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Dexter (2006)

Dexter Morgan works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, helping investigators understand violent crimes while concealing a dangerous secret of his own. He is also a serial killer who targets criminals who have escaped punishment through the justice system. As Dexter continues to balance his official work with his hidden activities, the two sides of his life increasingly come into conflict.

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Release date Oct 1, 2006
Episode runtime 1h 0m
Language English, Spanish
Genre Drama, Crime, Mystery
Age Rating 18+
Seasons 8 seasons
Episodes 96 episodes
Series status Ended
Commitment Very long watch

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Season Guide

Season 1: : Season 1 Completed
S1 E1 Dexter

Dexter's world is rocked when a rival serial murderer, dubbed the Ice Truck Killer by the media, privately contacts him and reveals that he knows Dexter's grisly secret. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister, Debra, is transferred to Homicide.

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Oct 1, 2006

S1 E2 Crocodile

The Miami Metro Police Department investigate the murder of an undercover officer, while Dexter stalks another victim. Debra discovers a piece of evidence in the Ice Truck Killer Case that helps her get a promotion.

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Oct 8, 2006

S1 E3 Popping Cherry

While LaGuerta focuses the department's attention on a potential suspect in the Ice Truck Killer Case, Debra continues to look elsewhere. Doakes pays a visit to drug lord, Carlos Guerrero. Flashbacks show Dexter killing his first human.

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Oct 15, 2006

S1 E4 Let's Give the Boy a Hand

The Ice Truck Killer's recent crime scenes send a secret message to Dexter Morgan, and lead him to remember his past.

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Oct 22, 2006

S1 E5 Love American Style

The Homicide Division is buzzing after The Ice Truck Killer's latest victim is found mutilated, while Dexter stalks a murderous human trafficker.

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Oct 29, 2006

S1 E6 Return to Sender

The Ice Truck Killer leaves a clue at the scene where Dexter has dispatched his latest victim, and Dexter is worried that someone might have witnessed his killing. Rita is trying to deal with her ex-husband.

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Nov 5, 2006

S1 E7 Circle of Friends

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.

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Nov 12, 2006

S1 E8 Shrink Wrap

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.

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Nov 19, 2006

S1 E9 Father Knows Best

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.

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Nov 26, 2006

S1 E10 Seeing Red

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.

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Dec 3, 2006

S1 E11 Truth Be Told

The Ice Truck Killer sets a trap for Dexter by kidnapping someone close to him; Dexter's increasingly odd behavior piques Doakes's interest.

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Dec 10, 2006

S1 E12 Born Free

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.

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Dec 17, 2006

Season 2: : Season 2 Completed
S2 E1 It's Alive!

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.

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Sep 30, 2007

S2 E2 Waiting to Exhale

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.

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Oct 7, 2007

S2 E3 An Inconvenient Lie

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.

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Oct 14, 2007

S2 E4 See-Through

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.

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Oct 21, 2007

S2 E5 The Dark Defender

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.

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Oct 28, 2007

S2 E6 Dex, Lies, and Videotape

A copy-cat killer follows the lead of the "Bay Harbor Butcher." Dexter must destroy an incriminating surveillance video.

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Nov 4, 2007

S2 E7 That Night, a Forest Grew

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.

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Nov 11, 2007

S2 E8 Morning Comes

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.

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Nov 18, 2007

S2 E9 Resistance Is Futile

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.

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Nov 25, 2007

S2 E10 There's Something About Harry

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.

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Dec 2, 2007

S2 E11 Left Turn Ahead

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.

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Dec 9, 2007

S2 E12 The British Invasion

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.

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Dec 16, 2007

Season 3: : Season 3 Completed
S3 E1 Our Father

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.

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Sep 28, 2008

S3 E2 Finding Freebo

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

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Oct 5, 2008

S3 E3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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.

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Oct 12, 2008

S3 E4 All in the Family

After an unsuccessful marriage proposal, Dexter must convince Rita that he is looking for more than a convenient merger of finances and parenthood.

