Tom Matthews

Thomas Matthews is a character in Showtime series Dexter. He is the best friend of Harry Morgan who feels obligated to look after his children Dexter and Debra as a result. However Matthews is also rather flawed as he prioritizes advancing in his career over everything else and often clashes with Maria LaGuerta who he is vindictive towards.
== Dexter ==
Matthews clashes with LaGuerta several times such as when he has Deb transferred to Homicide against her wishes and when he steals credit for arresting Neil Perry for being the Ice Truck Killer. When LaGuerta used the fact that Perry turned out to be a fraud to embarrass him Matthews has her replaced as Liuetenant with another cop though this was only temorary.
When Dexter confronted Matthews and learned that Harry had killed himself Matthews showed him sincere sympathy and did his best to comfort his friend's son. Matthews was there for the morgans at other times such as urging Deb to not let Dexter know he was related to the Ice Truck Killer and attending the funeral of Dexter's wife Rita.
After his wife had died Matthews began spending time with prostitutes. When one of them died in his company LaGuerta uses this to blackmail him before having him forcibly retired. She later offered him help in getting his job back in exchange for helping to investigate her suspicions that Dexter was the Bay Harbour Butcher and that James Doakes was innocent of the crimes he was accused of. Matthews decided Dexter was innocent and told LaGuerta to move on. She kept her word to him and got his job back but continued to pursue Dexter. Matthews was present at LaGuerta's memorial.
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