A comprehensive episode guide for Dexter, covering all eight seasons of the original series as well as the limited series, Dexter: New Blood.
Season 8 Episode 11: "Monkey In a Box"
Season 6 Episode 11: "Talk to the Hand"
Season 6 Episode 10: "Ricochet Rabbit"
Season 6 Episode 8: "Sins of Omission"
Season 6 Episode 7: "Nebraska"
Original Air Date: Nov 13, 2011
Season 6 Episode 6: "Just Let Go"
Season 6 Episode 5: "The Angel of Death"
Season 6 Episode 4: "A Horse of a Different Color"
Season 3 Episode 2: "Finding Freebo"
Season 2 Episode 6: "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"
Season 2 Episode 2: "Waiting to Exhale"
Season 1 Episode 8: "Shrink Wrap"
Season 1 Episode 7: "Circle of Friends"
Season 1 Episode 5: "Love American Style"
Last update: October 13th, 2024
Original Air Date: Jan 9, 2022
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: Jan 2, 2022
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: Dec 26, 2021
Written by Tony Saltzman and David McMillan
Directed by Sanford Bookstaver
Original Air Date: Dec 19, 2021
Written by Kirsa Rein, Alexandra Salerno and Veronica West
Directed by Sanford Bookstaver
Original Air Date: Dec 12, 2021
Written by Scott Reynolds and Warren Hsu Leonard
Directed by Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: Dec 5, 2021
Written by Veronica West
Directed by Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: Nov 28, 2021
Written by Tony Saltzman
Directed by Sanford Bookstaver
Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2021
Written by David McMillan
Directed by Sanford Bookstaver
Original Air Date: Nov 14, 2021
Written by Warren Hsu Leonard
Directed by Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: Nov 7, 2021
Teleplay by Clyde Phillips
Story by Clyde Phillips and Adam Rapp
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 8 Episode 12: "Remember the Monsters?" SERIES FINALE
Original Air Date: Sep 22, 2013
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 8 Episode 11: "Monkey In a Box"
Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2013
Season 8 Episode 10: "Goodbye Miami"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 8 Episode 10: "Goodbye Miami"
Original Air Date: Sep 8, 2013
Written by Jace Richdale
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 8 Episode 9: "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Original Air Date: Aug 25, 2013
Written by Karen Campbell
Directed by John Dahl
Season 8 Episode 8: "Are We There Yet?"
Original Air Date: Aug 18, 2013
Written by Wendy West
Directed by Holly Dale
Season 8 Episode 7: "Dress Code"
Original Air Date: Aug. 11, 2013
Written by Arika Lisanne Mittmann
Directed by Alik Sakharov
Season 8 Episode 6: "A Little Reflection"
Original Air Date: Aug 4, 2013
Written by Jace Richdale
Directed by John dahl
Season 8 Episode 5: "This Little Piggy"
Original Air Date: Jul 28, 2013
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 8 Episode 4: "Scar Tissue"
Original Air Date: Jul 21, 2013
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Stefan Schwartz
Season 8 Episode 3: "What's Eating Dexter Morgan?"
Original Air Date: Jul 14, 2013 Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Season 8 Episode 2: "Every Silver Lining..."
Original Air Date: Jul 7, 2013Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Michael C. Hall
Season 8 Episode 1: "A Beautiful Day"
Original Air Date: Jun 30, 2013
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 7 Episode 12: "Surprise, Motherf*cker!"
Original Air Date: Dec 16, 2012
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 7 Episode 11: "Do You See What I See"
Original Air Date: Dec 9, 2012
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by John Dahl
Season 7 Episode 10: "The Dark... Whatever"
Original Air Date: Dec 2, 2012
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Michael Lehmann
Season 7 Episode 9: "Helter Skelter"
Original Air Date: Nov 25, 2012
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 7 Episode 8: "Argentina"
Original Air Date: Nov 18, 2012
Written by Arika Lisanne Mittmann
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 7 Episode 7: "Chemistry"
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 2012
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Holly Dale
Season 7 Episode 6: "Do the Wrong Thing"
Original Air Date: Nov 4, 2012
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Alik Sakharov
Season 7 Episode 5: "Swim Deep"
Original Air Date: Oct 28, 2012
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Season 7 Episode 4: "Run"
Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2012
Written by Wendy West
Directed by John Dahl
Season 7 Episode 3: "Buck the System"
Original Air Date: Oct 14, 2012
Written by Jace Richdale
Directed by Stefan Schwartz
Season 7 Episode 2: "Sunshine and Frosty Swirl"
Original Air Date: Oct 7, 2012
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 7 Episode 1: "Are You....?"
