Talk:Hector Estrada/@comment-4628856-20130218161445/@comment-1405841-20130221181844

Aye, but this falls under the "estimated" writing that the show does. The most common example I bring up is Brian Moser's statement about Harry being dead for 10 years (this was in Season 1, which took place storywise in 2006). This was an estimate made by Brian, probably due to the heat of the moment he didn't really have time to think about the actual length of time after Harry's death. Same situation here, Hector's strapped to a table and the time frame is MUCH longer than in Brian's case...why would someone like Hector Estrada be specific on the years since that event? It's easier for him to just say 40.

Of course, Dexter could have corrected him and said 38...buuut the writers didn't go with that.