Miami Tribune Lawyer

Miami Tribune Lawyer is a character in Season Two of the Showtime series DEXTER.

She mediates a meeting with Frank Lundy and Debra Morgan after an injunction is filed to stop the Miami Tribune from publishing the Bay Harbor Butcher’s manifesto.

Summary

 * “That Night, a Forest Grew”

Angel Batista excitedly tells Dexter that The Miami Tribune received a 32-page manifesto in the mail, seemingly from The Bay Harbor Butcher. Dexter acts skeptical, but Angel says it looks legit because it includes three names of victims never released to the press. Now in charge of the team, Angel heads over to the Tribune. Dexter’s thoughts reveal that he anonymously sent the manifesto to the Tribune in order to control Lundy’s actions.

Debra finds Lundy sitting alone in his office, listening to music. She asks why he isn’t at the Tribune. He says, “What for? Our guy’s not gonna leave DNA evidence on a document.”

Frank Lundy meets with his task force and tells them, “Our injunction stopped the Tribune from publishing the manifesto -- for now. At the very least, we’ll have time to get a jump on things before the news frenzy hits. So, let’s take advantage of this window. Our goal for the next 48 hours is to wade through this shining piece of social commentary. I’ve never seen so many dense and convoluted ideas in my life, but we need to search them all for clues to his identity.” Angel gives examples of the literary references in the document.

Later, in the Miami Tribune’s conference room, Lundy and Debra are sitting at a long table. Across from them are three people, two of which are the Tribune’s publisher (Don) and lawyer.

"Lundy: “Thanks for meeting with me, Don.” Don: “Well, I don’t know what the point is. The district court injunction hearing starts in three hours.” Lundy: “Which everyone here knows we’re going to lose. Don’t looks so shocked. We always lose these things. You bastards and your free speech (chuckles). My boss never lets me say anything. I’ll tell you what -- I will agree to dropping the injunction, which will save us days of courtroom arguments and a boatload of legal fees, if we can agree on some simple ground rules on how you publish that document.” Lawyer: “Ground rules. We’re not gonna have any ground rules.” Lundy: “My only goal here is to avoid compromising an investigation of a mass murderer... who could hurt a lot more people.” Don: “Give me just a minute, will you, Frank?” (He huddles with the lawyer.)"

Outside, Debra expresses her amazement that the Tribune agreed to publish the manifesto without the victims’ names, and as a page-3 story. Lundy says there is no sense hyping it since it might further inspire the killer.

Related Pages

 * Don of Miami Tribune
 * Frank Lundy
 * Bay Harbor Butcher Case