Dexter: Season 6

2011 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 6 of Dexter

Dexter Morgan rebuilds his routine a year after splitting up with Lumen Pierce. Now he has to think about what beliefs Harrison will inherit as he grows up, which leads him to question religious matters. His Dark Passenger demands new hunts, and the city presents him with faces that put him to the test: the mysterious artifacts expert Travis Marshall, the ex-convict Brother Sam and a former killer known as the Tooth Fairy. Debra could come to discover the truth about her brother, and Dexter will have to decide whether he wants her to know or to stay in the dark.

12episodes

Oct 2, 2011aired

Dec 18, 2011final episode

10.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Those Kinds of Things
Oct 2, 2011 · 53 min · ★ 7.6
Dexter Morgan attends his 20th high school reunion to hunt a former Prom King. Everything's going perfectly for Dexter until Homicide comes up against a gruesome, faith-inspired murder. It leaves Dexter asking some bigger, spiritual questions about what to pass on to his son.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Scott Buck · Starring: Geoff Pierson, Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, John Brotherton
6x02 Once Upon a Time...
Oct 9, 2011 · 53 min · ★ 7.7
To solve a mysterious and macabre murder, Homicide brings in Brother Sam, a minister with a criminal past. But when Dexter meets Brother Sam, he doesn't recognize a man of God, but a fellow killer who might have found a cover even better than his own.
Directing: SJ Clarkson · Writing: Tim Schlattmann · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Yasiin Bey, Luis Moncada
6x03 Smokey and the Bandit
Oct 16, 2011 · 50 min · ★ 7.8
Dexter is confronted with a sobering glimpse of his own potential future when a serial killer from his past makes a startling reappearance; Debra is uncomfortable in her new job; Travis struggles to keep his mentor happy, as he and Gellar prepare a new twisted tableau, ensuring Debra's next task will be a daunting one.
Directing: Stefan Schwartz · Writing: Manny Coto · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Yasiin Bey, Ronny Cox
6x04 A Horse of a Different Color
Oct 23, 2011 · 52 min · ★ 7.9
Much to his own surprise, an emergency with Harrison and a new tableau from Gellar and Travis has Dexter leaning on Brother Sam and an unexpected winged messenger for support as he questions the idea of faith; with proof of a religiously motivated killer, Homicide hunts for a zealot, with Debra giving her first official press conference.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Lauren Gussis · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Yasiin Bey, Brea Grant
6x05 The Angel of Death
Oct 30, 2011 · 51 min · ★ 7.7
With the help of his newfound friend Brother Sam, Dexter wonders if there is light within him to counter the darkness, while the search for the Doomsday Killers takes him in a new direction; Batista and Quinn pay a visit to the university where Professor Gellar taught; due to departmental regulations following the shooting, Debra is forced to begin therapy.
Directing: SJ Clarkson · Writing: Scott Reynolds · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Yasiin Bey, Maree Cheatham
6x06 Just Let Go
Nov 6, 2011 · 54 min · ★ 7.8
Dexter is caught up in a very personal case that awakens the needs of his Dark Passenger; Debra feels overwhelmed by her new Lieutenant duties, made all the more complicated when she finds out Quinn slept with a witness in the Doomsday case.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Jace Richdale · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Yasiin Bey, Christian Camargo
6x07 Nebraska
Nov 13, 2011 · 52 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Romeo Tirone · Writing: Wendy West · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Christian Camargo, Brando Eaton
6x08 Sin of Omission
Nov 20, 2011 · 52 min · ★ 7.4
Dexter uses lessons he learned from Brother Sam to follow up on some new leads in the Doomsday investigation; Debra butts heads with Captain LaGuerta over the case of a dead call girl.
Directing: Ernest R. Dickerson · Writing: Arika Lisanne Mittman · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Edward James Olmos, Justin Huen
6x09 Get Gellar
Nov 27, 2011 · 50 min · ★ 7.9
Dexter receives help from an unexpected source while hunting the Doomsday Killers and staying one step ahead of Homicide; Debra discovers something new about herself in therapy.
Directing: Seith Mann · Writing: Karen Campbell · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Edward James Olmos, Alex Hyde-White
6x10 Ricochet Rabbit
Dec 4, 2011 · 49 min · ★ 7.6
Dexter tries to figure out the Doomsday Killers' next victim before it's too late; Debra has a strong reaction to a crime scene, which leads her to the realization that she leans too heavily on her brother.
Directing: Michael Lehmann · Writing: Jace Richdale, Lauren Gussis, Scott Reynolds · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Edward James Olmos
6x11 Talk to the Hand
Dec 11, 2011 · 48 min · ★ 7.8
Dexter finds that in order to catch the Doomsday Killers, he must create a macabre tableau of his own; Debra's battle with LaGuerta over the case of the dead call girl boils over, and her therapist makes an unnerving suggestion.
Directing: Ernest R. Dickerson · Writing: Manny Coto, Tim Schlattmann · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Lacey Beeman, Kyle Davis
6x12 This Is the Way the World Ends Season Finale
Dec 18, 2011 · 51 min · ★ 8.5
Dexter and the Homicide Division race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act. Debra struggles with, but finally faces up to, a new emotional reality.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Wendy West, Scott Buck · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Colin Hanks, Al Vicente, Rya Kihlstedt