# Dexter and Debra got married! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607 "2009-01-09T23:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/1 "2009-01-09T23:16:45Z")
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter [tied the knot](http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-09-michael-hall-carpenter_N.htm?csp=34) on New Year’s Eve. I thought I was pretty good at noticing chemistry between actors, but I had no clue about these two. Pretty cool. 🙂 (They play brother and sister on Showtime’s _Dexter_). ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/2 "2009-01-09T23:20:09Z")
oh goodness gracious!!! that…that… is quite something… may they have many happy and healthy years together. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/3 "2009-01-10T00:30:50Z")
Well, there goes my gaydar. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/4 "2009-01-10T00:44:20Z")
**Zsofia** , there’s that too. Anyone know if they’re the first brother-sister characters to hook up? (Greg and Marcia don’t count.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/5 "2009-01-10T00:50:17Z")
Well ya know what they say about incest…! (It’s the best!) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/6 "2009-01-10T02:42:50Z")
For a second, I read that as Dexter and Dee-Dee. But then I re-read it. (Hey - plausibly the voice actors could have gotten married, though they’re both women and I don’t know the age difference.) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/7 "2009-01-10T02:46:06Z")
Deb is sex on wheels. I loved the introduction to her character in the show. MMMMMMMM ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/8 "2009-01-10T03:02:40Z")
Wow, that is very odd. They do make a cute couple though… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/9 "2009-01-10T03:42:56Z")
From the link: > [@](#): > > At their wedding, Carpenter’s grandfather’s wedding band was attached to her bouquet of white roses. Somehow I read this to mean her grandfather was in a band that played at the wedding, and … Oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/10 "2009-01-10T07:08:41Z")
I was all set to come in here saying, “SPOILER IN THE TITLE” when I realized…wait…Debra not Rita…OMG! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/11 "2009-01-10T07:12:55Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Anyone know if they’re the first brother-sister characters to hook up? (Greg and Marcia don’t count.) Nope. Off the top of my head Jason Behr and Katherine Heigl of Roswell were doing all sorts of icky things in private (and occasionally in public) while playing brother and sister. And I’m sure they’re not the first. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/12 "2009-01-10T07:13:18Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well, there goes my gaydar. He only played gay on Six Feet Under. I thought he was already married. Did Debra break up his first marriage? I think it would be awkward as an actor, to play opposite your wife and pretend she’s your sister, but it would be better than to play opposite your sister and pretend she’s you wife! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/13 "2009-01-10T07:25:22Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Anyone know if they’re the first brother-sister characters to hook up? (Greg and Marcia don’t count.) Not quite the same thing, but the actors playing Peter and Claire (uncle and niece) hooked up. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/14 "2009-01-10T07:34:23Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > He only played gay on Six Feet Under. I thought he was already married. Did Debra break up his first marriage? > > I think it would be awkward as an actor, to play opposite your wife and pretend she’s your sister, but it would be better than to play opposite your sister and pretend she’s you wife! I seem to recall there being a sibling acting duo (male and female) who shared a hardcore makeout scene. I can’t remember the name of the film, or the two actors, but they were relatively young at the time and… that’s it. I think they might’ve had blondish hair, not that that’s helpful. :smack: I will search, and if I find, post. Oh, and… Here’s hoping they have a happy life and marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/15 "2009-01-10T10:01:54Z")
He was married before. He got divorced in 06 which was the year Dexter started. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/16 "2009-01-10T10:23:41Z")
If they ever had kids, they would grow up to be normal, but could only play retarded characters. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/17 "2009-01-10T11:54:07Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well, there goes my gaydar. No kidding! I never thought my gaydar was worth a hill of beans anyway, but I thought Dex was a “gimme”. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/18 "2009-01-10T12:28:47Z")
When I saw the thread title, (and not yet having seen Season 3), I thought, “That show has completely gone off the rails.” Of course, the characters on the show aren’t biologically siblings, since Dexter was adopted. Is it legal for step-siblings or adoptive siblings to marry? We’ve probably already had a lengthy thread about that. Anyway, I hope it works out for them. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/19 "2009-01-10T14:05:11Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Is it legal for step-siblings or adoptive siblings to marry? I hope to God since that’s what my parents were! (Adoptive sibs.) Unfortunately, they didn’t have the same consideration for my brother & I to adopt wives for us! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607/20 "2009-01-10T14:09:52Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I was all set to come in here saying, “SPOILER IN THE TITLE” when I realized…wait…Debra not Rita…OMG! Me too, kind of a “Dammit, it was on last night…no wait…wait what” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-and-debra-got-married/480607.md?page=2)