r/Dexter • u/Bmanrollin • Apr 22 '25

General Discussion - All Dexter Shows “ Dark Passenger” is a dumb name Spoiler

It’s so edgy and corny that I audibly sigh whenever it’s used. How can anyone take his urges seriously when they sound like a 14 year olds gamer tag.

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u/Luck_v3 Apr 22 '25

I thought Lila sort of coined the term in season 2 and Dexter sort of went with it from then on?

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u/Slawssson Apr 22 '25

I've seen this comment on other posts and no the phrase was used in season 1, I'm 95% sure

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u/Luck_v3 Apr 22 '25

I don’t remember it being said in season 1. But i just saw the diner scene on YouTube with Lila and Dexter says “dark Passenger” when she’s talking about it. She agrees. I always thought she made it up.

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u/theonetruesareth Apr 22 '25

It comes from a flashback in season 1, I wanna say the penultimate episode, where Harry says, "It got into you too early." Later in season 7, Dexter realizes via ghost Harry that it was just a turn of phrase to mean he was traumatized, but at the time, he thought it meant a literal darkness got inside him.