| abstract | - Dexter: "The only way to kill a Dark Passenger is to take out the Driver." "The Dark Passenger" was a concept used within the DEXTER Universe that represented the "demon" inside of all of the Murderers that actively made them do terrible things. While it was actually being built upon as an entity in the novels, it was more or less (in the tv series) the level of "darkness" and instability in each person's personality that could either control them or be contained. Originally, the "Dark Passenger" was Dexter's way of naming the "desire to kill" that entered his spirit, after witnessing his mother's brutal death. This "Dark Passenger" was always trying to 'claim' him, wanting him to kill, but he was able to keep it at bay with a high level of control, and, instead of focusing his urges on innocent people, he only used them on those who were guilty. As of Season Seven, Dexter began viewing his "Dark Passenger" as a scapegoat for what he was responsible for during all of the previous years. At this point, it appeared that he viewed all of his actions to be his own, rather than an urge created from a dark personification. Regardless of this fact, the "Dark Passenger" can be metaphorical and can represent why someone is driven to kill, and what made them the way they are. During The Finale, Dexter managed to completely abandon the idea of this "demon" inside of him (after his sister perishes at the hands of "himself"; In reality, a blood clot created from her gunshot injury ultimately placed in her in a vegetative state, which forced Dexter to shut off her life-support), which shows that Dexter is not the easily controlled and subjugated person that was rumored by Dr. Evelyn Vogel. The abandonment of his "passenger" allowed Dexter to move on with a livelihood (being a lumberjack) that he most likely hoped would utilize the rest of his life. However, Dexter lost quite a lot of his humanity after losing his sister and others close to him.
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