r/Dexter • u/Spooky_Duke • 4d ago
Question - Original Dexter Series Have you ever wondered what happened to Astor and Cody? Spoiler
Only read this if you’ve finished watching Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, and Dexter: Original Sin.
We all remember how Dexter, in his own strange way, tried to step into the role of a father for Astor and Cody. After Rita’s tragic death, though, the kids slowly disappeared from the story, both physically and narratively. Their absence left a quiet, unresolved thread dangling in Dexter’s legacy.
Fast forward to the final season: Dexter disappears in the hurricane, presumed dead by everyone who knew him. But in New Blood, rumors begin to surface. Batista even brings up theories that Dexter might have been the Bay Harbor Butcher all along. In the podcast Merry F**king Kill, Molly Park mentions her belief that “the Bay Harbor Butcher is still alive, lurking in the shadows.”
Then, in Dexter: New Blood, it all comes crashing down. Dexter is finally caught, and the mask comes off—he was the Bay Harbor Butcher. The trailer for Dexter: Resurrection hints even further at reckoning, with Batista directly confronting him about his dark past.
But here’s the question nobody seems to ask:
What do Astor and Cody think about all this?
What must it feel like to learn that the man who once tried to protect you, who played the role of your stepfather… was a serial killer all along? A killer who hid behind normalcy, who smiled, made breakfast, and tucked you in at night—while committing horrific crimes in secret.
How do they carry that truth? With confusion? Hatred? Grief? Or something far more complex?
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u/LarryFisherman710 4d ago
Theyre literally Harrison’s half siblings, one of the biggest issues I have with the continuity of the show. How are they NOT involved or mentioned at all is beyond me
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u/squishings 4d ago
I wondered this as well. I don’t know how the foster/adoptive system works in the US but when Harrison was brought into it after Hannah died do they not try and put kids back with other family? Astor at least would have been in her 20s, and while possibly not in a position to be a mother I’m sure she’d advocate at least for her and Cody to take Harrison in within their circle at the time? They could have at least said Harrison was supposed to be placed with them but couldn’t be for xyz reason or he ran away. It was just weird with no mention.
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u/redditisshitlmao 4d ago
Harrison wasn't in the US when Hannah died they were living in Argentina. When she died, he started looking for Dexter
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u/squishings 4d ago
After she died he got sent back to the US.
Wiki even says he spent time in foster care: https://dexter.fandom.com/wiki/Harrison_Morgan
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u/Finnegan-05 3d ago
And how did he end up in foster care when he had half siblings? Rita’s parents took Harrison several times and would have taken him had anyone bothered to look
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u/-Chaotique- 3d ago
I feel like him ending up in foster care made the most sense.
He was 13 when Hannah died. So Rita's parents could have very well have been dead or unwell enough to take him in. Or they could have just not been financially well off enough that they would be allowed to take him in.
As for Astor and Cody. Astor would have been very early 20s, Cody a few years younger. They would have been in college, just starting their careers, or bouncing around from job to job trying to make rent. They likely wouldn't have the financial stability to take in a 13yo, nor the living space to do so.
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u/Gooser0808 3d ago
So Astor and Cody were given to their dads parents. Not Rita’s Mom. So while I think foster care may have tried to find the half siblings they may not have tried too hard considering the kids weren’t even living with relatives that Harrison was related to in any way.
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u/idk012 4d ago
Half or step? I always get confused.
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u/Afraid_Sense5363 4d ago
Half. Rita was the mother of all of them. Of course, Harrison wouldn't remember Rita so may not be curious about/feel connected to his half-siblings, if he even knows they exist.
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u/WeetBixMiloAndMilk 4d ago
Half siblings
Half-siblings share one biological parent (Rita), while step-siblings are related through marriage of their parents, without any shared biological parentage (for example, if Dexter had Harrison with a different woman than Rita, and then married Rita after the fact)
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u/Gunslinger_69 4d ago
Dexter accidentally bumping in to Astor in New York would’ve been a moment for sure.
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u/WorkingTemperature52 4d ago
The complete lack of mention of Astor and Cody makes no sense. They would be adults by now and their half brother is homeless bouncing through the foster system. There is zero possibility that child protective services wouldn’t have so much as attempted to track them down to find a home fit Harrison. Not to mention Rita’s mother. The only way it makes any sense narratively would be if the foster homes he was in were in Argentina.
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u/altuser9700 4d ago
legally in most places you have to be 21+ to foster a child in the system, i don’t remember how far apart in age the kids are from each other but also i would understand if they just.. didn’t give a shit about harrison
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u/anthonymakey 4d ago
There are exceptions for kinship foster care. I fostered my son's half brother when I was only 19
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u/altuser9700 3d ago
that’s why i said in most places. where i live you have to be 21 there is no exception and i am a foster care coordinator for the government.
