[As Dexter enters the apartment] I've been trying to get a handle on this Emily Birch, and there is nothing. She graduates high school in 1992 and then it's just a big blank. Except for those DUIs you found. [Noticing his somber expression] What?
DexterWe found this, at a search at Cole's. [He takes out the DVD that has her torture on it] The men who hurt you, they made DVDs of everything they did.
[After a long pause, reading the number on the DVD] Thirteen. Is that me? [Dexter nods, she takes the DVD] [With a mixture of fear and shame] Did everyone watch it?
Dexter
No. I managed to get it out of evidence in time.
[With even more fear and shame] Did you- did you watch it?
Dexter
Only enough to make sure I had the right one. Are you sure you want to keep it?
Number Thirteen. That's what I was to them. [Drops the DVD on the desk with disgust] [She struggles to contain herself] It must have been hard for you to get that. [Dexter does not respond] I know that you risk your life, every day that you're with me. [Crying] You've been my only way through this.
Dexter
Well I guess, we both met each other at the right time.
Watching these DVDs, watching it actually happen, is way worse than any fucking crime scene. What these women went through... I don't know. Maybe it's a fucking blessing that they're dead. No one could go through something like this and have a life again.
Dexter
[Long pause] People may be stronger than you think.
Believe me on this one, you're wrong. There's no coming back from something like this.
[Jordan Chase is submitting to a DNA test]
I was hoping we'd have a chance to speak again.
Dexter
We don't have anything to talk about.
Oh I beg to differ, I think we have a lot to discuss. After all, you are a client.
Dexter
Former. Your program didn't work for me.
Regardless, when I see someone on a self-destructive path I can't just stay silent. Often people get involved with someone who is toxic to them, unstable and dangerous, bad things happen.
Dexter
Open. [Chase opens his mouth, and Dexter takes a DNA sample]
You're just now putting your life back together after a terrible tragedy. I implore you, don't invite another one. For yourself or for what's left of your family.
Dexter
[After an intense silence] You know, I'm glad that you didn't touch any of them.
Dexter
Because this DNA test will clear you. Leaving you all to me, and to her. Your time is up.
What else did Jordan say?
Dexter
[Examining his knives] That you were toxic. And dangerous, that I was on a self-destructive path.
That sounds like a threat.
Dexter
[As Lumen comes into the room] He was trying to make me doubt [turns to look at her] you.
[She is dressed in all black "serial-killer garb"] What do you think?
Dexter
[He stares at her, clearly finding her beautiful] You look...
Dexter
No, no, no.
You can tell me the truth.
Dexter
You look...perfect.
[Lumen enters the kill room, where Dexter is waiting and Alex Tilden is restrained]
I look different don't I? Without my hands tied behind my back. But you recognize me, I can tell. [Dexter removes Tilden's gag]
TTilden
I never wanted to do any of it.
TTilden
It-it wasn't me. It-it was Jordan. It's all Jordan. You know, he has this way...
Dexter
Of getting inside your head, getting you in touch your primal nature.
TTilden
He made me do things I never would have done.
[Angry] No, [putting a finger on his head] you made me do things I never would have done. Ever. EVER!
TTilden
What do you people want? I can give you Jordan Chase.
Dexter
We've got Jordan Chase.
TTilden
Well, what do you want? Everybody wants something. I mean, that-that-that's what brought us to this fucking unfortunate situation. Am I right? I'm a banker. I can get money, lots of it. We can work this out, just tell me what's this gonna cost? Just give me a number!
[Leans in close to whisper] Thirteen. [She smiles at him]
TTilden
No, I- (Dexter regags him)
Dexter
[Walks over to a table and picks a knife, voiceover] There's a first time for everything. A first step, a first word, a first kiss, a first kill. Somehow you know when the time is right. [He gives Lumen the knife, and then says aloud] Aim for the heart.
[Lumen stares at the pictures of the other victims for a while, before she closes her eyes in grief. She walks up to the table that Tilden is restrained on, and climbs on top of it. She then stabs him in the heart. She pants in horror for a few seconds, and then manages to control herself]
Watching these DVDs, watching it actually happen, is worse than any fucking crime scene. What these women went through, I don't know, maybe it's a fucking blessing that they're dead. No one could go through something like this and have a life again.
Dexter
People may be stronger than you think.
Believe me, on this one, you're wrong. There's no coming back from something like this.
Dexter
Where's 13?
Disc 13, it was damaged. I was actually grateful I didn't have to watch another one of these.
Dexter
Have you been here all night?
Yeah. And I think it was worth it cos I think I'm starting to figure it out. I went through Cole Harmon's contacts. And do you remember that weird plastic-wrap murder a few weeks back - those two guys at the warehouse?
