Plot

Debra gets to know a local crime writer who's dug up some incriminating dirt on Hannah McKay - Dexter's newest obsession. Quinn gets an offer he tries to refuse and LaGuerta keeps digging into the Bay Harbor Butcher case.

Debra gets to know a local crime writer who's dug up some incriminating dirt on Hannah McKay - Dexter's newest obsession. Quinn gets an offer he tries to refuse and Batista is drawn to a new business opportunity. LaGuerta keeps digging into the Bay Harbor Butcher case.—SHOWTIME

Dexter continues to investigate Hannah McKay, suspecting that she may have murdered her late husband. Sal Price (Santiago Cabrera), a true crime writer, approaches Miami Metro for case files on the last Wayne Randall murders, as he is writing a book about Hannah. Meanwhile, the Koshka Brotherhood blackmails Quinn into removing evidence linking Isaak to the bar crime scene. LaGuerta continues to probe into the Bay Harbor Butcher case. Debra finds out that Dexter was not completely truthful in the blood report on the Wayne Randall murders. Dexter takes Hannah out on a date where he intends to kill her, but things do not go quite as planned.

We open with Dexter watching Hannah, telling us all he can think about is giving her "what she deserves." He's sure that she's killed again since her time with Randall and doesn't buy the story that her husband died at 40 of a heart attack despite being in perfect health. He wants to get her to slip-up somehow.

Maria and Debra brief the department on Isaak. He should be in jail for some time, but his legal team will be arguing that he killed the Columbians in self-defense.

Dexter's plan is to fudge the report on the couple they dug up, making it seem as if Randall killed them without help. He hopes this will be the peace offering he needs to get Hannah to confess something.

In prison, Isaak tells the Columbians that if they come after him he'll bring in hundreds of reinforcements and have their organization destroyed. Isaak calls George and asks to see him.

Dexter stops by Hannah's place. He apologizes and shows her the report he filed. He says he shouldn't have accused her. He shops for a plant and the two talk about their personal lives. Hannah mentions her husband and he talks about Rita. She says the previous owner of her business, Beverly, died about a year ago.

Dexter looks up Beverly and finds out her will listed Hannah as the lone beneficiary. Beverly's cause of death was also heart attack and Dexter thinks Hannah might have poisoned them both.

An author named Sal Price stops by the station to asks about the new Randall victims. Dexter has Price sign a copy of his book. Price says he usually has his own blood guy looks at reports and tells Dexter he has a theory about Hannah. When Hannah was still a teenager, a halfway house counselor she accused of sexual abuse ends up dying because from rat poison. This seems to clinch it for Dexter.

Price asks Debra on a date. She turns him down and gets a little defensive in the process. He leaves his number in case she changes her mind.

Quinn shows Nadia the money George left in his car. He wonders if she knows anything about it. He's worried about what he might be asked to do. She reminds him how dangerous Isaak's organization is. Quinn gives the money back to George.

Dexter breaks into Price's place. He copies Price's files on Hannah. He also copies a blood test for Beverly.

Angel tells Jamie he's thinking about retiring from the force and running a restaurant. She reminds him he's impulsive.

George sees Isaak in prison. Isaak says he'd like to avoid killing anybody and needs to be released ASAP. George tells him that Quinn gave back the money. Isaak tells George not to disappoint him.

Quinn is supposed to have dinner with Nadia. George meets him there and implies that Nadia will be transferred to a sex club unless Quinn loses the blood evidence connecting Isaak to the Columbian murders. Quinn gets him to agree that Nadia will be a free woman if he helps them.

Maria tells Debra she's been looking into open cases that might be connected to the Bay Harbor Butcher. Maria has taken a close look at the Barrel Girls and points out that Jordan Chase ended up going missing. She wonders if another vigilante killer could have killed Chase.

In Price's files, Dexter finds that the author bribed a funeral director to have access to Beverly's body. He found traces of a poison called Aconite, which causes heart attacks. The plant grows on the property. Harry points out they still don't have proof Hannah did the poisoning and Dexter thinks he should have a conversation with the handyman. Hannah drops by unannounced with another plant for him. Debra calls Dexter and wants to meet him about Maria's new theory.

Dexter assures Debra there is nothing Maria could find that would lead back to him. Lumen comes up. Dexter tells her that even if anybody could find Lumen she'd never incriminate herself. Debra begins piecing together that he had a relationship with Lumen and that was part of the reason for the killings. He says he was trying to help Lumen and make things right. Dexter is emphatic that she should let him worry about Maria.

Dexter talks to Hannah's handyman. He says Hanna took care of Beverly all by herself, bathing, trips to the doctor, etc. Hannah wouldn't let anybody near Beverly. Dexter finds a large amount of Aconite on the property and it appears to have been recently harvested. Dexter wonders if perhaps Hannah is coming after him. Hannah shows up and invites him inside. He ends up saying he wants to take her on a date. She says she doesn't date and starts talking about the idea she used to have for her perfect life. Dexter reminds her he's not Randall and she agrees to go out with him.

Quinn still can't get in touch with Nadia.

Angel spills the beans about considering retirement. He tells Debra he's worried about burning out and the idea of running the restaurant makes him happy. Debra immediately calls Price and tells him she wants to get a drink.

Quinn goes to the evidence locker. While there he changes his mind.

During the date Price tells Debra about his theory regarding Hannah being a killer in her own right. Price shows her his evidence and tells Debra that his blood guy disagrees with Dexter's report.

Dexter and Hannah break into an amusement park that has been closed for the season. Inside a tent he shows her a snow scene she'd been longing for her entire life. While she's distracted he sticks a hypodermic into her neck. On the slab she tells Dexter "do what you gotta do." He raises the knife, but instead cuts her loose. They have sex on the table.