Popping Cherry

"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

Guest appearance(s)

Geoff Pierson as Tom Matthews
Sam Trammell as Matt Chambers
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

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"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. The episode was written by Daniel Cerone and was directed by Michael Cuesta.

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 who was caring for Dexter's sick father, Harry Morgan, but was administering overdoses of medication to 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.

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

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".

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