Recap / Dexter

Dexter is a crime thriller loosely based on the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter, revolving around an eponymous Miami police analyst who secretly murders other criminals. The show has run on Showtime from 2006 to 2013, and then from 2021 to present.

Unmarked spoilers are present throughout the subpages. Read at your own risk.

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Season 1

Takes life. Seriously.

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1. "Dexter"
2. "Crocodile"
3. "Popping Cherry"
4. "Let's Give the Boy a Hand"
5. "Love American Style"
6. "Return to Sender"
7. "Circle of Friends"
8. "Shrink Wrap"
9. "Father Knows Best"
10. "Seeing Red"
11. "Truth Be Told"
12. "Born Free"

Season 2

The return of America's favorite serial killer.

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1. "It's Alive!"
2. "Waiting to Exhale"
3. "An Inconvenient Lie"
4. "See Through"
5. "The Dark Defender"
6. "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"
7. "That Night, A Forest Grew"
8. "Morning Comes"
9. "Resistance Is Futile"
10. "There's Something About Harry"
11. "Left Turn Ahead"
12. "The British Invasion"

Season 3

Dexter Morgan: He's got a way with murder.

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1. "Our Father"
2. "Finding Freebo"
3. "The Lions Sleep Tonight"
4. "All in the Family"
5. "Turning Biminese"
6. "Sí De Puede"
7. "Easy as Pie"
8. "The Damage a Man Can Do"
9. "About Last Night"
10. "Go Your Own Way"
11. "I Had a Dream"
12. "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

Season 4

World's most killer dad.

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1. "Living the Dream"
2. "Remains to Be Seen"
3. "Blinded by the Light"
4. "Dex Takes a Holiday"
5. "Dirty Harry"
6. "If I Had a Hammer"
7. "Slack Tide"
8. "Road Kill"
9. "Hungry Man"
10. "Lost Boys"
11. "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
12. "The Getaway"

Season 5

Guilt can be a killer.

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1. "My Bad"
2. "Hello, Bandit"
3. "Practically Perfect"
4. "Beauty and the Beast"
5. "First Blood"
6. "Everything Is Illuminated"
7. "Circle Us"
8. "Take It!"
9. "Teenage Wasteland"
10. "In the Beginning"
11. "Hop a Freighter"
12. "The Big One"

Season 6

The avenging angel returns.

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1. "Those Kinds of Things"
2. "Once Upon a Time..."
3. "Smokey and the Bandit"
4. "A Horse of a Different Color"
5. "The Angel of Death"
6. "Just Let Go"
7. "Nebraska"
8. "Sin of Omission"
9. "Get Gellar"
10. "Ricochet Rocket"
11. "Talk to the Hand"
12. "This is the Way the World Ends"

Season 7

He saw. She saw.

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1. "Are You...?"
2. "Sunshine and Frosty Swirl"
3. "Buck the System"
4. "Run"
5. "Swim Deep"
6. "Do the Wrong Thing"
7. "Chemistry"
8. "Argentina"
9. "Helter Skelter"
10. "The Dark...Whatever"
11. "Do You See What I See?"
12. "Surprise, Motherfucker!"

Season 8

The end begins.

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1. "A Beautiful Day"
2. "Every Silver Lining..."
3. "What's Eating Dexter Morgan?"
4. "Scar Tissue"
5. "This Little Piggy"
6. "A Little Reflection"
7. "Dress Code"
8. "Are We There Yet?"
9. "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
10. "Goodbye Miami"
11. "Monkey in a Box"
12. "Remember the Monsters?"

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