Best of Harry Morgan 👀 Seasons 1 & 2 | Dexter

[@ethanloguisto]

I like how it constantly switches between a younger Dexter actor and just Michael c hall with a wig on

[@trunklemcjeans]

Bruh Harry was almost worse than Dexter 😂😂 “yea there’s NOTHING we can do you gotta start killing criminals as a teenager”

[@randommf3549]

😂😂

[@amanhasnousername1614]

Tbf, Brian experienced what they would have done to Dexter all his life, and they let him go just to be way worse than Dexter ever was. I don't know if shit like this really gets fixed. Usually, these people just end up dead, in prison, or murderers on the run. I guess Dexter did end up on the run but at least he killed murderers who evaded justice rather than innocent people.

[@WiseSageBum]

@@amanhasnousername1614 1. It's a show, so Brian showing no improvement is probably more of a dramatic device so he's the devil on Dexter's shoulder 2. There are therapies and treatments for compulsive behavior and intrusive thoughts that don't involve letting the person give into them, i.e. Cognitive Behavior Therapy, medications like antidepressants, etc. It's not a complete fix, but it can help make someone functional in their life and in society without becoming a danger to themselves or others

[@CinemastringFacts-iy4yb]

​@@amanhasnousername1614 there definitely is a middle point between what Brian went through and Harry telling Dexter " you are traumatized and kill animals? Welp you are a bloodthirsty monster who can't feel any emotions whatsoever"

[@amanhasnousername1614]

@@CinemastringFacts-iy4yb Is there a middle point? I guess he could have just tried to sorta get him some help with some meds/therapy without putting him in a hosptial but if that doesn't work with a guy growing up in a hospital I doubt it would being half assed. Keep in mind he said he wanted to kill people too and was unable to control himself. Harry told him dude come to me when you get urges and he still did shit without telling him. At some point you gotta do something and he did what he thought would work best.

[@amartyaroy3754]

Harry trained him to be what he was, then was surprised when his training came to fruition, and then killed himself to further Dexter's guilt. He was a scumbag after all.

[@JohnWall-lj1mx]

I hated him so much crazy old man

[@Pat4ever.]

Harry was just as much of a serial killer as Dexter, he intentionally trained him to be one.

[@jamillajohnson6108]

He never trained him to dismember his victims.. Dexter could have simply killed his victims... He dismembered them!

[@deanfranz]

@@jamillajohnson6108 But then he'd be breaking "the code" ... the part where Harry taught him to "cover his tracks"

[@jamillajohnson6108]

@@deanfranz That's the kill room... It's the reason he uses plastic.. That is to "leave no trace behind" He's said that before to Miguel and Harrison in New Blood... Harrison: Why all the plastic Dexter: Ever heard of leave no trace.. Any fiber, hair, or drop of blood can get you caught. Harrison: And the first rule of the code is don't get caught. Dexter: Yep No part of the code had anything to do with dismemberment.. Harry hoped Dexter didn't remember that part of his trauma. Dexter was dismembering his victims because of the deeply rooted trauma he witnessed as a child.. Unbeknownst to him... Harry however, when he saw what Dexter had done. Understood fully of what he had created... The only thing keeping Dexter from killing just anyone.. Was Harry's influence and code of conduct as a man and police officer.. He was both Deb and Dexter's White Knight. But none of what Harry taught Dexter had anything to do with dismemberment.. That was all Dexter's twisted trauma coming to the surface.. And he liked it.. He was smiling, proud of what he'd done.. Killing, Harry had no issue with, he's a cop and probably has killed on the job. But cutting up people, that is some next level stuff right there. If you remember Dexter wasn't cutting up the dogs or animals he killed. When Harry found them, he never mentioned Dex had dismembered them. He simply killed them. It was humans he was cutting up... That is what shocked Harry into killing himself.

[@DontLookBehindYou1]

That kid looks just like Dexter... especially when they show parts of his face from certain angles or close up

[@pretzelstick320]

Yeah this show had some really good casting choices.

[@ww5912]

Wonder how they find him only his hair was not matching otherwise casting was perfect

[@vfernandes9475]

Revisiting Dexter I see again that the real Harry was very bloodthristy and short sighted, Debra was far more worthy of being a cop than her father.