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Oct 19, 2008

S3 E5 Turning Biminese

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.

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Oct 26, 2008

S3 E6 Sí Se Puede

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.

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Nov 2, 2008

S3 E7 Easy as Pie

Dexter angers Miguel Prado when he says no to his request for them to kill Ellen Wolf. Meanwhile, a deathly ill Camilla Figg asks Dexter to kill her. Anton Briggs is told that he is being used as bait to get at The Skinner.

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Nov 9, 2008

S3 E8 The Damage a Man Can Do

Dexter undertakes to teach Miguel Prado the Code, but doesn't realize he's whetting his thirst for blood; Debra is one step closer to finding the Skinner; Quinn reveals a secret about C.I. Anton Briggs.

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Nov 16, 2008

S3 E9 About Last Night

Dexter is happy to have someone to help him with his killings, but can his new accomplice really keep to the Code of Harry or will he become the very thing Dexter seeks to destroy? Rita revolves to confront Miguel about his suspected infidelity. Debra searches furiously for Anton when it's revealed that he was abducted by the Skinner.

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Nov 23, 2008

S3 E10 Go Your Own Way

A series of chess-like moves ensues when Dexter and Miguel vie for the upper hand, with Miguel winning Rita's affection by presenting her with a lavish wedding gift; Debra wonders if her relationship with Anton is worth the trouble.

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Nov 30, 2008

S3 E11 I Had a Dream

Dexter must find a way to get rid of Miguel despite the fact that his friend is a highly placed district attorney and also Dexter's best man, and Debra finds a new clue to the Skinner's identity.

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Dec 7, 2008

S3 E12 Do You Take Dexter Morgan?

Dexter attempts to calm the unstable Ramon now that Miguel is out of the picture; Debra is about to receive her detective's shield but is blind-sided with information that could derail her promotion.

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Dec 14, 2008

Season 4: : Season 4 Completed
S4 E1 Living the Dream

Dexter sleeplessly struggles to balance his new family life with his dark, murderous drive for a fresh victim, and his busier-than-ever forensic career pursuing a new target, "The Trinity Killer."

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Sep 27, 2009

S4 E2 Remains to Be Seen

Dexter realizes that he has carelessly misplaced crucial evidence that could expose his dark side to the world, while helping to investigate new slayings that Agent Frank Lundy insists are the work of Trinity.

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Oct 4, 2009

S4 E3 Blinded by the Light

Dexter is hampered by his neighborhood's increased vigilance due to vandalism, his temporary inability to drive himself anywhere, and his admiration for the killing technique of the artful Trinity Killer.

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Oct 11, 2009

S4 E4 Dex Takes a Holiday

Rita goes to a wedding with the kids, allowing Dexter to have his own little vacation. He does what he does best when alone, hunt, and goes after an officer with a dark secret.

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Oct 18, 2009

S4 E5 Dirty Harry

Dexter is inspired to investigate the Trinity Killer on his own, while Debra blames herself for an event that was out of her control, and Rita realizes how little she knows her husband after discovering one of his secrets.

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Oct 25, 2009

S4 E6 If I Had a Hammer

Dexter doubles his efforts to stay ahead of the official Trinity investigation, and receives relationship advice about the friction between himself and Rita from a most unexpected source.

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Nov 1, 2009

S4 E7 Slack Tide

Dexter finally strikes a balance between family, career and his secret life, but is thwarted in his pursuit of his next victim, while Debra expresses a renewed and unwelcome interest in their father's checkered past. Miami Metro Homicide tries to solve the Model Killer Case.

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Nov 8, 2009

S4 E8 Road Kill

Dexter wonders if his father's Code is truly the right path, and hopes to get answers by accompanying Trinity on an out-of-town road trip to Tampa; Debra discovers that her single-minded pursuit of Trinity has blinded her to the true identity of her assailant.

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Nov 15, 2009

S4 E9 Hungry Man

Dexter learns more about Arthur's bizarre and twisted world, while Rita has her hands full preparing Thanksgiving dinner for a full house, Debra uses the holiday to further investigate Trinity, and Batista gets closure on an old case.

