Again, Dexter is not the sociopath that Brian was. I think a part of Dexter really wanted to be with Brian, but knew he could never do it. He didn't realize that Dexter does have feelings, and that he's closer to Deb than anyone else on earth – even if she doesn't know his darkness. Brian wanted Dexter to kill Deb because it symbolized Dexter discarding his fake life as a Morgan, but Brian miscalculated. And yet, I knew all along that Dexter would never kill Deb, even for something as huge as a "blood" brother that knew and loved his secret self.
Putting Brian "down" was quite possibly the hardest thing Dexter has ever had to do. Blood was, understandably, tremendously important to both of them, and they both found different ways to control it.Īgain, the "unemotional" Dexter showed constant emotion, so frantic about Deb that his singleminded determination to find her almost made him one of Brian's victims. Brian drained the blood out of the bodies, while Dexter became a blood spatter specialist. They both dismembered, but not in the same way. (The chopped up doll represented their ultimate connection: their mother being dismembered in front of them.) Their different reactions to the extreme trauma of what happened to them was expressed through homicide. In the pilot, he gave Dexter a doll, which was a sort of twisted, big brothery thing to do. Brian never had a chance.īrian's love for Dexter was visible throughout the entire first season, if you look for it. Both brothers experienced the ultimate horror in the cargo container, but Dexter was adopted by a wonderful family and had a foster father who loved and accepted him as he was, while Brian was shipped off to grow up in a mental institution. It was even possible to feel sorry for Rudy/Brian. Christian Camargo as Rudy looked a bit like a darker version of Michael C. Rudy had to be someone from Dexter's past, so it made sense that he was Dexter's brother. When I started writing reviews, though, I saw clues everywhere and couldn't believe I'd missed it. And I did not see that revelation coming.
When I saw season one the first time, I wasn't writing about it I was just gulping down one episode after another, like visual candy. They built up to this episode for the entire season. fond of her."īrian: "You can't be a killer and a hero.
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