The Best Episodes of Dexter Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(11758 votes)

   #1 - It's Alive!

   S2:E19/30/2007

   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

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   Director:Tony Goldwyn

   Writer:Daniel Cerone
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   8.4/10(10870 votes)

   #2 - Waiting to Exhale

   S2:E210/7/2007

   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

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   Director:Marcos Siega

   Writer:Clyde Phillips
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   8.5/10(10781 votes)

   #3 - An Inconvenient Lie

   S2:E310/14/2007

   Dexter's inability to deceive has him pursuing a slick liar as his next victim, while Rita believes he's concealing a drug problem and forces him into a 12-step program where he meets Lila, a seductive new woman.

   Director:Tony Goldwyn

   Writer:Melissa Rosenberg

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   Director:Tony Goldwyn

   Writer:Melissa Rosenberg
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   8.2/10(10434 votes)

   #4 - See-Through

   S2:E410/21/2007

   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

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   Director:Nick Gomez

   Writer:Scott Buck
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   8.6/10(10734 votes)

   #5 - The Dark Defender

   S2:E510/28/2007

   Dexter discovers that the man who murdered his mother in front of him as a boy is still alive and confronts the killer as part of his recovery from addiction - but he also discovers that old impulses die hard.

   Director:Keith Gordon

   Writer:Tim Schlattmann

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   Director:Keith Gordon

   Writer:Tim Schlattmann
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   8.5/10(10455 votes)

   #6 - Dex, Lies, and Videotape

   S2:E611/4/2007

   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

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   Director:Nick Gomez

   Writer:Lauren Gussis
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   8.7/10(10643 votes)

   #7 - That Night, a Forest Grew

   S2:E711/11/2007

   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

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   Director:Jeremy Podeswa

   Writer:Daniel Cerone
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   9.1/10(11437 votes)

   #8 - Morning Comes

   S2:E811/18/2007

   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

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   Director:Keith Gordon

   Writer:Scott Buck
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   9.4/10(14529 votes)

   #9 - Resistance Is Futile

   S2:E911/25/2007

   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

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   Director:Marcos Siega

   Writer:Melissa Rosenberg
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    8.9/10(11129 votes)

    #10 - There's Something About Harry

    S2:E1012/2/2007

    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

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    Director:Steve Shill

    Writer:Scott Reynolds
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    9.0/10(11281 votes)

    #11 - Left Turn Ahead

    S2:E1112/9/2007

    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

    Writers:Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann

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    Director:Marcos Siega

    Writers:Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann
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    9.2/10(13642 votes)

    #12 - The British Invasion

    S2:E1212/16/2007

    Special Agent Lundy and the FBI finally settle the case of the Bay Harbor Butcher, but the heat's not entirely off Dexter as the flames literally close in.

    Director:Steve Shill

    Writers:Daniel Cerone, Melissa Rosenberg

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    Director:Steve Shill

    Writers:Daniel Cerone, Melissa Rosenberg