Miami Beach Bar

Miami Beach Bar is a location in Season Two of the Showtime series DEXTER.

It’s a bar, decorated with beer posters where Lila Tournay goes for drinks with Dexter Morgan’s co-workers. He tags along to keep an eye on her.

Summary

 * “Resistance Is Futile”

After Dexter breaks up with Lila, she tries to manipulate her way back into his life. She follows him to places such as Starlight Lanes, and flirts with his colleagues (especially Angel Batista).

On one of Lila’s visits to the homicide department, the detectives invite her to go out for a drink with them. She laughs and asks if she should be worried. Dexter subtly warns her, “Yes, you should.” Lila suggests he should come with them, adding her own threat, “Who knows what secrets will come pouring out of me once the drinks start flowing.” Dexter goes along to make sure Lila doesn't say anything about Santos Jimenez (the man who killed his mother).

At the bar, Lila is the center of attention, surrounded by Angel Batista, Vince Masuka, Robert Ramos, and Detective Weiss. She tells a dirty joke about a goat and flirts with the guys while Dexter sits at a nearby table watching her. Angel, who has a crush on Lila, stops Vince from telling a dirty joke of his own, in an effort to protect the “lady” (which Lila finds amusing). To get under Dexter's skin, Lila deliberately brings up Jimenez, and Dexter glares at her. When she walks off, saying she’s going to the “loo,” Angel finds it “cute.”

Dexter immediately follows Lila into the ladies room, and demands to know what the hell she wants. She claims to be concerned because he quit his sponsor, which means he could be using again. Dexter tells her to quit the sponsor bullshit, and says he’s done with it and with her.

A woman tries to enter the bathroom, but Dexter sternly tells her it’s “Out of Order” and shuts the door in her face.

Lila wants them to keep working together, but Dexter doesn’t want her to come anywhere near him or his addiction. Lila says she understands how lonely he is because his friends don’t know him. She tells him that he doesn’t have to handle alone whatever is eating at him. When she reaches out to Dexter, he grabs her wrist and pushes her hand away. Lila doesn't give up. She tries to convince him that she’s the only one who can see behind his mask, and it doesn’t scare her. She states that looking at him is like looking in the mirror, and it’s why they belong together.

They are interrupted by a bouncer, accompanied by the woman Dexter kicked out. Looking at Dexter, he says, “Hey, asshole. It’s ladies only.” The bouncer asks Lila if Dexter is giving her trouble. “A little,” she replies, “but I know he’ll see I'm right.”

Out in the parking lot, the gang disperses. Ramos refuses to let an intoxicated Masuka drive and takes him in his car. Dexter watches as Batista escorts Lila to his car, thinking, “Can’t live with her. Can’t kill her.” Nearby, Dexter notices a parked undercover car with Feds.

Quote

 * “I have to get to Jimenez, but a dead man tells no tales. A drunk, unstable woman very well may.” --Dexter

Related Pages

 * Lila West
 * Santos Jimenez
 * Long-haired Bouncer