<P> In "That Night, a Forest Grew," Rita stands up to her mother and insists that she move out of the house . Rita tells Dexter that he is no longer welcome to visit her house or her children . He apologizes, admitting that his affair with Lila was a mistake, but she is still hesitant to forgive him . When Dexter breaks up with Lila, she retaliates by pursuing his co-worker and friend, Angel Batista (David Zayas). In "There's Something About Harry," Rita and Dexter reconcile and visit the beach together . In the second season finale, Dexter is forced to lie about running away with Lila, in front of Debra . Lila, feeling hurt, leaves with what she recognizes as Dexter's bag of murder equipment . She goes to Rita's house and drugs the babysitter in order to abduct the children . When Dexter realizes that Astor and Cody are missing, he goes to Lila's apartment . She starts a fire and locks the three of them inside . Rita calls Debra for help and Debra decides to skip her flight to Oregon, with her boyfriend Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine). Dexter manages to pass Astor and Cody through a small window to the outside, and escapes after breaking down a thin wall . </P> <P> In the season three opener "Our Father," Rita realizes that she is pregnant with Dexter's child . In "All In The Family", after an unsuccessful marriage proposal, Dexter tries to convince Rita that he is looking for more than a convenient merger of finances and parenthood . In "Turning Biminese," Rita is hospitalized after a medical emergency and Dexter cannot be found . Dexter is hesitant when Rita suggests that they buy a house and move in together . Rita becomes angry at Dexter's refusal to help organize their wedding . In the third season finale, "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?", Rita and Dexter get married . </P> <P> In the fourth season opener, Rita and Dexter are living happily together in a suburban neighborhood with Astor, Cody, and new baby Harrison . In "Remains to be Seen" Dexter is in a terrible car accident, and Rita demands that he give her his keys so that she can drive him . In "If I Had a Hammer," friction begins to develop in the couple's relationship, and Dexter seeks guidance from Arthur Mitchell (John Lithgow), a family man who appears to balance his responsibilities with his secret life as the "Trinity Killer". In "Hungry Man," Rita works hard to prepare Thanksgiving dinner . She shares a kiss with the next door neighbor, Elliot Larson (Rick Peters), when she asks if she can use his stove . Dexter arrives for an appointment with Rita for marriage counseling, but gets called to a crime scene as soon as he arrives . Soon after, Rita confesses that she and Elliot kissed, although Dexter tries to brush it off . Rita later admits that she felt hurt that he did not seem to care about her indiscretion . Dexter then punches Elliot and warns him to stay away from Rita, which reassures her that Dexter loves her . In the fourth season finale, Dexter asks her to go out of town so they can have a belated honeymoon; in reality, Dexter wants to keep her safe from Mitchell, who has learned his real identity and threatened to kill him and his family . After killing Mitchell, Dexter returns home and finds a message from Rita that she returned to pick up her identification for the flight . Dexter finds her dead in the bathtub--Mitchell's last victim . In the fifth season premiere "My Bad", Dexter realizes, much to his own surprise, that he genuinely loved Rita and is devastated by her death . Julie Benz reprised her role as Rita as a special guest star in a flashback to her and Dexter's first date, and as a corpse . </P> <P> The character of Rita Bennett was originally invented by Jeff Lindsay for his series of novels about Dexter Morgan, and she is featured in all but the final book in the series . Clyde Phillips and Melissa Rosenberg wanted to bring the character into the television series when casting for the TV version, Dexter . Julie Benz was given a copy of the script in 2005 and was asked to audition for the part . She was surprised because the script was "one of the best pilot scripts (she) ever read ." She also read for the part of Debra and joked that she would have auditioned for Dexter's role . Benz had been a fan of Michael C. Hall from his role in Six Feet Under . She said in an interview with Vanity Fair, "I was such a fan, to the point where my cell - phone ring was the show's theme song . I had to change it once I got cast!". Benz performed for four seasons, until her character was killed in the series . </P>

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