Dexter: New Blood (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Storm of Fuck - full transcript
[Deb] Almost ten
years without a kill.
James Lindsay, huh?
Jim.
[Matt] Girlfriend's a cop, huh?
[Ramon] Edward Olsen
heading up to his chalet.
[Angela] Everyone's
favorite petro-billionaire.
- [students] Shame on you!
- Thank you, everyone.
Gonna need a new
knife and a big-ass gun.
[Dexter] All right.
No body, no pattern,
no case.
You're not from around here.
Taking the first
bus out tomorrow.
A-Are you Dexter Morgan?
- Harrison.
- [Deb] You can't.
Everyone close to you dies.
[gunshot]
- [bellowing]
- [Matt whoops]
[laughs] Bagged me
a white fucking buck!
Jim.
My dad, he is gonna rain down
a world of pain on you, man!
Life is short.
- [grunts]
- [groans]
[Dexter] Tonight's the night.
I'm Dexter Morgan.
Come home.
My father protected me.
And that's exactly what
I'm going to do for my son.
[Dexter] What do I say?
What can I possibly say
to the son I abandoned?
You got big.
Happens.
[chuckles softly]
[inhales]
If you're cold,
I can put some more wood on.
I'm fine.
[sniffles]
You hungry?
I could whip up some
blueberry pancakes.
You used to love those.
Yeah, I'm not five anymore.
Maybe a sandwich.
One sandwich, coming right up.
[clattering]
Must've been a long trip.
Yeah.
Yeah, we got second place
at the Harvest Fest
Tournament last year.
Cool.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
So...
[sniffles]
You're not dead.
[Dexter] He's owed
an explanation.
But the only one is that
his father is a monster.
I'm sure this is hard.
This?
No.
[breathes sharply]
Growing up without a dad,
that was hard.
And opening up that letter,
finding out you let me believe
you were dead all those years...
that was brutal.
-Hannah showed you the letter?
-No.
I found it when she died.
Hannah died?
How?
Cancer.
Pancreatic.
[exhales]
I didn't know.
When did she die?
Three years ago.
What happened to you?
Where have you been?
A social worker
put me on a plane
from Buenos Aires to Miami.
I bounced around a bunch
of shitty foster homes.
No one wants a teenager.
And finally I
decided to find you.
Mm.
The return address got
me that town in Oregon.
And I found where you worked.
Also found that you'd left.
That's when it
got a little harder
to track down Jim Lindsay.
You know how many Jim
Lindsays there are on the Internet?
[Dexter] It's kind of the point.
Then I found a shot
of you on Instagram.
[inhales] Pictures don't lie.
Some Fred guy on
some bowling team...
[inhales] bragging
on you bowling a 300.
Right here in Iron Lake.
[exhales]
So why all this Jim bullshit?
What happened to Dexter Morgan?
[Dexter] He killed
dozens of people,
got your mother and your aunt killed,
too.
It's not who I am anymore.
Dexter had to die.
What are you talking about?
[sighs] It's a long story.
We should get some rest,
and I'll tell you
everything in the morning.
I promise.
Uh, you want my room?
I can take the couch.
The couch is fine.
Well,
if you need anything else...
Where's the bathroom?
[snaps fingers]
[tapping in distance]
[tapping continues]
[tapping grows louder]
Stop.
- [glass shatters]
- You're not listening!
I need him here.
It'll keep me
from killing again.
[gasps]
You selfish psycho.
[breathes sharply]
You emotionally handicapped,
crazy fuck.
If by some goddamn miracle
you don't end up killing him,
you will sure as
shit fuck him up.
[Harrison clears throat]
[toilet flushes]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[sighs]
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
slow, contemplative music
[Dexter] I'm not
gonna fuck him up.
[dramatic music]
- [glass shatters]
- [Lily grunts]
[mirror squeaking]
[gasps]
"Black Tambourine" by Beck
Black hearts in effigy
We sing a song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
[sighs]
Sharks smell the
blood that I'm bleeding
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire
eerie, pulsating music
gentle, intriguing music
[sighs]
[whispers] Let's get
back to the daily routine.
[breathes deeply]
- [exhales, inhales sharply]
- [goats bleating]
[Dexter] This is what happens
when I give in to
my dark passenger.
But I can fix this.
[exhales]
Teenagers sleep till noon,
right?
[sniffles]
[grunts softly]
[breathes heavily]
dramatic music
Well, this is one storm of fuck.
Matt Caldwell disappeared in
the woods near here last night.
Oh.
That's not good.
Your place is close to all
the public hunting grounds,
so I was hoping we could set
up base camp for the search here.
Yeah. Of course.
- Whatever you need.
- Don't worry, Jimmy.
Dude probably got wasted
and skipped the hunt.
We'll get a call he's
sleeping it off in some motel
and be out of here by lunch.
Or he could be out there,
freezing to death.
You can set up by the firepit.
The searchers can stay warm.
I'll get some coffee going
and breakfast, too, if you want.
[chuckles] You're a godsend.
By the firepit, guys!
[Logan] Okay, guys!
Let's unload the tables,
set up the tents.
Let's move quickly!
You mind if I use your
kitchen table for a sec?
Got to mark this up,
and I'd love some Earl Grey.
Oh, wait.
[door opens]
What's going on?
Jim? And this is...?
[Harrison] Harrison.
I'm Jim's son.
Son?
[Dexter] Add that to the list
of things I need to clean up.
Welcome to Iron Lake, Harrison.
I'm Angela.
It's really nice to meet you.
- [door closes]
- [Teddy] Yo, Jimbo!
Wood's gonna rot if you
don't cover it with a good tarp.
Yeah, I'll get right on that.
Well, hell, Jim,
you got 'em at your own store.
Just pick up a good canvas one.
As long as there's wax on it.
Or a polyurethane one, yeah?
Thanks for the tip, Teddy.
[Angela] So,
you came here by yourself?
It's no big deal.
Used to moving around a lot.
Your mother wasn't worried?
What are you two talking about?
Mom. That she passed away.
Oh, I'm-I'm so sorry.
Mm. Um...
Then, of course,
when that happened,
I came up here to be with Jim.
So, you're here for good?
- Well, you'll love Iron Lake.
- Actually, we haven't...
really talked about it yet,
but...
You should meet
my daughter Audrey.
She's about your age.
[door opens, closes]
[exhales sharply]
Thanks for covering for me.
Didn't do it for you.
Just didn't want a cop
all up in my business.
[Dexter] Huh. Like father,
like son.
You'll each be assigned into
groups of four and given a grid.
Search for any sign of Matt.
We'll do two-hour shifts,
then we'll return to
base camp to warm up
and pick a new grid.
- Oh, a-and stay hydrated.
- Okay.
Let's get a move on.
[indistinct chatter]
[Fred Jr.] We'll keep the
store closed today, Jim,
but if anybody needs supplies,
feel free to make a run.
- Sure thing.
- [Angela] Teddy.
- Get the drone in the air.
- [Teddy] On it!
[Dexter] A drone. Perfect.
[Logan] Hey.
You didn't include
any Seneca land
in your search area.
I mean, the last thing we need
is a bunch of townsfolk
trampling reservation land.
I asked Abraham Brown
to organize the search
on their side. They're
already in the woods.
Copy that.
[Dexter] That deer was killed
on Seneca land.
