Dexter: Season 2, Episode 2

Waiting to Exhale (7 Oct. 2007)

TV Episode  -   -  Crime | Drama | Mystery
8.6
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 1,309 users  
Reviews: 6 user | 4 critic

Dexter, desperate to get his game back, seeks out Chino yet again; but the hulking gangster is waiting for him.

Director:

Writers:

(developer), (novel), 1 more credit »
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 12 titles created 8 months ago
 
a list of 12 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 716 titles created 17 Oct 2011
 
a list of 12 titles created 10 months ago
 
a list of 655 titles created 01 Jan 2012
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Waiting to Exhale (07 Oct 2007)

Waiting to Exhale (07 Oct 2007) on IMDb 8.6/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Dexter.
« Previous Episode | 14 of  96 Episodes | Next Episode »

Videos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

The Wire (2002–2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.4/10 X  

Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.

Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Deirdre Lovejoy
The Mentalist (TV Series 2008)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

An infamous 'psychic' abandons his public persona, outing himself as a fake, to focus on his work as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation in order to find "Red John," the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

Dr. Cal Lightman teaches a course in body language and makes an honest fortune exploiting it. He's employed by various public authorities in various investigations, doing more when the ... See full summary »

Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines
Burn Notice (TV Series 2007)
Action | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his Special Ops training to help others in trouble.

Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek
Leverage (TV Series 2008)
Action | Crime | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.

Stars: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.

Stars: George Eads, Paul Guilfoyle, Marg Helgenberger
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X  

An idiosyncratic FBI Agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick
Rubicon (TV Series 2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

Will Travers is an analyst at a New York City-based federal intelligence agency who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be.

Stars: James Badge Dale, Jessica Collins, Lauren Hodges
Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Working for the FBI, a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.

Stars: David Krumholtz, Rob Morrow, Judd Hirsch
Damages (TV Series 2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

Bright and sharp law school graduate Ellen Parsons becomes the protégée of the successful and hard-hitting high stakes litigator Patricia Hewes. But nothing is what it seems.

Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan
Law & Order (1990–2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

The show follows a crime, usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points. The first half of the show concentrates on the investigation of the crime by the police, the second half follows the prosecution of the crime in court.

Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin
Edit

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
...
...
Det. Maria LaGuerta (as Lauren Velez)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Little Chino (as Matthew J. Willig)
Edit

Storyline

Dexter's failure to dispose of Little Chino results in the tragic death of a witness against him. He's determined to get it right the next time, but Sgt. Doakes is still following him in his off hours. With the discovery of Dexter's burial ground, a special joint task force with the FBI is established. Doakes hopes to join but is rebuffed. Debra Morgan clearly has not recovered fully from her ordeal with the Ice Truck Killer but her use of excessive force results in a major drug bust. Rita is having trouble coming to grips with the death of her husband and she now realizes that Dexter set him up. In order to explain however, Dexter embellishes his story somewhat. Written by garykmcd

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis


Certificate:

TV-MA | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

7 October 2007 (USA)  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The colorful doll Cody is seen playing with when Dexter just had a fight with Rita, is a matryoshka doll or babushka doll which is a Russian nesting doll, a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. See more »

Goofs

Dexter pulls up to Rita's house in a silver Dodge Neon (with round headlights). Elsewhere in the episode and season, he drives a similarly-shaped, but much larger, silver Ford Taurus. See more »

Quotes

[nearly trips on a suitcase and accidentally spills some water on it]
Debra Morgan: [angry] What fucking asshole left this here?
Special Agent Frank Lundy: It's, uh, Special Agent Fucking Asshole.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in Conan: Death Takes a Staycation (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Sofia Factor"
(uncredited)
Written by Cato
Performed by Cato
Under license from Extreme Production Music, Inc.
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Letting go
23 May 2012 | by (Sweden) – See all my reviews

Dexter finds himself brooding, self-doubting and trying to understand why he has lost his lethal touch and struggling with his kills, and on top of that the additional stress of having his underground burial site revealed, and in the process earning the nickname "Bay Harbour Butcher", which he strongly dislikes.

He also ends up feeling guilty about his recent inability to kill when his failure to murder Little Chino leads to an important witness being killed by Chino's henchmen, and the victim's little daughter suddenly finds herself without a mother.

Meanwhile, Debra still struggles with her traumatic experiences, and in this episode the issue is explored thoroughly, with the effects of her trauma clearly affecting her in a negative way both personally and at work. This storyline is very well-handled and I look forward to seeing more of how this theme is explored later on in the season. Jennifer Carpenter gets a few good scenes here and her acting talent is well-used.

Letting go is one of the major themes of this episode, as Dexter's relationship with Rita becomes strained when Dexter's lack of social skills leads to trouble when he fails to grasp the concept of mourning when Rita deals with the demise of Paul and his subsequent funeral. However, he's clearly having problems of his own as well, as he keeps seeing visions of his dead brother, and he gradually begins to understand more about the complexity of letting go of your past. I think the scriptwriters handle this well, and the scenes are both witty and thought-provoking.

I think the episode was good, it opened up a few interesting possibilities for the rest of the season, but I don't rate is as a classic as I think it builds for the future more than it is instantly rewarding.


2 of 2 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Do you think Deb FreyjaAlexa
Why the hell did they show in the trailer ... div_kepiachks
Based on the Season 8 Trailer... JohnnyTrauma
Why does Deb swear so often? Darkness_666
Hannah McKay - worst excuse for a character in the series Infestissumam
Anyone else WANT a big bad? RussDenton81
Discuss Waiting to Exhale (2007) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page