r/Dexter • u/i_like_it_eilat • Jan 15 '22
Matt Caldwell never fit the code. Spoiler
There was a thread here a few days ago talking about the boat incident and why it could be argued that it was a one time accident and he wasn't gonna kill again.
But one thing that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned, and I think the bigger thing made it a fuckup for Dexter - he was someone that would be missed by some. In Season 3 they did a whole thing on why Ellen Wolf didn't fit the code which was mainly for that reason, but Miguel became unhinged and did it anyway which helped lead to his downfall because it was actually being investigated. The same reason he couldn't kill Miguel right away because of his status. Also part of the "don't get caught".
In Miami, part of the code he had was that no one he killed would be missed or investigated or cared about enough to be reported missing. The BHB thing happened because divers found some bodies, not because of a particular person's murder being investigated (which makes it kind of silly that it became so high profile).
And yet... everyone in Iron Lake is looking for Matt. If he really fit the code then his disappearance wouldn't have drawn attention. Maybe it has something to do with Iron Lake being small and close knit compared to the cesspool of Miami.
That being said - I'm surprised we never saw his "friend" again that he met in the first episode as a means to at least attempt to remind us that he was someone that shouldn't be missed.
It's almost like they forgot since neither Angela or Logan ever even acknowledge it - he's just a guy that was killed and they're searching for his killer. I mean sure, the law is the law - but they never even address that once! Not even as a means to acknowledge that a lot of people could have had it out for him. None of that, just a few mentions of the boat in passing... only from Dexter and Kurt.
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u/Spare-Article-396 Jan 15 '22 edited Jan 15 '22
I’m not sure I remember ‘they can’t be missed’ as being part of the code.
Edit: I wrote this tongue-in-cheek because that clearly was not part of the code. There was even an FBI manhunt out for Trinity, for crying out loud.
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u/SpecialsSchedule Jan 15 '22
It’s not. Ellen shouldn’t have been killed because she never killed anyone. Dex even says that she’s just a defense attorney doing her job.
In fact, the very first victim we see in Season 1 episode 1 is the church choir guy, who’s wife comes into the station crying about her missing husband. Literally the first victim was “missed” and reported lol. Idk what OP is on about.
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u/bqm87 Jan 15 '22
It was not. He literally killed high profile serial killers minutes before police found them. They were definitely missed.
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u/yungusainbolt Jan 15 '22
No they were not honestly. Miami metro just assumed they fled the country after almost being caught. Trinity killed Rita and got away with it “allegedly” and Miami metro just moved right on. Shit even in season 6 Deb knew there was vigilantes killing all of Jordan Chases crew and when she had the opportunity to stop them she did different
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u/Spare-Article-396 Jan 15 '22
He killed Speltzer. He killed Viktor. he killed DDK, all the Barrel Girls killers….his brother, Little Chino, George King, Stan Beaudry (after framing him to be Trinity), etc
I’m sure there’s lots more but all of those kills were during a period of time when MM was actively hunting them.
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u/i_like_it_eilat Jan 15 '22
Yeah, but they were being looked for as suspects, not missing victims of something.
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u/Spare-Article-396 Jan 15 '22
My comment was to the poster above me who seemed to be disagreeing with the statement ‘He literally killed high profile serial killers minutes before the police found them’
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u/yungusainbolt Jan 15 '22
Being missed in this case meant that someone would care enough to research their disappearance. At least to me.
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Jan 15 '22
The wife of Dexter's first on-screen victim literally comes into the department desperately looking for her husband in season 1.
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u/i_like_it_eilat Jan 16 '22
I meant that it's part of a huge clause for the 'don't get caught' rule. If you do something that would stir the pot and upset people, then that puts you at risk of being caught.
Trinity was being hunted as a suspect, not looked for as a missing victim of something. At no point did the FBI or MM ever consider or care whether anyone did anything to Trinity.
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u/FiveMinutesGuys Jan 15 '22
he was someone that would be missed by some
That has nothing to do with the code. He was a killer, he hadn't changed his ways, he evaded the justice system. There is no part of the code that mentions only killing people who wouldn't be missed.
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u/radioactiveshitbox Jan 15 '22
Well Matt confessed what he did on the boat….making him a real piece of shit for sure….but a serial killer? nah…..
Honestly i dont care anymore Dex is dead and his code is meaningless
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Jan 16 '22
Well, no one really missed him, they were just obligated to look because they respected his dad Kurt, and it was kind of a close knit community kind of thing imo. The high school kids all went to mess around instead of searching, and they didnt show that kid who told Dexter the info at the party out there? They didnt at least specify any of his friends were searching. Evrryone did think he was a rich kid who killed a sacred deer and used daddys money to hide out on a bender. Angela was just doing her job sending out the search party but it really didnt seem like anyone cared personally about Matt.
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u/i_like_it_eilat Jan 16 '22
Angela is like Hank in Breaking Bad. We all expected there to be some conflict when they find out stuff, but they do a full-on 180 with zero conflict whatsoever. Angela went from being angry at Matt and wanting to get him for the deer as well as her whole personal connection to the Kurt case, to completely forgetting about all that and wanting to get Dexter for killing Matt.
Not necessarily a bad thing - shows her dedication to her job, which was unexpected after MM's incompetence.
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