[@WiseSageBum]

My mom and I watched the first couple of seasons together Our pet theory is that Harry was living vicariously through Dexter. On some level, he wanted to be a vigilante killer, but he was afraid of the consequences. When he learned that Dexter had urges to kill, he decided to "let" Dexter live out his fantasy.

[@donteherriott5509]

I always personally believed Dexter had PTSD but Harry twisted it into something far more disturbing. That quack Vogel did not help either. They both killed boy and brought out the monster.

[@ashishedwin5182]

Poor Dexter, even Harry used him and left him with guilt after killing himself.

[@souly8024]

I wouldn’t say used, he always wanted to help Dexter any way he could he was fine with his first 2 kills but witnessing the 3rd looking at the chop of body he realised it was just the way dexters mother was killed, he felt guilt he lied to his son and couldn’t take it he should have never

[@dogwelderyt]

@@souly8024yea

[@jamillajohnson6108]

Harry taught Dexter the Code... Dexter took it further by dismembering his victims. That was never apart of Harry's teaching.. Dexter added that little tidbit into the equation... Everything looks good in theory, until it's laid out in front of you... Harry was trying his best with a son he didn't fully understand.. He tried as much as he could to instill NEVER HURT AN INNOCENT... But... Dismembering his victims.. Anyone walking in on that would be disgusted.... Harry didn't see how damaged Dexter was when allowing/teaching him to kill and cover it up...

[@dogwelderyt]

@@jamillajohnson6108 yes exactly also for some reason back when i didn’t watch the show i always thought dexter just used some lethal injection needle to kill people instantly

[@sackboyx9128]

@@jamillajohnson6108how else would you hide the body? Any other safe way for him to hide the body and not get caught would have been just as brutal if not more. Seems to me like there could have been other ways to handle a child dexter if Harry wasn’t about that life.

[@zackarywest8096]

i feel bad for the charecter of dexter. Harry built him up his entire life to live by this code and then when Harry sees it in action he rejects dexter, and yet dexter goes his whole life living by this code. super sad story.

[@dustinreid9472]

I never realized how insane harry was

[@christianporter3638]

I dont know why he didn't just become an operator. Someone who goes to war and can legally kill bad guys, all while protecting the country. But then, there wouldn't be such a compelling show

[@ultimate0706]

If you join the military just to kill people they're gonna know, even if you fool them somehow there's a lot more to it than just killing people even if you're at a super elite level, and there's no guarantee you'll get to kill anyone on your own with no intervention from anyone else (military units are about cohesion and teamwork, not ritualistic killing). The first Reacher movie with Tom Cruise is about a soldier that joins the army for that exact purpose and predictably it goes bad, it's a great watch if you're interested.

[@spyguy1099]

He doesn't really want to risk his life as well as he wants to savior the moments when he kills if he became a operator he wouldn't have time to savior any of his kills

[@ninjaguyYT]

​@@spyguy1099 Savor. A savior is a person who saves you.

[@dustinreid9472]

​@@ninjaguyYTsavour

[@kyledamy1535]

@@dustinreid9472potato potato

[@DrakeSmith-tn6ij]

Harry Morgan is the kind of character who deserves his own show that traces his police career and how he raised Dexter and Deb.

[@triplecripple17]

Glad we'll be able to see more of him in original sin

[@Joy-qw3wm]

Yes ,Harry was one of my favourites on the show.

[@nVinter]

at 10:59 when harry says "stop her" you can see the FAINTEST smile from dexter, like he's excited for the prospect of what harry is saying, but doesn't want to show it.

[@horsegirlb7120]

Kid played the younger version of the Mentalist too, he's good at the whole psychopathy thing

[@BigMick502]

It's so messed up that Harry made him into something and once he saw what he made he couldn't handle it and he killed himself he should have just tried to help Dexter in other ways instead he used him turned him into something that even he couldn't handle

[@Sniperboy5551]

It’s like he didn’t want to believe it. He knew his son was screwed up, but once it was confirmed, he couldn’t handle the reality.

