7th May 2019
Get Gellar - S6-E9
Dexter Morgan: Are you okay?
Debra Morgan: Yeah, I just threw away a pair of shoes because they're full of blood, but I'm great.
Dexter: 'Cause I'm here if you need a chair.
Debra: What?
Dexter: What you said before. I'm a chair.
Debra: Yeah, but I don't want a chair. I want a table.
Dexter: Deb, what are you even saying?
5th May 2019
Dirty Harry - S4-E5
Question: In some episodes they mention an officer's romantic relationships can be used by attorneys to somehow discredit the officer and get the suspect off. In this episode specifically, Deputy Chief Matthews says the department can't risk a defense attorney turning Lt. LaGuerta and Sgt. Batista's romantic involvement a courtroom sideshow every time they work a case together (and thus Batista needs to be transferred out of Homicide). But why would it matter? Is this just "Hollywood" exaggeration for plot purposes? Wouldn't the prosecution object based on relevance if the defense attorney tried to bring this up, especially since Lt. Guerta disclosed the relationship through the proper channels? Or is Matthews lying for an ulterior motive.
5th May 2019
Question: Dexter tests the blood on Miguel's shirt, to see if it's Freebo's. It looks like he's just using a DNA sequencer and the blood result comes back "bovine." Can a DNA sequencer differentiate which species the blood came from like that? Or perhaps he was using a different type of blood analysis machine? Is there an analysis machine that's capable of that? I thought the way to test if blood is human or not, "anti-human serum" is mixed with the blood to see if it will clot. So wouldn't the only way to tell it was bovine blood is to inject it with "anti-bovine serum"?
Answer: The short answer is yes, it could. but, it would have to be set up to analyze results to differentiate species. The sequencer will report the base pairs for any properly prepared sample, but interpreting the results is a software package. The software is available, but I would think it unlikely that an analysis package used in a forensics lab would have the capability to be so specific. More likely it would report "Non Human Sequences Found."
5th May 2019
Our Father - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Dexter and Vince are next to the dead girl, in the side shot, the tied string from her top is visible on her back and her hair is to the side. But in the overhead shot of her, her hair is covering the tied string and spread more over her back.
4th May 2019
Just Let Go - S6-E6
Factual error: When Dexter is looking at Leo Hernandez's criminal history, it shows Leo's social security number. However, it's a 10-digit number instead of a 9-digit number.
4th May 2019
26th Apr 2019
[MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" playing.]
Former Classmate: Come on, Dexter. It's hammer time.
Dexter: [internally] I have no idea what hammer time is. Or how it differs from regular time.
23rd Apr 2019
Factual error: When Maria is looking at Miguel's file, we see his Florida Driver's License. The expires date is wrong. FL driver's licenses expire on the person's birthday, not on the day the license was issued.
23rd Apr 2019
20th Apr 2019
Do You Take Dexter Morgan? - S3-E12
Character mistake: The petition for dissolution of marriage was filed on Jan 6, 1990 which is less than 5 months of marriage. However, the duration of the marriage says it's been 6 months.
17th Apr 2019
Continuity mistake: When Dex stabs Lila, the knife goes in near her stomach, where her vest starts. But in the close up shot, the knife is higher up in her, in her chest.
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Answer: It could be a combination of both. Defense attorneys will do just about anything they legally can to get their clients acquitted, so it's not unreasonable that they might try to convince a jury that a romantic relationship between two officers in the same precinct could somehow cause problems for a case. Even if it's unlikely to work, the department would want to avoid it altogether. Additionally, Matthews and LaGuerta don't particularly like each other and are shown multiple times throughout the series to be scheming against each other, so it could just as well be a power play by Matthews to put LaGuerta in her place.
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