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Original Air Date: Oct 12, 2008

Dexter encounters a fellow predator - but this one is a pedophile; a murder is pinned on Freebo but Dexter knows the truth; Dexter struggles with the fact of his growing friendship with Miguel.

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"In the beginning, this show was premised on a provocative question: "Are you prepared to like Dexter?""

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Cast
Michael C. Hall
Dexter Morgan
Julie Benz
Rita Bennett
Jennifer Carpenter
Debra Morgan
C.S. Lee
Vincent Masuka
Lauren Vélez
Lt. Maria LaGuerta
David Zayas
Det. Angel Batista
James Remar
Harry Morgan
Jimmy Smits
Miguel Prado
Desmond Harrington
Det. Joseph 'Joey' Quinn
David Ramsey
Anton Briggs
Based on the novel, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by
Jeff Lindsay
Written By
Scott Buck
Developed for Television by
James Manos, Jr.
Directed By
John Dahl
Rating
TVMA
Showtime Advisories
Adult Content, Adult Language, Violence

8 Seasons, 96 Episodes

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  • Season 8

    Dexter learns more about his dark origins from Dr. Evelyn Vogel, an old family friend, and is reunited with Hannah; Deb suffers the consequences of loving her brother despite everything; Masuka learns he has a daughter.

    Season 8

  • Season 7

    Dexter comes clean to Deb and finds true love with a fellow serial killer; Deb learns the hard way how difficult it is to keep Dexter's secret; LaGuerta gets closer to pinning the Bay Harbor Butcher killings on Dexter.

    Season 7

  • Season 6

    Dexter stalks the Doomsday Killer, a vicious, deluded, religious fanatic who displays his victims in grisly, Biblical-themed tableaux; Deb reconsiders her relationship with Dexter; Quinn jeopardizes his partnership with Batista.

    Season 6

  • Season 5

    Dexter grieves his loss and tries to stay one step ahead of a suspicious Quinn and his own sister, while reluctantly guiding a near-victim (Julia Stiles) of a serial killer who sets out to get lethal revenge.

    Season 5

  • Season 4

    Dexter has become a husband and father, and finds a potential mentor in a macabre serial killer known as Trinity (Emmy winning guest star John Lithgow) who lives a familiar double life as a suburban family man.

    Season 4

  • Season 3

    Dexter befriends an assistant District Attorney (Jimmy Smits) who becomes increasingly and disturbingly helpful in Dexter's secret pastime; Debra gets a new partner, Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington).

    Season 3

  • Season 2

    Dexter tries to sabotage his department's investigation into his killings and hooks up with an obsessed pyromaniac; traumatized Debra dates the FBI agent assigned to the case; Rita urges Dexter to join a treatment program for addicts.

    Season 2

  • Season 1

    Dexter hunts the Ice Truck Killer, whose gruesome crimes indicate knowledge of Dexter's true identity, triggering hidden memories; Dexter's sister Debra joins Homicide; Rita's ex-boyfriend is paroled.

    Season 1
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