Dexter Page #19

CUT BACK TO:

THE FURIOUS DEXTER

Staring at the computer -- hatred all over his face.

DEXTER (V.O.) (CONT'D)

...Now it's just a matter of time

before he becomes a drop of blood in

my glass slide collection.

(beat)

But I have to wait, because what I do

requires infinite planning and I have

to be careful and follow the code of

Harry.

And as Dexter pushes back from his desk, we hear --

YOUNG DEXTER (O.S.)

Is that why we took this trip, Pop?

FLASHBACK TO:

EXT. CAMPGROUNDS - CENTRAL FL - LATE AFTERNOON

The sun is going down and little Dexter is helping his father

build a campfire -- throws a couple of twigs into the pile.

YOUNG DEXTER:

To talk about this?

Harry gets on his knees, blows into the embers, the fire

ignites, then he stands, faces Dexter.

HARRY:

I'm getting old, son, and I think when

you get older, people understand

things differently.

(sits next to Dexter)

See -- It's not a question of getting

soft or seeing things in shades of

grey instead of black and white. I

really believe it's just a matter of

understanding things differently --

Understanding things in a better way.

YOUNG DEXTER:

I think I understand.

43.

Beat.

HARRY:

Ten years ago, I would have had you

committed -- but now I know better.

(gently)

You're a good kid, Dexter.

YOUNG DEXTER:

(sincere, distraught)

No Pop, I'm bad. I'm...

HARRY:

(cuts him off)

No...You're good...You are, Dex...I

know it and you know it and I know it

because...because otherwise you

wouldn't care what me or your mom

thought -- you'd just do it. But we're

not going to be here forever so we

have to get you sorted out.

He stares into Dexter's eyes.

YOUNG DEXTER:

Pop, I'm sorry.

HARRY:

(beat, then very gently)

Come here, son.

Harry leans over, flicks the hair away from Dexter's face.

HARRY (CONT'D)

What do you remember from before? You

know, before we took you in?

Beat.

YOUNG DEXTER:

Nothing.

HARRY:

Good -- nobody should remember that,

because what happened to you as a

little boy shaped you.

YOUNG DEXTER:

Will I ever remember?

HARRY:

I hope not.

(beat)

(MORE)

44.

HARRY (CONT'D)

What happened was too strong, it was

too much. It got into you too early,

son and it's going to stay there --

and listen to me carefully now -- it's

going to make you want to kill and you

won't be able to stop it.

YOUNG DEXTER:

(sad)

So, I'm going be like this forever?

HARRY:

Yes, and nothing can change that --

but you can channel it. Control it. We

can use it for good.

(beat)

I going to teach you how to choose

what and who you kill. Teach you how

not to get caught.

(beat)

This will be our secret. Just between

you and me? No one else can ever know.

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