Mr. Morgan is a character in the Showtime series DEXTER.
He is Harry Morgan's father, and Debra Morgan and Harry Morgan, Jr.'s grandfather, as well as Dexter Morgan's (through adoption).
History[]
Mr. Morgan spent a 30-year career.at the Angel of Mercy Hospital in Miami, Florida. He started out as a janitor and worked his way up to Chief of Maintenance. Harry praised his father for his years of hard work at the hospital which put food on his family's table.
Summary[]
Near the end of his life, Harry takes Dexter to see the hospital and snap pictures of it, as it is destined to be shut down within two weeks. He tells his son about the history of his father (Dexter's grandfather) in regards to the hospital.
Harry notices a nearby woman and asks her to snap a picture of the two of them. At first, Dexter resists but then Harry hunches over, feeling an intense pain inside. Harry tries to cancel the photo, not feeling up to it anymore. However, Dexter insists that they take it because "being part of a family means smiling for family photos." (This photo is later used as a clue by The Ice Truck Killer.)
It's not known when Mr. Morgan passed, or if Dexter ever knew his grandfather. He did think to himself that Boyd Fowler's house reminded him of his grandma's house. ("Episode 502: Hello, Bandit")
In the Novels[]
Dexter was recalling his sixteenth birthday when Harry brought him to sit at the backyard picnic table in the their modest Coconut Grove home to ask Dexter if he was interested in girls in a sexual way or if he was interested in boys. Harry told Dexter, "When I turned sixteen my father took me to a whore. It took me ten years to get over that." ("Dearly Devoted Dexter")
Dexter asked Vince Masuoka if he was speaking Japanese to a sushi chef and Vince answered, "You did know that Masuoka is a Japanese name, right? What did you expect?" Dexter thinks to himself Morgan is a Welsh name, but does not speak a word of the Welsh language. He decides against saying it. ("Dexter Is Dead")
Trivia[]
- Interestingly, during a flashback, an elderly man (credited as "Grandfather") takes a picture of Harry, Dexter, and Debra during a hayride at McCaffrey Pumpkin Patch. It's not stated if he is Harry's father.