I guess. Dexter confirms he'll do a sweep of the crime scene, with Doakes responding in his typical vulgar way. Dexter sits at his desk for a moment watching Doakes as he walks away and then turn to glare at him suspiciously.
Dexter questions in his mind why, in a building full of cops, Doakes is the only one that gets the creeps from him? After Dexter surveys the Cokehead murder scene, he determines that the target was the woman and the killer was an ex-boyfriend, not a drug dealer.
Back at the station, he heads to the briefing room. As he stands outside the room, he notices the widow of Mike Donovan grieving over his disappearance.
While assuring himself that he covered all his tracks. Doakes appears behind him, asking if he gets off watching a woman cry, and says, "What's your thing, psycho?
Dexter explains that he's going to attend the briefing. He says, "This fucking guy doesn't belong," and claims to be still waiting on Dexter's spatter report on the Cokehead Murders Case.
LaGuerta gives the okay for Dexter to attend because she wants his input, and says she'll go over the case with them after the briefing. Doakes, disgruntled, follows the rest inside.
Note: this is one of the few times that Doakes wears a business suit. Also, this briefing room is only used in this episode outside of promotions to higher ranks and commendations. Doakes sits in on the briefing, not providing any input. Debra Morgan nervously delivers her idea about a refrigerated truck involving this investigation. He glances up at her when LaGuerta makes a sarcastic remark on the trucks "as in ice cream trucks.
After the meeting, LaGuerta signals for Dexter to head into her office to meet about the investigation. Doakes continues to push his own theory on it involving drugs, while Dexter presents evidence that it was a crime of passion. He explains that the drug dealer was killed quickly to be gotten out of the way, while the killer took his time slashing up the woman, indicating there was a personal relationship between the two.
Doakes is dismissive of Dexter's idea but LaGuerta believes him, which dumbfounds Doakes. She tells Doakes to follow up on it and this pisses him off though he holds his temper due to being in her presence. As Dexter examines the pictures, Doakes stands up and tells him, "I'm watching you motherfucker," before walking out. LaGuerta looks over at Dexter and smiles. Doakes later appears at the scene where Dexter was tracking the The Ice Truck Killer in his Refrigerated Truck , and a human head was tossed on his windshield.
While Doakes is talking to Debra , she looks over at her brother and Doakes does the same. Dexter simply smiles and gives a thumbs up. LaGuerta tells Dexter that Doakes arrested the killer in the Cokehead murders, and he was right about it being the boyfriend. She says Doakes, of course, still hates him. At an unknown point, Doakes began seeing a married woman named Kara Simmons whose husband Ricky Simmons was an undercover cop working for the Miami Metro Police Department.
This love affair was sparked by Ricky's insistence to stay within a drug ring run by Carlos Guerrero , someone the police have been trying to take down, but could never obtain enough evidence to use against him. Unfortunately for Kara, her husband was not careful enough in covering his secret. One of Guerrero's men throws Ricky from the top of the MacArthur Causeway , and he dies upon hitting the ground. It was made to appear like a suicide but Ricky struggled before being thrown off, and bite a piece of human skin from his attacker.
Dexter Morgan arrives to give his input, saying that, based on the blood spatter, Ricky fell from at least a foot drop which was too short for the Eastbound Crossway, which was only forty feet. He soon discovers a piece of human flesh in the victim's mouth, resulting from a "death rattle" that sprays blood on Dexter's face. Doakes storms into the main offices of Miami Metro Homicide , even ignoring Angel Batista as he offers him some case files.
LaGuerta walks in with an ID on the victim, stating that it was Ricky Simmons and tells everyone that he was a cop. This puts the mood of the rest of the department in shambles, something Dexter takes note of as Doakes can be seen reacting in his own way mostly in frustrated anger. He goes with LaGuerta to make a "next of kin" notification to Ricky's wife, something that LaGuerta finds odd.
