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Psychopathy In Dexter Morgan's 'Left Turn Ahead'

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A prime example of a forensic psychology concept, psychopathy, is a television series called "Dexter". Throughout the whole show, but specifically season two episode eleven, titled "Left Turn Ahead", Dexter Morgan, the show's protagonist, represents the nature of psychopathy. Psychopathy is defined as a neuropsychiatric disorder marked by deficient emotional responses, lack of empathy, and poor behavioral controls, commonly resulting in persistent antisocial deviance and criminal behavior. In this specific episode, the main character begins to worry that his adoptive sister was showing psychopathic tendencies that may have been brought out by him.
The episode delves into the complexity of psychopathy and the multiple factors that can contribute …show more content…

In this episode, psychopathy, a neuropsychiatric disorder marked by insufficient emotional responses, lack of empathy, and poor behavioral controls, is highlighted. Throughout this television series, Dexter, the main character, exhibits psychopathic behavior due to his actions and beliefs, such as cruelty to animals, lack of empathy, and complete impunity. This episode further represents this when he is faced with the dilemma to kill his sister's abusive boyfriend or not. Furthermore, he becomes worried about his sister, that she is becoming how he is through her insensitivity, apathetic demeanor, and violent tendencies. Additionally, the multiple factors that can contribute to this development went noticed, as the episode pointed out the genetic predispositions and traumatic experiences that they both went through. The humanizing portrayal of psychopathy is shown and accurately depicts the complexity of the disorder, factors that may contribute to it, and the symptoms that they …show more content…

This show revolves around the character of Dexter Morgan, who is a forensic blood spatter analyst by day and a psychopathic serial killer by night. In this specific episode, Dexter is faced with his sister exhibiting similar personality traits to him, and he begins to worry if she will exhibit violent behavior and will become like him. He is also faced with the quandary of killing Debra, his sister's abusive

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