Talk:Dexter Morgan/@comment-15919363-20130923170942/@comment-15919363-20130924091259

Could be as you say, he could've turned empty and let his dark passenger fill his emptiness, but I think he'd most likely return to his family. Still after knowing what it is to feel something real that deeply, he may have wanted to avoid re-connecting with his family and friends because he was horrified at the possibility of feeling the sorrow and regret he felt after Harry, Rita and Debra's deaths.

A case can be made for both scenarios, but he couldn't just think about himself. He'd have to think about Harrison and Hannah and how bad it would be for them to have a life without him in it as well as how Cody and Astor would cope with his alleged death as well as Debra and Harrison suddenly gone missing (probably presumed dead).