She asks him why he decided to go considering back in their days as partners, he would make every excuse to get out of one. He states that he knew Ricky from the station's softball team and that he was a good cop, however, his real reason is revealed shortly. As they approach the door, there is no answer and Doakes looks in through the blinds, which results in him stating, "Motherfuck!
They find Kara Simmons lying on the floor, covered in blood, unable to move. Doakes moves in close, as LaGuerta investigates the house He tries to comfort her, but is hesitant to pick her up due to her wounds.
Later, Batista can be seen standing over the crime scene after Kara has been moved to a hospital saying that it's fucked up. Captain Thomas Matthews arrives and confirms, after a phone call, that Ricky was undercover in Carlos Guerrero 's family for about ten months and everything was going fine. He said that by attacking Ricky's wife, Guerrero's crossed a line and pissed off the entire police department. Doakes asks LaGuerta if there's any word on the wife, and she says she should be in surgery.
LaGuerta asks Doakes why he's working so hard on Kara's case. He's about to leave to go the hospital, when she informs him that Kara has died. He sits, downcast. LaGuerta quizzes him about Kara having an affair and he admits that it was with him. They raise their voices to each other, until Doakes says Kara was going to ask Ricky for a divorce as soon as he came out from uncover. LaGuerta almost takes Doakes off the case but backs off, realizing how strongly he wants justice.
Doakes attends the funeral for Ricky and Kara Simmons and promises her brother to go after Carlos Guerrero. Soon after, Doakes shows up invited at Rose Guerrero 's confirmation party, where he loudly announces that her father murdered a cop and an innocent lady. This infuriates Carlos and he orders his men follow to Doakes everywhere in order to intimidate him.
Detective McNamara , Kara's brother, invites Doakes go out drinking with him and two other detectives. However, they drive to Coral Gables, where one of Carlos Guerrero's top lieutenants lives, whom they plan to beat up. They arrive, put on clown masks except for Doakes , and head towards the house. Doakes tries to stop them, since Carlos will think he's behind it. McNamara just laughs and say that's part of the plan. Doakes takes off running down the street. The next day, when Doakes leaves work, he sees one of Carlo's men standing across the street, holding up a clown mask.
Doakes notices two of Carlos Guerrero 's men nearby watching him. Debra approaches Doakes, mocking LaGuerta for ordering a manhunt for the wrong man. He sternly tells her to interview witnesses. Later, Tucci's dismembered foot is found at an Office Park. As Dexter is looking down at it, Doakes tells him that no one's paying him to stand and stare. Doakes questions Dexter about the foot but, receiving no answers, asks, "What fucking good are you?
As Doakes is getting coffee at work, McNamara asks if has fucked anybody's wife lately. Doakes tells him that thanks to his chickenshit stunt, Guerrero's guys are tailing him everywhere, but McNamara doesn't care.
They have a tense conversation in which Doakes mentions that his sister had filed for divorce which can verified with the captain. He accuses McNamara of backing the wrong cop. After Tucci is believed to be alive, Doakes leads the task force to find him. LaGuerta wants to apologize to Mrs. Tucci for false accusing her son, but Doakes tells her, "Who is that gonna make feel better, you or her? Leave that woman alone with her candles and Kumbaya. Doakes finds Guerrero's men parked outside his apartment , and he chases them off.
However, when Doakes pulls into his driveway on another night, two men jump him, pull a mask over his face, and throw him into the trunk of their car. They take Doakes to a parking garage, where Carlos is waiting.
Carlos repeatedly kicks Doakes while he is on the ground. They arrest Carlos for going after a cop. Doakes realizes that his fellow cops used him as bait to ambush Carlos. As Dexter stands outside the Angel of Mercy Hospital , he imagines being alone in the world and how freeing it would feel. Doakes walks up and tells him to "stop grinning like a fucking psycho" and get back to work.
