Season 1 (2006)
By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.
Release date: 2006-09-29
User rating:
8.2 / 10
Novel: Jeff Lindsay
Episodes (12):
1. Dexter
Dexter's world is rocked when a rival serial murderer, dubbed the Ice Truck Killer by the media, privately contacts him and reveals that he knows Dexter's grisly secret. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister, Debra, is transferred to Homicide.
Release date: 2006-10-01
2. Crocodile
The Miami Metro Police Department investigate the murder of an undercover officer, while Dexter stalks another victim. Debra discovers a piece of evidence in the Ice Truck Killer Case that helps her get a promotion.
Release date: 2006-10-08
3. Popping Cherry
While LaGuerta focuses the department's attention on a potential suspect in the Ice Truck Killer Case, Debra continues to look elsewhere. Doakes pays a visit to drug lord, Carlos Guerrero. Flashbacks show Dexter killing his first human.
Release date: 2006-10-15
4. Let's Give the Boy a Hand
The Ice Truck Killer's recent crime scenes send a secret message to Dexter Morgan, and lead him to remember his past.
Release date: 2006-10-22
5. Love American Style
The Homicide Division is buzzing after The Ice Truck Killer's latest victim is found mutilated, while Dexter stalks a murderous human trafficker.
Release date: 2006-10-29
6. Return to Sender
The Ice Truck Killer leaves a clue at the scene where Dexter has dispatched his latest victim, and Dexter is worried that someone might have witnessed his killing. Rita is trying to deal with her ex-husband.
Release date: 2006-11-05
7. Circle of Friends
Rita must deal with the return of her menacing, recently paroled husband, Paul Bennett. The Ice Truck Killer is supposedly identified, but Dexter is skeptical.
Release date: 2006-11-12
8. Shrink Wrap
The strange suicide of a powerful woman leads Dexter to suspect her shrink of murder, but he gets a shock when a visit to the suspect opens up dark secrets from Dexter's past.
Release date: 2006-11-19
9. Father Knows Best
While on a weekend getaway with Rita, his sister and her new beau, Dexter learns that his biological father, thought to be dead for 30 years, has just passed away, and that he's willed his son everything he owned.
Release date: 2006-11-26
10. Seeing Red
Dexter Morgan is sent to investigate a blood-soaked crime scene, and is gripped by a suppressed memory. Meanwhile, Rita is charged with assaulting Paul and could lose the children in a custody battle. Angel investigates a hunch regarding The Ice Truck Killer.
Release date: 2006-12-03
11. Truth Be Told
The Ice Truck Killer sets a trap for Dexter by kidnapping someone close to him; Dexter's increasingly odd behavior piques Doakes's interest.
Release date: 2006-12-10
12. Born Free
Dexter figures out who the Ice Truck Killer is, along with a dark secret from his troubled past. Meanwhile, La Guerta is replaced with a new boss and Angel figures out a way how to track the killer while he's still in hospital.
Release date: 2006-12-17
Cast
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Michael C. Hall - Executive Producer, Daniel Cerone - Executive Producer, Sara Colleton - Executive Producer, Chip Johannessen - Executive Producer, Manny Coto - Executive Producer, Clyde Phillips - Executive Producer, Tim Schlattmann - Producer, John Goldwyn - Executive Producer, Robert Lloyd Lewis - Producer, Melissa Rosenberg - Executive Producer, Scott Buck - Executive Producer, Lauren Gussis - Producer, Wendy West - Producer, Charles H. Eglee - Executive Producer, Jeff Lindsay - Novel, Daniel Licht - Original Music Composer