Dexter
Dexter: Season 4

Air Date

September 26, 2009

Episodes

12 episodes

Dexter

Season 4

Overview

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.

Episodes

Living the Dream

1. Living the Dream

7.7
September 27, 2009
54 min

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

2. Remains to Be Seen

8.1
October 4, 2009
50 min

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

3. Blinded by the Light

7.7
October 11, 2009
52 min

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

4. Dex Takes a Holiday

8.7
October 18, 2009
55 min

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

5. Dirty Harry

8.5
October 25, 2009
50 min

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

6. If I Had a Hammer

8.2
November 1, 2009
56 min

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

7. Slack Tide

8.1
November 8, 2009
53 min

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

8. Road Kill

8.2
November 15, 2009
55 min

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

9. Hungry Man

8.7
November 22, 2009
52 min

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

10. Lost Boys

8.5
November 29, 2009
57 min

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

11. Hello, Dexter Morgan

9.1
December 6, 2009
52 min

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

12. The Getaway

9.2
December 13, 2009
52 min

Dexter and Arthur are on a collision course.