[@darqen666]

​@Sniperboy5551 the way I took the scene was it hit home as it looks like Dexter was doing it in their garage so he's brought this to their home, but also the fact that he's standing over a mutilated Dead body, and Dexters almost child like 'look what I did dad' attitude. He probably thought he was training an assassin, not the monster, as people said he also probably wasn't expecting to see the dismemberment.

[@Sniperboy5551]

@darqen666 An assassin and a monster have one degree of separation: morality. Dexter followed the code until he couldn’t, but his dad never got a chance to see it. I still think that his dad did the right thing, at least most of his kills didn’t involve “innocent” people. Dexter wasn’t a psychopath, he had emotions. Maybe a sociopath with self-taught emotions, but better than nothing.

[@DAngeloTheVA]

Jeez his acting was incredible. Right at that last scene when he looked at the body and the back at Dexter with a tiny subtle nod was like he wanted to say "Good job" or be proud as a father but he just couldn't take it anymore. He finally saw the monster he was becoming in full fruition and couldn't take it. He didn't nuture a bad guy. He nutured something far worse.

[@esmewvimes2901]

Pinocchio. Dexter. 💯 We don't find out till much later, that Harry has obsessed over this with a Psychologist and tried to use him for "good". I'm disappointed Dex. I'm proud of you, Dex. Dexter thought his dad would be proud. He lives by Harry's Code. Harry = Frankenstein. Dexter = his Creation. Dexter lives in his head. I understand.

[@thewillofabeast9079]

One of my favorite moments between Dexter and Harry is when Dexter was returning home and noticed Harry standing on the roadside, Dexter pulled over and Harry said “Welcome home, Dexter.” and got into the car and Dexter drove off.

[@HuffdrewPaint]

That firing range scene is one of the most strangely written, strangely directed things in the whole show. There had to be some cuts for time there.

[@marcobelli6856]

I interpreted it as his father pretending to still be in control and gaslighting his armed son that it was an accident. Like if you have seen GOT when Tyrion is about to kill Tywin and Tywin tries to play it cool, only it didn’t work in GOT but here it’s how it could have looked like if it worked.

[@nickirmen6671]

0:26 Fuck I miss those power bars, the chocolate ones especially

[@BryanMetcalf-ld7cb]

Try muscle sandwich bars. They're soooo damn good.

[@dannyphantom6006]

Dude whoever they had playing Dexter when he was young looked just like Dexter as an adult !

[@ninjaguyYT]

He wasn't a denier. He was a believer.

[@dannyphantom6006]

@@ninjaguyYT autocorrect got me lol. I have corrected it

[@sergoldenhandthejust1495]

Adult kid Dex looks so ridiculous 😂😂😂

[@1.21gigawatts2]

It's show business. Slap on a goofy wig and BAM! they're 15 years younger.

[@JohnWall-lj1mx]

Got a laugh out of me and my brother when watching it on Netflix a grown man pretending to be a disrespectful teenager while wearing a ridiculous wig is comedy gold

[@yesmate3442]

I justify it in my head as Dexter's memories. You know like how you imagine the past and you imagine how you look is probably not how you actually look.

[@Sergioisdead]

Fr 🤣🤣🤣 I always died at that grown ass man teenager

[@randommf3549]

😂

[@1x4]

It doesn't mean he was right, but it seemed to me his dad was doing the best he could.

[@kingz2843]

Yeah, I’d argue that Harry really did do the best he could. He did create the monster that was Dexter Morgan but he did not know enough of Dexter’s emotions after killing to tell him to not relish or savor the killing. I feel like Dexter’s pride in killing and showing it to his father is what did both of them in. Harry could only do so much to protect and teach his son but he couldn’t teach him how to channel his emotions.

[@Forverlost2017]

Too many different writers killed this show. Went in to many directions.

[@BigMick502]

It was a great show all the way through the Trinity Killer but once that happened it jumped the shark big time

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

@@BigMick502Nah season 5 was great too

[@exiledhebrew1994]

@@mikeyoungblood1642it went downhill after they killed doakes

[@pearly872]

@@exiledhebrew1994 too bad, such a poor actor.