Original Air Date: Sep 30, 2012
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 6 Episode 12: "This is the Way the World Ends"
Original Air Date: Dec 18, 2011
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Original Air Date: Dec 11, 2011
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Original Air Date: Dec 4, 2011
Written by Jace Richdale
Directed by Michael Lehmann
Season 6 Episode 9: "Get Gellar"
Original Air Date: Nov 27, 2011
Written by Karen Campbell
Directed by Seith Mann
Original Air Date: Nov 20, 2011
Written by Arika Lisanne Mittman
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Original Air Date: Nov 13, 2011
Written by Wendy west
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Original Air Date: Nov 6, 2011
Written by Jace Richdale
Directed by John Dahl
Original Air Date: Oct 30, 2011
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Original Air Date: Oct 23, 2011
Season 6 Episode 3: "Smokey and the Bandit"
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by John Dahl
Original Air Date: Oct 16, 2011
Season 6 Episode 2: "Once Upon A Time..."
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Stefan Schwartz
Original Air Date: Oct 9, 2011
Season 6 Episode 1: "Those Kinds of Things"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Original Air Date: Oct 2, 2011
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 12: "The Big One"
Original Air Date: Dec 12, 2010
Written by Chip Johannessen and Manny Coto
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 5 Episode 11: Hop A Freighter"
Written by Chip Johannessen and Manny Coto
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 5 Episode 11: Hop A Freighter"
Original Air Date: Dec 5, 2010
Story by Karen Campbell
Teleplay by Scott Buck and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 10: "In the Beginning"
Story by Karen Campbell
Teleplay by Scott Buck and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 10: "In the Beginning"
Original Air Date: Nov 28, 2010
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 5 Episode 9: "Teenage Wasteland"
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 5 Episode 9: "Teenage Wasteland"
Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2010
Written by Lauren Gussis
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Season 5 Episode 8: "Take It!"
Season 5 Episode 8: "Take It!"
Original Air Date: Nov 14, 2010
Written by Manny Coto and Wendy West
Written by Manny Coto and Wendy West
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 5 Episode 7: "Circle Us"
Season 5 Episode 7: "Circle Us"
Original Air Date: Nov 7, 2010
Written by Scott Buck
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 6: "Everything is Illumenated"
Season 5 Episode 6: "Everything is Illumenated"
Original Air Date: Oct 31, 2010
Written by Wendy West
Written by Wendy West
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 5 Episode 5: "First Blood"
Season 5 Episode 5: "First Blood"
Original Air Date: Oct 24, 2010
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 5 Episode 4: "Beauty and the Beast"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 5 Episode 4: "Beauty and the Beast"
Original Air Date: Oct 17, 2010
Written by Jim Leonard
Directed by Milan Cheylov
Season 5 Episode 3: "Practically Perfect"
Written by Jim Leonard
Directed by Milan Cheylov
Season 5 Episode 3: "Practically Perfect"
Original Air Date: Oct 10, 2010
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 5 Episode 2: "Hello, Bandit"
Written by Manny Coto
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 5 Episode 2: "Hello, Bandit"
Original Air Date: Oct 3, 2010
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 1: "My Bad"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 5 Episode 1: "My Bad"
Original Air Date: Sep 26, 2010
Written by Chip Johannessen
Directed by Steve Shill
Written by Chip Johannessen
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 4 Episode 12: "The Getaway"
Original Air Date: Dec 13, 2009
Story by Scott Reynolds and Melissa Rosenberg
Teleplay by Wendy West and Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 4 Episode 11: "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
Story by Scott Reynolds and Melissa Rosenberg
Teleplay by Wendy West and Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 4 Episode 11: "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2009
Written by Scott Buck and Lauren Gussis
Directed by SJ Clarkson
Season 4 Episode 10: "Lost Boys"
Written by Scott Buck and Lauren Gussis
