: Dexter secures a paid forensics internship at Miami Metro Police Department after impressing forensics lead Vince Masuka with his keen eye for crime scene details. Family Dynamics

“Professor… when does a chemical imbalance become a moral failure?”

The final act jumps to Miami Metro, where a young, ambitious forensic analyst named Maria LaGuerta (newcomer Brittany Allen) is processing evidence. Dexter, now a blood-spatter intern, meets a young, jovial Vince Masuka (Alex Shimizu) and a by-the-book Sergeant James Doakes (portrayed here by a yet-unannounced actor in early episodes). Harry watches from the window of Homicide, haunted by what he has unleashed.

Dexter: Original Sin – S01E01 – "And in the Beginning, There Was Hunger"

While earlier lore suggested Dexter had killed during college, Original Sin establishes that he takes his first victim just a week before graduation.

We see a flashback of young Dexter (played by Mark Valdes) and his father, Harry, on a boat, fishing.