[@zahidulislamimran5664]

the cult season was good

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

What Harry did to Dexter was a kind of abuse. He should have gotten him help.

[@JCRXV]

He did though. In Season 8 It was revealed that Dexter was taken to a Psychologist and that his symptoms started to show during his early adolescent years even before the flashback of him killing the neighbors dog. Moreover it was the psychologist who helped come up with the baseline foundations of the Code that Harry used to help Dex harness his symptomatic behaviors. Harry in more ways than one did his absolute best to help Dex and it paid off till the end. It kept him out of prison, like Harry wanted . All the percieved sessions of therapy and help you think wouldv've helped would only prolong the inevitable to the point that Dexter would've made a careless mistake and landed himself in prison or worse.

[@ÑEZ0688]

Help? Harry wasn't some regular Joe. He was a cop and he knew you couldn't "help" Dexter in any conventional way.

[@trunklemcjeans]

@@ÑEZ0688that’s not really true about antisocial personality disorder. There are a number of new therapy methods that are much more impactful than talk therapy which is still considered sometimes useless with extreme cases of the disorder.

[@trunklemcjeans]

@@JCRXV”would’ve”, “probably”, “did his best” these are all the assumptions harry overlooked and he’s lucky dexter didn’t turn out worse than he did as a result.

[@tbuckley2031]

@@JCRXV nope without that shrink he’d be a killer killing killers but without a foundation for a proper moral code

[@jbjigga7045]

I just can't believe he would encourage his own son to be a killer I found some reasons why too Dexter's father, Harry Morgan, encouraged him to be a killer in an attempt to channel his inherent dark urges into a more controlled and specific direction. Here's a breakdown of his motivations: * Protection: Harry believed that Dexter was a sociopath with an inherent desire to kill. He saw this as a dangerous trait that could lead to harm if unchecked. * Guidance: Harry wanted to guide Dexter's impulses, teaching him a strict code of conduct that would allow him to kill only those he deemed truly deserving of it. This code was designed to prevent Dexter from harming innocent people. * Control: By teaching Dexter how to kill, Harry hoped to maintain a degree of control over his son's actions. He believed that if Dexter could be taught to channel his impulses in a specific way, it would be less likely for him to harm others indiscriminately. Essentially, Harry's actions were driven by a complex mix of fear, love, and a desire to protect both Dexter and society. However, his methods were controversial and ultimately led to a life of darkness and violence for his son.

[@dustinreid9472]

8:53 DEXTERS HAIRCUT LOOOOOL

[@TheIrishRushin]

Harry. The real psychopath.

[@carrickrichards2457]

A very odd, black, twisted but clever series. Whatever you think of it, you have to have mixed feelings about it.

[@awesomeguy-rq8zw]

Anyone else thinks he sounds like Thomas Haden Church at around 1:24?

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Teen Dexter looks similar to the actor who plays Carl Grimes from TWD

[@creedparker]

I think he’s a decent bit older than chandler

[@AqvaSerpentis]

Dexter could’ve been a CIA interrogator, do all the dirty work

[@TheNickheath999]

Harry was a god damn saint

[@newsquad1067]

I ❤ harry

[@Jay-n262]

Harry was an important part of this show. I hope they bring him back in Resurrection.

[@djs10261026]

Ahoy, there, captain! Any big marlin out there today?

[@HappyIceSkate-lj6hm]

I give my left atm for a mentor as good as Harry.

[@HappyIceSkate-lj6hm]

@user-mi5tu2rq6r just someone as smart as him.to give me life lessons.

[@ninjaguyYT]

​@user-mi5tu2rq6ran ATM is a an automatic teller machine. He has two of those, and he's willing to give away the left one.

[@manny123957]

In a way Harry did the best for Dexter. Dexter was screwed in the beginning by what happened to him. It’s not his fault that he got messed up. Harry turned him into a force for good and rightful vengeance. Idc what people say the law fails sometimes. And there has to be someone that has to make that right whether it’s outside the law or not.