Directed by SJ Clarkson
Season 4 Episode 10: "Lost Boys"
Original Air Date: Nov 29, 2009
Written by Charles H. Eglee and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 4 Episode 9: "Hungry Man"
Written by Charles H. Eglee and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 4 Episode 9: "Hungry Man"
Original Air Date: Nov 22, 2009
Written by Wendy West
Directed by John Dahl
Season 4 Episode 8: "Road Kill"
Written by Wendy West
Directed by John Dahl
Season 4 Episode 8: "Road Kill"
Original Air Date: Nov 15, 2009
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Tim Hunter
Season 4 Episode 7: "Slack Tide"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Tim Hunter
Season 4 Episode 7: "Slack Tide"
Original Air Date: Nov 8, 2009
Written by Melissa Rosenberg and Scott Reynolds
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 4 Episode 6: "If I Had A Hammer"
Written by Melissa Rosenberg and Scott Reynolds
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 4 Episode 6: "If I Had A Hammer"
Original Air Date: Nov 1, 2009
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 4 Episode 5: "Dirty Harry"
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Romeo Tirone
Season 4 Episode 5: "Dirty Harry"
Original Air Date: Oct 24, 2009
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 4 Episode 4: "Dexter Takes a Holiday"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 4 Episode 4: "Dexter Takes a Holiday"
Original Air Date: Oct 18, 2009
Written by Melissa Rosenberg and Wendy West
Directed by John Dahl
Season 4 Episode 3: "Blinded By the Light"
Written by Melissa Rosenberg and Wendy West
Directed by John Dahl
Season 4 Episode 3: "Blinded By the Light"
Original Air Date: Oct 11, 2009
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 4 Episode 2: "Remains To Be Seen"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 4 Episode 2: "Remains To Be Seen"
Original Air Date: Oct 4, 2009
Written by Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Brian Kirk
Season 4 Episode 1: "Living The Dream"
Written by Charles H. Eglee
Directed by Brian Kirk
Season 4 Episode 1: "Living The Dream"
Original Air Date: Sep 27, 2009
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Marcos Siega
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 12: "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"
Original Air Date: Dec 14, 2008
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 3 Episode 11: "I Had A Dream"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 3 Episode 11: "I Had A Dream"
Original Air Date: Dec 7, 2008
Written by Lauren Gussis and Chic Eglee
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 10: "Go Your Own Way"
Written by Lauren Gussis and Chic Eglee
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 10: "Go Your Own Way"
Original Air Date: Nov 30, 2008
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by John Dahl
Season 3 Episode 9: "About Last Night"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by John Dahl
Season 3 Episode 9: "About Last Night"
Original Air Date: Nov 23, 2008
Directed by Tim Hunter
Story by Scott Reynolds
Teleplay by Melissa Rosenberg
Season 3 Episode 8: "The Damage a Man Can Do"
Directed by Tim Hunter
Story by Scott Reynolds
Teleplay by Melissa Rosenberg
Season 3 Episode 8: "The Damage a Man Can Do"
Original Air Date: Nov 14, 2008
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 7: "Easy As Pie"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 7: "Easy As Pie"
Original Air Date: Nov 9, 2008
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 3 Episode 6: "Si Se Puede"
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 3 Episode 6: "Si Se Puede"
Original Air Date: Nov 2, 2008
Written by Charles Eglee
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 3 Episode 5: "Turning Biminese"
Written by Charles Eglee
Directed by Ernest Dickerson
Season 3 Episode 5: "Turning Biminese"
Original Air Date: Oct 26, 2008
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 4: "All In The Family"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 4: "All In The Family"
Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2008
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Season 3 Episode 3: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Original Air Date: Oct 12, 2008
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by John Dahl
Original Air Date: Oct 5, 2008
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 3 Episode 1: "Our Father"
