Vince Masuka
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Vincent "Vince" Masuka is a fictional character in the Showtime television series Dexter
and the novels by Jeff Lindsay
upon which it is based. In the television series he is portrayed by Korean-American
C. S. Lee. Masuka is the Miami Metro Police lead forensics
investigator and works alongside Dexter Morgan
in the lab and in crime scenes. He often cracks innuendo
to the rest of the team, invokes his Japan
ese heritage only when convenient, and harbors decidedly unrequited feelings for Debra
.
He is portrayed as obsessed with sex—the kinkier the better—and is not shy about propositioning every woman he meets. However, he has been able to tone it down when the situation calls for it, like when Angel was in the hospital, as well as calming Debra down when Lundy returned. Detective Joey Quinn even confronted him about that in stating that is the reason no one likes to be around him, only for Vince to harshly brush him off. However, he seems to accept Joey's explanation when no one came to see his speech on his newly published work, for which he cleaned up his act and dressed formally. At Debra`s request, he returned to his old self at the end of the episode, though his demeanour remains less vulgar.
In the books, Dexter feels a kinship with him as, like him, he hides who he really is. As in the novel, he sets up Dexter's Bachelor Party
and kidnaps him to get him there (where, in the belief that he had been kidnapped by the Skinner, Dexter slugged Vince in the eye just as he opened the car trunk). However, he falls for the female Party Planner and it has been suggested they are still in a relationship, though she has not been seen since the end of the third season. He is also shown to be greatly distraught after seeing Rita kiss another man, leading him to try to tell Dexter. In season 5 he says that he regrets telling him. It is also discovered that he has a giant tattoo of a dragon on his back.
In the sixth season, he begins guiding around a group of interns, bringing them through the labs and to crime scenes. He's shown to be attracted to one of his female interns. However, once she stole an Ice Truck Killer manniquin and sold it online, he instead hires another, a tech-savvy game producing intern who covered up the event and also helped significantly in database analysis.
Vince throws a large bachelor party for Dexter within a few hours of finding out about his engagement, and in Dexter in the Dark
takes his role as best man so seriously that he calls in favors to hire Manny Borque, a famous caterer, for Dexter's wedding.
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
and the novels by Jeff Lindsay
Jeff Lindsay (writer)
Jeff Lindsay is the pen name of American playwright and crime novelist Jeffry P. Freundlich , best known for his novels about sociopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan. Many of his earlier published works include his wife Hilary Hemingway as a co-author. His wife is the niece of Ernest Hemingway and an...
upon which it is based. In the television series he is portrayed by Korean-American
Korean American
Korean Americans are Americans of Korean descent, mostly from South Korea, with a small minority from North Korea...
C. S. Lee. Masuka is the Miami Metro Police lead forensics
Forensics
Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
investigator and works alongside Dexter Morgan
Dexter Morgan
Dexter Morgan is a fictional character in a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter , Dearly Devoted Dexter , Dexter in the Dark , Dexter by Design , Dexter is Delicious and Double Dexter...
in the lab and in crime scenes. He often cracks innuendo
Innuendo
An innuendo is a baseless invention of thoughts or ideas. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging , that works obliquely by allusion...
to the rest of the team, invokes his Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese heritage only when convenient, and harbors decidedly unrequited feelings for Debra
Debra Morgan
Debra Morgan is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his Dexter book series. She also appears in the television series, based on Lindsay's books, portrayed by Jennifer Carpenter. In Lindsay's novels, she first appeared in Darkly Dreaming Dexter, and has featured in every novel...
.
He is portrayed as obsessed with sex—the kinkier the better—and is not shy about propositioning every woman he meets. However, he has been able to tone it down when the situation calls for it, like when Angel was in the hospital, as well as calming Debra down when Lundy returned. Detective Joey Quinn even confronted him about that in stating that is the reason no one likes to be around him, only for Vince to harshly brush him off. However, he seems to accept Joey's explanation when no one came to see his speech on his newly published work, for which he cleaned up his act and dressed formally. At Debra`s request, he returned to his old self at the end of the episode, though his demeanour remains less vulgar.
In the books, Dexter feels a kinship with him as, like him, he hides who he really is. As in the novel, he sets up Dexter's Bachelor Party
Bachelor party
A bachelor party , also known as a stag party, stag night or stag do , a bull's party , or a buck's party or buck's night , is a party held for a man shortly before he enters marriage, to celebrate his "last night of freedom" or merely to spend...
and kidnaps him to get him there (where, in the belief that he had been kidnapped by the Skinner, Dexter slugged Vince in the eye just as he opened the car trunk). However, he falls for the female Party Planner and it has been suggested they are still in a relationship, though she has not been seen since the end of the third season. He is also shown to be greatly distraught after seeing Rita kiss another man, leading him to try to tell Dexter. In season 5 he says that he regrets telling him. It is also discovered that he has a giant tattoo of a dragon on his back.
In the sixth season, he begins guiding around a group of interns, bringing them through the labs and to crime scenes. He's shown to be attracted to one of his female interns. However, once she stole an Ice Truck Killer manniquin and sold it online, he instead hires another, a tech-savvy game producing intern who covered up the event and also helped significantly in database analysis.
Differences from the novels
In both the television series and the novels, Vince is socially and emotionally awkward. In the novels, Dexter views him as a kindred spirit, believing that Masuka is also "pretending to be human", feeling much closer to Masuka, so much so that Masuka serves as the best man at his wedding, and Dexter considers him his best friend. In Dearly Devoted DexterDearly Devoted Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter is a crime/horror novel by Jeff Lindsay, the second in his series about psychopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan, which has been adapted into a television series.-Plot:...
Vince throws a large bachelor party for Dexter within a few hours of finding out about his engagement, and in Dexter in the Dark
Dexter in the Dark
Dexter in the Dark is a 2007 novel written by Jeff Lindsay. This is the third book in the Dexter series, preceded by the 2004 novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter—which formed the basis of the Showtime television series Dexter—and Dearly Devoted Dexter, its 2005 sequel.Dexter in the Dark was released...
takes his role as best man so seriously that he calls in favors to hire Manny Borque, a famous caterer, for Dexter's wedding.