They're gonna find it soon.
If I missed a blood
trail to my own cabin,
- what else did I miss?
- Hey.
I was thinking Harrison and I
can take that area
into the woods.
We got it covered, Jim.
No, we want to help.
The terrain gets rough.
My RTV will get
through it faster.
Okay.
Fine.
You and your son can take it.
[Dexter] Ouch.
[drone whirring]
That thing police-grade?
[Teddy] Of course.
Built-in mapping software?
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!
[drone crashing]
Oh, crap.
[Dexter] I might get
away with this after all.
Sorry, boss!
- What now?
- Logan.
Get the search teams launched.
- [Logan] Yes, boss.
- I'll be back.
Yep.
ominous music
[Lily retching]
[crying, coughs]
[retching, gasping]
[straining, coughing]
[sobbing]
[clears throat]
- [toilet flushes]
- [water running]
[coughs]
[whispers] Jesus.
Fucking champagne.
[shudders]
[Lily sighs]
[intercom buzzes]
[man] Do you have
an appointment?
[gate whirring]
You're-you're kind
of swerving a lot.
I'm just avoiding rocks.
Usually blood sets
my teeth on edge.
Now it's giving me whiplash.
So, uh...
you and the police chief, huh?
I've only been in Iron
Lake for a couple of years.
This whole Angela
thing is recent.
So-so, why here?
You... do you, like,
hate nice weather?
[chuckles]
No, it's quiet, peaceful.
No crime.
No temptations from
the outside world.
No crime?
What,
y-you think this missing guy
just, like, got lost out here?
- [squishing]
- [saw buzzing]
Probably.
People get lost in
these woods all the time.
Wh-What is that?
[engine stops]
You know what,
this could be a crime scene.
That deer was shot
on Seneca land.
It's against the
law to kill them.
We need to tell Angela.
[sighs] My phone
won't work out here.
- Can you drive the RTV?
- Yeah, I should be fine.
All right, just follow the
trail back, and get them here
as fast as you can.
I'll make sure no one
disturbs the scene.
Got to find the source
of that blood trail.
[Edward] Beautiful, isn't it?
Gauguin's A Farm in Brittany.
Well, look at you.
Chief,
if you're here to apologize
about that little
protest yesterday...
We've got a hunter
who disappeared
in the woods last night.
We're searching
on foot, but we have over
100 square miles to cover.
You need my helicopter.
It would really help.
Then it's yours.
My pilot was an Army
Ranger. He-he knows the area.
I'll have him coordinate
with your office.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
I'll be going.
Oh, hold on.
That young woman yesterday,
the one who was leading the protest,
uh,
she by any chance your daughter?
Audrey.
Hmm. Unfortunately,
her generation
sees the world
only in binary terms.
Black and white, good and evil.
And that, uh...
climate change-denying oil baron
persona that people are
all too happy to pin on me,
it ignores all of the good I do.
All of my charity work,
including to the Seneca people.
The supplies I donate
every year to keep that,
uh,
reservation medical clinic running,
the food during the holidays.
It's very much appreciated.
Mm-hmm.
We'll get that bird
up in the air for you.
[Dexter] The mystery is,
where did I screw up?
[Deb] They always say
killers return to the scene
of their crime,
but this is fucking ridiculous.
[laughing]
It's not fucking funny!
[grunts]
[grunts]
[Deb chuckles]
Mystery solved.
[Deb laughing]
You think Windexing that rock
is gonna solve your
fucking problem?
Yes.
Yes, I do.
He has your brain. He's
smart enough to know
that people don't
fake their fucking death
if they have nothing to hide!
Who the fuck do you
think you're fooling?!
[laughing]
I told you,
the Matt thing was a one-time screwup.
What the actual fuck do
you think you're doing?
Harrison's been here one day,
and you have him
in the woods looking
for a man you killed?
He'd be so much
better off without you.
[Dexter] He's my son.
I lost him once.
I won't lose him again.
[panting]
[engine humming]
Once again,
I have to stay a step ahead of everyone.
With Matt's help,
I can do that.
Thanks... dude.
[panting]
Perfect.
More people to mess
up the crime scene.
[Abraham] Hey, Jim.
White buck.
Left here to rot.
Such a waste.
None of us would have
done something like this.
You think maybe
Matt Caldwell would?
He was hunting out
here. It could explain
why we can't find him.
[Angela] We need to
secure the perimeter.
[Teddy] You got it, boss.
This is bullshit, Angela.
I'm betting the
Caldwell kid did this,
then panicked and ran.
The highway is just a couple
of klicks in that direction.
He could've hitched
and ran out of town.
It's plausible.
But there's no evidence
tying Matt to this deer.
So we'll process the scene,
which you're all trampling
right now, so please back up.
[Dexter] Shit. Why
does my girlfriend
have to be such a good cop?
For now,
the search for Matt goes on,
including here on Seneca land.
Even after he did this?
If he did this.
Pretty amazing
how the entire town
turns out for a Caldwell.
When one of our
girls goes missing...
"Runaways always come back."
After Iris,
you of all people should know.
Things are different
in Iron Lake now.
[chuckles]
Sooner or later,
you're gonna
have to pick a side.
- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Harrison was great, by the way.
[sniffles]
Good job.
It's no big deal.
Logan,
let's get the processing kit.
Let's see what we can find.
Officer coming through!
Looks like the slug's
still in the carcass.
There's no exit wound.
I sold Matt a rifle and
bullets a couple of days ago.
I could bring in
some of the ammo,
the same stuff, to the station,
see if it's a match.
Oh, my God! I just found this
about a mile down the trail,
right before I got to the...
The highway.
[Dexter] Thank you, Fred Jr.
You magnificent outdoorsman.
Told you.
Chickenshit cut and ran.
How long you been a cop again?
Two weeks... and a half.
Look,
this may not even be Matt's glove.
Someone could've
dropped it a month ago.
Matt had gloves like that
when he was in the store.
[Dexter] Indeed, he did.
I mean,
there are smudges of blood on this.
Let's get this and
the deer back to town.
We'll test the blood.
We'll see if it matches.
Well...
thanks to you,
we got some real leads.
Not bad for your
very first crime scene.
Just lucky we stumbled on it.
You can use my deer sled
to get it back to
town if you want.
If you don't stop being so helpful,
Jim,
I'm gonna have to deputize you.
Y-You guys bring this
deer back to your place,
and we'll take it from there.
Harrison,
the high school just got out,
so the students are
joining the search.
Maybe you can meet
some kids your own age.
That'd be great.
We'll see you back there.
Okay.
Why aren't you a cop anymore?
Technically,
I wasn't actually a cop.
Well, Mom said you were a cop.
And you had to be
better than these guys.
Maybe.
But being at those crime scenes
day after day,
it just got to be too much.
I'm happier now.
Selling night crawlers?
Really?
- Hey, here, take my hat.
- I'm good.
You doing okay with all this?
It's fine.
Kind of cool, actually.
[Zach] Yo, Coach!
[Tess] Okay, everyone.
Do exactly what
the officers tell you.
Yo, Zach. Scott. What's up?
[Tess] Vete.
[goat bleats]
Go. Y ten cuidado.
Hey,
you want to help me with the goats?
Uh, yeah, sure.
