Dexter

Previously on Dexter...

What did you do to Yates?

He has a scar on his head exactly

where your killer has been harvesting brain fragments.

High heels are a far cry from brains.

It's not exactly your killer's usual M.O.

Albert wouldn't be the first to alter his methods.

She found herself a hero.

I know her--

Janet Thorton.

Do you think the girl will be all right?

I stemmed the bleeding.

I dropped her off in front of the E.R.

These are patient files--

- your patient files. - Dexter, don't.

"Somehow he's deluded himself

into thinking his feelings for his sister are genuine."

You're trying to keep me apart from Deb.

That's another way to isolate your subject--

see what he'll do.

When Yates is dead,

you are out of my life.

You understand?

What about you?

What makes you crazy?

Family shit.

Nothing says family like shit.

I see a lot of your father in you.

Harry wrestled with the same doubts regarding Dexter.

The code is a theory.

What Dexter did-- what we did--

I don't think I can live with this.

Did dad kill himself?

He OD'd on his heart medication,

thought he'd created a monster.

I think I know how he felt.

But he only got it half right.

Well, we're never gonna get anywhere

unless one of you starts talking.

Okay.

Debra, it seems that you tried to kill Dexter

as well as yourself.

Yes, but then I saved him.

You saved me?

You only had to save me because you tried to kill me.

I know, but--

You almost left my son an orphan.

Harrison--who's gonna take care of him?

Who?

I don't know.

All I've done my whole life

is try to take care of you, to protect you.

Protect-- Jesus Christ, Dexter.

If this is your way of protecting me--

Okay, so I'm not perfect!

You think it's easy being your brother?

You're not even listening to me.

Y-you don't understand.

I've been trapped in a fucking fog--

No, I don't understand.

Haven't you heard anything she said?

I'm stupid that way.

My brain is limited.

So when my sister tries to kill me,

for some reason it doesn't make sense.

It's true, Dexter, what she said.

While in the throws of PTSD,

one's thinking becomes cloudy.

The weight of what she has been through

has been too much for her to bear.

Debra has been in such a turmoil

that she sought out the first solution

that presented itself.

I had just found out

that dad killed himself because of you,

'cause of what you are.

I was fucking traumatized by all this shit.

Yeah, so try to kill us both.

That solves everything.

You are overlooking an important part

of what happened, Dexter.

Yes, she tried to kill you, the both of you.

And that was Debra hitting rock bottom.

But ultimately, as she said, she saved you.

And that was Debra's first step toward recovery.

You should see that as a promising sign

for your sister.

Great.

I'm so fuckin' happy for you.

You know, I was trying to catch a serial killer

before you tried to drown me.

If it's okay, I think I'm gonna get back to that,

which, according to you, is all I'm really good for.

Don't, Dexter.

To hell with both of you.

Don't forget to write all this down.

I've never seen him so mad.

That wasn't just anger.

- Fuck, it wasn't? - No.

Underneath all that is hurt.

Dexter is deeply hurt by what you did.

Well, that makes two of us.

Family therapy-- who needs it?

Family--a burden.

They interfere.

They annoy.

Daddy, I wanna watch cartoons.

They interrupt.

No, you need to get ready for school.

I wanna watch cartoons.

School.

Yates could be anywhere now.

He could've left Miami.

Dexter, do you have any plans for tonight?

Um, not sure.

Dexter Morgan.

Please leave a message at the tone.

- - It's me. Can we talk?

Fuck.

Harrison, apple or banana?

Banana.

I was thinking of having Cassie over for dinner.

Okay, go ahead.

- I mean here. - Why?

I think you'd hit it off.

Five minutes of cartoons.

No minutes of cartoons.

You need to get dressed.

So is that a yes?

Is what a yes?

Dinner tonight.

Two minutes of cartoons?

Harrison, this is not a negotiation here.

- Now. - 8:00?

Please, please, please?

Yeah, fine. Harrison, last warning.

- I gotta go. - Okay, bye.

This is one of the first days

I'm glad Deb isn't here.

I can lock myself in the lab

and don't have to listen to anyone's voice but my own.

We gotta go to the briefing room.

Now?

Now would be good.

You're probably wondering why I'm smiling.

I'm never wondering why you're smiling.

I've just confirmed that I have a daughter.

Someone let you impregnate them?

Made a donation to a sperm bank 20 years ago.

You're not saying there's

a female version of you out there?

Oh, uh, you met her. Niki--the one you showed in.

That hot chick that was in your lab?

- No fuckin' way. - Yes way.

That beautiful girl came from you?

Yes, indeed.

Are you sure she's yours?

Man, come on, who you talking to here?

She came in with the required paperwork.

I even pulled a piece of her hair.

I just finished testing it.

She's a Masuka, through and through.

That poor sweet child.

So you and me, Dex, both dads.

How about that?

Great news, Vince.

You know, I'm sure it's all fine,

but just be careful, you know?

Family showing up like that, out of nowhere?

Yeah. What do you mean?

Sometimes it's just 'cause

they want something, you know?

Money, a place to stay, a fuckin' kidney.

Or they wanna kill you.

Lieutenant Batista is currently

with Janet Thorton, the stabbing victim

who was dropped off at the hospital.

She finally came to and is ready to make a statement.

She survived.

One less trophy for Yates.

So I'm running the briefing.

The Norma Rivera case--

the victim had sex with someone

shortly before she was killed.

So we're following the theory that

whoever she had sex with is also her killer.

Dexter, were you able to identify anyone via the semen?

Uh, no matches in any of the criminal databases.

Whoever had relations with Ms. Rivera

has never been arrested.

Right, and the M.E.'s report showed no defensive wounds?

Correct. It's most likely not a rape.

She was probably friendly with whoever killed her.

What about the ex-boyfriend?

No, sir, we ruled him out.

He's been locked up in Orlando

for the past week on assault charge.

We questioned the staff of Ms. Rivera's former employers.

They led us to believe she'd been