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Nov 22, 2009

S4 E10 Lost Boys

The disappearance of a ten-year-old boy forces Dexter to question his assumptions about Trinity, while Cody defends one of Dexter's lies and Masuka is unable to face what he witnessed on Thanksgiving.

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Nov 29, 2009

S4 E11 Hello, Dexter Morgan

Dexter must buy time to protect himself when Debra's investigation brings the department one step away from identifying Arthur as the Trinity Killer; Rita confides in Dexter, but is disappointed in the result.

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Dec 6, 2009

S4 E12 The Getaway

Dexter and Arthur are on a collision course.

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Dec 13, 2009

Season 5: : Season 5 Completed
S5 E1 My Bad

Dexter must make a choice; Quinn stirs up trouble for Dexter but supports Deb.

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Sep 26, 2010

S5 E2 Hello, Bandit

Dexter tries to focus on the children and fight his dark urges; Debra ends up on Quinn's doorstep.

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Oct 3, 2010

S5 E3 Practically Perfect

Dexter hires a nanny; Debra is annoyed with her new partner; Quinn continues to investigate Rita's murder.

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Oct 10, 2010

S5 E4 Beauty and the Beast

Dexter must save a life; Deb has a confrontation with a key suspect; Quinn follows up on the similarities between Dexter and Kyle Butler.

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Oct 17, 2010

S5 E5 First Blood

Dexter is saddled with an unwanted conspirator; Dexter worries about how Rita's death will affect Harrison; Deb works alone; Quinn enlists an old friend's help.

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Oct 24, 2010

S5 E6 Everything Is Illumenated

Dexter is drawn into a precarious situation; Batista discovers an interesting lead; Quinn gets information about Dexter from a questionable source.

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Oct 31, 2010

S5 E7 Circle Us

Dexter is called to investigate a horrifying crime scene; the Santa Muerte case leads to a violent standoff between Debra and the Santa Muerte killers.

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Nov 7, 2010

S5 E8 Take It!

Dexter and Lumen vet and stalk a violent killer; Debra gets into some unexpected trouble from the fallout of the Santa Muerte case

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Nov 14, 2010

S5 E9 Teenage Wasteland

Dexter and Lumen hunt for their next victim; Debra uncovers new evidence in the Barrel Girl case

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Nov 21, 2010

S5 E10 In the Beginning

Homicide uncovers some key evidence linked to one of Dexter's and Lumen's prior victims; Debra identifies two more suspects in the case.

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Nov 28, 2010

S5 E11 Hop a Freighter

Dexter must do damage control; Debra's speculation begins to take shape; Quinn becomes involved in a homicide.

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Dec 5, 2010

S5 E12 The Big One

Dexter realizes that he and Lumen are being lured into a trap and risks everything to escape; Quinn needs help that only Dexter can provide.

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Dec 12, 2010

Season 6: : Season 6 Completed
S6 E1 Those Kinds of Things

Dexter attends his high school reunion to hunt a former Prom King; an investigation into a faith-based murder causes Dexter to ask some spiritual questions; Debra becomes an unexpected hero.

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Oct 2, 2011

S6 E2 Once Upon a Time...

Brother Sam, a minister with a criminal history, is brought in by the homicide department to help solve a macabre murder, but Dexter sees him for what he really is, and it's definitely not a man of God. Elsewhere, Debra's sudden hero status elicits a pair of surprising proposals.

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Oct 9, 2011

S6 E3 Smokey and the Bandit

Dexter is confronted with a sobering glimpse of his own potential future when a serial killer from his past makes a startling reappearance; Debra is uncomfortable in her new job; Travis struggles to keep his mentor happy, as he and Gellar prepare a new twisted tableau, ensuring Debra's next task will be a daunting one.