- [clicking tongue]
- [goats bleating]
[sniffles]
You're good with animals.
We had a goat back in Argentina.
Sheep and chickens, too.
I miss 'em. You okay?
What's the black one's name?
Uh... I've just
been calling him Goat.
Haven't gotten around to
properly naming him, I guess.
- [chuckles]
- What was your goat's name?
Vincent.
Vincent van Goat.
Ha.
Well, Harrison,
meet Vincent van Goat II.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
[chickens clucking]
I got to head to the shop
and check on those
bullets I sold Matt.
If you want, you can just hang
inside the cabin
until I get back.
I know how awkward
it can be, meeting new people.
It was hard for me in high school,
too.
Yeah, I survived the last
ten years without you, Jim.
I think I can go two more hours.
[grunts]
Well,
he's not an awkward-as-fuck
budding serial
killer like you were.
Does that mean you're gonna
start laughing at me again?
I don't know, you tell me.
I know he shouldn't
be around you.
Around this version of me.
Jim Lindsay, he's safe.
You're starting to
sound an awful lot
- like the old Dexter to me.
- I'm not.
You are.
You fucking love that you're
getting away with murder.
You can't wait to kill again.
You are a fucking serial killer!
You are gonna fail this boy
a thousand different
ways because of it!
Stop!
Peace.
- I wish.
- [engine starts]
I guess you met my mom.
The cop.
Chief of police.
The one dating your dad.
That part I figured out,
which-which makes
this not awkward at all.
Yeah. [chuckles] Don't worry.
Knowing my mom,
it won't last long.
She's pretty much
married to her job.
You want to come
on the search with us?
Sure.
Hey, guys.
Zach and Scott.
They're smarter than they look.
Well, Zach is.
Duh.
Me Scott.
Harrison.
slow, dramatic music
[grunts]
Appreciate this, Gig.
Glad to help.
- [exhales sharply]
- Hey.
It's not a big deal.
A lot of folks get queasy
at the sight of blood.
- Yeah, it gets to me every time.
- Yeah.
Looks like the shooter
didn't know what he was doing
or was a piss-poor shot.
Deer's got a shattered shoulder,
uh, bone splinter everywhere.
You feel the slug?
Yep.
What do you think?
Looks like a hollow-point
seven Mag to me.
The bullets I sold Matt were...
160-grain hollow-point
seven-millimeter
Remington Magnums.
The plot thins.
Looks like there's some
striation on the base.
We might be able to match it
to Matt's gun when we find it.
Thanks, Gig.
Looks like my work's done here.
I better get back to Harrison.
Harrison's with Audrey
on the search. They're fine.
You and I, on the other hand,
need to talk.
[Dexter] "We need to talk."
Words you never want to hear
from your doctor
or your girlfriend.
Cool shirt.
You mean her "myew" shirt?
Wh-What does it even mean?
Married monsters in...
Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women.
Oh. Fuck.
Hey, yo. It's just up here.
[chuckles] Where?
Sorry you ended up in Iron Lake.
Sucks here.
I think I'm just passing through,
actually.
Yeah?
Well, lucky you.
- So, where--?
- So, what is it--?
You go.
Uh, I was gonna ask,
what's it like being the
police chief's daughter?
So much fun.
She never checks up on me.
Never assumes I've been murdered
when she hasn't heard from me for,
like, ten minutes.
[chuckles]
It's great.
That kind of reminds
me of my stepmom.
My dad, not so much.
Oh,
and you live with your stepmom?
[Scott] Yo, this is it!
[helicopter whirring above]
Shit, hide!
That had to be Olsen.
Who's that?
Petrochemical
billionaire asshole.
Aren't we supposed to be
looking for this Matt guy?
The whole town and the
reservation are searching.
They even got a helicopter.
They don't need us.
And Matt Caldwell's
an entitled prick,
so fuck him. We're gonna party.
[groans] Hold up.
They put new locks
on the cabin doors.
Leave it to me.
[grunting]
- [laughter]
- Son of a...
I got it.
Give me a sec.
Mom is really not
gonna like you.
[Angela sighs]
[Dexter] Here it comes.
The moment the
girlfriend tells me
I'm too closed-off,
that it's not gonna work out.
I'm thrilled Harrison is here.
[Dexter] Then again...
You are?
Yeah.
I know you've been
private about your past.
It's okay.
Everyone has secrets.
Ange,
I never meant for it to be a secret.
It's fine. We all have things
we keep from each other, right?
For instance...
I'm not Audrey's birth mother.
Oh.
You adopted her?
Yeah.
Did you ever look
for the birth mom?
I've spent pretty much
my entire adult life
looking for missing women.
But one who abandons
her own baby?
Fuck her.
You could have shared your
Harrison situation with me.
This whole time,
I've been struggling with Audrey,
thinking I couldn't share
that part of my life with you.
But now Harrison's here,
and maybe that's an opportunity for us,
too.
We can talk parenting...
the pressures,
the worry, the guilt.
- [exhales]
- So that's me,
sharing,
giving you
an opening to share back.
- Right.
- 'Cause that's...
that's how it works.
I don't know that I can
always be the father
Harrison needs me to be.
I feel that way about
being a mom every day.
- You do?
- Yeah.
But it doesn't matter
because Audrey needs me.
Just like Harrison needs you.
So the good news is,
all you really
have to do is just...
show up.
Show up?
You make it sound so easy.
Also gonna have to
enroll him in school.
Obviously.
And get him some
real winter clothes.
And he's probably
gonna need a car.
College apps are coming up,
so add tutors and exam prep.
[Dexter] Harrison's
been here less than a day,
and now I'm talking
about college prep.
Just wait till he starts dating.
[sighs quietly]
Maybe just start with
a cot or something.
A cot. I can do that.
Okay.
Don't worry.
Harrison's gonna love it here.
In fact,
I bet Audrey and her friends
are taking great
care of him right now.
[Dinosaur Jr.'s "Feel
the Pain" playing]
No, I'm good.
Scott?
So, what are you, like,
straight edge or something, man?
Don't think that's
a thing anymore.
- Wait. Are you a Mormon?
- [chuckles]
I kind of have a
history with drugs.
I got clean a couple years ago,
though.
Whoa. Anyone want a kick-ass
Roaring Forks beach towel?
No.
So,
where are you headed after this?
Uh,
I-I just got up here from Florida.
- Is that where your mom lives?
- Stepmom.
Um, actually,
my mom died when I was really young,
and my stepmom died of
cancer a couple years ago.
- [clears throat]
- I'm so sorry.
- Was your mom sick?
- What?
You said your
stepmom died of cancer,
so how'd your real mom die?
[Audrey] You know what?
I shouldn't have asked.
It's none of our business.
No, it's fine.
I feel the pain of everyone
I'm freezing.
I'm gonna go get
some wood for the fire.
Then I feel nothing
[clears throat]
Well, that's on you.
- You made that worse.
- Either way, dude's weird.
And we're trapped
in an abandoned cabin
in the woods with him.
Stop watching slasher films.
Just saying we know
nothing about him.
But we can.
[scoffs]
Sick.
That's fucked-up.
Relax.
Just making sure he doesn't
have a fucking manifesto in here
- or some shit.
- Okay, no manifesto, so stop.
[chuckles] We
got an artist here.
[Zach chuckles]
So he's actually
good at something,
- unlike the two of you.