In the hospital's basement, Masuka is paranoid about catching a rat disease and Doakes yells at him to stop with the rat talk. Shanda shows up at Debra's desk to ask her to beat up her landlord. Just then Doakes appears and starts chewing out Debra for finding her cigarette butt at the crime scene. Shanda tells Doakes to calm down, which displeases both Doakes and Debra. He orders Debra to check on Tucci in the hospital, but not to talk to him.
Debra and Doakes are at the hospital to interview Tucci. However, they first wait for Rudy Cooper, the prosthetic guy, to leave the room. Tucci proves to be of little help because he was blindfolded the entire time he was held captive. Debra's suggests they blind him, but Tucci is too fearful. Neil Perry is interviewed at the station by Doakes and Debra after he supposedly saw a man on the grounds of the hospital. Doakes obtains no revelant information, though, and concludes the interview.
Afterward, Debra criticizes Doakes for not being more optimistic, and he chastises her for wasting time with Perry and wanting to blindfold Tucci, a trauma patient. In the lab, Masuka finds a rat hair and is worried that he picked up a parasite, which exasperates Doakes.
She calls him "old and tired" and says he needs "new eyes" on the case. Masuka can't believe what he is hearing and sits frozen with his mouth open. Back at the hospital, Doakes tells Debra go to ahead with blindfolding Tucci and lets her use his tie. Tucci reveals a clue when he recalls that his captor sucked on menthol-flavored lozenges.
Doakes, Debra, and Masuka return to the hospital where they find a lozenge wrapper with a partial fingerprint on it. This evidence is found two months into The Ice Truck Killer investigation.
When Dexter begins to ask questions about Valerie, Doakes orders him to do his job and worry about the blood. Doakes phone keeps ringing, but he doesn't answer it. When he, LaGuerta, and Debra enter a large garage, they find evidence of refugees being held there.
Doakes mocks Debra for being disgusted by the smell and stresses the importance of latrines. In the auto yard, a noise is heard inside a car's trunk and the police pull their guns. Doakes shoves Deb out of the way before opening the trunk and finding a very frightened boy.
Doakes grabs the boy's arm which further frightens him. LaGuerta reassures the boy in Spanish and helps him out of the car. The police track down Mariel, a Cuban refugee, and she is brought to the station. Doakes, Angel, and Debra question her about what happened that night. She describes her ordeal, and says an unknown person released her group from the garage. However, Mariel states that no boy was with them. While Doakes and Debra are investigating the Castillo house, she asks him why he pushed her away at the auto yard.
He says he was just looking out for her. She brings up that there may be a copycat killer, but Doakes is still leaning toward the husband.
Deb, though, does obtain his permission to write up a profile. She wants her son over for dinner, so Doakes has brought Deb along to provide an excuse to leave early. However, Deb actually causes him to stay longer because she spends the evening chatting with his family. Doakes, though, wants to hold off until they get the sketch. His phone rings again.
Again, he ignores. Deb says to thank his mom for dinner the other night. Dexter adds that the husband is a deep sea fisherman, knows how to use knife, and is still missing. Doakes then orders another search of the salvage yard where Dexter had planted a bloody knife. Doakes and Det. Pullman arrive at a crime scene where Dexter is demonstrating castoff blood patterns.
Doakes accuses Dexter of being crazy, then says that the dead kid was an honor roll student and yearbook editor. Later, Lt.
Maria LaGuerta confirms that his parents are "high profile. Dexter realizes that Jeremy Downs is the murderer due to the similarity of wounds and stalks him to Flamingo Park. Wearing sunglasses and a hoodie, Dexter follows Jeremy, planning to kill him.
As they're walking, Jeremy turns and asks Dexter if he "wants company. Suddenly, Jeremy stands still and acts as if something is amiss. Just then, Doakes runs past Dexter, telling him to get the fuck out of his way.
Dexter immediately hides behind a tree and watches Doakes and two other cops arrest and handcuff Jeremy. Dexter sighs in relief as none of them seem to have recognized him. He tells Dexter that his instincts are always dead-on when he comes to killers, and wants to why. She says it sucks that he wasn't a part of it since they paved the way.
