Indigent Man

Indigent Man is a character in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER.

He's a man with mental health issues who shares the same hospital room as Angel Batista.

Summary

 * “Born Free”

Angel Batista was stabbed in a parking garage by an unknown assailant and admitted to the hospital. The man in the bed next to him takes a toll on Angel’s patience.

"Man: “She knows. She knows. She knows. She knows. She knows. She knows. She knows.”"

James Doakes and Maria LaGuerta enter Angel’s hospital room.

"Man: “She knows. She knows.” Angel: (to Doakes) “All fucking night with that.” Man: “She knows. She knows.” Doakes: (to man) “Hey!” Doakes: “Listen, Angel, we need your help. Masuka says you were following up a lead on the ice-truck killer when you were attacked.” Angel: “A hooker with a prosthetic hand. John painted her nails different colors, but it didn't go nowhere.” LaGuerta: “Except she was just cut up by the Ice Truck Killer.” Angel: “Holy sh1t. Monique was a victim?” LaGuerta: “Now, we're operating on the theory that he found out you were on his trail.” Doakes: “And if we're right, that means you got stabbed for a reason. It wasn't no carjacking.” Angel: “How did he know it was me? No one knew what I was doing except Masuka.' LaGuerta: “Someone else had to know. Think.” Angel: “I consulted with Rudy, Debra's boyfriend, the prosthetics guy. But that's crazy, right?” Doakes: “No, she's been AWOL since going out last night to meet him. She was supposed to come back and help me canvass, but she never made it.” LaGuerta: “That's not like her. Angel, we got to go.” Angel: “Go, just go.”"

Later, the man continues to annoy Angel.

"Man: “She knows. She knows. She knows.” Angel: (to man, while listening to a news report about the Ice Truck Killer) “If she knows, you yapping about it ain't gonna change it. Shut the fuck up!” Man: “She knows. She knows.” Nurse: (entering the room) “So sorry, Mr. Batista. We had to take the psych overflow from County, but this one's harmless.” Angel: “Yeah, don't be so sure.” Nurse: “Oh, we never take the violent ones. They have the arsonists, the rapists, the psycho killers over there. I tell you -- Those people belong in prison.” Angel: (forming an idea) “Do they fingerprint psych patients at County?” Nurse: “Yes, of course. Half of them don't know their own names. Got to I.D. them somehow.' (She gives medicine to the man in the next bed.) 'That should take care of him. Enjoy the peace and quiet.”"

Angel hurries to the station and tells LaGuerta and Doates that he got a hit on the killer’s prints from a Tampa mental hospital where he grew up. The name "Brian Moser" is run for credit cards, bank accounts, real-estate holdings, after which a raid is conducted at the Moser house and Debra is rescued.

Related Pages

 * Angel Batista
 * Brian Moser
 * Ice Truck Killer Case
 * Med-Cart Nurse