The Magic of Fiction

So I’m watching an episode of Dexter, and it’s the Thanksgiving episode in Season 4.  Debra Morgan, beloved sister of the titular character, being the obsessive workaholic, says she’s not coming to the Morgan Family Thanksgiving dinner, because she’s still trying to crack the Trinity Killer.  So being the conniving, calculated individual he is, Dexter resorts to the dirtiest, most effective trick in the book – kids.

He orchestrates his adoptive family to make a plea to their aunt to come over for Thanksgiving, record it, and then send it to Debs, who would no doubt, be unable to resist the invitation from her step-niece and nephews.  But when it comes time for action, Dexter pulls out, of all video equipment in the world, his cell phone.

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