Episode guide
Dexter: Season 5
12 episodes · premiered Sep 26, 2010
In season five, Dexter comes to terms with the aftermath of the Season 4 finale, stopping a group of serial rapists and avoiding a corrupt cop who learns his deadly secret.
- Episode 1: My Bad Sep 26, 2010 · 54m · TMDB 8.3 Dexter must make a choice; Quinn stirs up trouble for Dexter but supports Deb.
- Episode 2: Hello, Bandit Oct 3, 2010 · 49m · TMDB 7.8 Dexter tries to focus his energy on his kids and fight his dark urges, but a shocking discovery puts him on the trail of a new victim; Debra hosts her brother and his children but finds…
- Episode 3: Practically Perfect Oct 10, 2010 · 49m · TMDB 8.1 In an effort to create more free time to stalk and kill victims, Dexter hires a nanny; Debra is annoyed by her new partner, a rookie with her own theories on a bizarre double homicide…
- Episode 4: Beauty and the Beast Oct 17, 2010 · 50m · TMDB 8.0 Dexter finds himself in a strange situation when, instead of taking a life, he has to save one. Deb has a scary confrontation with a key suspect in the Santa Muerte murder cases; Quinn…
- Episode 5: First Blood Oct 24, 2010 · 51m · TMDB 7.7 When Dexter is saddled with an unwanted conspirator, he is forced to make some hard decisions about her fate; meanwhile, Dexter wonders if Rita's death has awakened a darkness inside…
- Episode 6: Everything Is Illumenated Oct 31, 2010 · 50m · TMDB 8.1 Trying to get his life back on track, Dexter hunts a new target, but is distracted and drawn into a precarious situation while helping his troubled acquaintance; Batista discovers an…
- Episode 7: Circle Us Nov 7, 2010 · 48m · TMDB 7.8 While helping Lumen, Dexter finds himself on a collision course with Debra and the rest of Homicide when he is called to investigate a horrifying crime scene; the Santa Muerte case leads…
- Episode 8: Take It! Nov 14, 2010 · 52m · TMDB 8.3 While attending a self-help seminar, Dexter and Lumen stalk a violent killer; Debra gets into unexpected trouble from the fallout of the Santa Muerte case, forcing Batista to make a…
- Episode 9: Teenage Wasteland Nov 21, 2010 · 55m · TMDB 8.4 In the midst of hunting their next victim, Dexter and Lumen are surprised by the return of an unannounced guest; Debra is assigned to the file room, but manages to uncover new evidence in…
- Episode 10: In the Beginning Nov 28, 2010 · 54m · TMDB 8.4 Dexter discovers a possible ally in the pursuit of Lumen's former captors, but he and Lumen are forced to step down when homicide uncovers evidence linked to one of their prior victims…
- Episode 11: Hop a Freighter Dec 5, 2010 · 47m · TMDB 8.3 Dexter is forced to do damage control after he concedes that someone outside of Miami Metro has taken an interest in him and Lumen; Debra's speculation on the missing Barrel Girl suspects…
- Episode 12: The Big One Dec 12, 2010 · 55m · TMDB 8.4 Dexter realizes that he and Lumen are being lured into a trap and risks everything to escape; Debra lets her personal feelings overwhelm her instincts in the Barrel Girls case; Quinn needs…