Seasons & episodes
S1 · E7Circle of Friends 8.6 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-11-12 · 52 min
Rita must deal with the return of her menacing, recently paroled husband, Paul Bennett. The Ice Truck Killer is supposedly identified, but Dexter is skeptical.
S1 · E8Shrink Wrap 8.8 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-11-19 · 53 min
The strange suicide of a powerful woman leads Dexter to suspect her shrink of murder, but he gets a shock when a visit to the suspect opens up dark secrets from Dexter's past.
S1 · E9Father Knows Best 8.6 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-11-26 · 55 min
While on a weekend getaway with Rita, his sister and her new beau, Dexter learns that his biological father, thought to be dead for 30 years, has just passed away, and that he's willed his son everything he owned.
S1 · E10Seeing Red 8.7 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-12-03 · 56 min
Dexter Morgan is sent to investigate a blood-soaked crime scene, and is gripped by a suppressed memory. Meanwhile, Rita is charged with assaulting Paul and could lose the children in a custody battle. Angel investigates a hunch regarding The Ice Truck Killer.
S1 · E11Truth Be Told 8.7 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-12-10 · 53 min
The Ice Truck Killer sets a trap for Dexter by kidnapping someone close to him; Dexter's increasingly odd behavior piques Doakes's interest.
S1 · E12Born Free 9.1 / 10 · 4 published ratings 2006-12-17 · 56 min
Dexter figures out who the Ice Truck Killer is, along with a dark secret from his troubled past. Meanwhile, La Guerta is replaced with a new boss and Angel figures out a way how to track the killer while he's still in hospital.
S2 · E1It's Alive! 8.2 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-09-30 · 53 min
Things are really beginning to heat up for Dexter: Doakes' suspicions about him are growing, his victims are escaping, and his body dump site has been found. Meanwhile Paul is troubling Rita over the missing shoe and Debra is going through trauma over the Ice Truck killer incident.
S2 · E2Waiting to Exhale 8.5 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-10-07 · 56 min
Dexter is finding it hard to have closure on killing his brother. There is a new FBI agent to head the "Bay Harbor Butcher" case. Debra is finding it tough to put the past behind her.
S2 · E3An Inconvenient Lie 8.6 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-10-14 · 52 min
Dexter's inability to deceive has him pursuing a slick liar as his next victim, while Rita believes he's concealing a drug problem and forces him into a 12-step program where he meets Lila, a seductive new woman.
S2 · E4See-Through 8.8 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-10-21 · 53 min
Rita's estranged mother visits and senses something is wrong with Dexter. Masuka thinks he's developed a lead in the Bay Harbor Butcher case, which has Dexter concerned. Angel's interrogation of a witness crosses a line.
S2 · E5The Dark Defender 8.3 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-10-28 · 56 min
Dexter discovers that the man who murdered his mother in front of him as a boy is still alive and confronts the killer as part of his recovery from addiction - but he also discovers that old impulses die hard.
S2 · E6Dex, Lies, and Videotape 8.2 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-11-04 · 53 min
A copy-cat killer follows the lead of the "Bay Harbor Butcher." Dexter must destroy an incriminating surveillance video.
S2 · E7That Night, a Forest Grew 8.6 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-11-11 · 55 min
Dexter manages to get Doakes off his back. He devises a plan to get the police in another direction. Lila and Dex's relationship intensifies, and he has some interaction with Rita and the kids.
S2 · E8Morning Comes 9.1 / 10 · 3 published ratings 2007-11-18 · 49 min
Dexter is attacked by the man who murdered his mother. Meanwhile, Lila wants to get closer to Dex, and Debra and Lundy close in on the Bay Harbor Butcher.
S2 · E9Resistance Is Futile 9.6 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2007-11-25 · 50 min
Dexter realizes it won't be easy to end things completely with Lila. Dexter tries to stay ahead of the investigations as the manhunt for the Bay Harbor Butcher intensifies. An enemy of Dexter figures out his secret.
S2 · E10There's Something About Harry 8.2 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2007-12-02 · 55 min
Doakes follows Dexter to his next crime scene and shocks him with a revelation about Harry. The Bay Harbor Butcher task force feels they are zeroing in on their man.
S2 · E11Left Turn Ahead 8.1 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2007-12-09 · 51 min
Dexter must make a massive decision that will have an effect on all those he holds close. Lila meanwhile is back with a secret to blackmail Dexter.
S2 · E12The British Invasion 8.3 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2007-12-16 · 51 min
Special Agent Lundy and the FBI finally settle the case of the Bay Harbor Butcher, but the heat's not entirely off Dexter as the flames literally close in.
S3 · E1Our Father 8.0 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-09-28 · 58 min
Dexter has put his life back together but things may fall apart soon. His new victim is also being targeted by Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado. Deb has to decide how to handle Internal Affairs, as they want her to turn on her new partner.
S3 · E2Finding Freebo 8.2 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-10-05 · 49 min
Debra and the homicide unit, Dexter and ADA Miguel Prado are all searching for the same serial killer, who is responsible for the death of Prado's younger brother. Meanwhile at home, Dexter is faced with a decision to make concerning Rita and her kid
S3 · E3The Lion Sleeps Tonight 8.1 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-10-12 · 49 min
Dexter and a pedophile have a run-in; Dexter is unable to restore Freebo's good name after he is accused of a murder he didn't commit. Also, Dexter's friendship with Miguel weighs on his mind.
S3 · E4All in the Family 8.3 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-10-19 · 54 min
After an unsuccessful marriage proposal, Dexter must convince Rita that he is looking for more than a convenient merger of finances and parenthood.
S3 · E5Turning Biminese 8.4 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-10-26 · 48 min
Dexter hears the story of a husband who has gotten away with murdering two wives for financial gain and tracks the man to Bimini, but Rita has a medical emergency while Dexter has disappeared.
S3 · E6Sí Se Puede 8.5 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2008-11-02 · 54 min
Dexter tests Miguel to see if he is on his dark-side job. Rita questions her career path after being fired from her job. Debra believes she in some way caused another homicide while working on her current case.