He replies that it's cool because he arrested his own bad guy. Debra tells Doakes that Tony Tucci is being released from the hospital and a party will be held at the hospital that night. She tries to persuade him to go, however, Doakes is not interested.
Nevertheless, Doakes shows up at the hospital party. He catches Rudy and Debra in a private conversation, and asks, "Bad timing? Batista, Dexter, and Doakes are at Vanessa Gayle 's apparent suicide scene. Doakes asks Alex Gayle , her husband, if his wife was dealing with any emotional problems.
He believes it was staged by a criminal in revenge for being sent to prison. Debra finally arrives at the scene, having been with Rudy , her new boyfriend. Neil Perry reveals to LaGuerta that he is aware if how she became Lieutenant. LaGuerta then asks Doakes if he told anyone about their bust, the one that got her promoted. Neil apparently hacked into the files, so LaGuerta states that their firewall needs to be checked. Doakes and Angel are crossing a small bridge, when Doakes spots a man walking along the side carrying a bag of groceries.
Doakes yells for Angel to stop the car, jumps out, and calls out to the man. The man recognizes Doakes and begins to run, with Doakes in hot pursuit. When the man nears the low end of the bridge, he jumps off onto the sand below, followed by Doakes. Angel makes a U-turn, gets out of the car, and runs after them. Suddenly, Angel hears two gunshots and finds the man lying dead under the bridge.
Doakes claims shooting him in self defense, after the man fired first. Angel is doubtful. The dead man is identified as Jacques Bayard , a war criminal from Haiti. Angel tells Doakes that Internal Affairs is pressing him on the shooting report but he needs to clear something up. Again, Doakes insists that Bayard shot first. Later, he meets again with McKay, this time in a car, and reluctantly admits that Doakes fired his gun first.
After LaGuerta checks the background of Bayard, she talks with Doakes. After a few minutes, Doakes details the atrocities committed by death squads called Tonton Macoutes that he witnessed while on Special Ops in Haiti. LaGuerta thinks Bayard deserved a lot worse than he got. She tells him not to worry; it will be over soon. He meets with LaGuerta to protest that he put everything on the line by telling the truth.
LaGuerta explains that IA received a phone call from an agency in Washington. Evidently, the case was a sensitive foreign relations issue. Batista is worried that he ratted out Doakes.
Doakes simply nods at Angel and walks off. Deb is sitting at her desk, eating cake. A clerk opens a box and takes out a jar filled with a red substance. Doakes yells to Dexter to get his ass over there. Reportedly, the writers knew from the first episode that Doakes was not long for this world.
Somebody had to give, and Dexter wasn't going to lose. Rushing the dramatic climax between the two was a mistake because the electrifying chemistry they shared as enemies soared off the charts and was rarely, if ever, replicated. Although the executive producers may have felt that Doakes reached the end of the road where realistic storytelling was concerned, fans of the quick-tempered and hilariously foul-mouthed character still feel that Dexter was robbed of a compelling antagonist.
Ridley is a screenwriter from NYC with a long-standing love of everything sci-fi and fantasy. Putting both their degree in psychology and background in film production to use, Ridley aims to create high-concept, genre-bending stories about compelling characters and the fascinating worlds they occupy.
Unfeeling assassin and supportive friend. Like all of us, he is confused, yet certain. He's the best and worst we can be — often simultaneously. We're always so busy focusing on Dexter Morgan and what he'll get away with next that a key aspect of Dexter often gets overlooked.
If America's criminal justice system worked better, there would be no need for vigilantes like Dexter when criminals get away with crimes through loopholes or a skilled defense attorney. In particular, when Dexter goes after freed rapists, he's highlighting a real-life crisis in America that involves disbelieving victims as well as not testing every rape kit that's been turned into evidence.
