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Dexter•Season 2•Episode 1

It's Alive!

8.6/10 · 14,464 votesSep 30, 200753 min

Ranked #7 of 12 in Season 2•−0.2 vs season avg

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Things are really beginning to heat up for Dexter: Doakes' suspicions about him are growing, his victims are escaping, and his body dump site has been found. Meanwhile Paul is troubling Rita over the missing shoe and Debra is going through trauma over the Ice

Directed byTony Goldwyn

Written byDaniel Cerone

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Seasons8

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Season 2 Episodes12

It's Alive!

Waiting to Exhale

An Inconvenient Lie

See-Through

The Dark Defender

Dex, Lies, and Videotape

E7 8.7

That Night, a Forest Grew

E8 9.1

Morning Comes

E9 9.5

Resistance Is Futile

E10 8.9

There's Something About Harry

E11 9.0

Left Turn Ahead

E12 9.2

The British Invasion

Cast8

Michael C. Hall

Dexter Morgan

Julie Benz

Rita Bennett

Jennifer Carpenter

Debra Morgan

Luna Lauren Vélez

Maria LaGuerta

Erik King

James Doakes

David Zayas

Angel Batista

James Remar

Harry Morgan

C.S. Lee

Vince Masuka

Crew3

Daniel Cerone

Writer

Tony Goldwyn

Director

Stewart Schill

Editor

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Episode Summary

"It's Alive!" is episode 1 of Dexter season 2. It scored 8.6/10 from 14,464 votes, ranking #7 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.8). Directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Daniel Cerone, it aired on September 30, 2007.

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