- We're good at stuff.
Pinning half-naked guys to mats.
Wrestling is an Olympic sport,
Audrey.
So is Ping-Pong.
What the fuck are
you guys doing?
Stop. Put that away.
[clunks]
[Zach] Shit.
[Zach clears throat]
Got the wood.
Cool. Thanks.
quiet, tense music
[clock ticking]
[grunts]
Where the fuck is my phone?
[jiggles doorknob]
Hello?
Hello?!
Is anyone there?
Hey! Let me the fuck out!
What the fuck is...?!
[whimpers]
Oh.
[whimpers]
[indistinct chatter]
[Dexter] [exhales] Thank you.
- There you go.
- [Dexter] I hide the blood.
I plant a glove.
I match the bullet in
the deer to Matt's gun.
All to get the good people
of Iron Lake off my land.
And yet here I am,
feeding them hamburgers.
If I prayed,
I'd pray for this to be over.
Everyone!
We do not think Matt
Caldwell is in these woods,
so we are shutting
down the search!
[Dexter] Wow, prayer answered.
[cheering]
- So the glove was a match?
- Matt's friend
confirmed it was his.
And the smudges
on it were deer blood.
So he did shoot that deer.
[Angela] And then probably
fled to avoid prosecution.
I'm guessing he's halfway
to New York by now.
Great job cracking the case.
And completely
buying into my narrative.
It's not closed yet.
We're still trying to get
in touch with his dad.
Take the compliment.
[sighs] Thank you.
And I'm glad the
idiot's all right.
I mean,
last thing this town needed
was finding a body in the woods.
Yeah.
So,
we'll be out of your hair soon.
And when Harrison is settled,
you should bring
him over for dinner.
I'll make my grandmother's
hulled corn soup.
I'm sure he'd love that.
But...
it'll have to be after Audrey's
done being grounded.
What? Are you kidding me?
So you didn't just spend the
entire afternoon hanging out
at the Roaring Forks
Summer Camp?
[scoffs] What? No way.
That's-that's crazy.
Scott, you're literally wearing
a Roaring Forks T-shirt
that's two sizes
too small right now.
[chuckles] Shit.
Who cares? Matt
Caldwell's an asshole.
[Angela] Audrey!
[Audrey] And since
everyone's packing up,
I'm guessing you
found him and he's fine?
Not the point. I didn't
know where you were.
It's dangerous out there.
- You have no idea.
- Nó'yëh, stop.
I've heard it all before.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
I'm not Iris.
Get in the SUV.
We're going home.
- Let's go, Zach.
- Well...
I kind of don't want to get arrested,
so...
She's not gonna arrest you.
She only acts like a crazed,
overbearing dictator with me.
Come on, Zach.
[sighs]
Sorry you and
Harrison had to see that.
Parenting's just learning as you go,
right?
It'll be okay.
Thanks.
gentle, somber music
It's just a few things,
in case you decide
you want to stay.
I'm not sure.
I-I didn't come
here for all this.
I came here for answers.
[exhales]
Ask me whatever you want.
Why did you leave us?
Was it because of what
you wrote in the letter?
What I wrote?
"Reach out to me if Harrison
shows any dark tendencies."
gentle music
Dark tendencies?
What does that mean?
What was so wrong with
me that-that you not only left
but faked your own
death to hide from me?
- It wasn't you.
- But...
"Dark tendencies"?
Wh-What did you see in me?
Nothing bad. You were perfect.
You were this sweet, smart,
trusting little boy
with a huge heart.
[sighs]
It wasn't you I was scared of.
It was me.
I've always had...
...my demons.
And I was scared
that I'd mess you up,
that I'd pass that on.
And so...
I went away.
Because of what I am,
not because of who you are.
I-I-I don't understand.
I was in a dark place
after I lost your mom.
And then Aunt Deb,
and all that death.
I got lost.
And I thought you would thrive
in Argentina with Hannah.
She was always so good with you.
Walking away from you
is the hardest
thing I've ever done.
And I regret it so much now,
because...
I never imagined
you'd be left alone.
After Hannah told
me you were dead,
I-I kept a photo
of you by my bed.
I would look at it every night.
And for a long time,
I cried myself to sleep.
And then I found that letter.
I...
I was so angry.
Of course you were.
But maybe I can
be there for you now.
Do-do you really mean that?
If you're willing to risk the
chance that I'll screw you up.
Stop acting like you're
such an evil person.
I-I don't remember a lot,
but all of my memories
of you are good.
The... the worst thing
you ever did was...
[Dexter] Uh-oh.
...leave me.
So, yeah, I'll stay.
For a while.
Great.
In the morning, we can talk
about getting you
set up at school.
But not over blueberry pancakes.
I mean, regular pancakes
wouldn't be completely
out of the question.
Regular pancakes sound good.
[indistinct chatter]
Ugh. How did you know
this is exactly what I need?
Lucky guess.
You don't have to
enjoy the win so much.
You smug fuck.
[vehicle approaching]
Angela.
I came as soon
as I... as I could.
What's going on?
Did you find him?
Tell me he's okay.
[Angela] Kurt, we've been
trying to contact you for hours.
We found evidence that Matt
may have committed a crime.
What?
What... what crime?
Killing an animal
on reservation land.
Evidence points to
him fleeing the area.
- What are you talking about?
- [Dexter] My son and I
found a dead white deer,
Mr. Caldwell.
Matt killed it, realized he
screwed up and left town.
No. No, no, no, no,
no. He would've called me
if he was in trouble.
He always does.
And a poaching fine
isn't gonna scare him.
It's not just poaching, Kurt.
Matt killed a white
buck on reservation land.
And I'm telling you that
he would've called me.
He's out there.
Look, I know Matt's not perfect
and he's made mistakes in life,
but he doesn't deserve
to freeze to death
in the woods tonight,
'cause that's what's gonna happen
if you call the search off.
Kurt,
can we talk about this inside?
No, goddamn it!
My son has disappeared,
and we need to find him now.
dramatic music
Everybody!
Hey.
[Kurt breathing heavily]
I need...
I need you to stand up for me,
for my family.
Same way we've stood up for you.
I mean,
we-we've donated the trucks
to the volunteer
fire department.
Uh,we sponsor the Harvest Fest
every year.
I mean, Fred, when-when your
dad's store's roof fell in,
who fronted him for the repairs,
huh?
Right.
I mean,
come on. Half your kids grew up
working at my truck stop.
This is Iron Lake.
We look out for each other.
So, please, I'm begging you.
Do not give up on my son now.
Now, when he needs us the most.
[exhales]
Okay. We'll keep
going through the night.
[sighs] Thank you, Angela.
Thank you so much.
Whatever resources you need,
anything at all.
Means the world to me.
[Logan] Okay.
We're going back in.
Stay in your groups
and bundle up.
It's gonna be a long,
cold night.
[indistinct chatter]
So... I guess we'll be
here a little bit longer.
That's not a problem.
[Kurt] This your boy, Jim?
Yes. Harrison, this is,
uh, Kurt Caldwell.
Nice to meet you, Mr. Caldwell.
Likewise.
Matt's out there. I know it.
I'm gonna find him,
if it's the last thing I do.
No stone will go unturned.
[Dexter] Well,
maybe some stones will go unturned.
dramatic, emotional music
years without a kill.
