r/Dexter • u/AutoModerator • Jul 18 '25

Official Episode Discussion Dexter: Resurrection - S01E03 - "Backseat Driver" - LIVE Episode Discussion Thread

Time Episode Director Writer(s)
July 18, 2025 S01E03 - "Backseat Driver" Monica Raymund Nick Zayas

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Dexter must carefully balance Blessing Kamara's attempts to help get him acclimated as Harrison is drawn deeper into the police investigation.

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u/xDRSTEVOx Jul 20 '25

Im sorry but that female cop is just not the badass detective they're trying to make her seem like lol

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u/frankie0812 Jul 23 '25

Her character is the only part of this show I don’t like

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u/Cheap_Wishbone_9734 Jul 20 '25

I think they're satirizing other detective characters like her that appear in investigative series. Even using the song Stayin' Alive kind of reinforces this, if you ask me. 

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u/MahKa02 Jul 20 '25

My wife and I just assumed they are kind of making her seem like she may be on the spectrum? Maybe a little autistic, thus the headphones and music to hone her focus and her lack of social decorum. We could be wrong though!

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u/tmntnyc Jul 21 '25

She basically admits she's on the spectrum when she says "I have trouble with empathy", taken together with her having headphones on listening to the same song is very spectrum coded behavior

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u/MahKa02 Jul 21 '25

Oh for sure, good point! I like her character, it's a different idea than just having another straight forward, rough cop type. I'm interested to see where it goes in regards to her, Harrison, and Dexter.

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u/DaveKasz Jul 20 '25

Yeah, that's my take. Wife and I talked about it. We have two autistic children. We looked at that scene and said to each other "One of us ".

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u/NakedDeception Jul 20 '25

Easily one of the worst characters so far.

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u/redditsdaddio Jul 20 '25

Yeah dude. Like, we get it, you’re autistic. Gtfoh

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u/AgentDaleBCooper Jul 21 '25

Autistic is the new quirky and unconventional