- Dexter Morgan: I'm thankful for yams.
- Arthur Mitchell: Yams?
- Dexter Morgan: Comfort food. Thank you all for the comfort of your home
- Arthur Mitchell: Where no one said they were thankful for me. Did you Jonah? Did you say you were thankful for me Jonah? What was that?
- Jonah Mitchell: I did not say I was thankful for you, beacuse I'm not
- Sally Mitchell: I am SO thankful for you Arthur
- Arthur Mitchell: Shut up cunt
- Vince Masuka: Chocolate Lava Cakes. My specialty!
- Debra Morgan: You have a specialty?
- Vince Masuka: A river of chocolate love that melts in your mouth!
- Debra Morgan: Wow!
- [smiles wryly]
- Debra Morgan: You can make anything sound perverted!
- Vince Masuka: [with a typical Masuka shit eating grin] It's a gift!
- [first lines]
- Dexter Morgan: This'll do the job.
- [holding up a large knife]
- Dexter Morgan: Cut you into exactly the right size pieces.
- [taps the turkey with the knife]
- Dexter Morgan: You got one more day.
- Jonah Mitchell: I know it looks like we have the perfect fuckin' family. But in that house, when he's there it's not a life. It's a tour of duty.
- Dexter Morgan: He's destroyed everyone in that family.
- Harry Morgan: That's what happens when people live with a monster.
- Dexter Morgan: I'm nothing like him! My family is nothing like that.
- Harry Morgan: What's 18 more years of being with you going to do to them?
- Dexter Morgan: Arthur's terrorized them into maintaining his cover. They're nothing but human shields.
- Harry Morgan: The only reason you started dating Rita for cover.
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] Not all happy families are alike. They *are* happy, aren't that? Are they normal kids? How can you tell a loving wife from a frightened one? A friendly neighbor from, a co-worker, a sister, a son. Are any of them what they seem? Or are they little bombs waiting to explode?
- Harry Morgan: [appearing] Happy Thanksgiving, son.
- Debra Morgan: You know, I could use a wing-man.
- Vince Masuka: [instantly] Yes.
- Debra Morgan: I can't promise it'll be any fun.
- Vince Masuka: Well, I could be your thigh man.
- [creepy giggle]
- Dexter Morgan: [thinking] What kind of father keeps a coffin in the garage?
- Harry Morgan: [appearing] What kind of father keeps a blood slides in the shed?