- Dexter continues his manhunt for the Brain Surgeon. Dr. Vogel tries to prove to Dexter that he's perfect as a psychopath. Debra's PTSD kicks in and she makes a desperate plea.
- With Sussman's body arranged to look like a suicide, Miami Metro closes the Brain Surgeon case; however, the real Brain Surgeon leaves disturbing trophies on Vogel's doorstep. Dexter pursues another of Vogel's former patients, Ron Galuzzo. Debra spirals out of control and, despite Dexter's attempts to reconcile their relationship, tries to confess to killing LaGuerta; Dexter arrives and stops her, leaving her with Vogel for psychiatric treatment. Quinn's preoccupation with Debra causes friction between himself and Jamie, and Batista begins to lose faith in Quinn's ability to pass the sergeant's exam. Vogel admits that she finds Dexter's love for Debra unusual and questions why Dexter didn't kill her when she discovered his secret, implying that he is not a "perfect" psychopath. Dexter learns that Galuzzo is a cannibal, and kills him.
- Open with Dexter waking up to Harrison calling his name. He sees a trail of red, but it turns out only to be that his son ate an entire box of popsicles. He gives Harrison some medicine and starts thinking about his sister.
We see Debra passed out in her car. Shes drunk and ran over a parking meter.
Quinn gets a call in the middle of the night about Debra. He lies to Jamie, telling her its a case. Quinn talks to the officer on duty and helps get Debra off.
The police are called to Sussmans cabin. His body has been moved and somebody has staged a suicide. A gunshot blew off the back of his head, which Dexter recognizes as the killers way to obscure Sussmans actual cause of death.
Quinn drops Debra off at her job. He tells Debra hes worried about her drinking and wonders if theres a reason shes spiraling out of control.
Vogel hears something and goes to her front door. She looks down and spots yet another present from the killer. They are his and her boxes. She brings the boxes to Dexter. They contain pieces of brain from Sussman. It is a message, letting her know that the killer is aware she has help. Ron Galuzzo is the next former patient of Vogels Dexter is going to investigate. It was because of her recommendation that Galuzzo was institutionalized.
Quinn tells Dexter about Debra almost getting a DUI. He tells Dexter they need to do something to help her. Quinn is late to the scene because he was helping Debra. Angel isnt happy. Dexter tells Vogel about Debras problems and that she knows all about him.
Elway and Debra sit with a new client. Its a woman who thinks her husband is having an affair. Debra is noticeably anti-social. After the client leaves Elway gives Debra something for her hangover. Dexter drops by Debras office and asks her about the near-DUI. He wants them to have dinner that night and talk. Reluctantly she agrees.
Angel tells the department that with Sussmans suicide, the Brain Surgeon case has been closed. Dexter sees that Galuzzo sells fitness equipment. Angel tells Matthews hes looking at Quinn to be a sergeant. Matthews doesnt like the idea.
Elway and Debra take pictures of the clients husband having sex in his car. He asks her about Quinn.
Dexter finds Galuzzo, working a stand at the mall. Dexter references Vogels book and Galuzzo lies, saying hes never heard of her.
Dexter reports back to Vogel that Galuzzo is definitely hiding something. His plan is to break into Galuzzos home the following day. Vogel tells her that the first rule of the code was not to get caught. She wonders why he didnt kill Debra when she learned his secret. Dexter says he loves his sister and could never kill her. She presses him about his feelings of love. She says again that hes a perfect psychopath and offers to help Debra. Dexter declines.
Angel is helping Quinn study for the sergeants test and its not going well. Angel is starting to think Matthews was right about him being a lost cause. Angel slips that there was no case the night before and Quinn is forced to tell Jamie hed gone to see Debra at 4am. Shes furious.
Debra and Dexter have dinner together. Theyre sitting near a man who she helped save. Dexter points out the mans daughter wouldnt have her dad if not for Debra and reminds her that shes a good person. The gesture appears to help break down a wall with Debra.
Dexter breaks into Galuzzos place.
Elway shows their new client the pictures they took of her having an affair. She appears to be in denial, saying its unclear whether the man in the picture was her husband. This triggers something with Debra.
Inside Galuzzos place he finds that the man eats human beings. But since he treats the human body (particularly the brain) as such a delicacy, he couldnt be the Brain Surgeon.
A drunken Debra sits in her car and watches the video Dexter showed her of the shootout that saved the man. We see shes sitting in the Miami Metro parking lot. She staggers into Homicide and runs into Quinn. She tells him she wants to make an official statement and whispers into his ear that she killed Maria. He leads her to an interrogation room and she weeps through an attempted confession. He gives her a notebook and pen, leaves the room and calls Dexter.
Dexter, who is with Vogel, asks her to come to the station with him. On the way Vogel suggests that perhaps Dexter cares about Debra going to jail only because it means hell go away as well. She thinks Debra needs professional help.
They arrive at the station and Vogel tells Quinn Debra is likely suffering from PTSD. Dexter and Vogel get Debra alone in the confession room while Quinn guards the hall. Debra is adamant shes going to tell them everything and Dexter gives her one of his hypodermics. They tell Quinn she passed out and need to take her home.
Dexter and Vogel bring Debra to her apartment. Vogel tells him that she thinks she can help Debra. She tells him to leave them along so she can do what I do. Before leaving Dexter handcuffs her to the couch and gives Vogel the key.
The episode ends with Dexter putting Galuzzo on the slab. Dexter tells the cannibal hes just like him: I consume everyone I love.
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