.

Dr. Evelyn Vogel:
I look forward to working with you, Dexter Morgan.