Dexter

Previously on Dexter...

Our primary suspect

is Sergeant James Doakes.

Doakes?

If Doakes really wasn't the Bay Harbor Butcher,

the best thing to do is to look into Doakes's final days.

We should start with the cabin in the Everglades

where Doakes died.

I was renting the place to Santos Jimenez.

Jimenez.

He was one of the three men responsible

for killing Dexter Morgan's biological mother.

What if Dexter is the real Bay Harbor Butcher?

If somebody's gonna talk to Dexter, it's gonna be me.

Tell your boyfriend who you belong to.

- I'm sorry. - It's okay. Go. Go. Now.

He died in my apartment.

Figured it would kick in while Price was on the road.

A convenient auto accident.

How'd you do it?

Price liked to chew on his pens.

The last one had a little something on it.

She is a killer.

You will never be safe with her.

When Hannah got out of juvie,

she killed a counselor at a halfway house.

She fed him rat poison.

Her roommate, a little gal named Arlene Shram,

saw her do it.

He won't be bothering you again.

I love you.

I think I love you too.

We need to find a woman named Arlene Shram.

Sure. Who's that?

According to a message I got last night

from Hannah McKay's father,

she's a witness to a murder.

I've never thought about the future.

About growing old.

Maybe because the future has never been kind

to people like me.

Or their loved ones.

Bye, dad.

Bye, Harrison.

But suddenly my future seems very possible.

And growing old is not only a possibility.

It seems appealing.

Hello?

Am I speaking with Dexter Morgan?

Yeah, that's right.

This is Dade County Department of Corrections.

- Hector Estrada... - Wait. What?

- is having a parole hearing. - When?

This morning at 10:00 A.M.

I know this is sudden.

Okay, thank you for letting me know.

You're welcome, sir.

That was the Department of Corrections.

Hector Estrada is up for parole.

He thinks there's a good chance he'll get it.

Estrada?

Remember, I told you about my mother

and how she died?

Oh, God.

Was he--was he one of the men that killed her?

He was the leader. He gave the order.

What about the others?

Dead.

Estrada is the last survivor.

I'm sure you'll have something to say about that.

Look at it this way.

Maybe it's the universe giving you a Christmas present.

No one but you would see it that way.

Maybe killing Estrada will close this chapter of my life...

and open me up to a future with Hannah.

The panel has reviewed

all the pertinent data in this matter.

We find that the prisoner meets the requirements for parole

under the Compassionate Release Statute 463.

Have you read the statute?

Do you understand your obligations?

I understand what's expected of me.

I won't screw up.

At this time we invite any victims present

to enter a statement either for or against the board's decision.

I have no objection.

Nadia, it's me again.

This is my fifth message.

Just want to know where you are.

Give me a call.

Did you get bad news?

Just trying to find Nadia.

Hey. Taking a survey.

Secret Santa this year or no Secret Santa?

I got enough presents to buy, man.

Man, the Christmas spirit around here

sucks big reindeer dicks.

Deb.

I found Arlene Shram.

- Oh, fucking amazing. - She's living out in Hialeah.

Two drug arrests since juvie.

Has two kids from different fathers.

Temporarily lost custody

a year ago due to her drug abuse.

Good to know.

We'll have to go after her hard.

I might have to threaten to take away

her mother of the year trophy.

Any luck in locating Hannah's father?

No. Zero.

He dropped the dime on his daughter

and then skipped tn like it was nothing.

Well, he's a drifter. He could be anywhere.

Listen, um...

maybe we should let your brother know what we're doing.

I mean, we're investigating his girlfriend.

I already told Dexter that if I found anything on Hannah,

that I'd act on it.

I still don't feel right about this.

And I'm telling you that it's my call.

Okay?

Matthews made his choices.

Now he spends Christmas alone with his boat.

How close was I to the same fate?

Oh, hand me one of those zip ties

on the table there, will you?

Thanks.

Fucking Christmas lights.

Every year I put 'em up,

and every year I wonder why I bothered.

You said you wanted to see me.

Yeah. Yeah, thanks for coming out.

Sit.

I wanted to give you a heads up on this idea

that Captain LaGuerta's got into her head.

What?

The Bay Harbor Butcher.

Maria's convinced that Doakes was innocent

and that the real killer is still at large.

Actually, she thinks it might be you.

Me?

I know.

Personally, I think she's had one too many "mosquitos,"

or whatever they call that goddamn drink.

But anyway, here we are.

What makes her think I'm the Bay Harbor Butcher?

She knows your life story,

your childhood, what you saw in that cargo container.

Most people... That'd screw 'em up for life.

I mean, your brother went through the same thing you did,

and look what happened to him.

He saw your mother dismembered before his eyes,

and he went on to dismember his own victims.

Drink?

No.

The Bay Harbor Butcher also dismembered his victims.

Of course, your brother wasn't the Butcher.

The murders continued after his death.

But it's weird, huh?

Another thing that's weird--

that cabin where Doakes died.

What about it?

Was rented to a man named Jimenez.

He was one of the men who killed your mother.

I mean, what are the odds?

He's interrogating me.

You knew my father. You've known me my whole life.

Do you think I'm the Bay Harbor Butcher?

Of course not.

But if I don't ask these questions,

Maria will.

You know, I always had a bad feeling about Doakes.

He obviously didn't like me too much

from the get-go.

Hmm. Not exactly a secret.

But then that whole Bay Harbor Butcher case came along,

and something happened that I've never told anyone about.

- What? - I saw Doakes on his boat.

Doakes had a boat?

Yeah.

I figured he used it

to dispose of his victims.

He kept it at the same marina as mine.

I moved my boat to get away from him.

Why didn't you ever come forward?

'Cause I didn't know what he'd do to me

or my sister.

Yeah.

Doakes was a pretty formidable guy.

Yeah.

I can imagine how scared you must have been.

Sorry to put you through all this, Dexter.

I'll talk to Maria.

Get her to move on.

No hard feelings?

None.

I've given them a boat to search for.

Now I just have to make sure

there's something for them to find.

Hey, don't splash your sister!