The BEST episodes of Dexter season 2

Every episode of Dexter season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dexter season 2!

Dexter Morgan is a Miami-based blood spatter expert who doesn’t just solve murders; he commits them too. In fact, he’s a serial killer — but he only murders the guilty, so he feels justified with his lifestyle choices. His policewoman sister and his cop co-workers have no idea Dexter lives a double life; however, adoptive father Harry knows his secret, and does, in fact, help Dexter hone his “skills.” It’s a unique brand of justice for which charming Dexter feels a psychological hunger.

Last Updated: 8/31/2024Network: ShowtimeStatus: Ended
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The British Invasion
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8.34
5386 votes

#1 - The British Invasion

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/2007

The Task force believes the Bay Harbor Butcher case is closed, but Dexter still has some trouble to deal with.

Directors: Steve Shill
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Resistance Is Futile
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8.17
5840 votes

#2 - Resistance Is Futile

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2007

Dexter realizes it won't be easy to end things completely with Lila. Dexter tries to stay ahead of the investigations as the manhunt for the Bay Harbor Butcher intensifies. An enemy of Dexter figures out his secret.

Directors: Marcos Siega
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Morning Comes
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8.07
5759 votes

#3 - Morning Comes

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2007

Dexter is attacked by the man who murdered his mother. Meanwhile, Lila wants to get closer to Dex, and Debra and Lundy close in on the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Directors: Keith Gordon
Writer: Scott Buck
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Left Turn Ahead
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8.06
5888 votes

#4 - Left Turn Ahead

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2007

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.

Directors: Marcos Siega
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There's Something About Harry
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8.05
6002 votes

#5 - There's Something About Harry

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2007

Doakes follows Dexter to his next crime scene and shocks him with a revelation about Harry. The Bay Harbor Butcher task force feels they are zeroing in on their man.

Directors: Steve Shill
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An Inconvenient Lie
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7.88
5952 votes

#6 - An Inconvenient Lie

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2007

Dexter sets his sights on a new victim: a murderer so repulsive it seems only fitting that he's a used-car salesman. Dexter's been unable to lie to Rita about his midnight activities, which has her thinking that he's a drug addict. She's threatened to leave him if he doesn't commit to a 12-step program to deal with his supposed addiction. While in this recovery, though, Dexter meets a sexy, mysterious woman named Lila.

Directors: Tony Goldwyn
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It's Alive!
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7.86
6210 votes

#7 - It's Alive!

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2007

Things are really beginning to heat up for Dexter: Doakes' suspicions about him are growing, his victims are escaping, and his body dump site has been found. Meanwhile Paul is troubling Rita over the missing shoe and Debra is going through trauma over the Ice Truck killer incident.

Directors: Tony Goldwyn
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The Dark Defender
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7.81
5477 votes

#8 - The Dark Defender

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2007

Dexter finds out that the man who killed his mother, right in front of him, is still alive. When he tells this to Lila, she suggests he face the man, as part of his road to addiction recovery. But then as his sponsor she insists on tagging along.

Directors: Keith Gordon
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That Night, A Forest Grew
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7.80
6021 votes

#9 - That Night, A Forest Grew

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2007

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 and the kids.

Directors: Jeremy Podeswa
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Dex, Lies, and Videotape
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7.78
5641 votes

#10 - Dex, Lies, and Videotape

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2007

A copy-cat killer follows the lead of the "Bay Harbor Butcher." Dexter must destroy an incriminating surveillance video.

Directors: Nick Gomez
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Waiting to Exhale
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7.77
5759 votes

#11 - Waiting to Exhale

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2007

Dexter is finding it hard to have closure on killing his brother. There is a new FBI agent to head the "Bay Harbor Butcher" case. Debra is finding it tough to put the past behind her.

Directors: Marcos Siega
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See-Through
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7.70
5983 votes

#12 - See-Through

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2007

Rita's estranged mother visits and senses something is wrong with Dexter. Masuka thinks he's developed a lead in the Bay Harbor Butcher case, which has Dexter concerned. Angel's interrogation of a witness crosses a line.

Directors: Nick Gomez
Writer: Scott Buck
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