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EPISODE 9: "Resistance is Futile"

Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile" - Dexter Wiki

Episode summary: Dexter notices that he is being tailed by an undercover car as he leaves Rita's house, where he had fallen asleep in a lawn chair. He follows Harry's Code and goes to his apartment to get ready for work instead of heading to the cabin to dispose of Jimenez's body. LaGuerta tries in vain to reach Doakes on the phone to see why he stood her up the night before. Deb and Lundy wake up after spending the night together after they discovered that the Bay Harbor Butcher is probably someone in Homocide. After pillow talk, they end up discussing whether or not they should announce their relationship at work; Lundy believes in "full disclosure" while Deb appears reluctant tell everyone just yet. Their discussion is interrupted by a phone call for Lundy, and Deb and viewers are treated to a shot of Lundy's bare backside as he hurriedly gathers items from his closet before heading for the shower. Lundy has to leave, perhaps for a break in the BHB case, and the issue of letting people at work know they are dating is unresolved. Deb later tries to let Lundy know that she is neither unsure or embarrassed about being with him, but notes that he is preoccupied with work ("something's up") matters that he does not reveal to her. Doakes is named the #1 suspect in the Bay Harbor Butcher case because Dexter's "trophy slides" were found in his possession, and he goes M.I.A. Dexter is picked up by an FBI detail and taken to the station. Lundy and Matthews ask Dexter what the slides "mean" and end up making him the first forensic tech in the chain of evidence. A protective FBI detail is assigned to guard Dexter at all times. Matthews remarks that Dexter has more reason than most to want to get to the bottom of things. To keep Deb from becoming part of his layer of protection, Dexter tells her that he would be worried for her safety if she were near him, and urges her to move into her new apartment. Lila continues to try to get under Dexter's skin by cozying up to Angel and reminding Dexter that she's the only one who can accept him for who is really is. Dexter and Rita make plans to have dinner together and talk about a reconciliation. When LaGuerta approaches Deb and asks her to intervene with Lundy about Doakes, an over-defensive Deb blurts out the news that she is "sleeping" with Lundy as Angel and Lundy are strolling by. Dexter escapes from his protective detail by climbing out of his bathroom window and making his way to his boat. Doakes surprises Dexter as he is disposing of Jimenez' dismembered body and they engage in struggle that leaves Dexter with a gunshot wound and Doakes unconscious in a cage in the cabin deep in the Everglades.

Original air date: 11-25-2007

Written by: Melissa Rosenberg

Directed by: Marcos Siega


Dexter tries to stay one step ahead of Lundy's manhunt for the Bay Harbor Butcher, while also trying to distance himself from Lila (Jaime Murray), which she is determined not to allow.
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FLASHBACKS

  • Harry takes teenaged Dexter to an execution to drive home the point that he must not get caught.

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DEXTER'S RELATIONSHIPS
Developments with Rita:
  • Rita finds Dex sleeping outside her house, not realizing he's protecting her from Lila.

  • Dexter apologizes for getting mixed up with Lila. He even expresses regret, and says Rita and the kids were "a lot to have" and that he had messed it up "stupendously." Rita can't let go of the fact he was with another woman.

  • Rita calls Dex because she thought about his apology and wants him back. They agree to meet the next day. Dexter's FBI security team looks as he talks to her on his cell.


 Interactions with others:
  • Dex and the kids hug each other like they're never going to see each other again - Dexter may actually have sobbed.

  • Dexter is given a protective detail, so he asks Deb to stay away, saying she'll be safer, but he really needs her out of the way.
  • Lila plays up to Angel to manipulate Dexter; Dexter confronts her in the ladies' room of the bar. She insists she's the only one for him.

  • When Dexter is shown the box of slides, he says they are 'trophies', thinking that he's confessing. In actuality, they think he's talking about Doakes. When he realizes this, he plays along, and describes Doakes the way Doakes described him.

  • Angel Batista asks Dexter if he's o.k. with him hooking up with Lila. Dexter tells him she's crazy, but Angel isn't thinking with the right head.
  • Lundy sends a group to Dexter's lab to go over Doakes' files. Dexter tells them they need to watch the blood samples for the slides for at least 12 hours while the cells are digesting. Dexter knows they aren't going to find anything.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Best Moments:

Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile" - Dexter Wiki

  • When Dexter is called into the station and is shown the slides. Dexter thinks this is the end, and that Lundy has found his slides, not knowing Lundy's men found the slides in Doakes car.

  • Dexter hugging the kids.

  • S.A. Lundy in the altogether...
Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile" - Dexter Wiki

  • Lundy and Deb in bed. A great scene.

Episode 9: "Resistance is Futile" - Dexter Wiki


  • Doakes tell LaGuerta how much she means to him over the phone.
  • Dexter and Doakes on the pier - WOW! After fighting over Doakes' gun, Dexter, who has been shot in the leg, locks Doakes in a cage where he killed Jimenez.
  • When Dexter was "looking" for evidence on "Doakes's" box of slides.