He had a steady job, a quiet smile, and a code. Dexter Morgan worked with Miami Police by day, reading blood like a map. By night, he became the thing the city feared—the Bay Harbor Butcher—guided by the Code of Harry: if you must kill, only kill those who deserve it; never touch the innocent. He watched from the shadows, wrapped rooms in plastic, showed victims the faces they’d erased… and then the knife fell.Friends trusted him. His sister loved him. Detectives hunted the Butcher while he stood beside them. Was he a necessary correction—or a monster wearing a badge?This episode runs as a Debate: Proponent argues the code as a brutal form of justice when systems fail; Skeptic argues that vigilantism corrodes law, truth, and everyone it touches. No verdict—just the question Dexter forces on us: when the hero and the monster live in the same body, which one do we allow to act in our name?

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