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Oct 16, 2011

S6 E4 A Horse of a Different Color

Much to his own surprise, an emergency with Harrison and a new tableau from Gellar and Travis has Dexter leaning on Brother Sam and an unexpected winged messenger for support as he questions the idea of faith; with proof of a religiously motivated killer, Homicide hunts for a zealot, with Debra giving her first official press conference.

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Oct 23, 2011

S6 E5 The Angel of Death

With the help of his newfound friend Brother Sam, Dexter wonders if there is light within him to counter the darkness, while the search for the Doomsday Killers takes him in a new direction; Batista and Quinn pay a visit to the university where Professor Gellar taught; due to departmental regulations following the shooting, Debra is forced to begin therapy.

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Oct 30, 2011

S6 E6 Just Let Go

Dexter is caught up in a very personal case that awakens the needs of his Dark Passenger; Debra feels overwhelmed by her new Lieutenant duties, made all the more complicated when she finds out Quinn slept with a witness in the Doomsday case.

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Nov 6, 2011

S6 E7 Nebraska

Dexter finds himself teamed up with a fellow Dark Passenger when he takes a road trip to Nebraska to tie up some loose ends from the past; Debra deals with the complications of her promotion as she leads the Doomsday investigation.

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Nov 13, 2011

S6 E8 Sin of Omission

Dexter uses lessons he learned from Brother Sam to follow up on some new leads in the Doomsday investigation; Debra butts heads with Captain LaGuerta over the case of a dead call girl.

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Nov 20, 2011

S6 E9 Get Gellar

Dexter receives help from an unexpected source while hunting the Doomsday Killers and staying one step ahead of Homicide; Debra discovers something new about herself in therapy.

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Nov 27, 2011

S6 E10 Ricochet Rabbit

Dexter tries to figure out the Doomsday Killers' next victim before it's too late; Debra has a strong reaction to a crime scene, which leads her to the realization that she leans too heavily on her brother.

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Dec 4, 2011

S6 E11 Talk to the Hand

Dexter finds that in order to catch the Doomsday Killers, he must create a macabre tableau of his own; Debra's battle with LaGuerta over the case of the dead call girl boils over, and her therapist makes an unnerving suggestion.

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Dec 11, 2011

S6 E12 This Is the Way the World Ends

Dexter and Homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra struggles with a new emotional reality.

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Dec 18, 2011

Season 7: : Season 7 Completed
S7 E1 Are You...?

After witnessing her brother kill, Debra attempts to reconcile with Dexter while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder.

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Sep 30, 2012

S7 E2 Sunshine and Frosty Swirl

Miami Metro sets out to unearth new evidence on a claim from a local convict that he has new information regarding a 15-year-old crime spree; Debra tries to cure Dexter of his killer tendencies.

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Oct 7, 2012

S7 E3 Buck the System

Dexter tries to bring Debra on board with his new target. While the Ukrainian mob seeks revenge for the killing of one of their own, Quinn grows close to a dancer at their strip club.

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Oct 14, 2012

S7 E4 Run

After capturing a deadly killer, things go awry for Miami Metro, sending Debra into a tailspin. In an effort to help his sister, Dexter enters into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, while the Ukrainian mob continues to seek revenge.

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Oct 21, 2012

S7 E5 Swim Deep

While trying to uncover why someone was killed on his boat, Dexter must out-maneuver a vengeful Isaak. New leads are brought to light on the Wayne Randall case by Hannah McKay, Randall's alluring former accomplice who Dexter discovers has a secret.

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Oct 28, 2012

S7 E6 Do the Wrong Thing

Debra gets to know a local crime writer who's dug up some incriminating dirt on Hannah McKay (Dexter's newest obsession). Quinn gets an offer he tries to refuse and Batista is drawn to a new business opportunity. LaGuerta keeps digging into the Bay Harbor Butcher case.

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Nov 4, 2012

S7 E7 Chemistry

Quinn falls back into his old ways as he makes some questionable choices to protect Nadia. Things heat up as Dexter and Hannah grow closer, but when Sal Price discovers the two are involved, he wants the exclusive story.

