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"The episode begins with Deb interviewing a young woman, asking her if she takes drugs. The woman insists that she doesn&amp;#039;t, but Deb asks why she is so nervous. It soon becomes clear that Deb is actually interviewing the woman for a position as a nanny for Harrison. Several unsuitable women pass, but eventually Deb and Dexter meet Sonya. During the interview, she picks up Harrison, who smiles as she sings &amp;#039;Bye Baby Bunting&amp;#039;. When she has left, Dexter tells Deb that he would like to hire her. Deb tells him to call her and reminds him that he has to take Harrison to the crisis counsellor.  When Deb has left, Dexter thinks: &amp;quot;Emptiness wasn&amp;#039;t always a problem. I used to cherish it, but now it feels like something to overcome.&amp;quot; He looks up information about Boyd Fowler and adds: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know if killing Boyd will fill the void but it&amp;#039;s a good place to start.&amp;quot; At the station, the team look at some security camera footage of the victim who died of a shotgun wound. He is trying to enter his PIN but failing each time. Deb notices that Batista and Masuka are injured and they admit that they got hurt in a bar fight, but Laguerta tells them all to focus on the case. Deb is convinced that it is not a murder-suicide, pointing out that the male victim does not have a motive to kill his wife. She adds that he doesn&amp;#039;t have any blood on him. She asks for permission to recanvass the neighbourhood, adding that Batista should be there too. Batista agrees, explaining that it might raise the comfort level to have a Hispanic officer there. When the rest of the team have left, Laguerta asks Batista how big the bar fight was. He reassures her that it was just a disagreement that got out of hand and tells her that everything is settled. Meanwhile, Dexter takes Harrison to the crisis counsellor and reveals that his eating and sleeping patterns are the same following Rita&amp;#039;s murder. The counsellor reassures him that there is no way Harrison would be able to comprehend what was happening. Dexter admits that he saw something traumatic when he was 3 that affected him, but the counsellor points out that Harrison is only 10-months old. As she says that she thinks Harrison will be perfectly fine, he pulls the head off his doll and starts crying. The counsellor explains that it is important not to read too much into Harrison&amp;#039;s behaviour, adding: &amp;quot;The most important thing you can do right now is take care of yourself - find time to release your own energy. Do something for Dexter.&amp;quot; Dexter promises to do so. Deb and Quinn are canvassing the neighbourhood but no-one is agreeing to talk to them. Deb describes it as &amp;quot;frustrating&amp;quot;, and Quinn tells her that what is frustrating is that it is nine days and 13 hours since they had sex. The conversation ends when Batista arrives. He has also had no success, and Deb suggests that they ask Cira Manzon for help. She explains that Cira believes the crime is related to Santa Muerte.  Dexter is sitting outside a cafe and rings Sonya to check on Harrison. Suddenly, he notices Boyd watching him and hangs up. Boyd comes over to join him and they introduce themselves to each other. Dexter claims that he is between jobs and is looking for work. Boyd reveals that he loves working in animal pickup and suggests that Dexter join him for the day to see if he likes it. They arrange to meet tomorrow, and when Boyd has left, Dexter thinks: &amp;quot;I would have settled for your work schedule, but this could be better.&amp;quot; He immediately begins to plan and drives around Boyd&amp;#039;s patrol route to find a place where they can spend some &amp;quot;quality time&amp;quot; together. He soon chooses an abandoned tourist welcome centre in the woods. When he breaks in, Harry appears and asks Dexter if he is going to kill Boyd in daylight, adding that it is &amp;quot;risky&amp;quot;. He continues: &amp;quot;You have to do this right Dexter, it&amp;#039;s important. It&amp;#039;s your first kill since...&amp;quot; Dexter agrees, saying that he needs the kill, but Harry points out that it won&amp;#039;t bring Rita back. &amp;quot;If you make it mean so much you&amp;#039;ll only make mistakes,&amp;quot; he adds. Dexter promises to follow the code, but Harry asks if he brought enough plastic. Dexter continues to prepare the kill room and puts up photos of Boyd&amp;#039;s victims. &amp;quot;It feels good getting the details right,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;it&amp;#039;s more than just prepping a kill room. It&amp;#039;s like I&amp;#039;m putting my life back in order and it&amp;#039;s almost enough. Almost.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Deb takes Cira into a shop which sells Catholic icons. They get permission to go into the back where Santa Muerte figures are sold. Cira talks to the owner, who reveals that he has heard of the deaths. He claims that the male victim did not buy the icons found by the woman&amp;#039;s head, adding that he doesn&amp;#039;t keep track of what people buy. Deb asks him to speak in English, and he asks why she hasn&amp;#039;t learnt Spanish. Eventually, the owner refuses to say anything else and Deb and Cira leave. Cira admits that she should have talked to him by herself and Deb suggests that she returns tomorrow on her own.  