I think one of the things that makes Dexter so damn interesting is that he actually isn't a sociopath at all, maybe borderline, but not a sociopath. He doesn't just pretend to care about Deb, Rita and the kids he does actually care about them. Its why he killed you know who to protect Deb in S1 and you know who in S2 because of all little miss "pardon my tits" put Rita and the kids through, not just because she eventually committed murder, eventhough thats how he tried to rationalize it to himself. He does CARE. There are so many layers to him. He desperately wants to be a good father to his unborn kid, maybe give him or her the shot he didn't himself have, the shot Harry never allowed him to have. He wants to be "normal" he just doesn't understand why he can't quite get it right. And i do think its Harry's fault. Dexter is the victim of very unsual and disturbing childhood circumstances, it was confusing to him and he wasn't able to deal or channel his emotions correctly and to add to all that he had this nuisance of a so-called father buzzing in his ear to kill, kill, kill... bit ONLY the "right" people. Harry had his own agenda and totally bombarded it all over poor confused Dexter. I'm very inclined to believe that had Harry gotten Dexter help early on rather than train him to master his "tendencies", Dexter might have turned out very differently and hell, maybe even all the normal he so envies in others and dreams of being himself. Just my two cents. Also, GOD, I freaking LOVE this show! :biggrin: