Morgue Attendant

Morgue Attendant is a character in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER.

He makes cynical comments to Dexter Morgan while Yelina is viewing her fiance's body.

Summary

 * “Love American Style”

Yelina (Rita Bennett’s co-worker) is engaged to a Cuban man named Ernesto Rodriguez. While he’s attempting to enter the U.S. illegally, he goes missing. Rita asks Dexter to help find out what happened to Ernesto. Dexter meets with Officer Gerard who says that smuggled immigrants are often murdered if they can’t pay an additional fee. A corpse soon washes up on shore and Dexter takes Yelina, accompanied by Rita, to the morgue to identify the body.

"Dexter: [to morgue attendant] “Dexter Morgan -- I called earlier.” Morgue Attendant: “Oh, right, yeah, about the floater. Yeah.” Morgue Attendant: [to another attendant] “Hey, Jerry, can you take these guys around back?” Dexter: “Should I?” Rita: “Nah, I'll go with her. She might need a shoulder.”"

She senses I'm not a "shoulder," Dexter thought. Bad sign -- she's catching on.

"Morgue Attendant: “I don't know what kind of idiot thinks an inner tube is gonna get him over ninety miles of open ocean. If you ask me, man, it's Darwin's Theory at work.”"

Dexter watches Yelina through a window in the morgue’s door as Ernesto's body is uncovered. When she begins to cry, Dexter surmises that must be what "love" looks like. The inability to feel has its advantages...sometimes, he thought.

Related Pages

 * Ernesto Rodriguez
 * Yelina