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Nov 11, 2012

S7 E8 Argentina

Fresh out of jail, Isaak renews his pursuit of Dexter while Quinn continues his power struggle with the Koshkas. Dexter tries to keep Debra in the dark about his relationship with Hannah, but a surprise visit from Astor, Cody and Harrison throws a wrench into his plans.

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Nov 18, 2012

S7 E9 Helter Skelter

As Dexter scrambles to track down Isaak, a power struggle erupts among the Koshka Brotherhood, which could prove to Dexter's advantage. Meanwhile, Miami Dade tries to smoke out the Phantom Arsonist.

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Nov 25, 2012

S7 E10 The Dark... Whatever

Dexter is unnerved when Hannah's father pays him a surprise visit; the Phantom Arsonist's crimes become more vicious; and Quinn defends Nadia's honor and finds himself in a volatile situation. Meanwhile; LaGuerta asks a former superior for help on the Bay Harbor Butcher case.

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Dec 2, 2012

S7 E11 Do You See What I See?

As Christmas approaches, Dexter tries to balance his life with Hannah and his relationship with Debra. Dexter learns the man responsible for ordering his mother's death has been released from jail.

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Dec 9, 2012

S7 E12 Surprise, Motherfucker!

Dexter must protect himself when LaGuerta closes in on his secret.

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Dec 16, 2012

Season 8: : Season 8 Completed
S8 E1 A Beautiful Day

It’s been 6 months since LaGuerta’s murder – and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. Debra now works as a PI for a private firm and Batista has replaced her as Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Miami Metro investigates the murder of a man who has had pieces of his brain removed.

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Jun 30, 2013

S8 E2 Every Silver Lining...

Miami Metro continues their hunt for the Brain Surgeon, while Dr. Vogel enlists Dexter to do her bidding based on her own personal experience with her previous patients. Debra continues to track down her PI case and has to take matters into her own hands.

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Jul 7, 2013

S8 E3 What's Eating Dexter Morgan?

Dexter continues his manhunt for the Brain Surgeon. Dr. Vogel tries to prove to Dexter that he’s perfect as a psychopath. Debra’s PTSD kicks in and she makes a desperate plea to confess to LaGuerta’s murder.

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Jul 14, 2013

S8 E4 Scar Tissue

Dexter tracks down another potential serial killer from Dr. Vogel’s list. Quinn celebrates his passing of the Sergeant’s exam by defending Debra’s honor in a fight. Dr. Vogel begins treating Debra for her PTSD.

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Jul 21, 2013

S8 E5 This Little Piggy

Dr. Vogel gets abducted by the Brain Surgeon, while Dexter and Debra try and rescue her. Masuka finds out he has a daughter.

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Jul 28, 2013

S8 E6 A Little Reflection

Dexter monitors a young psychopath to see if he is suited for his table. Dexter and Debra finally get back to normal, but are surprised by his ex, Hannah.

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Aug 4, 2013

S8 E7 Dress Code

Dexter hunts down Hannah to figure out why she’s back in Miami. Dexter also takes on a protégé and starts teaching him the Code.

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Aug 11, 2013

S8 E8 Are We There Yet?

Dexter tracks down his protégé in the belief that he murdered his neighbor. Meanwhile, Dexter tries to help Hannah escape the country.

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Aug 18, 2013

S8 E9 Make Your Own Kind of Music

Dexter investigates a murder that hits close to home. Meanwhile, Dr. Vogel gets the surprise of her life when someone from her past returns.

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Aug 25, 2013

S8 E10 Goodbye Miami

Dexter enlists Dr. Vogel's help to lure the Brain Surgeon to a location in order to get him on the table. Later, an important person in Dexter's life is murdered before his eyes.

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Sep 8, 2013

S8 E11 Monkey in a Box

Dexter is torn between fleeing the country with Hannah and Harrison, and taking Saxon out once and for all.

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Sep 15, 2013

S8 E12 Remember the Monsters?

Dexter is faced with impossible odds as a brewing hurricane makes its way towards Miami.

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Sep 22, 2013

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