Of course, Dexter struggled to feel normal emotions, but as they got married and had a son together, he did seem to learn to love her and even become a slightly better person when they were together. Many viewers found their unusual relationship oddly touching and even humanizing for the prolific killer, which is what made her fate even more shocking.
The countdown is over. Showtime pic. At the end of season four, Dexter and Rita were planning to finally go on their delayed honeymoon when another serial killer Dexter knew, called The Trinity Killer played by John Lithgow , murdered her in a gruesome bathtub scene. Fortunately, she had a little time to pull herself together, and by the time they were ready to film the episode, she even tried to lighten the mood on set.
I needed some kind of levity! Saying goodbye to my character, my job and people I love, was just too heavy. Click to see full answer. In this way, why did Rita leave Dexter? The season ended with one of the biggest twists in the entire history of the series after it was revealed Dexter's wife Rita had been murdered by Trinity before Dexter could kill him.
The unveiling of the death hit like a sledgehammer. The brave move to kill off Rita showed that none of the main characters where safe. Furthermore, did Dexter really love Rita?
Rita is presented in the series as a loving and caring mother. As a result of being abused by her husband, Rita has no interest in sex, which suits the asexual Dexter perfectly.
Some of you think Rita died , but that Trinity did not kill her — some think Rita committed suicide. Rita's dead. How did Julie Benz take the news that she was leaving the show? She loved being with us. We loved having her with us. Rita was enjoying her relationship with Dexter once again, when she unexpectedly discovered that she was pregnant with his baby later revealed to be a boy. Feeling that being a single parent was one of her few achievements, Rita decided to keep the baby, and left Dexter's role in the child's life entirely up to him.
Does Rita cheat on Dexter? Episode 48 Dexter then kills him with a hammer. It is revealed in the final scene of the episode that Mitchell killed Dexter's wife, Rita, in the bathtub of Dexter's house, and that he left Dexter's son Harrison in her blood, mirroring the childhood trauma that put Dexter on the path to becoming a serial killer. Due to her violent past, Rita initially avoided sex with Dexter. This was one of the reasons he kept seeing her as he considered himself emotionally removed from humanity, and thought that if Rita got too close to him, she would sense his darkness.
Dexter felt that Rita was a perfect girlfriend because she was as damaged as he was in her own way. Rita was completely unaware that Dexter was a serial killer, and it delighted her that he was great with her children. Rita began to develop more confidence in herself, along with a growing sexual attraction to Dexter. Rita, despite not liking violence, had season tickets to the Florida Panthers , and her favorite sport was hockey. At first, Rita tended to be naively unaware of Dexter's flaws.
Later, a complicated situation involving Lila West in which Rita and Dexter broke up and later reconciled changed the fundamental nature of their relationship. While Rita had previously paid his long absences and flimsy cover stories no mind, she began to pick up on Dexter's lies and question his erratic behavior.
After they were married about six months, they entered marriage counseling when she learned he had secretly kept his apartment. For a time, she was moody and easily annoyed, feeling that he had violated her trust. Not a great deal of her early life was known, although it was revealed via a marriage certificate from when she was sixteen years old, that she lived at Elmview Lane in Ashley, MI Her husband at the time was John Alan Ackerman , a year-old mechanic whom she married on 16 August On 6 January , they divorced as Dexter felt, due to a brief teen romance.
After this, Rita moved to Miami. Rita married Paul Bennett after becoming pregnant with Astor. They later had a son, Cody. The marriage would prove to be an unhealthy one, leading to her being abused at the hands of Paul and having to deal with his drug addiction.
After a domestic disturbance call, Paul was arrested by Debra Morgan , which prompted Debra to set Rita up on a date with Dexter. Their first date was awkward for both of them. Rita had just escaped a dangerous relationship and Dexter happened to be a serial killer although this was not revealed to her. Dexter used this date as an opportunity to watch his next target, Marcetti. When Marcetti stood up to leave, Dexter followed suit.
To be polite, he paid for the dinner, saying that he was ill and it was a pleasure to meet her. Rita called Dexter later that night, while he was discarding Marcetti's body parts into the ocean. She asked how he was feeling, and told him about her two kids and domestic problems, but he said that Debra had already told him.
Rita remarked that he seemed to know all about her, with Dexter replying that he would like to know more. He suggested that they get together again sometime, and Rita liked that idea.
Dexter's attachment to Rita and Rita's devotion to Dexter continued to grow, until their eventual marriage. This was cut short when Rita was murdered by Arthur Mitchell aka the Trinity Killer, as punishment for Dexter's constant pursuit of him - and to remind Dexter that he can never escape his demons. Rita was portrayed as a loving mother of two who was slowly recovering from the abuse by her eventual ex-husband, Paul.
Dexter's initial reason for continuing to date Rita was to maintain his cover of appearing to be normal. Dexter stated that he chose Rita because she was as damaged as he was. The fact that she avoided sex benefited Dexter since he felt that getting too close would reveal his darkness. Eventually, their relationship was consummated and they continued to be intimate.
Rita always remained innocently unaware of how he really spent his free time. However, Dexter did make a couple of weak comments that referred to it. On their first date, he half-jokingly said that he was an ax murderer. At another time, he told Rita that he had a "dark side" but didn't hurt "innocent people. Rita stood up to Paul by demanding that he sign the divorce papers that he refused to sign while in prison. To persuade Paul to do so, she offered him supervised weekly visits.
At first, Paul tried to intimidate her, but then agreed to sign them after she did not back down.
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