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Popping Cherry

3rd episode of the 1st season of Dexter

"Popping Cherry"

Dexter episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 3

Directed by

Michael Cuesta

Written by

Daniel Cerone

Production code

103

Original air date

October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)

Guest appearances

Geoff Pierson as Tom Matthews
Rudolf Martin as Carlos Guerrero
Cristos as Norberto Cervantes
C. S. Lee as Vince Masuka
Richard Gunn as Sean
Lisa Kaminir as Prosecutor
Christina Robinson as Astor Bennett
Daniel Goldman as Cody Bennett
Maureen Muldoon as Kara Simmons
Devon Graye as Teenage Dexter Morgan
Alex Schemmer as Alexander Pryce
Roger Hewlett as Mr. Pryce
Denise Crosby as Nurse Mary

Episode chronology

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"Crocodile"

Next →
"Let's Give the Boy a Hand"

Dexter (season 1)

List of episodes

"Popping Cherry" is the third episode of the first season of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on 15 October 2006 on Showtime in the United States.^[1] The episode was written by Daniel Cerone and was directed by Michael Cuesta.

Plot

After the discovery of another victim of the Ice Truck Killer at an ice rink, the missing guard, Tony Tucci, becomes a potential suspect. Meanwhile, Rita receives an unpleasant visit from her ex-husband's drug dealer, who confiscates her car, forcing her to take the bus to and from her job as a hotel receptionist. Dexter selects his next murder victim while having flashbacks of his first killing—a nurse (Denise Crosby) who was caring for Dexter's sick father, Harry Morgan, but was administering overdoses of medication too and slowly killing her patients. Elsewhere, Sergeant Doakes continues to harass Guerrero, as a group of renegade police officers decide to take matters involving Guerrero into their own hands.

Production

Filming locations for the episode included Miami, Florida, as well as Long Beach and Los Angeles, California.^[2]

Reception

The episode was positively received. IGN's Eric Goldman gave the episode a rating of 8 out of 10, and commented that "Dexter's voiceovers are a fun element of the show and a great insight into how his mind works".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Goldman, Eric (16 October 2006). "Dexter: "Popping Cherry" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
^ "Dexter (TV Series) Popping Cherry (2006) Filming Locations". IMDb. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

External links

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"Popping Cherry" at IMDb
"Popping Cherry" at Showtime's website

Dexter

Awards and nominations
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Episodes

Season 1	"Dexter" "Crocodile" "Popping Cherry" "Let's Give the Boy a Hand" "Love American Style" "Return to Sender" "Circle of Friends" "Father Knows Best" "Seeing Red" "Truth Be Told" "Born Free"
Season 2	"It's Alive!" "Waiting to Exhale" "An Inconvenient Lie" "See-Through" "The Dark Defender" "Dex, Lies, and Videotape" "That Night, A Forest Grew" "Morning Comes" "Resistance Is Futile" "There's Something About Harry" "Left Turn Ahead" "The British Invasion"
Season 3	"Our Father" "The Damage a Man Can Do"
Season 4	"Hello, Dexter Morgan" "The Getaway"
Season 5	"My Bad" "The Big One"
Season 6	"Those Kinds of Things" "This Is the Way the World Ends"
Season 7	"Are You...?"
Season 8	"What's Eating Dexter Morgan?" "Remember the Monsters?"
New Blood	"Cold Snap" "Storm of Fuck" "Smoke Signals" "H Is for Hero" "Runaway" "Too Many Tuna Sandwiches" "Skin of Her Teeth" "Unfair Game" "The Family Business" "Sins of the Father"