Dexter muses that killing Estrada is going to be easy, but he has an upcoming kill that won't be so, and Estrada, trying to bond as a last resort, asks why he's doing it. Dexter replies that it's to protect himself and his sister, and Estrada tries to tell him that's okay -- he's doing it for "the normal reasons." Dexter's amused by the idea, as he's never killed for normal reasons. "I used to think I was special; a special kind of killer. But tonight, I'm not." Estrada asks what he is, then, and Dexter's answer shows that he knows what he's become: "I'm just a creep motherfucker." He raises the knife and stabs Estrada, as viciously as he ever has swung a blade, and then takes a moment to digest it all...

...while at the restaurant, everyone's already dancing and having a good time -- everyone except Dexter and LaGuerta, of course. Also, despite the fact that he once grossly hit on her, Jamie takes pity on drunken sad-sack Quinn and chats him up, so I guess that's something to look "forward" to in Season Eight.

Batista talks about how weird retirement is, but I have the feeling that he's going to change his mind as a consequence of how the episode ends. When Deb hears from Batista that LaGuerta was planning to be there but hasn't turned up, alarm bells go off in her head, and she calls Dispatch and learns that LaGuerta's vehicle is heading for the shipping yards. I assume that means LaGuerta called in her intent because if officers' cars have location finders on them as a matter of course, I don't know how Deb is going to explain any of her driving this season. Deb calls Dexter and leaves him an urgent message begging him not to do whatever he's thinking of doing...

...while Hannah, dressed all in black, leaves a plant in front of Dexter's door as a remembrance, and then glides away like...well, a lizard on ice, if you'll forgive a little convenient appropriation.