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The Big One

Original Air Date: Dec 12, 2010

In the Season 5 finale, Dexter realizes that he and Lumen are being lured into a trap and risks everything to escape; Debra lets her personal feelings overwhelm her instincts in the Barrel Girls case; Quinn needs help that only Dexter can provide.

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"This season opened with Dexter saying good-bye to one woman in his life and ended with him saying good-bye to another."

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Cast
Michael C. Hall
Dexter Morgan
Jennifer Carpenter
Det. Debra Morgan
Desmond Harrington
Det. Joseph 'Joey' Quinn
C.S. Lee
Vincent Masuka
Lauren Vélez
Lt. Maria LaGuerta
David Zayas
Det. Angel Batista
James Remar
Harry Morgan
Developed for Television by
James Manos, Jr.
Based on the novel, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by
Jeff Lindsay
Written by
Chip Johannessen &
Written by
Manny Coto
Directed by
Steve Shill
Rating
TVMA
Showtime Advisories
Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Adult Content

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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