Left Turn Ahead is the eleventh episode of Season Two of the Showtime series DEXTER, and the twenty-third overall episode of the series.
Lila West tries to blackmail Dexter Morgan into taking her back. Dexter contemplates turning himself in to the police. Debra makes a bold move to settle things with Lila.
Summary[]
Dexter continues to brood over the realization that even his father couldn't accept Dexter's actions, despite having given him a code to live by, and committed suicide.
Doakes begins to think that Dexter's code only lets him target those who deserve to die, and that Dexter is tired of keeping up his facade. Doakes tries to persuade Dexter to turn himself in to the police because it will protect those he cares about.
In an attempt to get the upper hand on Dexter, Lila accuses Angel Batista of rape and Angel is soon relieved of his duties. Dexter visits Lila in the hospital and tells her that she is desperate and that her scheme will not work. In return, Lila says that they are "soul mates." Dexter leaves her room and meets with Angel to talk about the situation.
With little progress in the Butcher case, the FBI assigns Deputy Director Max Adams to take over the case, thereby pushing Special Agent Lundy off to the side. The knives that Dexter planted as evidence against Doakes are found, and the search for Doakes intensifies.
Meanwhile, Maria LaGuerta is doing her best to prove that James Doakes is not the Bay Harbor Butcher.
Doakes manages to escape from his cage, but the people he ends up with are drug runners tied to Jimenez. They take Doakes hostage and force him to retrieve the drugs stored inside the cabin. Dexter happens upon the scene, and he and Doakes work together to take the guys down. Immediately after this, Dexter imprisons Doakes again.
When Dexter decides that he is indeed going to turn himself in, he gives himself a day to get his affairs in order, including signing over a living trust to Debra. He also spends an afternoon on his boat with Rita and the kids,
Dexter asks Lila to drop the charges against Angel because he won't around anymore, so there is no end game in it for her. Lila tries to extract more information, but Dexter says goodbye.
Debra does a little digging and learns that Lila is in the US illegally and can be deported on an expired visa. She goes to Lila's loft and orders her to leave Dexter and his family alone. Lila isn't scared off and she steals Dexter's GPS device, which leads her to the cabin where he's holding Doakes.
Quotes[]
- "I don't need Doakes dead. I just need his fingerprints to complete my frame job. Every Saturday, beginning dive classes practice underwater skills beside this dock. Tomorrow they'll find a morbid little surprise." - Dexter voiceover
- "I wanna know if there's anything unusual about my father's death. He killed himself. The idea of a code was one thing, but the reality of it? Harry walked in on what he created... and he couldn't live with himself. I always thought hardening arteries squeezed the life out of my father, but it was me. Harry gazed into the eyes of his creation and saw evil, pure and simple. My evil... It killed him." -Dexter voiceover
- "I'm flying without a code here. I can unleash the beast anytime." -Dexter to Doakes
- "It won't be long now. I can hang this on Doakes and then... Then what? Years of trials and appeals with him pointing his finger and calling me killer? For such a neat monster, I'm making an awfully big mess." -Dexter voiceover
- "I'm toying with an idea... I've been under federal investigation for two months. My trophies were stolen. The code I live by has been shattered. And I have a co-worker in a cage. Things aren't going so well. ... I can't live in this house of cards anymore, waiting for it all to fall down. I need to do something, you know? I'm thinking about turning myself in." -Dexter to Doakes
- "I've really enjoyed our conversations, James. I lie to everyone I know... except my victims right before I kill them. It's hard to establish much of a rapport there." - Dexter to Doakes
Related Pages[]
- Alligators
- Airboat
- Bay Harbor Butcher 18
- Bay Harbor Butcher Case
- Blood Slide Boxes
- Cabin in the Everglades
- Code of Harry
- Dexter's Apartment
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Kill Tools
- Lila West's Loft Apartment
- Miami
- Rita Bennett's House
- Slice of Life
- Special Task Force
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