James Lindsay, huh?
Jim.
[Matt] Girlfriend's a cop, huh?
[Ramon] Edward Olsen
heading up to his chalet.
[Angela] Everyone's
favorite petro-billionaire.
- [students] Shame on you!
- Thank you, everyone.
Gonna need a new
knife and a big-ass gun.
[Dexter] All right.
No body, no pattern,
no case.
You're not from around here.
Taking the first
bus out tomorrow.
A-Are you Dexter Morgan?
- Harrison.
- [Deb] You can't.
Everyone close to you dies.
[gunshot]
- [bellowing]
- [Matt whoops]
[laughs] Bagged me
a white fucking buck!
Jim.
My dad, he is gonna rain down
a world of pain on you, man!
Life is short.
- [grunts]
- [groans]
[Dexter] Tonight's the night.
I'm Dexter Morgan.
Come home.
My father protected me.
And that's exactly what
I'm going to do for my son.
[Dexter] What do I say?
What can I possibly say
to the son I abandoned?
You got big.
Happens.
[chuckles softly]
[inhales]
If you're cold,
I can put some more wood on.
I'm fine.
[sniffles]
You hungry?
I could whip up some
blueberry pancakes.
You used to love those.
Yeah, I'm not five anymore.
Maybe a sandwich.
One sandwich, coming right up.
[clattering]
Must've been a long trip.
Yeah.
Yeah, we got second place
at the Harvest Fest
Tournament last year.
Cool.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
So...
[sniffles]
You're not dead.
[Dexter] He's owed
an explanation.
But the only one is that
his father is a monster.
I'm sure this is hard.
This?
No.
[breathes sharply]
Growing up without a dad,
that was hard.
And opening up that letter,
finding out you let me believe
you were dead all those years...
that was brutal.
-Hannah showed you the letter?
-No.
I found it when she died.
Hannah died?
How?
Cancer.
Pancreatic.
[exhales]
I didn't know.
When did she die?
Three years ago.
What happened to you?
Where have you been?
A social worker
put me on a plane
from Buenos Aires to Miami.
I bounced around a bunch
of shitty foster homes.
No one wants a teenager.
And finally I
decided to find you.
Mm.
The return address got
me that town in Oregon.
And I found where you worked.
Also found that you'd left.
That's when it
got a little harder
to track down Jim Lindsay.
You know how many Jim
Lindsays there are on the Internet?
[Dexter] It's kind of the point.
Then I found a shot
of you on Instagram.
[inhales] Pictures don't lie.
Some Fred guy on
some bowling team...
[inhales] bragging
on you bowling a 300.
Right here in Iron Lake.
[exhales]
So why all this Jim bullshit?
What happened to Dexter Morgan?
[Dexter] He killed
dozens of people,
got your mother and your aunt killed,
too.
It's not who I am anymore.
Dexter had to die.
What are you talking about?
[sighs] It's a long story.
We should get some rest,
and I'll tell you
everything in the morning.
I promise.
Uh, you want my room?
I can take the couch.
The couch is fine.
Well,
if you need anything else...
Where's the bathroom?
[snaps fingers]
[tapping in distance]
[tapping continues]
[tapping grows louder]
Stop.
- [glass shatters]
- You're not listening!
I need him here.
It'll keep me
from killing again.
[gasps]
You selfish psycho.
[breathes sharply]
You emotionally handicapped,
crazy fuck.
If by some goddamn miracle
you don't end up killing him,
you will sure as
shit fuck him up.
[Harrison clears throat]
[toilet flushes]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[sighs]
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
slow, contemplative music
[Dexter] I'm not
gonna fuck him up.
[dramatic music]
- [glass shatters]
- [Lily grunts]
[mirror squeaking]
[gasps]
"Black Tambourine" by Beck
Black hearts in effigy
We sing a song that was hated
All dressed in rag and bones
[sighs]
Sharks smell the
blood that I'm bleeding
I know there's something wrong
Might take a fire
eerie, pulsating music
gentle, intriguing music
[sighs]
[whispers] Let's get
back to the daily routine.
[breathes deeply]
- [exhales, inhales sharply]
- [goats bleating]
[Dexter] This is what happens
when I give in to
my dark passenger.
But I can fix this.
[exhales]
Teenagers sleep till noon,
right?
[sniffles]
[grunts softly]
[breathes heavily]
dramatic music
Well, this is one storm of fuck.
Matt Caldwell disappeared in
the woods near here last night.
Oh.
That's not good.
Your place is close to all
the public hunting grounds,
so I was hoping we could set
up base camp for the search here.
Yeah. Of course.
- Whatever you need.
- Don't worry, Jimmy.
Dude probably got wasted
and skipped the hunt.
We'll get a call he's
sleeping it off in some motel
and be out of here by lunch.
Or he could be out there,
freezing to death.
You can set up by the firepit.
The searchers can stay warm.
I'll get some coffee going
and breakfast, too, if you want.
[chuckles] You're a godsend.
By the firepit, guys!
[Logan] Okay, guys!
Let's unload the tables,
set up the tents.
Let's move quickly!
You mind if I use your
kitchen table for a sec?
Got to mark this up,
and I'd love some Earl Grey.
Oh, wait.
[door opens]
What's going on?
Jim? And this is...?
[Harrison] Harrison.
I'm Jim's son.
Son?
[Dexter] Add that to the list
of things I need to clean up.
Welcome to Iron Lake, Harrison.
I'm Angela.
It's really nice to meet you.
- [door closes]
- [Teddy] Yo, Jimbo!
Wood's gonna rot if you
don't cover it with a good tarp.
Yeah, I'll get right on that.
Well, hell, Jim,
you got 'em at your own store.
Just pick up a good canvas one.
As long as there's wax on it.
Or a polyurethane one, yeah?
Thanks for the tip, Teddy.
[Angela] So,
you came here by yourself?
It's no big deal.
Used to moving around a lot.
Your mother wasn't worried?
What are you two talking about?
Mom. That she passed away.
Oh, I'm-I'm so sorry.
Mm. Um...
Then, of course,
when that happened,
I came up here to be with Jim.
So, you're here for good?
- Well, you'll love Iron Lake.
- Actually, we haven't...
really talked about it yet,
but...
You should meet
my daughter Audrey.
She's about your age.
[door opens, closes]
[exhales sharply]
Thanks for covering for me.
Didn't do it for you.
Just didn't want a cop
all up in my business.
[Dexter] Huh. Like father,
like son.
You'll each be assigned into
groups of four and given a grid.
Search for any sign of Matt.
We'll do two-hour shifts,
then we'll return to
base camp to warm up
and pick a new grid.
- Oh, a-and stay hydrated.
- Okay.
Let's get a move on.
[indistinct chatter]
[Fred Jr.] We'll keep the
store closed today, Jim,
but if anybody needs supplies,
feel free to make a run.
- Sure thing.
- [Angela] Teddy.
- Get the drone in the air.
- [Teddy] On it!
[Dexter] A drone. Perfect.
[Logan] Hey.
You didn't include
any Seneca land
in your search area.
I mean, the last thing we need
is a bunch of townsfolk
trampling reservation land.
I asked Abraham Brown
to organize the search
on their side. They're
already in the woods.
Copy that.
[Dexter] That deer was killed
on Seneca land.
