Dexter: Season 4

2009 · 12 episodes · ★ 8.4

What Season 4 of Dexter

Dexter tries to balance his new family life with his hunts now that his son has been born. Lack of sleep takes its toll and puts his secret at risk. Meanwhile, Lundy returns to Miami to catch Trinity, an elusive killer who wins the lead character's admiration. Debra relentlessly pursues the same suspect, and Rita starts to realize how little she knows about her husband. Dexter also wonders whether Harry's code is still the right path.

12episodes

Sep 27, 2009premiered

Dec 13, 2009final episode

10.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Living the Dream
Sep 27, 2009 · 54 min · ★ 7.9
Dexter sleeplessly struggles to balance his new family life with his dark, murderous drive for a fresh victim, and his busier-than-ever forensic career pursuing a new target, "The Trinity Killer."
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Clyde Phillips · Starring: David Ramsey, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
4x02 Remains to Be Seen
Oct 4, 2009 · 49 min · ★ 8.1
Dexter realizes that he has carelessly misplaced crucial evidence that could expose his dark side to the world, while helping to investigate new slayings that Agent Frank Lundy insists are the work of Trinity.
Directing: Brian Kirk · Writing: Charles H. Eglee · Starring: David Ramsey, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
4x03 Blinded by the Light
Oct 11, 2009 · 51 min · ★ 7.8
Dexter is hampered by his neighborhood's increased vigilance due to vandalism, his temporary inability to drive himself anywhere, and his admiration for the killing technique of the artful Trinity Killer.
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Scott Buck · Starring: David Ramsey, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
4x04 Dex Takes a Holiday
Oct 18, 2009 · 54 min · ★ 8.6
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.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Wendy West, Melissa Rosenberg · Starring: David Ramsey, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
4x05 Dirty Harry
Oct 25, 2009 · 49 min · ★ 8.5
Dexter is inspired to investigate the Trinity Killer on his own, while Debra blames herself for an event that was out of her control, and Rita realizes how little she knows her husband after discovering one of his secrets.
Directing: Keith Gordon · Writing: Tim Schlattmann · Starring: Geoff Pierson, David Ramsey, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson
4x06 If I Had a Hammer
Nov 1, 2009 · 55 min · ★ 8.2
Dexter doubles his efforts to stay ahead of the official Trinity investigation, and receives relationship advice about the friction between himself and Rita from a most unexpected source.
Directing: Romeo Tirone · Writing: Lauren Gussis · Starring: Geoff Pierson, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
4x07 Slack Tide
Nov 8, 2009 · 52 min · ★ 8.1
Dexter finally strikes a balance between family, career and his secret life, but is thwarted in his pursuit of his next victim, while Debra expresses a renewed and unwelcome interest in their father's checkered past. Miami Metro Homicide tries to solve the Model Killer Case.
Directing: Tim Hunter · Writing: Scott Buck · Starring: John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Courtney Ford
4x08 Road Kill
Nov 15, 2009 · 54 min · ★ 8.2
Wondering if his father's Code is truly the right path, Dexter goes on a road trip with Trinity. Debra realizes her investigation has kept her from seeing the truth.
Directing: Ernest R. Dickerson · Writing: Melissa Rosenberg, Scott Reynolds · Starring: John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Courtney Ford, Preston Bailey
4x09 Hungry Man
Nov 22, 2009 · 51 min · ★ 8.8
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.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Wendy West · Starring: John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey, Courtney Ford
4x10 Lost Boys
Nov 29, 2009 · 57 min · ★ 8.6
The disappearance of a ten-year-old boy forces Dexter to question his assumptions about Trinity, while Cody defends one of Dexter's lies and Masuka is unable to face what he witnessed on Thanksgiving.
Directing: Keith Gordon · Writing: Tim Schlattmann, Charles H. Eglee · Starring: John Lithgow, Preston Bailey, Courtney Ford, Jake Short
4x11 Hello, Dexter Morgan
Dec 6, 2009 · 51 min · ★ 9.1
Dexter must buy time to protect himself when Debra's investigation brings the department one step away from identifying Arthur as the Trinity Killer; Rita confides in Dexter, but is disappointed in the result.
Directing: Michael Cuesta, SJ Clarkson · Writing: James Manos Jr., Scott Buck, Lauren Gussis · Starring: Geoff Pierson, John Lithgow, Courtney Ford, Chad Todhunter
4x12 The Getaway Season Finale
Dec 13, 2009 · 51 min · ★ 9.2
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.
Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: Melissa Rosenberg, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg · Starring: Geoff Pierson, John Lithgow, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey