Garfield is a canine character in the Showtime series Dexter: New Blood.
He is a young beagle owned by Fred Jr. and Pastor Brian.
Summary[]
Dexter (as Jim Lindsay) opens up Fred's Fish & Game shop where he has worked for the past two years. His boss, Fred Jr., notices a box of pastries that Dexter had brought to work and asks, "Please tell me you have a strawberry cream cheese sweet roll in there?" Dexter presents the requested item to his grateful boss. Fred Jr. tells him that it will be a stressy-kind of week because he and his husband, Pastor Brian, are going to adopt a dog and they disagree on its name. Brian wants to call him "Garfield" but Fred Jr. prefers the name "Gromit" because he doesn’t want to name a dog after a cat. When he asks for Dexter's opinion, Dexter calls himself "Switzerland." Fred Jr. says he’s a “smart man” and chuckles.
At Fred’s, Dexter meets Garfield, Fred Jr.’s new puppy named Garfield to appease Brian. Garfield yelps and wriggles to get away from Dexter. Puzzled, Fred Jr. says. “He's usually very friendly.” Dexter replies that maybe he can smell his goats. However, Fred Jr. thinks he’s just aggressive because he hates his name. Fred Jr. then takes the dog outside to “go empty.”
Dexter gets an emergency alert that the high school is on lockdown and immediately calls Angela who tells him that there are multiple injuries and Harrison is involved. Dexter races to the school.
People from the town of Iron Lake help Jim (Dexter) sift through his burned belongings. Fred Jr. and Pastor Brian are there, holding Garfield. Dexter appreciates the help from the "good folks", while silently referring to himself as "Mr. Serial Killer." Angela tells Dexter there is evidence that it was arson, which makes his cabin a crime scene.