0bseivation Assignment Boinest 1

Site Location: "Bextei"

0bseivation 0ne
}anuaiy 26, 2u14
Time: 2:uuPN-2:SuPN

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scatteieu uesks that belong to the uetectives that woik theie. Each uetective has a
peisonal computei. To the left is the lab wheie the foiensic scientists woik uoing
BNA testing, fingei piint iuentifying, bloou spattei analysis, anu etc. At the back of
the office is lieutenant Lauueita's office, the one who iesiues ovei the office.

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The figuieu woilu that I will be obseiving is fiom thiee episoues in the television
seiies "Bextei." This figuieu woilu takes place in Niami Netio Bomiciue wheie
cops, uetectives anu foiensic scientists woik togethei to solve muiueis. In this
figuie woilu theie is a stiict moial coue. Nuiuei in society is not geneially oi evei
acceptable. Appiopiiate behavioi incluues woiking togethei with the people in the
office to solve the ciime anu iepoiting to theii Cowoikeis with the eviuence anu
leaus that they may have. Bextei Noigan almost peifectly contiauicts the
convocations foi what woulu be consiueieu appiopiiate behavioi. Bextei is one of
the foiensic scientists at Niami Netio that specializes in bloou spattei analyzing.
Bowevei, the twist to the stoiy is that Bextei is not only someone who woiks to
catch seiial killeis, but he is also one himself.
The uiscouise communities that I expect to finu incluue the cops anu
uetectives that woik towaius tiacking uown potential seiial killeis. The othei
uiscouise community that I expect to see incluues the seiial killeis, incluuing Bextei.
An impoitant aitifact to Bextei's uiscouise community is the coue that his
auopteu fathei, Baiiy, came up with. This coue is what contiols anu influences
Bextei's baibaiic "neeu" to kill. The coue limits him to only being able to kill people
that he has pioven to be killeis oi bau people themselves. With this coue Bextei
foims some soit of justification to the muiuei of othei people.

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Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:22 AM
Comment [1]: Auu a pictuie of the space
Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:18 AM
Comment [2]: Noie uetail about the
office.
Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:26 AM
Comment [3]: Some things in this
paiagiaph also coulu be auueu to youi
aitifacts. Also coulu auu the Biscouise
communities.
Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:23 AM
Comment [4]: Incluue moie impoitant
actois. (Ruuy, Lauueita)
0bseivation Assignment Boinest 2
Site Location: "Bextei"


!"1("% 2)%3/*0 Bextei is an intelligent, often socially awkwaiu inuiviuual.
Be piesents his uemeanoi as someone who seeks to uo the iight thing. Be
uses his giilfiienu Rita anu hei chiluien as a covei to his behinu the scenes
life. Bextei is a foiensic scientist that specializes in bloou spattei analyzing;
he helps to solve muiueis. Though he helps to catch muiueis anu seiial
killeis his shocking siue hobby is killing people himself. Be justifies his
actions by only killing othei muiueieis. These actions contiauict the
appiopiiate behaviois in the figuieu woilu.

!"4%/ 2)%3/*0 Bebia is Bextei's youngei sistei. She is a uetective at Niami
Netio. Bebia often iepiesents inappiopiiate behavioi with hei choice of
extensive piofanity use. She is a ueteimineu uetective who wants to excel in
hei caieei. She woiks haiu to uo what is just in making suie that muiueis go
behinu bais wheie they belong. She uoes not know about Bextei's siue job,
which makes the show an on euge uisplay.


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!"1("%5# 67))8 97&8"#0 Bextei's bloou sliues aie significant to him because
they iepiesent all of the "bau" people that he has killeu. 0n each bloou sliue
is a uiop of bloou fiom one of his victims. They aie like tiophies to him.

:-" 6/%4&" !)775# -"/8: This iepiesents Bextei's connection to the Ice tiuck
killei. This paiticulai chaiactei has been muiueiing women(mostly
piostitutes) anu uiaining them of theii bloou. They aie then cut into pieces
anu left outsiue foi the woilu to see. The killei has been leaving Bextei
messages as if implying that they have something in common.

;/%%<5# =)8"0 The coue is a set of guiuelines that Bextei lives by. It was
uevelopeu by his auopteu fathei to pievent him fiom getting sent to the
electiic chaii. The two iules that Bextei has ueemeu the most impoitant
incluue: uon't get caught anu nevei kill an innocent.






Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:31 AM
Comment [5]: uoou uesciiption of Bextei
0bseivation Assignment Boinest S
Site Location: "Bextei"

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:-" 9"%&/7 >&77"%#0 This gioup incluues Bextei, Ruuy anu the Psychiatiist.
Each of these people violates the appiopiiate behavioi in the figuieu woilu
by committing muiuei. Ruuy has been communicating with Bextei by
iecieating chiluhoou photogiaphs with the uetacheu limbs of his victims.
Nuiuei coulu be consiueieu a means of communication in the light of tiying
to get a point acioss.
2&/?& 2"(%) ;)?&$&8"0 Incluues all the cops involveu in solving the
muiueis anu piecing togethei the woiks of seiial killeis. Theii shaieu way of
communicating involves shaiing iueas in the woikplace oi on the phone.

@&(/5# A/?&7<0 Rita's family seives as a covei foi Bextei's tiue self. They aie
woiking on cieating a family-like ielationship with Bextei. Theii shaieu way
of communicating incluues physical acts, such as intimacy between Bextei
anu Rita anu also Bextei Reauing the chiluien a stoiy befoie beu.


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!"1("%5# !"?"/*)%0 Bextei is an awkwaiu peison who iepiesents
tenuencies of a split peisonality. Bis covei incluues piesenting himself as a
family man, fiienuly anu exceeuingly helpfuliesouiceful. Be communicates
in this way to hiue the colu emptiness that he claims is insiue him.
Bebia's Piofanity: Bebia uses piofanity in mass quantities uuiing the show.
Some finu hei foul language offensive, while some just see it as one of the
things that uefine who she is. This is impoitant because it iepiesents hei
stiong conception that she can uo whatevei she wants to anu be a poweiful,
ueteimineu women.


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2:uuPN- Bextei anu Batista inspect a muiuei scene that appeais to be a suiciue. The
question is whethei oi not it is actually a suiciue oi a muiuei. Bebia aiiives on the
scene being uioppeu off, cleaily smitten, by hei new boyfiienu, Ruuy.


0bseivation Assignment Boinest 4
Site Location: "Bextei"

2:1uPN- 0n the siue Bextei uiscoveieu that the women who is suspecteu to commit
suiciue shaies something in common with similai cases. They all went to anu weie
associateu with the same psychologist. Bextei ueciues to make an appointment
with the psychologist so that he can finu out if he has anything to uo with these
women's tiagic ueaths.
Bextei wants to get in touch with the ice tiuck killei, howevei is unsuie how
to make it happen. Be posts an au on ciaigslist saying, "Beai Ken, I'm in pieces. Why
the colu shouluei. Love, Baibie." This message is in iefeience to the Baibie that the
ice tiuck killei left in pieces in Bextei's iefiigeiatoi.

2:2uPN- Flashbacks fiom Bextei's past show him leaining a coue foi his behavioi
fiom his auopteu fathei, Baiiy. Neanwhile Lauueita inteiviews a man
impeisonating the ice tiuck killei in hopes that he will aumit to being a fiauu.

2:2SPN- Bextei takes auvantage of his sessions with the psychiatiist to woik on his
own peisonal issues, such as his ielationship with his giilfiienu. Be acclaims to be a
sociopath incapable of feelings.

2:SuPN- Buiing Bextei's session he has a flashback to when he was veiy young. Be
is yelling foi his mothei anu coveieu in bloou. Be has a soit of panic attack anu
leaves his session abiuptly. Be iushes to Rita's anu they aie able to get thiough
theii uilemma.

2:4uPN- Leuueita stumps the fiauu ceieal killei by biinging one of the heaus fiom
eviuence into the inteiiogation ioom. Be uoes not ieact in the way a typical ceieal
killei woulu. Be gets veiy neivous anu appiehensive at the atiocious sight.

2:4SPN- Bextei ievisits the psychiatiist to finally uo what he has been planning all
along; confiont anu kill him foi his wionguoings.

2:SuPN- At the enu of the episoue we see Ruuy ieplying to Bextei's message on
ciaigslist saying, "Baibie, Be patient. 0ne uay we'll shaie a colu one." Next to his
computei is a cut up uoll just like the one left in Bextei's fieezei. This is inuicating
that Ruuy is in fact the Ice Tiuck Killei.







Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:28 AM
Comment [6]: Auu to actois list. Seems
impoitant, but ieauei won't know who she
is.
0bseivation Assignment Boinest S
Site Location: "Bextei"

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S:uuPN- In the beginning of the show we see Bextei stepping out of his comfoit
zone in tiying to fit into Rita's Family life. Bextei goes to inspect a ciime scene
wheie }ames Boakes a fellow colleague has shot a man. Boakes ciiticizes Bextei foi
his job anu inteiests calling him a, "fucking cieep-job" when Bextei tiies to explain
the inciuent.

S:uSPN- Bebia wants Bextei anu Rita to uouble uate with hei anu hei new
boyfiienu. She claims that as hei biothei, Bextei shoulu know Ruuy. Bebia then
gets a lettei saying that Bextei's biological fathei hau uieu anu left him a house. Be
anu Rita ueciue to go togethei to check out the house.

S:1SPN- Bebia anu Ruuy suipiise Bextei by showing up to his supposeu fatheis
house. Ruuy gieets Bextei by awkwaiuly saying, "I've waiteu a long time to meet
you." 0bviously Ruuy knows moie about the situation then Bextei. They all ueciue
to stay in the house foi the weekenu to pack up the estate. Ruuy gives Bextei
longing, sneaky looks that suggest that he knows Bextei well.

S:2uPN- Bextei goes to see the bouy of who is saiu to be his biological fathei anu
notices an ouu tattoo. Be then has a flashback to when he was a chilu iiuing in a cai
with a man obtaining the same tattoo. Bextei gets a little fieakeu out anu ueciues to
uiaw bloou fiom the bouy to get a pateinity test.

S:2SPN- Bextei finus out that his fathei uoes not have any iecoius befoie the age of
thiity. Be finus this suspicious anu suspects that he may have spent some time in
jail oi to have hung aiounu the wiong ciowu. Bextei also ieceives the BNA test
ueteimining that the man is actually his biological fathei. Be begins to wonuei if
Baiiy, his auopteu fathei, hau lieu to him about anything else anu why he hau
chosen to lie in the fiist place.

S:SuPN- Bextei wants to figuie out what the cause of his biological fathei's ueath
was so he goes to the moigue to fuithei exploie his theoiy. Be gets caught bieaking
anu enteiing anu iuns outsiue. Conveniently Ruuy hau been following him anu
pickeu him up as he was on the iun. They take the ashes of his fathei to a bowling
ally since he was once an aviu bowlei.

S:4uPN- Bextei has anothei flashback to his chiluhoou when he maue a caiu foi an
unknown bloou uonoi. Be has this flashback aftei having founu the caiu in his
biological fatheis house.

Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:15 AM
Comment [7]: Auu anothei uesciiption of
the location of the house.
Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:24 AM
Comment [8]: Auu moie uetail about
Rita's family. Who's in the family. What
makes Bextei uncomfoitable.
Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:31 AM
Comment [9]: uo into moie uetail of the
scene
0bseivation Assignment Boinest 6
Site Location: "Bextei"

At the enu of the episoue we see Ruuy anu Bebia getting into a cai to leave
the house. The neighboi fiom acioss the stieet calls out having iecognizeu Ruuy
anu iefeiiing to him as the cable man. Eailiei in the episoue the same elueily
neighboi hau uesciibeu a man veiy similai to Ruuy as being the last visitoi to his
fatheis home. This inuicates that Ruuy coulu have been the cause to Bextei's
fatheis ueath.

S:4SPN- Paul, Rita's ex husbanu, comes by hei house cleaily uiunk anu uemanus he
be able to see his chiluien. Rita attempts to calm him, but he tiieu sexually
assaulting hei. She iuns to get the chiluien anu leaves the house.


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9"/#)* D0 E'&#)8" DD

4:uuPN- Bextei is continuously having flashbacks to his chiluhoou, especially to the
moment when his mothei was muiueieu in a stoiage containei. In this specific
scene, the memoiy is maue fiesh by a pool of bloou fiom wheie Batista was stabbeu.
Foi the fiist time Bextei staits to feel neivous at the sight of bloou.

4:uSPN- Ruuy is about to commit anothei ciime as the viewei now knows that he is
the ice tiuck killei. Be has tiickeu one of his foimei patients into coming into his
home, so that he can muiuei then uismembei hei. While he is amiust his woik the
uooibell iings anu Ruuy ieluctantly invites hei in. Be makes plans with hei to get
away with just the two of them.

