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Rita Bennett was a character in the Dexter series of novels written by author Jeff Lindsay. [3] Rita first appears in the original novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter. [4] In the book series, Dexter Morgan primarily considers her a part of his "disguise", but he does care for her in his own emotionless way.
Rita is portrayed as a mother, who is slowly recovering from being physically abused by her ex-husband, Paul, and having difficulties maintaining a sexual relationship. Rita tentatively starts a relationship with Dexter, while remaining unaware of his extra-curricular activities. In season two, Rita's relationship with Dexter becomes troubled.
Rita takes the kids out of town for a wedding, leaving Dexter (Michael C. Hall) alone for three days.Rejoicing his "vacation", Dexter intends to use it to target a new victim: Zoey Kruger (Christina Cox), a Pembroke Pines police officer suspected of having killed her husband and child, while a man, Darius Rae, was framed and killed during the home invasion.
Dexter visits Lila to scold her for ruining his relationship with Rita. In the conversation, he kisses her, and they end up having sex. That night, Dexter sneaks into Olson's house to confront him. Olson tries to defend his decisions, but Dexter concludes Olson only cares about the benefits the deaths can bring to him and kills him.
By day he is a blood spatter analyst who works for the Homicide Department of the Miami Metro Police. Dexter has a quasi-relationship with Rita Bennett , a similarly troubled divorcee raising two young children while her former husband is in prison. One day, Dexter is called to a murder scene involving mutilated bodies, but with no blood visible.
Dexter agrees to return when Rita threatens to break up their relationship. Lundy (Keith Carradine) forms his task force, which includes Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), Angel (David Zayas), and Masuka . During this, Dexter follows a new victim, Roger Hicks (Don McManus), a car salesman that may have been involved in previous murders. He follows him ...
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Dexter and Lumen find a wounded Mendell, and Dexter notices that he is a dentist with a family. Lumen maintains he is her rapist, while Mendell proclaims he is innocent. As Dexter and Lumen argue, they find Mendell making a phone call to someone, warning that Lumen is alive. Dexter snaps his neck, and then gets Lumen to stay at Rita's house.