Germ Warfare Character Analysis

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Having established that, Dexter takes after his mother. It is interesting to a look at Season 2 Episode 28 “Germ Warfare”. The flu is traveling in the Dexter household and the boy genius is the only one who doesn’t have it. His mother gives him his breakfast and starts lecturing him about maintaining his health before he catches the flu. While she begins to sneeze, it spreads towards the table, and the germs begin to move to his plate. Grossed out he says “ewwww” and runs to the hallways, where he meets up with his father. His father doesn’t understand why he is in such a rush and then the father starts to cough all over his face. Looking at the expression on the young boy’s face, he is completely aghast. Then he tip toes slowly to remove himself

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