The Best Episodes Written By Wendy West

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.1/10(92 votes)

   #1 - The Getaway

   S4:E1212/13/2009

   Dexter and Arthur find themselves on a collision course, as Debra unearths a shocking long-hidden truth, Rita admits her marriage to Dexter is troubled, and Batista and LaGuerta face the consequences of an ethics breach.

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   8.7/10(75 votes)

   #2 - Hungry Man

   S4:E911/22/2009

   Dexter learns more about Arthur's bizarre and twisted world, while Rita has her hands full preparing Thanksgiving dinner for a full house, Debra uses the holiday to further investigate Trinity, and Batista gets closure on an old case.

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   8.6/10(69 votes)

   #3 - Dex Takes a Holiday

   S4:E410/18/2009

   Rita goes to a wedding with the kids, allowing Dexter to have his own little vacation. He does what he does best when alone, hunt, and goes after an officer with a dark secret.

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   8.5/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Closure (2)

   S2:E311/3/2000

   Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked six months ago whose victim follows her alleged attacked and reports his activities to the police.

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   8.4/10(63 votes)

   #5 - This Is the Way the World Ends

   S6:E1212/18/2011

   Dexter and Homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra struggles with a new emotional reality.

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   8.3/10(63 votes)

   #6 - Take It!

   S5:E811/14/2010

   Dexter and Lumen vet and stalk a violent killer; Debra gets into some unexpected trouble from the fallout of the Santa Muerte case

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   8.2/10(15 votes)

   #7 - Contact

   S1:E194/28/2000

   After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city subways, the brass calls in a psychiatrist to help the team get into the head of the perp. When he is caught, he possesses the driver's license of a new victim who could put him away.

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   8.1/10(15 votes)

   #8 - Nocturne

   S1:E215/12/2000

   After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teacher is suspected of being a sexual predator who takes advantage of his innocent young students.

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   8.1/10(67 votes)

   #9 - Everything Is Illumenated

   S5:E610/31/2010

   Dexter is drawn into a precarious situation; Batista discovers an interesting lead; Quinn gets information about Dexter from a questionable source.

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    8.1/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Do You See What I See?

    S7:E1112/9/2012

    As Christmas approaches, Dexter tries to balance his life with Hannah and his relationship with Debra.

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11. 

    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Uncivilized

    S1:E711/15/1999

    When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paroled child molester who lives in the neighborhood.. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding secrets of their own.

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12. 

    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Closure

    S1:E101/7/2000

    When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehending the criminal. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together.

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13. 

    7.9/10(69 votes)

    #13 - Run

    S7:E410/21/2012

    After capturing a deadly killer, things go awry for Miami Metro, sending Debra into a tailspin. In an effort to help his sister, Dexter enters into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, while the Ukrainian mob continues to seek revenge.

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14. 

    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Secrets

    S2:E122/2/2001

    An exceptional teacher, who helped inner city kids get into college, led a dangerous double life as a sex addict. When she is murdered, there is a long list of suspects but the case hits a snag after the woman's illicit sexual history is exposed.

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15. 

    7.6/10(49 votes)

    #15 - Gina Zanetakos

    S1:E610/28/2013

    Tom claims he is innocent and wants to turn the box into the FBI; Red's next target is a beautiful and deadly corporate terrorist (Margarita Levieva).

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Identity Crisis

    S1:E84/1/2005

    A man wanted for stock fraud is found garroted in his apartment, and the crime is eerily similar to a murder committed a year earlier, a case in which Don closed when an ex-con confessed. Now, Don must re-investigate the old case to determine if he put an innocent man in jail. He asks Charlie to go over the evidence to see if he missed anything the first time around.

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    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Wanderlust

    S1:E510/18/1999

    When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old daughter, the detectives are shocked to discover who the murderer is.

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    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Nebraska

    S6:E711/13/2011

    Dexter finds himself teamed up with a fellow Dark Passenger when he takes a road trip to Nebraska to tie up some loose ends from the past; Debra deals with the complications of her promotion as she leads the Doomsday investigation.

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    7.2/10(73 votes)

    #19 - Are We There Yet?

    S8:E88/18/2013

    Dexter tracks down Zach, concerned that he may have murdered an innocent person. Meanwhile, Dexter tries to help Hannah escape the country.

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    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Entitled (I)

    S1:E152/18/2000

    After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections. But as they join forces with the officers from the two-seven, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner Mike Logan. The crossover continues in Law & Order S10E14 Entitled (II).

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21. 

    6.4/10(76 votes)

    #21 - Monkey in a Box

    S8:E119/15/2013

    Dexter is torn trying to choose between fleeing the country to go to Argetina with Hannah and Harrison or taking out The Brain Surgeon once and for all.

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    6.0/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Make Way For... Medusa

    S1:E410/13/2017

    The search for Black Bolt continues on Earth; meanwhile, Maximus makes bold moves to cement his status as the new ruler of Attilan.

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