Talk:Dexter Morgan/@comment-76.125.74.14-20111031024543/@comment-1405841-20111212073419

The reason is simply for information purposes, plenty of characters are given birthdates and it's just another thing to provide as data if Dexter is given an exact age and birthday (which the next episode will clearly do with the license). The only issues I have with the screenwriters is inconsistency, making Dexter's 20th high school reunion in 2011 means he would have graduated at the age of 20 (since he was born in 71). The typical acceptable age for graduation is 18, 20 doesn't fit Dexter's character and I'm sure Harry wouldn't have approved of his son failing two years in a row.

Granted, it's not all the same people...so of course there will be mixups. The thing is though, Dexter's birthdate is now included in the SAME season...so they are stating he was 20 at the time of graduation which just doesn't make sense for someone like Dexter. Now if they had him graduate in 93, instead of 91...then it would make more sense. reunions do occur for all the years, I don't see why 18 would have been hard to pull off.

The writers ARE trying, I LOVE THIS SEASON...don't get me wrong, just tiny details here and there that don't match up. They aren't retconning the whole fact that 1973 was the date Laura died. He was born in 71, he can be rounded off to age 3 from that point. It's all minor anyways, but regardless...the first poster said that Dexter was 38, which can now be ruled out with Dexter's license.