Detective McNamara

Detective McNamara (also referred to as "Mac") is a character in Season One of the Showtime series DEXTER.

He is a Detective with the Miami Metro Police Department and brother to Kara Simmons. McNamara vows to bring down Carlos Guerrero after Kara and her husband, Ricky Simmons, are murdered.

Summary

 * "Popping Cherry"

Following the deaths of Ricky Simmons and McNamara's sister Kara, he gives a eulogy at Ricky's funeral. Sergeant James Doakes approaches McNamara and Officer Smith offering his condolences, and they discuss taking Guerrero down. Later, Doakes makes a visit to Guerrero's church and accuses of him of murder in front of his family, which puts him in Guerrero's cross-hairs.

Following an announcement by Lieutenant Maria LaGuerta regarding a suspect in the Ice Truck Killer Case, McNamara invites Doakes along on a ride with two other cops to blow off some steam and they drive to the Gables. They hand Doakes a clown mask as each of them put one on and exit the car. The location is where one of Guerrero's top lieutenants lives and their plan is to beat him down. Doakes wants no part of it. He'd rather bring Guerrero down the right way and tries to talk Mac out of what they're going to do. McNamara then tells Doakes he knows he was sleeping with his sister and they're going to frame him for this incident. He runs off with the others toward the house as Doakes bails, leaving his mask behind.


 * "Let's Give the Boy a Hand"

Over the course of the following days Guerrero's men begin tailing Doakes at crime scenes.

Doakes and Mac confront each other in the break room. Mac expresses his hatred for Doakes because he slept with Kara and is surprised when Doakes reveals that Kara was getting a divorce. Doakes says that Captain Thomas Matthews wanted Ricky to pull out of the undercover operation but he wouldn't. Doakes admits that he should have waited for the divorce to go through before he slept with Kara, and informs Mac that he backed the wrong cop.

Doakes continues to be tailed until he is abducted from outside his apartment and brought to a parking garage where Guerrero begins beating him down. Guerrero pulls out a gun intending to end the Sergeant's life before he's shot in the shoulder by McNamara. Guerrera's enforcers are put down by the other cops. They approach and take Guerrero into custody, with McNamara declaring that he's theirs now. Doakes figures out that he was used as bait for this arrest and McNamara states that they're even now. The cops later celebrate back at the station; however, Doakes does not take part.

Related Pages

 * Ricky Simmons
 * Kara Simmons
 * Carlos Guerrero

Trivia

 * McNamara is not seen again following the arrest of Guerrero nor is the situation mentioned in later episodes.
 * Actor Scott William Winters also plays another character with a similar name called Jack MacNamara in the series Angel.