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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Dexter: Original Sin season 1 (spoilers)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 04:37:58 -0000 (UTC)
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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>On 2025-02-17 2:47 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>On 2025-02-17 12:07 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

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>>>In the final episode, we see that he has serious doubts about being the
>>>father of his son, implying that his wife's affair was a long-standing
>>>one. Killing the boy seems to be his ultimate revenge on his wife's
>>>betrayal.

>>If the boy had another father, then he justified violence against him in
>>his own mind because he wasn't the natural father.

>>Regardless, if he had reason to believe that when he wasn't acting on
>>anger and resentment toward his wife, he'd have had a test done. Blood
>>testing, even without DNA testing that wouldn't have been available at
>>the time, could have ruled him out as the boy's father. A police
>>detective would have known that.

>Agreed. A simple blood test would have been sufficient to prove/disprove 
>paternity and the captain would have known it.

>>I assume he didn't have reason to believe it at all.

>Was Spencer so emotional that he would have forgotten that a blood test 
>might put his mind at ease over Nicky's paternity? It seems dubious but 
>not impossible.

The emotional onslaught came on suddenly. Then Dexter and another
detective sort of agreed it was possible for someone to flip out
unexpectedly. It was a script weakness.

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