1x09 Father Knows Best - Dexter Episode Guide

Dexter

- Episode 01x09

Episode: 01x09
Title: Father Knows Best
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 109
First Aired: Nov. 26, 2006

Season 1 » Episode #09 - Father Knows Best

Summary: While on a weekend getaway with Rita, his sister and her new beau, Dexter learns that his biological father, thought to be dead for 30 years, has just passed away, and that he's willed his son everything he owned.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Sergeant James Doakes	played by Erik King
Rudy Cooper	played by Christian Camargo
Paul Bennett	played by Mark Pellegrino
Young Dexter	played by Dominic Janes
Dr. Pittman	played by Dakin Matthews
Sgt. McKay	played by Joseph Lyle Taylor
Elderly Neighbor	played by Jeanette Miller
Astor	played by Christina Robinson
Cody	played by Daniel Goldman (IV)

	Season 1 / Episode 9: - Father Knows Best Dexter Morgan: I built my life on Harry's code. I lived by it. But Harry lied. Why would he do that? What else don't I know? My concrete foundation is turning to shifting sand. Maybe Rudy was right. You never can truly know anyone.
	Season 1 / Episode 9: - Father Knows Best Dexter Morgan: Thank God for showers. Private time to think. Harder to come by now that I'm in a real relationship.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: Foghat/Slow Ride is being played while Dexter (and friends) are in his biological father's house. The record label shown is A&M, but Foghat recorded on Bearsville. Mistake repeated later with CCR/Have You Ever Seen the Rain which was on Fantasy label... again A&M label is shown.
FACT: The medical personnel in Dexter's childhood flashback reveal that his blood type is AB-. He goes on to state that "it's hard to come by, and our supply was low." While it is correct that type AB- is the rarest blood type, at around 1% frequency in the US, a person with AB- blood can receive a blood transfusion from donor blood of types AB-, A-, B-, and 0-, making it a preferable blood type to have for a person on the receiving end of a transfusion.
CONT: When Dexter is receiving the notification in the office, an extra in a black shirt is standing at a counter in the background. In the next shot, he is walking to the counter where he just was.
CONT: When Dexter first leans in to view the body of his "father" at the morgue, the clock behind reads 4:11. The camera cuts back to the face and glides back up to Dexter's with the clock now reading 4:17. A few shots later, the clock is seen as 4:01.
CONT: When Dexter is putting the trash in front of a neighbor's house, he goes to put the lid on the trash can, but in the next shot the lid is missing entirely. It's not in his hand, nor is it on the can.

TRIVIA

SPOILER: When Dexter and Rudy are packing up the house, they are each packing in the way they dispose of bodies. Dexter is putting items in plastic bags and duct taping them, Rudy is wrapping things nicely with string.