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michael c. hall. >> you have to do this right, dexter. it's important. it's your first kill since -- >> you don't have to tell me how much i need this. >> that's the problem. >> what? >> this kill won't put everything right. it won't bring rita back. >> it might bring me back. >> if you make it mean so much you'll only invite mistakes. >> i won't make any mistakes. i'm following the code. are you going to help me or not. >> michael c. hall "dexter" is here good morning. >> good morning. >> we see he's back to his murderous ways. >> yeah in spite of everything that has happened dexter continues to indulge in his com pulling, yeah. >> but i see a hint of weakness am i right? >> i think -- i think what happens at the end of the fourth season, everything -- he's built for himself has been sort of dismantled and shattered and, yeah, i think he's struggling with a sense of responsibility for -- for what he's lost for his wife's death and he has a feeling of guilt that he never anticipated having. >> as som

." >> michael c. hall, welcome to "popcorn."racter of a serial killer on serial killers. even beyond that you're doing that, you're basically working blood splatter. already, that job is strange. >> yeah, i spent time with the guy ahead of blood splatter. >> what must have been hilarious. what kind of guy was he? >> actually, he was convinced that jeff lindsay had based the character on him. i don't know why had would suggest such a thing if it were true. >> it seems like the last thing? >> you'd kind of want to keep that. >> you're coming off the "six feet under" which is life in a funeral home and then you do blood spatter. and then you find yourself asking, michael c. -- whatever that "c" is for? >> carlyle. >> can i use that? >> no, but you can. my initial thought was no way. i mean, this is, first of all, i've been surrounded by dead bodies for five years. do i really want to make an open-ended commitment that once again, my character is going to be surrounded by dead body. he's more on the supply side, i guess, but still.