They're gonna find it soon.
If I missed a blood
trail to my own cabin,
- what else did I miss?
- Hey.
I was thinking Harrison and I
can take that area
into the woods.
We got it covered, Jim.
No, we want to help.
The terrain gets rough.
My RTV will get
through it faster.
Okay.
Fine.
You and your son can take it.
[Dexter] Ouch.
[drone whirring]
That thing police-grade?
[Teddy] Of course.
Built-in mapping software?
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!
[drone crashing]
Oh, crap.
[Dexter] I might get
away with this after all.
Sorry, boss!
- What now?
- Logan.
Get the search teams launched.
- [Logan] Yes, boss.
- I'll be back.
Yep.
ominous music
[Lily retching]
[crying, coughs]
[retching, gasping]
[straining, coughing]
[sobbing]
[clears throat]
- [toilet flushes]
- [water running]
[coughs]
[whispers] Jesus.
Fucking champagne.
[shudders]
[Lily sighs]
[intercom buzzes]
[man] Do you have
an appointment?
[gate whirring]
You're-you're kind
of swerving a lot.
I'm just avoiding rocks.
Usually blood sets
my teeth on edge.
Now it's giving me whiplash.
So, uh...
you and the police chief, huh?
I've only been in Iron
Lake for a couple of years.
This whole Angela
thing is recent.
So-so, why here?
You... do you, like,
hate nice weather?
[chuckles]
No, it's quiet, peaceful.
No crime.
No temptations from
the outside world.
No crime?
What,
y-you think this missing guy
just, like, got lost out here?
- [squishing]
- [saw buzzing]
Probably.
People get lost in
these woods all the time.
Wh-What is that?
[engine stops]
You know what,
this could be a crime scene.
That deer was shot
on Seneca land.
It's against the
law to kill them.
We need to tell Angela.
[sighs] My phone
won't work out here.
- Can you drive the RTV?
- Yeah, I should be fine.
All right, just follow the
trail back, and get them here
as fast as you can.
I'll make sure no one
disturbs the scene.
Got to find the source
of that blood trail.
[Edward] Beautiful, isn't it?
Gauguin's A Farm in Brittany.
Well, look at you.
Chief,
if you're here to apologize
about that little
protest yesterday...
We've got a hunter
who disappeared
in the woods last night.
We're searching
on foot, but we have over
100 square miles to cover.
You need my helicopter.
It would really help.
Then it's yours.
My pilot was an Army
Ranger. He-he knows the area.
I'll have him coordinate
with your office.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
I'll be going.
Oh, hold on.
That young woman yesterday,
the one who was leading the protest,
uh,
she by any chance your daughter?
Audrey.
Hmm. Unfortunately,
her generation
sees the world
only in binary terms.
Black and white, good and evil.
And that, uh...
climate change-denying oil baron
persona that people are
all too happy to pin on me,
it ignores all of the good I do.
All of my charity work,
including to the Seneca people.
The supplies I donate
every year to keep that,
uh,
reservation medical clinic running,
the food during the holidays.
It's very much appreciated.
Mm-hmm.
We'll get that bird
up in the air for you.
[Dexter] The mystery is,
where did I screw up?
[Deb] They always say
killers return to the scene
of their crime,
but this is fucking ridiculous.
[laughing]
It's not fucking funny!
[grunts]
[grunts]
[Deb chuckles]
Mystery solved.
[Deb laughing]
You think Windexing that rock
is gonna solve your
fucking problem?
Yes.
Yes, I do.
He has your brain. He's
smart enough to know
that people don't
fake their fucking death
if they have nothing to hide!
Who the fuck do you
think you're fooling?!
[laughing]
I told you,
the Matt thing was a one-time screwup.
What the actual fuck do
you think you're doing?
Harrison's been here one day,
and you have him
in the woods looking
for a man you killed?
He'd be so much
better off without you.
[Dexter] He's my son.
I lost him once.
I won't lose him again.
[panting]
[engine humming]
Once again,
I have to stay a step ahead of everyone.
With Matt's help,
I can do that.
Thanks... dude.
[panting]
Perfect.
More people to mess
up the crime scene.
[Abraham] Hey, Jim.
White buck.
Left here to rot.
Such a waste.
None of us would have
done something like this.
You think maybe
Matt Caldwell would?
He was hunting out
here. It could explain
why we can't find him.
[Angela] We need to
secure the perimeter.
[Teddy] You got it, boss.
This is bullshit, Angela.
I'm betting the
Caldwell kid did this,
then panicked and ran.
The highway is just a couple
of klicks in that direction.
He could've hitched
and ran out of town.
It's plausible.
But there's no evidence
tying Matt to this deer.
So we'll process the scene,
which you're all trampling
right now, so please back up.
[Dexter] Shit. Why
does my girlfriend
have to be such a good cop?
For now,
the search for Matt goes on,
including here on Seneca land.
Even after he did this?
If he did this.
Pretty amazing
how the entire town
turns out for a Caldwell.
When one of our
girls goes missing...
"Runaways always come back."
After Iris,
you of all people should know.
Things are different
in Iron Lake now.
[chuckles]
Sooner or later,
you're gonna
have to pick a side.
- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Harrison was great, by the way.
[sniffles]
Good job.
It's no big deal.
Logan,
let's get the processing kit.
Let's see what we can find.
Officer coming through!
Looks like the slug's
still in the carcass.
There's no exit wound.
I sold Matt a rifle and
bullets a couple of days ago.
I could bring in
some of the ammo,
the same stuff, to the station,
see if it's a match.
Oh, my God! I just found this
about a mile down the trail,
right before I got to the...
The highway.
[Dexter] Thank you, Fred Jr.
You magnificent outdoorsman.
Told you.
Chickenshit cut and ran.
How long you been a cop again?
Two weeks... and a half.
Look,
this may not even be Matt's glove.
Someone could've
dropped it a month ago.
Matt had gloves like that
when he was in the store.
[Dexter] Indeed, he did.
I mean,
there are smudges of blood on this.
Let's get this and
the deer back to town.
We'll test the blood.
We'll see if it matches.
Well...
thanks to you,
we got some real leads.
Not bad for your
very first crime scene.
Just lucky we stumbled on it.
You can use my deer sled
to get it back to
town if you want.
If you don't stop being so helpful,
Jim,
I'm gonna have to deputize you.
Y-You guys bring this
deer back to your place,
and we'll take it from there.
Harrison,
the high school just got out,
so the students are
joining the search.
Maybe you can meet
some kids your own age.
That'd be great.
We'll see you back there.
Okay.
Why aren't you a cop anymore?
Technically,
I wasn't actually a cop.
Well, Mom said you were a cop.
And you had to be
better than these guys.
Maybe.
But being at those crime scenes
day after day,
it just got to be too much.
I'm happier now.
Selling night crawlers?
Really?
- Hey, here, take my hat.
- I'm good.
You doing okay with all this?
It's fine.
Kind of cool, actually.
[Zach] Yo, Coach!
[Tess] Okay, everyone.
Do exactly what
the officers tell you.
Yo, Zach. Scott. What's up?
[Tess] Vete.
[goat bleats]
Go. Y ten cuidado.
Hey,
you want to help me with the goats?
Uh, yeah, sure.
- [clicking tongue]
- [goats bleating]
[sniffles]
You're good with animals.
