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Dexter: Season 2

12 episodes Premiered Sep 30, 2007 Updated Oct 1, 2026

Dexter Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 12 episodes. Dexter Morgan works as a blood spatter pattern analyst. He is a serial killer with a heart, and is torn between his deadly compulsion and his desire for true happiness. As a man in profound conflict with the world, he navigates his dark passenger while maintaining his professional life within the crime, drama, and mystery television series. The narrat

Previously on Dexter

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Dexter Morgan works as a blood spatter pattern analyst.
  • ⚡ Dexter is a serial killer.
  • ⚡ Dexter is torn between his deadly compulsion and his desire for true happiness.
  • ⚡ Dexter is a man in profound conflict with the world.
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Season overview

Dexter Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 12 episodes. Dexter Morgan works as a blood spatter pattern analyst. He is a serial killer with a heart, and is torn between his deadly compulsion and his desire for true happiness. As a man in profound conflict with the world, he navigates his dark passenger while maintaining his professional life within the crime, drama, and mystery television series. The narrative explores his complex existence as he balances his analytical career with his lethal urges. The season unfolds across its designated episode count, continuing the story established in the acclaimed series created by James Manos Jr. and starring Michael C. Hall alongside Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, and James Remar, with the character attempting to navigate his unique moral code.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

It's Alive!

Sep 30, 2007 · 53 min

As a cool forensics expert with killer instincts.. Dexter's got it made! — but due to the recent tragedies, he is getting too much recognition than he can handle.

S2·E2 Core

Waiting to Exhale

Oct 7, 2007 · 56 min

A still-shaken Dexter continues stalking the monstrous Little Chino, while Debra still struggles in her recovery.

S2·E3 Core

An Inconvenient Lie

Oct 14, 2007 · 52 min

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.

S2·E4 Core

See-Through

Oct 21, 2007 · 53 min

To appease Rita, Dex gets a drug sponsor — who proves too attractive for her comfort. Meanwhile, he tries shaking off the tenacious Lundy.

S2·E5 Mytharc

The Dark Defender

Oct 28, 2007 · 56 min

Dexter gets the surprise of his life when he learns that one of his mother's murderers is alive and still in Florida.

S2·E6 Core

Dex, Lies, and Videotape

Nov 4, 2007 · 53 min

Inspired by the work of The Bay Harbor Butcher, a copycat vigilante has started dishing out his brand of harsh justice, and Dexter isn't happy. In the meanwhile, Dexter must also d

S2·E7 Core

That Night, a Forest Grew

Nov 11, 2007 · 55 min

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

S2·E8 Mytharc

Morning Comes

Nov 18, 2007 · 49 min

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.

S2·E9 Core

Resistance Is Futile

Nov 25, 2007 · 50 min

Lila's fatal attraction for Dexter is about to boil over, but he already has his hands full trying to stay ahead of his sister and Lundy.

S2·E10 Mytharc

There's Something About Harry

Dec 2, 2007 · 55 min

Dexter turns the tables on Doakes, but the triumph is short-lived when the sergeant reveals a lifechanging secret that shakes his foundation.

S2·E11 Mytharc

Left Turn Ahead

Dec 9, 2007 · 51 min

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.

S2·E12 Mytharc

The British Invasion

Dec 16, 2007 · 51 min

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.

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