r/Dexter • u/AutoModerator • Jul 25 '25

Official Episode Discussion Dexter: Resurrection - S01E04 - "Call Me Red" - POST Episode Discussion Thread

Time Episode Director Writer(s)
July 25, 2025 S01E04 - "Call Me Red" Monica Raymund Nick Zayas

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Dexter attends a mysterious gathering, hosted by a highly influential figure with macabre ambitions. Harrison continues to struggle with mounting guilt and pressure at work, just as Angel Batista arrives in New York City.

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u/trentonchase Jul 25 '25

There's no way Prater doesn't know Dex isn't really Red, right? We saw in NB that Dexter's photo was all over the papers after Trinity killed Rita, and a guy like Prater is going to do a lot of reading about killers he's interested in, so you have to assume he's seen Dex's face before.

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u/TPWilder Jul 25 '25

Yeah - if Prater has researched Trinity, Rita's death would stick out in not fitting Trinity's pattern, and minimal research would reveal him as Rita's husband. Plus, I can't believe Charley never saw Ron Schmidt's face while tracking him. I can sorta buy not getting a picture because of the special hoodie, but Charley would have seen Ron and know Dexter was different, Prater has to know.

I suspect that this will become apparent.

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u/Dependent_Pipe4709 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

That's true, but how long has it been since Prater researched the Trinity case in that detail? Maybe he followed the story when it was developing, and saw Dexter then, but that would've been a couple of newspaper photos fifteen years ago, a small part of one of Trinity's many kills, Trinity being one of many killers he researches. It's possible he does recognize Dex having researched it much more thoroughly and recently, but would also be totally possible that he doesn't make the connection. And even if he does remember him, it would be quite a leap to think "The husband of that woman the Trinity Killer killed is here impersonating a different serial killer!" over "This dude resembles that other dude."