Lila makes a shocking discovery about Dexter and takes advantage of it in a desperate ploy to win him back – or rather, force him back.

Dexter decides that he needs to turn himself in, but gives himself a day to get his life together. Meanwhile, he leaves Doakes in his cage.

As Dexter keeps Doakes caged in Jimenez’s cabin, Doakes reveals that he knows something about the death of Dexter’s father. This clue leads Dexter to discover a shocking truth.

Dexter is in shock when he realizes that his blood slides are gone. It seems that Agent Lundy really has him now; but there’s more going on than he knows.

Thanks to some deliberately bad blood work, Agent Lundy comes closer to uncovering the Bay Harbor Butcher.

Dexter sends the Miami Tribune a 32-page manifesto designed purely to baffle and mislead the police. His scheming continues as he finally fights back against Sgt. Doakes.

The Bay Area Butcher now has a copycat, and Dexter must stop him before Agent Lundy puts the Butcher case entirely into the hands of the FBI.

Dexter learns that one of the three men who murdered his mother is still alive and, thanks to the Witness Protection Program, running a pub in Naples, FA.