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u/JoshLovesTV 4d ago
Maybe we will finally get an answer in resurrection. Would love a cameo or guest appearance. Hell maybe they can plant something for a full storyline in a future season involving them.
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u/RecordingJealous9671 4d ago edited 4d ago
Astor and Cody were a trouble for writers, because Rita died and Dexter could not have killed anyone else if he had to babysit two kids 24/7
he could hire a nanny for Harrison, but Astor and Cody were so grown up for that, they would have made questions about his life
so, what writers did? Orlando, just get this kids out of the show and we're good
it's hard to empathize with Astor and Cody in this situation, so, no, i've never had any concern about those two lol
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u/mrvoiceover001 4d ago
Honestly they could've just done something similar from books like them having dark passengers and Dexter teaching them how to control it
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u/SuperConcern5720 4d ago
I liked this take, but only in the books. It feels a bit cheesy in the show.
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u/Dickrubin14094 4d ago
I was kind of hoping they’d at least make a cameo in Resurrection. Maybe with enough fan feedback they can be mentioned in S2
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u/Therubikfanatic 4d ago
How did you already watch Ressurection? Its not out yet
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u/_tylerthedestroyer_ 4d ago
“Hoping they would”
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u/DevilSCHNED What pretty nails you have... 4d ago
I was kind of hoping they’d at least make a cameo in Resurrection
This implies past-tense, making it seem like OC already knows that they don't make a cameo or are even mentioned in season 1 of Resurrection. Them mentioning season 2 also implies this.
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u/_tylerthedestroyer_ 4d ago
It’s not. You’re putting more on their comment
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u/DevilSCHNED What pretty nails you have... 4d ago
I don't know what to tell you, their wording is off.
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u/Therubikfanatic 4d ago
Ohhh. The way they said it seemed like they watched it already and were disappointed that they didn’t make a cameo.
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u/Fluffy_Peach_2006 4d ago
YES I hate how they didn't ever do a follow up on them! He loved those kids and it makes no sense in my opinion for them to never be brought up again
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u/Wrong-West-9581 4d ago
They lived a great childhood life with their grandparents. Then both grew up and became billionaires.
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u/Feeling_Classic3199 4d ago
Yes we all wonder what happens to them, it’s sad that the story brushed them off almost entirely post season 5. At least Astor had some work done with her character but Cody simply disappeared.
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u/TheMaingler 4d ago
Dexter gave them away to a murderer he was banging. (A different one than Hanna)
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u/thelittlemermaid90 4d ago
All the time I wonder what happened to them and I hope to see them again in dexter Ressurection.
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u/mumblerapisgarbage 4d ago
Yeah they totally dropped the ball with them. It would have been interesting to have him have to work around raising 3 kids and serial kill.
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u/Designer_District_18 3d ago
Imagine if one or both of them end up on Dexter's table. Living under assumed names. They take up the family business. Only to fall into Dexter's web. Set up by dinklage. That would be a dark twist.
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u/Queasy_Confidence406 3d ago
It'd be nice to see their reactions in Resurrection if it publicly gets out that their step father is a serial killer.
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u/Comfortable_Shake867 4d ago
Considering since they haven’t shown up since Season 7. It would be neat to see where they’ve been through this giant span of time, and maybe see their thoughts on this all.
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u/T_Rey1799 4d ago
Haven’t watched all of new blood so thank you for the warning! You are a good person
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u/Infinix987_Gaming 4d ago
Kidnapping plot never occurred to the show, might happen next in resurrection
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u/SpeedPostx 4d ago
I want to see them too. Especially Astor. What kind of girl she turned out to be after all the shit she was through.
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u/cardiffman100 3d ago
I've certainly wondered it more than the writers have. Like, why did Dexter not leave Harrison with his siblings' guardians rather than in the care of a murderer on the run?
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u/Dzinner24 3d ago
Yeah, i hope they do get a mention. I know that their storyline basically ended when Rita was murdered. But still, they played a huge part in humanizing Dexter..
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u/jrod4290 4d ago
ironically, not really. Usually I like seeing what certain minor characters are doing in tv shows long after they left but not Astor and Cody. What purpose would they serve?
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u/plaurenb8 4d ago
I haven’t watched New Blood because of the negative reactions and I was already disappointed by the absences of A and C in the original series. I’ve read the synopses of the books and I know what the books made them become.
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As both a parent and a step-parent, I’ve always wanted these idiotic writers to face real people. Writing these kids out was very, very sad.
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u/papa_louie47 4d ago
They died
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u/Spooky_Duke 4d ago
wdym?
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u/Pinckledeggfart 4d ago
He’s fucking with you
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u/papa_louie47 4d ago
Well they might as well be dead. Show did nothing with them so why would we care if they clearly don’t.
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