Talk:Cody Bennett/@comment-35557521-20200205123508

In a strange I-hope-you'll-understand kind of way, I liked Astor and Cody, but I was glad when they were removed from the show. When Rita was killed off, they were orphans in the storm, and they needed their family, Bill and Maura. Paul was dead (he deserved it), Rita dead (I could not envision the two of them living in the house where there mother was found laying in a pool of blood). They certainly would not get the love and support they needed from Gail (she proved that by not showing at her daughter's wedding, and later the funeral).

Dexter was the only father figure the two of had, and while he certainly filled that void, he would always be a reminder to the two of them of the sadness and tragedy in their lives.

I had an uncertain feeling that if they stayed that would become somewhat like they were portrayed in the novels, or worse one of them might learn the  truth about Dexter, and start emulating him.