We had a goat back in Argentina.
Sheep and chickens, too.
I miss 'em. You okay?
What's the black one's name?
Uh... I've just
been calling him Goat.
Haven't gotten around to
properly naming him, I guess.
- [chuckles]
- What was your goat's name?
Vincent.
Vincent van Goat.
Ha.
Well, Harrison,
meet Vincent van Goat II.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
[chickens clucking]
I got to head to the shop
and check on those
bullets I sold Matt.
If you want, you can just hang
inside the cabin
until I get back.
I know how awkward
it can be, meeting new people.
It was hard for me in high school,
too.
Yeah, I survived the last
ten years without you, Jim.
I think I can go two more hours.
[grunts]
Well,
he's not an awkward-as-fuck
budding serial
killer like you were.
Does that mean you're gonna
start laughing at me again?
I don't know, you tell me.
I know he shouldn't
be around you.
Around this version of me.
Jim Lindsay, he's safe.
You're starting to
sound an awful lot
- like the old Dexter to me.
- I'm not.
You are.
You fucking love that you're
getting away with murder.
You can't wait to kill again.
You are a fucking serial killer!
You are gonna fail this boy
a thousand different
ways because of it!
Stop!
Peace.
- I wish.
- [engine starts]
I guess you met my mom.
The cop.
Chief of police.
The one dating your dad.
That part I figured out,
which-which makes
this not awkward at all.
Yeah. [chuckles] Don't worry.
Knowing my mom,
it won't last long.
She's pretty much
married to her job.
You want to come
on the search with us?
Sure.
Hey, guys.
Zach and Scott.
They're smarter than they look.
Well, Zach is.
Duh.
Me Scott.
Harrison.
slow, dramatic music
[grunts]
Appreciate this, Gig.
Glad to help.
- [exhales sharply]
- Hey.
It's not a big deal.
A lot of folks get queasy
at the sight of blood.
- Yeah, it gets to me every time.
- Yeah.
Looks like the shooter
didn't know what he was doing
or was a piss-poor shot.
Deer's got a shattered shoulder,
uh, bone splinter everywhere.
You feel the slug?
Yep.
What do you think?
Looks like a hollow-point
seven Mag to me.
The bullets I sold Matt were...
160-grain hollow-point
seven-millimeter
Remington Magnums.
The plot thins.
Looks like there's some
striation on the base.
We might be able to match it
to Matt's gun when we find it.
Thanks, Gig.
Looks like my work's done here.
I better get back to Harrison.
Harrison's with Audrey
on the search. They're fine.
You and I, on the other hand,
need to talk.
[Dexter] "We need to talk."
Words you never want to hear
from your doctor
or your girlfriend.
Cool shirt.
You mean her "myew" shirt?
Wh-What does it even mean?
Married monsters in...
Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women.
Oh. Fuck.
Hey, yo. It's just up here.
[chuckles] Where?
Sorry you ended up in Iron Lake.
Sucks here.
I think I'm just passing through,
actually.
Yeah?
Well, lucky you.
- So, where--?
- So, what is it--?
You go.
Uh, I was gonna ask,
what's it like being the
police chief's daughter?
So much fun.
She never checks up on me.
Never assumes I've been murdered
when she hasn't heard from me for,
like, ten minutes.
[chuckles]
It's great.
That kind of reminds
me of my stepmom.
My dad, not so much.
Oh,
and you live with your stepmom?
[Scott] Yo, this is it!
[helicopter whirring above]
Shit, hide!
That had to be Olsen.
Who's that?
Petrochemical
billionaire asshole.
Aren't we supposed to be
looking for this Matt guy?
The whole town and the
reservation are searching.
They even got a helicopter.
They don't need us.
And Matt Caldwell's
an entitled prick,
so fuck him. We're gonna party.
[groans] Hold up.
They put new locks
on the cabin doors.
Leave it to me.
[grunting]
- [laughter]
- Son of a...
I got it.
Give me a sec.
Mom is really not
gonna like you.
[Angela sighs]
[Dexter] Here it comes.
The moment the
girlfriend tells me
I'm too closed-off,
that it's not gonna work out.
I'm thrilled Harrison is here.
[Dexter] Then again...
You are?
Yeah.
I know you've been
private about your past.
It's okay.
Everyone has secrets.
Ange,
I never meant for it to be a secret.
It's fine. We all have things
we keep from each other, right?
For instance...
I'm not Audrey's birth mother.
Oh.
You adopted her?
Yeah.
Did you ever look
for the birth mom?
I've spent pretty much
my entire adult life
looking for missing women.
But one who abandons
her own baby?
Fuck her.
You could have shared your
Harrison situation with me.
This whole time,
I've been struggling with Audrey,
thinking I couldn't share
that part of my life with you.
But now Harrison's here,
and maybe that's an opportunity for us,
too.
We can talk parenting...
the pressures,
the worry, the guilt.
- [exhales]
- So that's me,
sharing,
giving you
an opening to share back.
- Right.
- 'Cause that's...
that's how it works.
I don't know that I can
always be the father
Harrison needs me to be.
I feel that way about
being a mom every day.
- You do?
- Yeah.
But it doesn't matter
because Audrey needs me.
Just like Harrison needs you.
So the good news is,
all you really
have to do is just...
show up.
Show up?
You make it sound so easy.
Also gonna have to
enroll him in school.
Obviously.
And get him some
real winter clothes.
And he's probably
gonna need a car.
College apps are coming up,
so add tutors and exam prep.
[Dexter] Harrison's
been here less than a day,
and now I'm talking
about college prep.
Just wait till he starts dating.
[sighs quietly]
Maybe just start with
a cot or something.
A cot. I can do that.
Okay.
Don't worry.
Harrison's gonna love it here.
In fact,
I bet Audrey and her friends
are taking great
care of him right now.
[Dinosaur Jr.'s "Feel
the Pain" playing]
No, I'm good.
Scott?
So, what are you, like,
straight edge or something, man?
Don't think that's
a thing anymore.
- Wait. Are you a Mormon?
- [chuckles]
I kind of have a
history with drugs.
I got clean a couple years ago,
though.
Whoa. Anyone want a kick-ass
Roaring Forks beach towel?
No.
So,
where are you headed after this?
Uh,
I-I just got up here from Florida.
- Is that where your mom lives?
- Stepmom.
Um, actually,
my mom died when I was really young,
and my stepmom died of
cancer a couple years ago.
- [clears throat]
- I'm so sorry.
- Was your mom sick?
- What?
You said your
stepmom died of cancer,
so how'd your real mom die?
[Audrey] You know what?
I shouldn't have asked.
It's none of our business.
No, it's fine.
I feel the pain of everyone
I'm freezing.
I'm gonna go get
some wood for the fire.
Then I feel nothing
[clears throat]
Well, that's on you.
- You made that worse.
- Either way, dude's weird.
And we're trapped
in an abandoned cabin
in the woods with him.
Stop watching slasher films.
Just saying we know
nothing about him.
But we can.
[scoffs]
Sick.
That's fucked-up.
Relax.
Just making sure he doesn't
have a fucking manifesto in here
- or some shit.
- Okay, no manifesto, so stop.
[chuckles] We
got an artist here.
[Zach chuckles]
So he's actually
good at something,
- unlike the two of you.
