Dr. Salena Patel

Dr. Salena Patel is a character in the Showtime special event series Dexter: New Blood.

She is a veterinarian who allows Dexter access to ketamine and syringes.

Summary

 * "Runaway"

After Harrison overdoses at a party, Dexter decides to kill a drug dealer who sells out of a "dive bar" in Moose Creek. He takes a box of trash bags from his shed and drives to the area's veterinarian, Dr. Patel. As Dexter walks past cages of yapping dogs, he thinks, ''Hmm, dogs barking at me. Still got it.''

At the barn’s entrance, Dexter calls out the veterinarian's name, and she answers, shouting, "Yeah! Back here!" He finds her working on a cow and he stares at the nearby blood. Dexter lies, "Uh, my goat hurt his leg. Hasn't slept in days. I was hoping to get something to give him for the pain." Dr. Patel tells "Jim" to grab whatever he needs, and that she will bill him later. Dexter helps himself to ketamine, syringes, and plastic tarps. One-stop shopping.


 * "The Family Business"

Angela visits Salena, bringing her a Christmas gift. She says she's doing a follow-up on a case and asks Salena to open her books on purchases of ketamine in the last month or so. Salena gives her three names - Mrs. Gross for her sheep, Al Chung for his cows, and Mr. Harris for his 37 cats. Then Salena notices one more name - Jim Lindsay for his goat. Angela appears bewildered.

Trivia

 * Al Chung is likely a callback to "Albert [fucking] Chung" in the episode "Easy as Pie."

Related Pages

 * Angela Bishop
 * Dexter Morgan/New Blood
 * Miles O'Flynn