In the first few episodes of Dexter, I found Dexter’s sister Debra a little annoying. She grew on me, though. Plus, she gets some of the best dialogue, not in quality necessarily – although she gets great dialogue Dexter’s lines are probably the best. Her dialogue is so great because it’s so consistently pitch-perfect for her character.

Her reaction to finding out another character is pregnant in a recent episode (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) had me in tears of laughter. With delight, she squealed, “A baby? A motherfucking rolly-poly, chubby-cheeked, shit machine? Are you kidding me?” It’s all in the delivery, you really need to see it to appreciate it. Unfortunately, it runs through my head every time I see a baby now….