Dexter

Catching Up to You

By Joe R | Aired on 2009.12.13

The Getaway - Previously, Dexter spent the whole season a) dithering endlessly with his voice-over and his subconscious manifesting as his dead father about whether having a family is too much of a burden, and b) not killing Arthur Mitchell, a.k.a. the Trinity...

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4-12 Recap	Catching Up to You The Getaway - Trinity gets resolved, on both fronts. Debra discovers Dexter's family history. And Dexter finally decides he might be able to work towards a Dark-Passenger-free life. And then it all dies in a bathtub of blood.	2009.12.13 2009.12.18	A-	Joe R
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
4-11 Recap	A Spy in the House of Dex "Hello, Dexter Morgan" - Shocker, Dexter finds a reason to kill someone other than Trinity this week, and once again it comes back to bite him in the ass, as Arthur follows him right into Miami Metro. Also, they'll be pop-psychologizing Christine in heaven now.	2009.12.06 2009.12.11	B	Joe R
4-10 Recap	Arthur Loves Toy Trains Lost Boys - Yet another week where Dexter's total determination to kill Trinity for realz gets derailed (yes!) so Dexter can be a hero. Meanwhile, Christine falls apart before our very eyes.	2009.11.29 2009.12.04	B+	Joe R
4-9 Recap	Crappy Thanksgiving Hungry Man - Dexter ditches his own family Thanksgiving to spend some time with the Mitchells, and witness their hostage crisis that is their home life.	2009.11.22 2009.11.27	A-	DeAnn Welker
4-8 Recap	Remorse of a Different Color Road Kill - Dexter won't shut up about all this pesky remorse he feels for killing an innocent man. Perhaps an out-of-town trip to kill Trinity will fix things.	2009.11.15 2009.11.20	B-	Joe R
4-7 Recap	The Age of Innocents Slack Tide - Dexter once again spreads himself too thin, rushes through a kill, and ends up offing the wrong guy. In Dexter's defense, he sure did seem like an a-hole.	2009.11.08 2009.11.13	B	Joe R
4-6 Recap	Blood Shack If I Had a Hammer - Lock says (WOO!) stay away, fools, 'cause Dex's tools are in his bluh-huh-hud shack. Dexter goes undercover at Trinity's charity organization (!) to get to know the man behind the mass murderer, and he ends up making a breakthrough in couples' therapy as a result!	2009.11.01 2009.11.05	B+	Joe R
4-5 Recap	Family Guy Dirty Harry - Lundy's dead, Deb's wrecked, and Dexter, bound and determined to make Trinity pay, learns that sometimes the guy with the blood-soaked hammer at work is the guy with a wife and two kids at home.	2009.10.25 2009.10.30	B	Joe R
4-4 Recap	Cop Killer Dex Takes a Holiday - With Rita and the kids out of town, Dexter is free to relax and plot the murder of a cop who killed her family. Also, Lundy and Deb finally stop dicking around and... start dicking around, actually. It all ends horribly.	2009.10.18 2009.10.23	B	Joe R
4-3 Recap	Vandal in the Wind Blinded By the Light - Dexter embarks upon a dubious quest to quell a neighborhood vandal, while Deb and Lundy continue to advance the Trinity story, flirt over crime scene photos.	2009.10.11 2009.10.15	C+	Joe R