Dexter arrives home, but the apartment is empty. He starts looking for Harrison and Sonya, before leaving a message on Sonya&amp;#039;s voicemail. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t help but think the worst,&amp;quot; he thinks. &amp;quot;I should never have left Harrison with a stranger. Rita would never have allowed it.&amp;quot; However, Sonya arrives back with Dexter and reveals that she took him for a walk to help him fall asleep. She apologises for making Dexter worried, adding that she left a note on the fridge. Dexter tells her not to worry, saying she was just doing her job. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m lucky to have you,&amp;quot; he adds. &amp;quot;We both are.&amp;quot; Back at the station, Laguerta and Batista are kissing in the lift when Masuka arrives to join them. He asks if they are going to the bar tonight, but Batista admits that they&amp;#039;re just going to go home. Masuka suggests that it is a good idea following the fight and tells Laguerta: &amp;quot;With all due respect, this man is a knight in shining armour - you should be polishing his lance.&amp;quot; Batista signals for him to be quiet, and Masuka adds that he didn&amp;#039;t mean to sound rude. When he has left, Laguerta asks Batista what really happened. He admits that he hit Sergeant Lopez after he described Laguerta as a &amp;quot;fine piece of ass&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;sugar momma&amp;quot; and said that she gives the &amp;quot;best b**jobs in Miami&amp;quot;. Laguerta tells Batista not to pay any attention, explaining that some men have a problem with women in power. Batista agrees and says that he is working through it. He adds that he will try to keep bar fights at a minimum. Later that night, Deb joins Dexter on the balcony. She admits that Cira is driving her crazy, and asks how Sonya is working out. She wonders why she left Ireland and jokes that she might be running from something. Dexter reveals that Cody called and explains that he sounds happier, but admits that Astor wouldn&amp;#039;t come to the phone. Deb promises that she will come around. Dexter adds that he ran some errands and Deb praises him for getting back into a routine. &amp;quot;When you lose someone close, routine can be the ladder to help you climb back into normalcy,&amp;quot; she says. She admits that she heard the phrase on Oprah, but says she is glad Dexter is getting better. The next day, Dexter reports a dead alligator by the welcome centre, thinking: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s on Boyd&amp;#039;s circuit so he&amp;#039;ll get a call. When he does, Boyd will take a little nap and wake up in the tourist welcome centre, but he won&amp;#039;t be picking up any brochures.&amp;quot; Boyd arrives to pick Dexter up, and asks him to wear a seatbelt because he is a &amp;quot;safety guy&amp;quot;. As they drive, they listen to Boyd&amp;#039;s self-help CD. Boyd admits that it has helped him and tells Dexter it will help with his divorce. Dexter asks how he knows he is divorced, and Boyd explains that he can see where he used to wear a wedding ring. &amp;quot;For a road kill janitor he doesn&amp;#039;t miss much,&amp;quot; Dexter thinks. Boyd tells Dexter that the self-help CDs really help but adds that you need to know what you want to take. He asks Dexter what he wants, and Dexter replies: &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s kind of a hard question to answer.&amp;quot; Back at the station, Quinn is looking at the sketches of Kyle Butler again and Masuka jokes that he looks like Justin Bieber. Meanwhile, Cira arrives and tells Deb that she found out more information from the shop owner. She reveals that two men in their 30s bought the icons and suggests that they are recent immigrants because they had strong accents. She adds that they are &amp;quot;big&amp;quot; into Santa Muerte. Deb suggests that the male victim may have freaked out because the men had his wife, adding that someone could have been holding her for ransom.  Back on the road, Boyd is scraping a dead cat off the road. Dexter is watching, and complains in his head that they have been out for two hours and have not received a call about the alligator. &amp;quot;Which means this kill is dead,&amp;quot; he thinks. &amp;quot;And I&amp;#039;m stuck with Boyd. So much for getting my life back.