 As Season 3 begins, Dexter's relationship with Cody has developed to such an extent that Cody asks him to be a speaker at his school for Parent's Day, while Dexter's presentation of himself as a blood-spatter specialist does not go well with the other kids, Cody tells him that it would have been worse if Dexter had not been there.He also considers Astor and Cody his family; he refers to them as his "cubs", and later says that nobody hurts "his children".Cody is the ring-bearer at Dexter and Rita's wedding.