“Dexter” Season 4, Episode 6 Recap

Last night’s episode of Dexter began with the Trinity Killer singing in church of all places.  Dexter reviews all of the things about the man’s life that suggest he has a normal existence – wife, children, religion – with the exception of the serial killing, of course.

At home, Dexter is dealing with the fact that Rita is still angry about learning that he’s hung on to his apartment.  She has asked him to empty the place and has set up an appointment with a couple’s therapist too.  Wow…

Trinity has committed his latest murder and Debra already knows where it’s happened since it occurred where Lundy thought it would (why didn’t she tell anyone before?).  At the scene, Dexter holds back when it comes to providing clues about the killer’s identity.  Of course, Masuke grabs an evidence bag that Dexter was trying to conceal.

Batista expressed his displeasure about being transferred out of homicide before the attacks on Lundy and Deb are solved but he is trying to look at the upside of his new position – he’s been promoted, his hours are better and he is able to have a relationship with LaGuerta.  She’s less than convinced and asks to be transferred instead of Batista but he hates the idea.  The two hand in affidavits stating that their relationship is over so that they can both stay in their department and it’s clearly difficult for both of them.

In therapy, Dexter fails to demonstrate his listening skills which only infuriates Rita.  She brings up his drug addiction (which he faked to cover up his killing) and his affair with that psychopath Lila.  The therapist points out that Rita knew about Dexter’s imperfections before they got married and she was forced to stop putting all of the blame on him.  I was happy about that.  She drives me nuts.

Masuke took the evidence that Dexter was trying to hide at the crime scene and was able to pull two separate DNA samples from it (to Dexter’s dismay).  He discloses that one thing was cremated ashes and the other was saliva.

Debra gets a voicemail from a woman offering to tell her the truth about her father and apologizes for taking so long to return her call.  She hangs up before she’s able to hear the whole message, though.

At church (again), Dexter has a close encounter with Trinity who identifies himself as Arthur.  He invites Dexter to participate in a group that builds houses for the needy and Dexter tells him that he’s looking for answers since his wife kicked him out and took the kids.  Interesting…

Debra tells Quinn that she’s positive about the identity of her shooter (I really don’t believe that) and her partner vows to help her.  Debra later visits Nikki in jail and reaches through and chokes the woman through the bars after she denies being the shooter.

Masuke tells them that the DNA does not match anyone in the criminal database but explains that the remains are those of a relative of whomever left that saliva.  They are getting one step closer to finding Trinity and Dexter is less than thrilled.

At the construction site, Dexter shows up to help build homes without any tools and Trinity hands him a hammer and asks him to take good care of it since they’ve “been through a lot together.”  Yeah, we all saw what he did with that hammer in the last episode.  Dexter takes a moment to talk to Arthur’s son and learns a little more about what sounds like the “father of the year.”  It almost looks like it gives Dexter hope that a man can be both a serial killer and a family man.

In hopes of smoothing things over, Dexter comes home with gifts for Rita and the kids and his wife is less than thrilled.  She asks him to share his feelings instead of showering her with presents and, when he can’t tell her what’s on his mind, she tells him that she’s moving up their next therapy appointment.  I’m rolling my eyes, folks…

Dexter fakes an injury to get into Trinity’s home and realizes that the killer hides his weapons and trophies in plain sight.  He pushes the man’s buttons to see how he will respond (Dexter almost faints from being choked) but then they end up having a heart-to-heart.

After gleaning some insight, Dexter opens up in therapy and tells Rita that he needs a place for his things and also admits to being afraid that Rita will leave him if she finds out who he really is.  Of course, she denies that she would ever abandon him but it’s pretty certain that she would run if she knew he was a murderer.  In the end, Dexter got a shed in the backyard (complete with an air conditioner to hide his blood slides) and Rita even gave him a padlock.  Who knows?  Maybe things are about to get easier for him.

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