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Dexter Season 4

Dexter

Season 4

September 27, 2009 12 episodes

Dexter as a father and husband struggles to figure out how to survive for years to come. He seeks to learn from Arthur Mitchell, a serial killer and family man, who has murdered for over thirty years without being discovered.

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Living the Dream
E1
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E1. Living the Dream

54m Sep 27, 2009

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."

Remains to Be Seen
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E2. Remains to Be Seen

49m Oct 4, 2009

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.

Blinded by the Light
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E3. Blinded by the Light

51m Oct 11, 2009

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.

Dex Takes a Holiday
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E4. Dex Takes a Holiday

54m Oct 18, 2009

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.

Dirty Harry
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E5. Dirty Harry

49m Oct 25, 2009

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.

If I Had a Hammer
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E6. If I Had a Hammer

55m Nov 1, 2009

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.

Slack Tide
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E7. Slack Tide

52m Nov 8, 2009

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.

Road Kill
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E8. Road Kill

54m Nov 15, 2009

Dexter wonders if his father's Code is truly the right path, and hopes to get answers by accompanying Trinity on an out-of-town road trip to Tampa; Debra discovers that her single-minded pursuit of Trinity has blinded her to the true identity of her assailant.

Hungry Man
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E9. Hungry Man

51m Nov 22, 2009

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.

Lost Boys
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E10. Lost Boys

57m Nov 29, 2009

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.

Hello, Dexter Morgan
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E11. Hello, Dexter Morgan

51m Dec 6, 2009

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.

The Getaway
E12
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E12. The Getaway

51m Dec 13, 2009

Dexter and Arthur are on a collision course.

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