8.6/107,528 votes#1 - It's Alive!
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2007
Things are really beginning to heat up for Dexter: Doakes' suspicions about him are growing, his victims are escaping, and his body dump site has been found. Meanwhile Paul is troubling Rita over the missing shoe and Debra is going through trauma over the Ice Truck killer incident.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Daniel Cerone
8.4/106,915 votes#2 - Waiting to Exhale
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2007
Dexter is finding it hard to have closure on killing his brother. There is a new FBI agent to head the "Bay Harbor Butcher" case. Debra is finding it tough to put the past behind her.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Clyde Phillips
8.5/106,871 votes#3 - An Inconvenient Lie
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2007
Dexter sets his sights on a new victim: a murderer so repulsive it seems only fitting that he's a used-car salesman. Dexter's been unable to lie to Rita about his midnight activities, which has her thinking that he's a drug addict. She's threatened to leave him if he doesn't commit to a 12-step program to deal with his supposed addiction. While in this recovery, though, Dexter meets a sexy, mysterious woman named Lila.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
8.3/106,602 votes#4 - See-Through
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2007
Rita's estranged mother visits and senses something is wrong with Dexter. Masuka thinks he's developed a lead in the Bay Harbor Butcher case, which has Dexter concerned. Angel's interrogation of a witness crosses a line.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Scott Buck
8.6/106,800 votes#5 - The Dark Defender
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2007
Dexter finds out that the man who killed his mother, right in front of him, is still alive. When he tells this to Lila, she suggests he face the man, as part of his road to addiction recovery. But then as his sponsor she insists on tagging along.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Tim Schlattmann
8.5/106,602 votes#6 - Dex, Lies, and Videotape
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2007
A copy-cat killer follows the lead of the "Bay Harbor Butcher." Dexter must destroy an incriminating surveillance video.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Lauren Gussis
8.7/106,729 votes#7 - That Night, a Forest Grew
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2007
Dexter manages to get Doakes off his back. He devises a plan to get the police in another direction. Lila and Dex's relationship intensifies, and he has some interaction with Rita and the kids.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Writer: Daniel Cerone
9.0/107,151 votes#8 - Morning Comes
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2007
Dexter is attacked by the man who murdered his mother. Meanwhile, Lila wants to get closer to Dex, and Debra and Lundy close in on the Bay Harbor Butcher.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Scott Buck
9.4/108,404 votes#9 - Resistance is Futile
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2007
Dexter realizes it won't be easy to end things completely with Lila. Dexter tries to stay ahead of the investigations as the manhunt for the Bay Harbor Butcher intensifies. An enemy of Dexter figures out his secret.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
8.9/106,891 votes#10 - There's Something About Harry
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2007
Doakes follows Dexter to his next crime scene and shocks him with a revelation about Harry. The Bay Harbor Butcher task force feels they are zeroing in on their man.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Scott Reynolds
9.0/106,932 votes#11 - Left Turn Ahead
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2007
Dexter must make a massive decision that will have an effect on all those he holds close. Lila meanwhile is back with a secret to blackmail Dexter.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Tim Schlattmann, Scott Buck
9.2/108,427 votes#12 - The British Invasion
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/2007
Lila Tournay finds Sgt. James Doakes imprisoned in an Everglades cabin and learns from him that her object of affection, Dexter Morgan, is the serial killer known as the "Bay Harbor Butcher". She decides to help Dexter and kills Doakes by setting the cabin on fire. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister Debra questions whether her career is more important than her relationship with FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Daniel Cerone, Melissa Rosenberg
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"It's Alive!" is the best rated episode of "Dexter" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 7528 votes. Directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Daniel Cerone, it aired on 9/30/2007. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Waiting to Exhale".