[And here's the spoiler warning ... ]
It was Dexter's discovery, voiced near the end of the episode, that he not only has a hunger to kill those who deserve it -- in his inimitable way -- but he could sense the darkness in other killers as well. In this case, Captain Spencer, who has not only kidnapped his own son, and cut off his finger, but in episode 1.8 kills I don't how many people exactly, just to cover his own tracks. (He has had his son's shirt planted in his victims' house.)
But this actually makes another crucial point. Not all "darkness" is the same in Dexter's world. Dexter gets pleasure from killing, but not from killing innocent people. Not even innocent people who might reveal Dexter's killing. After all, it was Deb who killed LaGuerta in the original Dexter series, not Dexter. Harry's code, which Dexter internalized, strictly forbids the deliberate killing of any innocent person.
So what Dexter realizes he can recognize in others is the general "darkness" of being driven to kill other people. And this, of course, is something that can both fuel and guide Dexter's hunt for victims. (I have a vague recollection that Dexter may have collided with another beneficial serial killer -- that is, a serial killer of other killers -- but I can't quite recall where in the original series that happened, if it happened at all.)
Other notable parts of this important episode include Deb learning the truth about her boyfriend (I told you he was bad, an obvious point), and Laura Moser nearing her end. Which I very much regret, because I think she and Harry are a good couple. But, hey, you can't change history, unless you're telling an alternate history storyfar , which all the Dexter stories so far are definitely not.
See also Dexter: Original Sin 1.1: Activation of the Code ... 1.2-1.3: "The Finger Is Missing" ... 1.4: The Role of Luck in Dexter's Profession and Life ... 1.5: Revelations and Relations ... 1.6: On the Strong, Non-Serial-Killer Parts of the Show ... 1.7: First Big Shocker
And see also Dexter Season 6 Sneak Preview Review ... Dexter 6.4: Two Numbers and Two Killers Equals? ... Dexter 6.5 and 6.6: Decisive Sam ... Dexter 6.7: The State of Nebraska ... Dexter 6.8: Is Gellar Really Real? .... Dexter 6.9: And Geller Is ... ... Dexter's Take on Videogames in 6.10 ...Dexter and Debra: Dexter 6.11 ... Dexter Season 6 Finale: Through the Eyes of a Different Love
And see also Dexter Season 4: Sneak Preview Review ... The Family Man on Dexter 4.5 ...Dexter on the Couch in 4.6 ... Dexter 4.7: 'He Can't Kill Bambi' ... Dexter 4.8: Great Mistakes ...4.9: Trinity's Surprising Daughter ... 4.10: More than Trinity ... 4.11: The "Soulless, Anti-Family Schmuck" ... 4.12: Revenges and Recapitulations
And see also reviews of Season 3: Season's Happy Endings? ... Double Surprise ... Psychotic Law vs. Sociopath Science ... The Bright, Elusive Butterfly of Dexter ... The True Nature of Miguel ...Si Se Puede on Dexter ... and Dexter 3: Sneak Preview Review
See also about Season 1: First Place to Dexter
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