[@Wyrmwould]

When I first saw this, I thought in very childish terms. I thought to myself: Is this the birth of a super hero or a super villain? And then later I realized how childish that was and I said: There are not super heroes or super villains. Sometimes, to some people in some situations Dexter was a hero, and to other people at other times in other situations, he was a villain. He was an angel to some and a devil to others. Like a tool, it just came down to how he was used and Harry tried to use him for what Harry defined as "good" but the writers were clever enough (at least in the early seasons) to deal with the many problems that could result from this situation. It's like Dexter was the gun in Harry's hand. Man, what a great show!

[@newsquad1067]

Omfg when harry was dying Dexter and Deb looked so goofy (ik it’s wrong to say that) but whatever

[@pretzelstick320]

The hair piece was hilarious

[@SupremeManiax]

Ajax moved to Miami, changed his name identity so they won’t know he’s affiliated with The Warriors🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dillonmendola46]

Was looking for this comment Fucking nobody knows that movie I'm 30 years old and love that old movie.

[@ReptarM]

2fast 2Furious everytime 😎

[@elrenegat61]

Harry potter, you're a wizard No, I'm a serial killer groomer, a shame I couldn't get the second kid, they would have made one hell of a combo

[@Sniperboy5551]

Harry was a good father. He did what he could with what he had. Dexter probably would’ve turned out the same regardless. Nurture has a lot more influence than nature in most cases.

[@joesuchy1157]

I agree this guy did not know what to do and he tried his best

[@philippaul6039]

Top 10 sexy dads and I will hear no arguments against it XD

[@kingkongchief1177]

It’s so fucked up this guy didn’t get his son the psychiatric help he needed that would’ve helped him with his PTSD of watching his Mom get murdered in front of him and sit in her blood surrounded by her chopped up body parts for 2 days and his urges to see blood and chop someone up like his Mom because of it. Instead he let Dexter be crazy and TRAINED him how to kill people but only criminals. Dexter could’ve grown up to be a healthy and normal person if his Dad would’ve gotten him proper care at an early age when he saw signs of psychotic serial killer behavior.

[@echolot]

in the words of the wise prophet Dave Chappelle: "notice how s***ty the wig is."

[@laufeysuniverse2698]

wait, did he ever told debbie that harry taught him all of this?

[@obsidianwarrior5580]

SPOILER Yes, he tells her during the events of season 7 after she finds out he's the Bay Harbour Butcher.

[@gryphon940]

Why are they always sweating in the flashbacks?

[@mkram2154]

It’s Florida.

[@erdicoskun5018]

Fix Dexter New Blood ending

[@thedoif2540]

If you truly want to fix dexter, start over after season 4. The show was never the same after that point.

[@mrbruh2689]

@@thedoif2540season 5 is good too

[@StelioKontos42069]

@@thedoif2540 i think people are just blinded because the first 4 seasons were so fantastic, season 5 was alright season 6 was good and the last 2 were almost unbearable.

[@ArjunB5]

⁠@@StelioKontos42069Season 7 was actually good, it was 6 and 8 that were unbearable.

[@strongbone9471]

​@@StelioKontos42069whatever season had the doomsday killer was when the show went downhill

[@Missespelt]

Harry looked afraid of dexter so I reckon he did that so he wouldn’t get killed himself

[@JaefarSABNW]

11:16

[@OssianF1]

Obviously it’s fake and a show so take this with a pinch of salt, but why not the army for him or like fighting, ik he learnt jiu jitsu but him not being in army never made sense to me

[@loandbaxhuku9617]

Actually, studies show that the people who join and excel in the army are very high in conscientiousness. Someone like Dexter would have gone the way of Gomer Pyle in FMJ. He'd stick out, get punched down by the drill, refuse to bend & change, get his unit in trouble, they haze him. He kills and/or dies there.

[@tobiaseaton200]

he'd have to take more orders in the army. its more regimental than the police force. also not much free ability to do whatever you want

[@WiseSageBum]

My mom and I watched the first couple of seasons together Our pet theory is that Harry was living vicariously through Dexter. On some level, he wanted to be a vigilante killer, but he was afraid of the consequences. When he learned that Dexter had urges to kill, he decided to "let" Dexter live out his fantasy.