Dexter
Yeah, one of them was a dentist.
A kids' dentist. Dan Mendell. Well, it turns out he and Cole are buddies. They fucking poke each other on Facebook. And you see that ring on the DVD? It matches photos taken at the warehouse crime scene. So, I think he's one of these guys. So, Dan the dentist is dead. He was shot to death. Looks like somebody attacked Cole Harmon in his house. And Boyd Fowler's disappeared. This is a group of guys that like to get together and they like to do this for fun. So, what else do they have in common? They're all missing. But they're not on the run, I can tell you that. Not one of them bought a plane ticket, or emptied their bank account or used a fucking credit card. Someone is taking these guys out.
Dexter
Who?
Well, at first I thought they were turning on each other. Then I thought, "That doesn't make sense. Why would they do that after all this time?" So, I started asking myself, "Who would want to take these guys out?" And you know the first person that came to mind? Me.
Dexter
You?
Someone who knows what these cocksuckers have been up to and wants to give them what they deserve.
Dexter
So, what are you saying? There's a vigilante out there?
Yeah, I think that's what I'm saying. Yes.
There are 13 DVDs and only 12 victims. So I'm thinking that one of the barrel girls escaped and now she's after the men that abducted her. And she is hunting them and she is killing them.
How is that even possible? The barrel girls are all slight of build. Alex Tilden was what, 175 pounds?
I don't know. A man - someone she trusts. Someone who cares about her - a father, brother, husband, boyfriend.
So now it's vigilantes in love.
Yeah, like Romeo and Juliet - except they didn't kill anyone. No, more like Bonnie and...Clyde.
Dexter
[Voiceover: Great. They ended up dead in a bullet-riddled car.]
Where is she? Your tenant...who was staying at the house.
Dexter
She left.
I'm sorry. Did you do it? What you wanted to do? You said she needed your help. Did you help her?
Dexter
Yeah. I think I did.
And did it work? Did it make you feel better? About what happened to Mom?
Dexter
[Voiceover: You can't do one thing to make up for another. That's what Jordan Chase says. But he's wrong, because we do that all the time. That is the way the world works. We try to make things right. Even me.]
What you said in there, do you really believe that? Do you really believe in nothing?
Dexter
Well, I suppose I believe in a certain set of principles.
Dexter
Well, a set of rules on how to conduct myself in the world so I don't get into trouble.
You've had a personal tragedy. Unlike everyone else, you look better than you did twenty years ago and you've got a cool job. Put all that together, and it makes you...
Dexter
Popular.
Dexter
I hate it.
C'mon, it's great. Most of the people here would love to be popular.
Dexter
Most people don't have two rolls of duct tape, eighty yards of plastic sheeting and a surgical saw in their trunk.
Did you take Harrison for his preschool interview?
Dexter
Yeah, I did.
Good, because Audi really liked it there.
Dexter
She didn't find it scary? The statues, and the, you know.
The crucifix. That's a very powerful image of the sacrifice that was made for us. All kids have to learn those kinds of things.
Dexter
[voiceover] Those kinds of things. [aloud] Sorry, but why?
Dexter
What would Jesus have done? Seriously now. How do you reconcile your belief in a higher power, in a God, with what you've done?
JJoe
What difference does it makes?
Dexter
I'm just curious.
JJoe
So, what, I'm supposed to defend my beliefs to you?
Dexter
If you don't mind.
JJoe
Look - I - I - I mean - everyone makes mistakes. Th-they do things they shouldn't do and - they're only human but God - God forgives us.
Dexter
Really, it's as simple as that? You kill someone, God forgives you for it? So I could kill you and God would forgive me.
Did you take Harrison for his preschool interview?
Dexter
Yeah, I did.
Good, cos Auri really liked it there.
Dexter
She didn't find it scary? The statues, and the... You know.
The crucifix. That's a very powerful image of the sacrifice that was made for us. All kids have to learn those kind of things.
Dexter
[Voiceover: Those kinds of things.] Sorry, but why? I only ask, because I wasn't brought up with much church experience.
No, that's OK. These are good questions. It's the catechism.
Dexter
And they need to learn that, because...
God has put a desire for himself in every person.
Dexter
Look, I know this is a little basic, but how do we even know there is a God? You know, just so I can explain it to Harrison.
Oh, well... Well, there is a God, because in... In every one of us there is a moral sense of goodness.
Dexter
[Voiceover: OK.]
But honestly, when you really get down to it, it's all about faith. It's something you feel, not something you can explain. This is very hard to put into words.
Dexter
[Voiceover: Because it makes no sense.] Thanks, Angel, you've really made it all much more clear.
Sure - always happy to help.
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