S3:E1 Our Father
Original Air Date: Sep 28, 2008
In the Season Three premiere, Dexter's life seems to be smoothly back on track, until he targets a dope dealer who is also in the sights of Assistant D.A. Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits); Internal Affairs pressures Debra to rat on her new partner.
"Because Dexter is such a high-concept show - he's the serial killer who only kills bad people! - each new season has to have a Grand Unifying Theme."
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"When we last saw our darkly, dreaming Dexter, he had successfully untangled himself from a heap of trouble."
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