Dexter is working on patching things up with Rita while trying to track down and kill Trinity. Needless to say, it makes it a little tough to fit in those couples' therapy sessions while stalking a vicious serial killer.
Back at Miami PD headquarters, after the arrest of Nicki Wald for the vacation murders, Deb still feels uneasy, since Nicki refuses to confess to her and Lundy's shooting. Well, that's because it wasn't her, but Dexter can't let her know it was Trinity. Angel is also getting ready for his transfer to a desk job, thanks to the fact that LaGuerda spilled the beans about their tryst. I've never really bought the two of them as a couple, if only for clunky lines like this:
LaGuerda: But you hate working behind a desk!
Angel: But I love being with you.
Blurgh.
But Dexter finally does make it to couples' therapy, where Rita issues the ultimatum that if Dex can't be totally honest with her, she "[doesn't] want to do this anymore". I assume she means get a divorce? Yeesh, Tina Fey's three year old daughter is a better writer (I want to go to there, anyone?)
At the crime scene of Trinity's latest kill, Dexter discovers a rare bit of evidence that yields two strains of DNA - count 'em, two! One belongs to a cremated body, and the other is saliva. The theory is that Trinity licked his finger, dipped it in ashes (gross!) and stuck it to the wall. A lead! A very probable lead!
Of course, Dexter must stop the efforts of the real law enforcers so he can administer his own brand of justice to Trinity. But, in tracking Trinity, Dexter realizes that the health of his family is more important than killing Trinity, especially since the cycle is over and Trinity won't kill again soon.
Whoa! Breakthrough! Dexter prioritizing his family over the dark passenger! He said that he couldn't picture his life without Rita and the kids, and by neglecting to mention how he could picture his life without killing again, it may mean that his serial killing urge is waning. While this is great for Dexter, I must selfishly consider my own needs: what would this mean for the show? A serial killer that doesn't have to kill? The whole point is that Dexter doesn't want to kill these guys (well, he does, but it's secondary), the whole drama is that he feels incomplete without murder in his life. He just reigns in his impulses by singling out terrible people. Now, he's a family man and killing becomes like fantasy football or Scrabble, a meaningless hobby? I don't know what to think. This is a dangerous road you're walking down, Dexter writers, tread carefully. Because if we don't care about Dexter and his dark impulses, it'll be tough to keep a steady audience.
Meanwhile, Deb continues her obsession with proving Nicki shot her. She goes to Quinn's house and declares that she's had a revelation and remembers seeing Nicki just before she shot her and Lundy. Of course, we know that Deb is framing this woman who's already going away for a long time, in a desperate attempt to gain closure for the horrific act that killed her recently regained love. I'm not really seeing a downside to this arrangement, as another murder probably won't add significantly to Nicki's already hefty prison sentence, and Deb will gain a modicum of peace. Of course, Dexter will still kill Trinity, so the real justice will be served.
On his way out to a charity project that Trinity is running through his church for some recon, Vince makes the revelation that the cremated remains and the saliva show that the two people are related. I knew it! My personal theory is that Trinity's mother, father, and sister were killed in the horrific ways that he now feels compelled to recreate, time and time again. This is also reinforced by Trinity's exclamations during his kills, with things like, "You made me do this", "It's your fault", etc.
Deb goes to the cell where Nicki is being held and roughs her up a bit in the hope that she'll confess to the murders. She doesn't, and says that Deb will be the liar if she says she saw Nicki there that night.
LaGuerda then goes to the higher ups and asks for a transfer. She's thinking press liaison. That way, Angel can stay in homicide and do what he loves. Seems like a perfect fix, except when she tells Angel, LaGuerda admits that she doesn't really want to leave homicide, and now they have to decide which is more important, "our jobs or each other". Gag.
Dexter brings home an array of expensive gifts for Rita and the kids, and while Aster and Cody are pleased, Rita protests that they don't need gifts, they just need Dexter around and to be open. Rita just wants Dexter to talk to her. He tries, but can't. To retaliate, Rita schedules another therapy session.
Deb, after deciding not to be an eyewitness, has been scouring Lundy's personal effects gathered after his death, and realizes that important elements are missing. Research books, audio tapes. So, she deduces that Trinity stole them after killing Lundy, because he was getting too close to finding him. Of course, we know that it was Dexter who took that important information to track down Lundy, but this means that now Deb realizes who Lundy's real killer is, and will no doubt seek traditional forms of justice for him. This will likely get in Dexter's way as he goes about his own way of doing things.
LaGuerda and Angel decide to file paperwork with the higher ups saying that their relationship is over, so neither of them have to leave the department. At first I thought they were faking just to stay in homicide, but it looks like they broke it off.
While cleaning out the last of his apartment, Dexter stumbles onto my hypothesis (see above), and through some Google magic, finds out that, indeed, Trinity's mother, father, and sister all died in the same manners he now ritually performs. Ta da! I knew it!
Eager to find where and how Trinity hides his murderous implements, less out of a need to prove that he did - we all know that already - but more curious as to how Trinity has successfully hidden his secret life from his well-adjusted family. He deliberately cuts himself to be let into the house and gain access to the First Aid kit. While Trinity roots around for it, Dexter makes himself at home. He realizes that the house building charity work Trinity does is an excuse to travel the country and kill without being caught.
Trinity gives Dex some unwitting advice about how to be a good serial killer: let your family in, jump in with both feet. I'm not entirely sure what that means, exactly, but Dexter seems committed. So, he goes to his next therapy session with Rita and fully commits to letting Rita into his life. He admits to being scared that she'll abandon him if he gets too close They have a beautiful moment of understanding, and Rita agrees to give him some personal space, both emotionally and physically, so he can store his murder implements. They build a storage shed, complete with padlock to which on Dexter has the key. It's true love!
At the tail of the episode, Deb reveals that she thinks Trinity killed Lundy and injured her. Ruh-roh! We know what's happened when Deb tries to find serial killers in the past, and it isn't good. Will Dexter be able to shield her from Trinity?
We'll find out!
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