#Dexter rita death serial#
#Dexter rita death series#

In ' Circle of Friends,' Rita told Dexter that Paul owned their house before she met him. On 6 January 1990, they divorced (as Dexter felt, due to a brief teen romance). Her husband at the time was John Alan Ackerman, a 21-year-old mechanic whom she married on 16 August 1989. Not a great deal of her early life was known, although it was revealed via a marriage certificate from when she was sixteen years old, that she lived at 321 Elmview Lane in Ashley, MI 48806. Rita Bennett was born Rita Ann Brandon in Ashley, Michigan, 19 April 1973 (approximate date) to mother Gail Marie Brandon and an unknown father (possibly deceased). For a time, she was moody and easily annoyed, feeling that he had violated her trust. After they were married about six months, they entered marriage counseling when she learned he had secretly kept his apartment. While Rita had previously paid his long absences and flimsy cover stories no mind, she began to pick up on Dexter's lies and question his erratic behavior. Later, a complicated situation involving Lila West (in which Rita and Dexter broke up and later reconciled) changed the fundamental nature of their relationship. Īt first, Rita tended to be naively unaware of Dexter's flaws. Rita, despite not liking violence, had season tickets to the Florida Panthers, and her favorite sport was hockey. Rita began to develop more confidence in herself, along with a growing sexual attraction to Dexter.

#Dexter rita death serial#

Rita was completely unaware that Dexter was a serial killer, and it delighted her that he was great with her children. Dexter felt that Rita was a perfect girlfriend because she was as damaged as he was in her own way. This was one of the reasons he kept seeing her as he considered himself emotionally removed from humanity, and thought that if Rita got too close to him, she would sense his darkness. Due to her violent past, Rita initially avoided sex with Dexter. Up there with MASH (yes, I'm an anti-war baby boomer), and I hope it lasts as long.Rita was a loving mother who previously was in an abusive marriage with Paul Bennett.

#Dexter rita death series#

I think this is truly one of the best TV series ever. I love just listening to it with my eyes closed and seeing if I can conjure up the scenes just from the sounds - and that has given me such an increased appreciation for the soundtrack - the way that wild and life-affirming Cuban music sings out in the midst of the carefully controlled compulsion to kill. I must have watched the first season 6 times now on Netflix Watch Instantly. I, too, hope this is not the beginning of the end for the show. I truly have no idea how Dexter is going to respond or continue being himself with all those added responsibilities and am totally on edge waiting to see. And though I'm not much of an expert, since I don't watch much TV, I'm really blown away by the way the show breaks taboos, with the season 4 finale the biggest 'normalcy'-wall smasher it has dared yet. And the writing is fantastic, or the acting couldn't be so good. I think it's the combination of such realistic-style acting (GREAT acting - the kind that truly lets you forget it's acting at all), with such a surreally unlikely situation. I am not a big TV watcher, but this show has really grabbed me. His guilt and shock and loss added to what he's already coping with. Who would have thought they would have the nerve to do that? And poor Dexter. It was like, yes! get rid of her, the whiny, self-centered, over-precious bitch!!! But NO! I didn't mean it, not like that! Personal issues aaide, though, I was both shocked to stunned breathlessness, as if it had happened to me or someone I knew, and yet thought it was one of the best season finales I'd ever seen. But when I saw her dripping blood in that bathtub with her baby watching, I felt so guilty. Lorelen I agree with ashen - I hated Rita, too.