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Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Season 1
8.7/1025,070 votesDexter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2006
Dexter Morgan, a forensics expert who leads a secret life as a killer of unconvicted criminals, is impressed by the work of a new serial killer.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: James Manos Jr.
8.1/1017,977 votesCrocodile
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2006
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.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Clyde Phillips
8.2/1016,841 votesPopping Cherry
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2006
While LaGuerta focuses the department's attention on a potential suspect in the Ice Truck Killer Case, Debra continues to look elsewhere. Doakes decides to pay a visit to drug lord.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Daniel Cerone
8.6/1016,423 votesLet's Give the Boy a Hand
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2006
Body parts from the Ice Truck Killer's latest victim begin appearing all over Miami in locations. In the meanwhile, Dexter realizes that the locations that have been picked for each and every one of the killings from the Ice Truck Killer could possibly be related to his own childhood.
Director: Rob Lieberman
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
8.3/1015,818 votesLove American Style
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2006
The Homicide Division is buzzing after The Ice Truck Killer's latest victim is found mutilated, while Dexter stalks a murderous human trafficker.
Director: Rob Lieberman
Writer: Kevin Maynard, Melissa Rosenberg
8.9/1016,966 votesReturn to Sender
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2006
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.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Tim Schlattmann
8.6/1015,507 votesCircle of Friends
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2006
The police think they've uncovered the identity of The Ice Truck Killer, but Dexter is skeptical and not sure they're right. Rita must deal with the return of her menacing, recently paroled husband, Paul Bennett.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Daniel Cerone
8.9/1016,989 votesShrink Wrap
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2006
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.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Kevin Maynard, Lauren Gussis
8.5/1015,313 votesFather Knows Best
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2006
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.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Kevin Maynard, Melissa Rosenberg
9.1/1017,482 votesSeeing Red
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2006
When Dexter is sent to investigate a bloody crime scene, deeply suppressed memories from his childhood begin to resurface.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Kevin Maynard
9.3/1018,609 votesTruth Be Told
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2006
The Ice Truck Killer sets a trap for Dexter by kidnapping someone close to him; Dexter's increasingly odd behavior piques Doakes's interest.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg, Tim Schlattmann
9.6/1032,853 votesBorn Free
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2006
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.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Daniel Cerone, Melissa Rosenberg