- We're good at stuff.
Pinning half-naked guys to mats.
Wrestling is an Olympic sport,
Audrey.
So is Ping-Pong.
What the fuck are
you guys doing?
Stop. Put that away.
[clunks]
[Zach] Shit.
[Zach clears throat]
Got the wood.
Cool. Thanks.
quiet, tense music
[clock ticking]
[grunts]
Where the fuck is my phone?
[jiggles doorknob]
Hello?
Hello?!
Is anyone there?
Hey! Let me the fuck out!
What the fuck is...?!
[whimpers]
Oh.
[whimpers]
[indistinct chatter]
[Dexter] [exhales] Thank you.
- There you go.
- [Dexter] I hide the blood.
I plant a glove.
I match the bullet in
the deer to Matt's gun.
All to get the good people
of Iron Lake off my land.
And yet here I am,
feeding them hamburgers.
If I prayed,
I'd pray for this to be over.
Everyone!
We do not think Matt
Caldwell is in these woods,
so we are shutting
down the search!
[Dexter] Wow, prayer answered.
[cheering]
- So the glove was a match?
- Matt's friend
confirmed it was his.
And the smudges
on it were deer blood.
So he did shoot that deer.
[Angela] And then probably
fled to avoid prosecution.
I'm guessing he's halfway
to New York by now.
Great job cracking the case.
And completely
buying into my narrative.
It's not closed yet.
We're still trying to get
in touch with his dad.
Take the compliment.
[sighs] Thank you.
And I'm glad the
idiot's all right.
I mean,
last thing this town needed
was finding a body in the woods.
Yeah.
So,
we'll be out of your hair soon.
And when Harrison is settled,
you should bring
him over for dinner.
I'll make my grandmother's
hulled corn soup.
I'm sure he'd love that.
But...
it'll have to be after Audrey's
done being grounded.
What? Are you kidding me?
So you didn't just spend the
entire afternoon hanging out
at the Roaring Forks
Summer Camp?
[scoffs] What? No way.
That's-that's crazy.
Scott, you're literally wearing
a Roaring Forks T-shirt
that's two sizes
too small right now.
[chuckles] Shit.
Who cares? Matt
Caldwell's an asshole.
[Angela] Audrey!
[Audrey] And since
everyone's packing up,
I'm guessing you
found him and he's fine?
Not the point. I didn't
know where you were.
It's dangerous out there.
- You have no idea.
- Nó'yëh, stop.
I've heard it all before.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
I'm not Iris.
Get in the SUV.
We're going home.
- Let's go, Zach.
- Well...
I kind of don't want to get arrested,
so...
She's not gonna arrest you.
She only acts like a crazed,
overbearing dictator with me.
Come on, Zach.
[sighs]
Sorry you and
Harrison had to see that.
Parenting's just learning as you go,
right?
It'll be okay.
Thanks.
gentle, somber music
It's just a few things,
in case you decide
you want to stay.
I'm not sure.
I-I didn't come
here for all this.
I came here for answers.
[exhales]
Ask me whatever you want.
Why did you leave us?
Was it because of what
you wrote in the letter?
What I wrote?
"Reach out to me if Harrison
shows any dark tendencies."
gentle music
Dark tendencies?
What does that mean?
What was so wrong with
me that-that you not only left
but faked your own
death to hide from me?
- It wasn't you.
- But...
"Dark tendencies"?
Wh-What did you see in me?
Nothing bad. You were perfect.
You were this sweet, smart,
trusting little boy
with a huge heart.
[sighs]
It wasn't you I was scared of.
It was me.
I've always had...
...my demons.
And I was scared
that I'd mess you up,
that I'd pass that on.
And so...
I went away.
Because of what I am,
not because of who you are.
I-I-I don't understand.
I was in a dark place
after I lost your mom.
And then Aunt Deb,
and all that death.
I got lost.
And I thought you would thrive
in Argentina with Hannah.
She was always so good with you.
Walking away from you
is the hardest
thing I've ever done.
And I regret it so much now,
because...
I never imagined
you'd be left alone.
After Hannah told
me you were dead,
I-I kept a photo
of you by my bed.
I would look at it every night.
And for a long time,
I cried myself to sleep.
And then I found that letter.
I...
I was so angry.
Of course you were.
But maybe I can
be there for you now.
Do-do you really mean that?
If you're willing to risk the
chance that I'll screw you up.
Stop acting like you're
such an evil person.
I-I don't remember a lot,
but all of my memories
of you are good.
The... the worst thing
you ever did was...
[Dexter] Uh-oh.
...leave me.
So, yeah, I'll stay.
For a while.
Great.
In the morning, we can talk
about getting you
set up at school.
But not over blueberry pancakes.
I mean, regular pancakes
wouldn't be completely
out of the question.
Regular pancakes sound good.
[indistinct chatter]
Ugh. How did you know
this is exactly what I need?
Lucky guess.
You don't have to
enjoy the win so much.
You smug fuck.
[vehicle approaching]
Angela.
I came as soon
as I... as I could.
What's going on?
Did you find him?
Tell me he's okay.
[Angela] Kurt, we've been
trying to contact you for hours.
We found evidence that Matt
may have committed a crime.
What?
What... what crime?
Killing an animal
on reservation land.
Evidence points to
him fleeing the area.
- What are you talking about?
- [Dexter] My son and I
found a dead white deer,
Mr. Caldwell.
Matt killed it, realized he
screwed up and left town.
No. No, no, no, no,
no. He would've called me
if he was in trouble.
He always does.
And a poaching fine
isn't gonna scare him.
It's not just poaching, Kurt.
Matt killed a white
buck on reservation land.
And I'm telling you that
he would've called me.
He's out there.
Look, I know Matt's not perfect
and he's made mistakes in life,
but he doesn't deserve
to freeze to death
in the woods tonight,
'cause that's what's gonna happen
if you call the search off.
Kurt,
can we talk about this inside?
No, goddamn it!
My son has disappeared,
and we need to find him now.
dramatic music
Everybody!
Hey.
[Kurt breathing heavily]
I need...
I need you to stand up for me,
for my family.
Same way we've stood up for you.
I mean,
we-we've donated the trucks
to the volunteer
fire department.
Uh,we sponsor the Harvest Fest
every year.
I mean, Fred, when-when your
dad's store's roof fell in,
who fronted him for the repairs,
huh?
Right.
I mean,
come on. Half your kids grew up
working at my truck stop.
This is Iron Lake.
We look out for each other.
So, please, I'm begging you.
Do not give up on my son now.
Now, when he needs us the most.
[exhales]
Okay. We'll keep
going through the night.
[sighs] Thank you, Angela.
Thank you so much.
Whatever resources you need,
anything at all.
Means the world to me.
[Logan] Okay.
We're going back in.
Stay in your groups
and bundle up.
It's gonna be a long,
cold night.
[indistinct chatter]
So... I guess we'll be
here a little bit longer.
That's not a problem.
[Kurt] This your boy, Jim?
Yes. Harrison, this is,
uh, Kurt Caldwell.
Nice to meet you, Mr. Caldwell.
Likewise.
Matt's out there. I know it.
I'm gonna find him,
if it's the last thing I do.
No stone will go unturned.
[Dexter] Well,
maybe some stones will go unturned.
dramatic, emotional music