Dexter: Season 2

2007 · 12 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 2 of Dexter

Season 2 kicks off with a problem for Dexter: his victims' bodies are turning up in plain sight, and the Miami police open an investigation into a killer known as the Bay Harbor Butcher. Meanwhile, Debra tries to recover from the attack she suffered at the hands of the Ice Truck Killer. Rita suspects Dexter has an addiction and makes him attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings, where he meets his sponsor, Lila West. Sergeant Doakes starts following him, convinced the lead character is connected to the Ice Truck Killer crimes. FBI Special Agent Frank Lundy also arrives, leading the hunt for the Butcher. Gail, Rita's mother, rounds out the cast of new celebrities.

12episodes

Sep 30, 2007premiered

Dec 16, 2007final episode

10.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 It's Alive!
Sep 30, 2007 · 53 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Tony Goldwyn · Writing: Daniel Cerone · Starring: Max Gail, Ron Roggé, Glenn Plummer, Mark Pellegrino
2x02 Waiting to Exhale
Oct 7, 2007 · 56 min · ★ 8.0
A still-shaken Dexter continues stalking the monstrous Little Chino, while Debra still struggles in her recovery.
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Clyde Phillips · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Kiko Ellsworth
2x03 An Inconvenient Lie
Oct 14, 2007 · 52 min · ★ 8.2
Dexter's mysterious late-night activities attract the wrong kind of attention from Rita, who's convinced that he might have a strong addiction with drugs.
Directing: Tony Goldwyn · Writing: Melissa Rosenberg · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Preston Bailey, Keith Carradine, Jaime Murray
2x04 See-Through
Oct 21, 2007 · 53 min · ★ 7.9
To appease Rita, Dex gets a drug sponsor — who proves too attractive for her comfort. Meanwhile, he tries shaking off the tenacious Lundy.
Directing: Nick Gomez · Writing: Scott Buck · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
2x05 The Dark Defender
Oct 28, 2007 · 56 min · ★ 7.9
Dexter gets the surprise of his life when he learns that one of his mother's murderers is alive and still in Florida.
Directing: Keith Gordon · Writing: Tim Schlattmann · Starring: Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Tony Amendola
2x06 Dex, Lies, and Videotape
Nov 4, 2007 · 53 min · ★ 7.9
A copy-cat killer follows the lead of the "Bay Harbor Butcher." Dexter must destroy an incriminating surveillance video.
Directing: Nick Gomez · Writing: Lauren Gussis · Starring: Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Mary Alyce Kania
2x07 That Night, a Forest Grew
Nov 11, 2007 · 55 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Jeremy Podeswa · Writing: Daniel Cerone · Starring: Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Margo Martindale
2x08 Morning Comes
Nov 18, 2007 · 49 min · ★ 8.6
Lila's growing attachment is enough to put Dexter off the recovery process, and he decides it's time to confront the man who killed his mother again.
Directing: Keith Gordon · Writing: Scott Buck · Starring: Preston Bailey, Tony Amendola, Keith Carradine, Jaime Murray
2x09 Resistance Is Futile
Nov 25, 2007 · 50 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Melissa Rosenberg · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Preston Bailey, Devon Graye, Keith Carradine
2x10 There's Something About Harry
Dec 2, 2007 · 55 min · ★ 8.2
Dexter turns the tables on Doakes, but the triumph is short-lived when the sergeant reveals a lifechanging secret that shakes his foundation.
Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: Scott Reynolds · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Keith Carradine, Jaime Murray
2x11 Left Turn Ahead
Dec 9, 2007 · 51 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Scott Buck, Tim Schlattmann · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
2x12 The British Invasion Season Finale
Dec 16, 2007 · 51 min · ★ 8.5
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.
Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: Daniel Cerone · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Jaime Murray, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey