There's a detail in Episode 1, "Risky Business," that proves Dexter was blinded by his own ritual, and it could have serious consequences.
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| Dexter Morgan and Al Walker in Dexter: Resurrection Season 2. (Photo credit: Matt Infante/Paramount+) |
The Season 2 premiere of Dexter: Resurrection finally brought Dexter's pursuit of Al Walker, better known as Rapunzel, to an end. But while Dexter thought he had successfully dealt with the serial killer, one small detail from their final confrontation could come back to haunt him and potentially expose his biggest secret.
After tracking Al down in Pennsylvania, Dexter lured him to an abandoned auto body shop and killed him. However, in the process of following his usual trophy ritual, he may have made a mistake that could lead him in serious trouble.
Dexter May Have Left Behind a Familiar Piece of Evidence
Following their messy confrontation, Dexter used one of his old habits: collecting a blood sample from his victim and placing it on a blood slide.
What is interesting, is that the episode skips the actual moment when he takes the sample, showing only Dexter holding his scalpel over the slide as he leaves a drop of Al's blood behind.
Through his inner monologue, we later learn that Dexter decided to leave Al's body hanging to make his death look like took his own life, while also letting the world know that the notorious serial killer Rapunzel was no longer a threat.
But where exactly did Dexter cut Al's body to collect that blood sample?
Although the moment is never shown directly, a closer look at the scene actually reveals the answer. As Rapunzel's body hangs in the blurry background, you can spot a cut on Al Walker's left cheek.
The behind-the-scenes photo below, shared on social media by executive producer and writer Scott Reynolds, makes it even obvious. It shows the show's makeup artist applying the cut to Eric Stonestreet's cheek between takes.
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| Eric Stonestreet as Dexter: Resurrection's make up artist applies the cut on Al's cheek. (Photo credit: Scott Reynolds/X) |
Honestly, Dex could have collected the blood from almost any part of Al's body. Instead, he chose to cut his cheek while the body was still hanging in the air, making the process more... difficult than it needed to be.
Could Al Walker Expose Dexter From Beyond the Grave?
Eventually, Al Walker's body will be discovered, possibly by his wife or the grandson of the man who owns the auto body shop. When the police examine it, they might notice the cut on his cheek.
On its own, the injury might not look particularly suspicious. But someone familiar with the Bay Harbor Butcher case and his signature methods, such as Joey Quinn or even Claudette Wallace, could actually recognize its significance, and start to realize that Batista wasn't really wrong.
The cheek wound, however, might not be the only thing that puts Dexter under suspicion, as the premiere introduces another potential problem: the real-time GPS location-sharing feature Dexter and Harrison use on their iPhones. If investigators can access relevant location records, they might be able to establish that Dexter was in Pennsylvania around the time Al was killed.
But there's an even more interesting clue. After returning from Pennsylvania, Dexter sits down at his laptop and searches Google for "Rapunzel serial killer dead." The search doesn't return any results at all, but the timing of the search could become a problem of its own.
Imagine the police eventually examining Dexter's laptop or recovering his Google search history. If they discover that he was already looking for news about Rapunzel's death before Al's body was discovered or his death became public knowledge, they would have an obvious question: How did Dexter know to look for that?
Of course, recovering that search history would depend on whether the specific activity had been saved. But combined with the cheek wound and any available location data placing Dexter in Pennsylvania, it could actually give investigators a much bigger reason to look into his involvement.
Dexter may have thought he had finally put Rapunzel behind him, but Al Walker could still expose him from beyond the grave. And this time, it might be Dexter's own ritual, his Google search, and the technology he uses to keep track of his son that bring him down.
Of course, these are just theories based on the clues we've seen so far, and they might not amount to anything. But what do you think? Could Dexter's carelessness end up being his downfall?