Season 3, Episode 2: Finding Freebo
Original Air Date—5 October 2008
Dexter is desperate to find Freebo, the man he had intended to kill in the first place. He wants to find the man before his sister does or before ADA Miguel Prado, who has revenge on his mind. Debra tries to identify someone she believes is Freebo's latest victim and uses a fellow officer's confidential informant to get information. Prado isn't satisfied with the police investigation and is using telephone records to try and trace the man. Rita's pregnancy in confirmed and she and Dexter have to decide on the next steps. He has visions of producing someone like himself.
Part 1Part 2Season 3, Episode 3: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Original Air Date—12 October 2008
With Freebo now out of the way, Dexter finds himself trying to re-direct the police investigation into Teegan's death. When a second murder victim appears, Dexter and ADA Miguel Prado both know it couldn't have been Freebo and Prado begins to wonder if Dexter really killed him. Debra arrests the confidential informant she has been using in her investigation. Dexter is still having trouble coming to grips with the possibility of fatherhood but Debra has some good advice for him. Dexter becomes very protective of Astor when a man talks to her in the grocery store.
Season 3, Episode 4: All in the Family
Original Air Date—19 October 2008
Having decided to be involved in the baby's life, Dexter and Rita decide to tell the kids but Astor isn't too keen and asks why they're not married. Dexter proposes but Rita declines. He comes up with a way to get her to say yes. Rita's hormones are up to full speed and her short-tempered treatment of a hotel guest gets her fired. Ramon Prado is upset that the police have not yet found his brother's killer. Miguel Prado suggests to Dexter that they tell him the truth but Dexter sets out to show him that Ramon can't be trusted. The squad investigates the murder of man who is discovered by his fiancée. Debra Morgan doesn't appreciate her partner's approach to the case. All the while, she continues to receive text messages from Internal Affairs asking for her help in their investigation. Angel Batista is almost caught in a police sting operation when he picks up what he thinks is a prostitute. Masuka can't interest anyone to attend a conference speech he will be giving.
Part 1Part 2 Season 3, Episode 5: Turning Biminese
Original Air Date—26 October 2008
Dexter argues with Rita's because of her desire for them to move in together before they get married. While playing Golf together, Miguel tells Dexter about a husband who he has been unable to convict over killing not one but two of his wives for financial gain. Dexter sees him as the perfect candidate his dark passenger and his need, like any man under with relationship problems, to get away. Dexter tracks the murderer to Bimini however while on the hunt Rita has a medical emergency and he is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Debra works with Anton, her confidential informant to track down one of Freebo's criminal confidants. But Debra is finding herself oddly attracted to Anton.
Part 1Part 2 Season 3, Episode 6: Si se puede
Original Air Date—2 November 2008
Dexter continues his close friendship with Miguel Prado who praises him for taking action and accomplishing what he could not. Dexter is still concerned at his secret getting out and decides to show Miguel that what he does is not pretty. Unfortunately, Miguel takes a far greater interest in Dexter's plans than Dexter could have imagined. The Skinner strikes again, this time killing the young boy who worked as Freebo's doorman. It's the second time one of Debra's witnesses has been killed and she's wondering if someone may be following her investigation. She thinks she knows who that might be. Debra is again approached by Internal Affairs who threaten her to get some cooperation.
Part 1Part 2 Season 3, Episode 7: Easy as Pie
Original Air Date—9 November 2008
Dexter begins working with Miguel but they quickly have differences in selecting a potential victim. Debra is fearful that Anton might be The Skinner's next victim and tries to persuade him to leave town. Rita discovers that Miguel's wife suspects him of an affair. An old friend of Dexter's asks for help in ending her life.
Part 1 Part 2Season 3, Episode 8: The Damage a Man Can Do
Original Air Date—16 November 2008
Dexter's relationship with Miguel Prado reaches a new level when he not only identifies the next victim but tells Dexter that he will kill him. Dexter knows he should probably bring this to an end asap, but he's enjoying himself teaching Miguel the ropes. Debra spends the night with Anton, her confidential informant and learns from Joey Quinn that he's never been officially a CI. She tells Anton the good news but he then vanishes. Lt. Laguerta and her friend Ellen Wolf attend a police function together. Rita 's hormones are in full tilt and everyone around her is paying the price.
Part 1Part 2 Season 3, Episode 9: About Last Night
Original Air Date—23 November 2008
After sharing his innermost secrets with Miguel Prado and allowing him to participate in a kill, Dexter is not pleased to learn that Miguel may have gone out on his own and killed someone. They had agreed at the outset that they would kill together so he decides to teach him a lesson. He soon realizes however that Miguel has been less than honest with him from the very beginning. The Skinner has kidnapped Debra's lover Anton and the police are now quite sure they know who he is. He proves to be an astute suspect and the one witness they do have won't say a word.
Part 1Part 2Season 3, Episode 10: Go Your Own Way
Original Air Date—30 November 2008
Knowing that Miguel Prado has manipulated him, Dexter decides the time has come for him to gain the upper hand. He finds however that Miguel is a formidable opponent and as Dexter tries to tighten the screws, Miguel threatens an ethics investigation into Debra Morgan's relationship with Anton. Knowing that Miguel took murder victim Ellen Wolf's ring as a memento of his kill, Dexter gets into Prado's house and gets hold of it. Their relationship reaches a breaking point when Rita tells Miguel's wife that her husband is having an affair with Lt. Laguerta. Miguel Prado tells the Skinner that only Dexter knows Freebo's whereabouts.
Part 1 Part 2 Season 3, Episode 11: I Had a Dream
Original Air Date—7 December 2008
Lt. Laguerta begins to suspect that Miguel Prado may be Ellen Wolf's killer. She invites him for dinner and checks his car for forensic evidence but he catches on to what she is doing. Dexter starts working on his plan to kill Miguel and frame the Skinner for the crime. Debra has been avoiding Anton and Dexter tells her about their father, who also had an affair with a confidential informant. She does get a lead on the Skinner's whereabouts, but her partner gets injured in the process of trying to arrest him.
Part 1Part 2 Season 3, Episode 12: Do You Take Dexter Morgan?
Original Air Date—14 December 2008
With Miguel Prado now out of the way, Dexter thinks all he has to worry about is his wedding. Life isn't so simple however. Ramon Prado, who had been acting as Miguel's bodyguard, is now out to get Dexter. So is the Skinner, though Dexter doesn't quite realize it until he's taken prisoner. Debra is told by Angel Batista that he has recommended her for her detective's shield. That is until he learns that she spent the night with Anton when everyone thought he was a confidential informant. Dexter learns that Rita has been married twice before, her first marriage when she was only 16 followed by a divorce six months later.
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