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'Dexter' TV Show Episodes - Season 2

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

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Season 2
Intro: In Season 2 of Dexter, Dexter must battle an even greater threat than the Ice Truck Killer: his own police department. His colleagues discover his stash of body parts in the ocean, and he must erase the trail that leads back to him while balancing the thorny relationship with his new Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, Lila.
Original Air Dates: September 30, 2007 - December 16, 2007

Episode #: 13
Title: "It's Alive!"
Summary: Dexter finds himself unable to kill again after the harrowing conclusion to the Ice Truck Killer case and strays from his personal code with disastrous results. Debra meanwhile returns to work, she but might not truly be ready.

Episode #: 14
Title: "Waiting to Exhale"
Summary: Dexter remains on the trail of a dangerous new victim, while the traumatized Debra loses control on the job. Meanwhile, a high-profile FBI agent arrives in Miami to investigate a newly discovered serial killer.

Episode #: 15
Title: "An Inconvenient Lie"
Summary: Dexter's inability to deceive has him pursuing a slick liar as his next victim, while Rita believes he's concealing a drug problem and forces him into a 12-step program where he meets Lila, a seductive new woman.

Episode #: 16
Title: "See-Through"
Summary: Rita finds herself threatened by Dexter's sexy new sponsor Lila and stressed out by a visit from her estranged mother, while Dexter tries to throw the dogged FBI Agent Lundy off his bloody trail.

Episode #: 17
Title: "The Dark Defender"
Summary: Dexter discovers that the man who murdered his mother in front of him is still alive and confronts him as part of his recovery from "addiction" -- but he discovers that old impulses die hard.

Episode #: 18
Title: "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"
Summary: A new copycat killer openly mimics and claims to be inspired by the "Bay Harbor Butcher," driving the annoyed Dexter into the arms of Lila, a development that could spell the end of his relationship with Rita.

Episode #: 19
Title: "That Night, a Forest Grew"
Summary: A written manifesto from the Bay Harbor Butcher sends the task force in charge of capturing him into chaos, which is part of Dexter's plan for keeping Lundy off his trail.

Episode #: 20
Title: "Morning Comes"
Summary: While Dexter decides "recovery" isn't working for him and pays another visit to his mother's killer, Debra and Lundy find a clue that points to the Bay Harbor Butcher being right under their noses.

Episode #: 21
Title: "Resistance Is Futile"
Summary: Dexter tries to distance himself from Lila, but she is unwilling to let go of their relationship. Meanwhile, Lundy's manhunt makes Dexter nervous as he tries to stay one step ahead.

Episode #: 22
Title: "There's Something About Harry"
Summary: Dexter's world comes crumbling down when Doakes tracks him to the scene of his latest kill and reveals a devastating secret about Harry. All the while, the Miami Metro Police Department closes in on the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Episode #: 23
Title: "Left Turn Ahead"
Summary: Dexter dodges bullets both figurative and real as he is forced to decide the fates of those he cares about most. Lila attempts to blackmail Dexter and makes a startling discovery beyond what she ever dreamed.

Episode #: 24
Title: "The British Invasion"
Summary: Lundy and the FBI finally settle the case of the Bay Harbor Butcher, but the heat's not entirely off Dexter as his world literally becomes an inferno. Can he rise from the ashes once again?

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