&amp;quot; Boyd suggests that they go to get lunch, but he suddenly receives a phone call about the alligator. Dexter agrees to accompany him. Deb and Cira arrive back at the icons shop, but it is closed. They head inside and into the back, where they spot a cat licking at a puddle of blood. They soon discover that the owner has been decapitated, and his head has been displayed in the same way as the female victim. While Cira calls it in, Deb runs outside to see if she can find anyone, but no-one is there. Boyd and Dexter arrive at the abandoned tourist centre and Boyd starts looking for the alligator. Dexter sneaks up behind him, but as he injects him in the neck, Boyd turns round and shoots him with a tranquilliser gun. Both of them collapse onto the ground. Later, Dexter wakes up in an ambulance. The medic explains that he was shot with a tranquilliser dart and asks if Boyd and Dexter had an argument. Dexter explains that Boyd was supposed to shoot the alligator, while Boyd claims that he got in the way. The doctor asks why Boyd was unconscious, and Dexter is inwardly pleased that his needle was not discovered. Boyd claims that he must have been so upset that he passed out. The pair arrive in the hospital and watch each other as they are wheeled into separate places. The doctor and nurse ask Boyd whether he has ever suffered a loss of consciousness before, but he is distracted by trying to see Dexter. When they leave, Boyd jumps up and pulls the medical equipment off him. He grabs some medical scissors from a drawer and opens a curtain, but Dexter&amp;#039;s bed is also empty. He runs out of the hospital. Back at the crime scene, Masuka arrives to investigate the victim. Cira is concerned that she is the reason the shop owner was murdered, adding that if she hadn&amp;#039;t gone back to talk to him he would still be alive. However, Deb points out that she was the one who told Cira to return and adds that they are closer to finding the perpetrators because of her. Masuka is telling Quinn about the head, but Quinn&amp;#039;s phone rings and he heads outside to take the call. He tells the FBI agent on the phone that he might have a lead on Kyle Butler. He asks if he can talk to the Mitchell family to show them a photo. He adds that it is too sensitive for the FBI to handle, saying: &amp;quot;If I&amp;#039;m wrong it could be my ass on the line.&amp;quot; He asks the FBI agent to help him as a friend, and the officer tells him that he will see what he can do. Boyd arrives home after fleeing the hospital, but hears a noise and grabs his gun. Suddenly, his self-help CD begins to play and Boyd jumps. As he moves through the house to investigate, Dexter appears behind him and injects him. &amp;quot;That could have gone smoother,&amp;quot; Dexter thinks. &amp;quot;It could have also gone worse. At least he&amp;#039;s down.&amp;quot; Dexter rings Sonya and reveals that he will be late home. Sonya explains that Deb is also going to be late, but insists that she doesn&amp;#039;t mind staying with Harrison. She adds that Harrison took his first step, adding: &amp;quot;You could tell he was really proud of himself.&amp;quot; She says that she managed to get a photograph and tells Dexter to check his email. Dexter sits at the table and looks at the photo, clearly moved. &amp;quot;My son is walking like a normal little boy,&amp;quot; he thinks. Meanwhile, Laguerta is about to head to the crime scene when an officer from Internal Affairs arrives and introduces himself as Jim. He asks Laguerta if they can speak in private, and they head into her office. Inside, Jim reveals that Internal Affairs are going to launch a formal investigation into Batista following the bar fight. Laguerta admits that she thought the matter was settled, but Jim explains that Detective Lopez collapsed on duty and has been hospitalised with internal bleeding. He adds that he should pull through, but has filed charges. Jim also reveals that two eyewitnesses saw Batista kicking Lopez while he was on the ground, adding: &amp;quot;If true, that is assault with a deadly weapon. Not only could he lose his job - he could serve time.&amp;quot;  Back at Boyd&amp;#039;s house, Dexter has set up an improvised kill room using newspapers and duct tape. When Boyd wakes up, he asks Dexter to let him go, and Dexter replies: &amp;quot;I bet you&amp;#039;ve heard that before from all the women you&amp;#039;ve killed. I wish you could see the room I set up for you, but you f**ked everything up, Boyd.&amp;quot; He collects a sample of Boyd&amp;#039;s blood, but Boyd insists that he was doing his victims a favour. &amp;quot;They were all suffering,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I put them out of their misery.&amp;quot; Dexter tells Boyd that he will perform one more favour tonight, saying: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve recently suffered a loss. My wife was murdered by someone like you - someone like me. It turned my life upside down... You&amp;#039;re the start of my healing process.&amp;quot; Boyd continues to tell Dexter not to kill him, but Dexter replies: &amp;quot;Do you remember in the truck you asked what I want? I want my wife back. But this will have to do.&amp;quot; He stabs Boyd. After murdering Boyd, Dexter thinks: &amp;quot;No church bells. No hallelujah chorus. Nothing feels different. If anything, I&amp;#039;m emptier.&amp;quot; Suddenly, he hears a noise and spots a woman at the door looking through a window. He pulls the knife out of Boyd and opens the door. The woman is clinging to the staircase covered in dirt and blood. Dexter promises not to hurt her, but when he goes to put the knife down the woman begins to flee. Dexter grabs her, telling her to stop, and she passes out in his arms. As Dexter holds her, he thinks: &amp;quot;She saw everything. She saw me.&amp;quot; The episode ends. What did you think of the episode? Leave your comments in the box below! 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