Season 3 Episode 1: "Our Father"
Original Air Date: Sep 28, 2008
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Keith Gordon
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 2 Episode 12: "British Invasion"
Original Air Date: Dec 14, 2007
Directed by Steve Shill
Teleplay by Daniel Cerone
Story by Daniel Cerone and Melissa Rosenberg
Season 2 Episode 11: "Left Turn Ahead"
Directed by Steve Shill
Teleplay by Daniel Cerone
Story by Daniel Cerone and Melissa Rosenberg
Season 2 Episode 11: "Left Turn Ahead"
Original Air Date: Dec 9, 2007
Written by Scott Buck and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 2 Episode 10: "There's Something about Harry"
Written by Scott Buck and Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 2 Episode 10: "There's Something about Harry"
Original Air Date: Dec 2, 2007
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Steve Schill
Season 2 Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile"
Written by Scott Reynolds
Directed by Steve Schill
Season 2 Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile"
Original Air Date: Nov 25, 2007
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 2 Episode 8: "Morning Comes"
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 2 Episode 8: "Morning Comes"
Original Air Date: Nov 18, 2007
Season 2 Episode 7: "That Night, a Forest Grew"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 2 Episode 7: "That Night, a Forest Grew"
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 2007
Written by Daniel Cerone
Directed by Jeremy PodeswaSeason 2 Episode 6: "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"
Original Air Date: Nov 4, 2007
Season 2 Episode 5: "The Dark Defender"
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Nick Gomez
Season 2 Episode 5: "The Dark Defender"
Original Air Date: Oct 28, 2007
Season 2 Episode 4: "See-Through"
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 2 Episode 4: "See-Through"
Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2007
Season 2 Episode 3: "An Inconvenient Lie"
Written by Scott Buck
Directed by Nick Gomez
Season 2 Episode 3: "An Inconvenient Lie"
Original Air Date: Oct 14, 2007
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Season 2 Episode 2: "Waiting to Exhale"
Original Air Date: Oct 7, 2007
Season 2 Episode 1: "It's Alive!"
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Marcos Siega
Season 2 Episode 1: "It's Alive!"
Original Air Date: Sep 30, 2007
Written by Daniel Cerone
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Season 1 Episode 12: "Born Free"
Original Air Date: Dec 17, 2006
Season 1 Episode 11: "Truth be Told"
Written by Daniel Cerone
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Season 1 Episode 11: "Truth be Told"
Original Air Date: Dec 10, 2006
Season 1 Episode 10: "Seeing Red"
Written by Drew Z. Greenberg
Directed by Keith Gordon
Season 1 Episode 10: "Seeing Red"
Original Air Date: Dec 3, 2006
Written by Kevin Maynard
Season 1 Episode 9: "Father Knows Best"
Written by Kevin Maynard
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Season 1 Episode 9: "Father Knows Best"
Original Air Date: Nov 26, 2006
Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Directed by Adam Davidson
Season 1 Episode 8: "Shrink Wrap"
Original Air Date: Nov 19, 2006
Written by Lauren Gussis
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Season 1 Episode 7: "Circle of Friends"
Original Air Date: Nov 12, 2006
Season 1 Episode 6: "Return To Sender"
Written by Daniel Cerone
Directed by Steve Shill
Season 1 Episode 6: "Return To Sender"
Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2006
Written by Tim Schlattmann
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Season 1 Episode 5: "Love American Style"
Original Air Date: Oct 29, 2006
Season 1 Episode 4: "Let's Give The Boy A Hand"
Written by Melissa Rosenbeg
Directed by Robert Lieberman
Season 1 Episode 4: "Let's Give The Boy A Hand"
Original Air Date: Oct 22, 2006
Season 1 Episode 3: "The Popping Cherry"
Written by Drew Z. Greenberg
Directed by Robert Lieberman
Season 1 Episode 3: "The Popping Cherry"
Original Air Date: Oct 15, 2006
Season 1 Episode 2: "Crocodile"
Written by Daniel Cerone
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Season 1 Episode 2: "Crocodile"
Original Air Date: Oct 8, 2006
Season 1 Episode 1: "Dexter"
Written by Clyde Phillips
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Season 1 Episode 1: "Dexter"
Original Air Date: Oct 1, 2006
Written by James Manos Jr.
Directed by Michael Cuesta