4:1uPN- Neanwhile Bextei goes to investigate his motheis muiuei anu asks to see
the case file, howevei is uenieu. Be is calleu to a ciime scene wheie the Ice Tiuck
Killei(Ruuy) has left anothei uismembeieu bouy. The bouy paits aie wiappeu in
papei unuei a Chiistmas tiee. Bextei pieuicts that the scene seems iusheu anu then
he finus a viueo tape connecteu to one of the bouy paits. The viueo was of Ruuy's
last victim. What they notice is ouu about the viueo is that she is hanging upsiue
uown.

4:2uPN- Bebia is woiiieu about hei ielationship with Ruuy. She aiiangeu foi him
to have lunch with Bextei in hopes to uiscovei if theie is "tiouble in paiauise." Ruuy
just tells Bextei that he plans to piopose.

4:2SPN- As Bextei continues to piece togethei the muiuei of his mothei he iealizes
that the Ice Tiuck Killei has been leaving him clues all along in the numbei 1uS.
This leu him to uiscovei who his mothei was anu finu out what happeneu to hei.

0bseivation Assignment Boinest 7
Site Location: "Bextei"

Bextei is angiy because the case file no longei exists because his auopteu fathei hau
it uestioyeu.

4:SuPN- Rita visits Paul in jail so that he can explain to them why he is theie. At
fiist he is angiy that they aie theie, but ueciues explaining to his chiluien is the iight
thing to uo.

4:4uPN- Bextei goes to visit Batista in the hospital anu get a bloou sample fiom the
back of his heau. Be makes the connection that the teeth maiks on the back of his
heau anu the busteu lip that Ruuy hau coiielate. Eailiei Bextei hau known that
Ruuy lieu to him anu uiun't cai, but now Ruuy has his full attention. Be heaus back
to the lab to continue foiming his theoiy.

4:4SPN: Bebia agiees to go to uinnei with Ruuy on a yacht. Bextei thinks she will
be busy with woik wheie she is safe fiom Ruuy. Bextei goes to Ruuy's to finu BNA
anu enus up having to uig in the tiash to finu it. Bebia meets Ruuy on a flowei
coveieu, iomantic boat scene. Be kneels to piopose anu she exciteuly says yes.
Bextei becomes neivous when he cannot ieach Bebia's cell. 0nce he iealizes
wheie she is, he iushes to the maiina wheie they aie.

4:SuPN: Bebia finus out that Ruuy is the Ice Tiuck Killei anu he stiangles hei until
she passes out. Bextei is tolu that the BNA samples aie a match between Ruuy anu
Batista's wounu. Now Bextei is also ceitain of Ruuy's guilt.




















Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:29 AM
Comment [10]: Besciiption of location
0bseivation Assignment Boinest 8
Site Location: "Bextei"

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1. 1ell me abouL your lnLerpreLaLlon of uexLers demeanor. Such as how he presenLs
hlmself or whaL klnd of fronL he puLs on.
-uexLer klnda preLends Lo be a famlly man, buL we all know he's a serlal klller.
Pe's really good aL belng convlnclng Lo cover hls Lracks"

2. Clve an example of a physlcal ob[ecL or ldea LhaL ls slgnlflcanL LhroughouL Lhe show.
-Parry's code ls really lmporLanL LhroughouL Lhe show. uexLer ls always golng
back Lo lL and checklng ouL Lhe morals."

3. lndlcaLe any characLers LhaL do noL follow soclal norms ln Lerms of how Lhey Lalk or
acL. Clve an example.
-l guess uebra doesn'L really do a good [ob aL flLLlng ln. She uses a loL of
profanlLy LhaL mosL of Lhe Llme wouldn'L be cool."

4. Pow can uexLer be consldered a conLroverslal show on Lelevlslon. uo you Lhlnk lL ls
Loo over Lhe Lop?
-1he murders and sexual lnnuendo could make Lhe show conLroberslal. l Lhlnk
LhaL ln Lodays socleLy, lL's noL LhaL blg of a deal compared Lo some of Lhe oLher
Lhlngs seen on 1v."

3. Pow do you Lhlnk LhaL uexLers characLer flLs lnLo Mlaml MeLro? Cr does he really flL
ln aL all?
-"Be is impoitant in helping to solve the ciime, but most of the time he steeis
them the wiong way so that he can have the bau guy all to himself. Socially he
seems to fit in. Eveiyone likes him, but they think he is a little awkwaiu."














Lydia Boinest 2/6/14 10:25 AM
Comment [11]: Who was the inteiview
with.