Dexter: Original Sin
monition ! This clause carry looter for Dexter : Original Sin season 1 , episode 10.Dexter ( Patrick Gibson ) saved Nicky Spencer from overwhelm at his father ’s manus in the finale ofDexter : Original Sinseason 1 , and the scene was a perfect parallel to Harry Morgan ’s ( Christian Slater ) capital tragedy . AfterAaron Spencer ( Patrick Dempsey ) was revealed as the kidnapper , Dexter made it his mission to show Spencer ’s guilt feelings . As he investigated , Dexter learned that Nicky , Spencer ’s Word , was still alive , and he decide to trick Spencer into head him to Nicky inOriginal Sinepisode 9 . By theending ofOriginal Sinseason 1 , Dexter had ultimately tracked the boy down .
Spencer tried to drown Nicky at the bottom of a cargo ship , but Dexter was able to deliver him . It queer Spencer ’s plan that he had been carry out all time of year long , but Dexter ’s actions also process as a callback to Harry ’s story from thepremiere ofOriginal Sinseason 1 . In fact , Dexter did n’t just bringOriginal Sinfull rotary , he also justifiedthe Code of Harry , and finally made up for one of his adoptive don ’s majuscule mistake .
Dexter Successfully Saves Nicky From Drowning While Harry Failed To Save Junior
Though Harry Thought He Created A Monster, Dexter Succeeded In Saving A Child Where Harry Failed
When Dexter successfully saved Nicky from drowning , he was a gross parallel to Harry Morgan in the beginning in the time of year . In one of Harry ’s flashbacks , Original Sinrevealed he had a son name Junior , and that Junior died from drowning in the family pool while Harry was n’t looking . away from the broad similarities of Dexter save a submerge nestling and Harry not being able-bodied to , there were other parallel between them . Both Harry and Dexter draw close Nicky and Junior ’s drownings in the same way by dive into the water without a moment ’s hesitation , and they both even do oral cavity - to - mouth resuscitation while still underwater .
Harry makes a strong point to Brian about Dexter ’s well - being in the Dexter : Original Sin time of year 1 finale that even Brian ca n’t facilitate but agree with .
Losing Junior was apparently a monumental tragedy for Harry and his married woman , Doris ( Jasper Lewis ) , and he in all likelihood blame himself for not watching more closely . When Dexter saved Nicky from drowning , however , he basically succeed where Harry die with Junior . In a way , Dexter even " made up for " Harry ’s mistake , since Harry raised Dexter well enough to economize Nicky ’s life sentence . Dexter ’s courageousness and success in saving Nicky ’s living probably stand for much more to Harry than he allow on in the closing curtain ofOriginal Sinseason 1 .
Spencer Trying To Kill Nicky By Drowning Him Makes Him Even More Evil After Harry’s Tragedy
Spencer Knew How Junior Died & How Nicky’s Drowning Death Would Have Affected Harry
The fact that Aaron Spencer was planning to drown Nicky the entire time he had him does n’t just highlight Dexter ’s good , it also highlights just how malevolent Spencer was . Spencer knew Harry for years , and he indirectly mentioned that he knew how Junior had go from drown . Spencer ’s decision to drown Nicky would have added just a moment more ruthlessness for Harry , as he would have made connections between Nicky and Junior Morgan . Killing a child in any way is manifestly repulsive , but the fact that Spencer chose the one method that would have hurt Harry the most makes him even more noisome inDexter : Original Sin .
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