Could this be why Dexter had so many female fans? Dexter takes wife beaters, spouse killers, pedophiles, and other sexual predators off the street with cool precision and does make the world a little bit safer for women and children. On the flip side, Dexter also shows us how easy it is to game the law enforcement system from the inside. Harry's code insists that the person Dexter targets must be a killer or other kind of confirmed monster. Dexter is able to change information in computer databases.
On the occasion he gets bored and needs a victim, with just a few keystrokes he can release someone on bail to kill them himself. In one example, this is how Dexter eventually identified the men who killed his mother. And because of his easygoing persona, Sergeant James Doakes Erik King is the only person who ever suspects something is off with Dexter until much later on in his story. Harry's code defines Dexter's approach to vigilante justice, but it isn't foolproof.
And the more human Dexter becomes in building his personal relationships at home and at work, the more he opens up innocent people around him to the collateral violence of his targets. Dexter is also a consummate risk-taker whose exploits get more and more dangerous as the years go by.
Arguably the worst death that Dexter sets in motion is that of his eventual wife, Rita Julie Benz. Because of Dexter's push and pull with the Trinity Killer, a. Rita's murder has been named one of the most shocking television deaths of all time.
Next is the death of Sargeant Doakes, the first person outside Dexter's family to suspect there was something off with him. Worse, because of the circumstances surrounding Doakes' explosive death, Dexter manages to pin his own crimes on Doakes, ruining his stellar record posthumously.
Nobody goes to Doakes' funeral. Dexter also gets Lt. Maria LaGuerta Luna Lauren Velez killed when she learns about Dexter's identity, forcing Deb to choose between her brother and her colleague. Deb chooses her brother, but not without great personal loss. Unlike other crime shows that would wait until later seasons before really amping up the stakes, by its second season Dexter has his crimes come to light after divers find his dumping ground off the Miami coast.
Dexter is dubbed the Bay Harbor Butcher, and he even assists in the lab work for his own crimes. This tension does a great deal for Dexter's character development right off the bat. Harry taught him never to get caught, and because of his smarts he thought he had the system beat. When his dumping ground is revealed it's an enormous reality check for Dexter that grounds him for a few years after it happens.
But as his life develops and his family grows, he starts to get sloppy again, culminating in too many incidental deaths as he battles his Dark Passenger. The Bay Harbor Butcher is also the turning point in Dexter's arc where collateral deaths that don't meet the standard of Harry's code begin in earnest.
Dexter begins framing Sgt. Doakes for all the murders, but has no intention of killing him. Because of her obsession with Dexter, Lila kills Doakes, thinking Dexter will love her for it. She's wrong — and ends up being the next Bay Harbor Butcher victim.
For certain kinds of crimes, like sexual violence, revenge is sometimes the only justice a victim might have. A horrifying study examined how two-thirds of rapists get away with this heinous crime. Dexter 's fifth season features one of the most brutal and disgusting groups of villains brought to the screen. They filmed each prolonged session of torture before killing the women, putting them in a barrel, and dumping it in the Florida Everglades. When Dexter kills Fowler, he doesn't realize that the gang's final victim Lumen Pierce Julia Stiles is still being held.
She witnesses Dexter dispatching Fowler, and because of the nature of the crime she survived, her shame is too great to make the events public. Dexter decides to help Lumen hunt down the men who brutalized her. Debra Morgan figures out that two people, a man and a woman, are killing the Barrel Girl rapists one by one.
And when Lumen and Dexter are about to kill the last one, Deb finds their hideout. In a twist nobody saw coming, Deb lets the pair go with a grudging admiration for what they have accomplished. She's seen the DVDs of what those monsters did, and allows the pair to finish their revenge spree.
As a law enforcement insider, Deb is all too aware of the reality of prosecuting rape cases, which forces the victim to relive the events over and over. Deb agrees in this case that revenge is the best justice. Like Hannibal Lecter, Dexter is one of the few serial killers viewers actually root for, even after he messes up and gets innocent folks killed.
Michael C.
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