[The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episode 9, “Touched By an Angel.”]
Pour one out for Angel Batista (David Zayas). In Dexter: Resurrection‘s latest episode, Miami Metro’s very best lastly discovered a captive viewers for his theories on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Corridor), however sadly for him, it was the worst one doable.
The episode started the place the final one left off, with Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage) dropping in on Dexter’s dinner with Harrison (Jack Alcott). Although Dexter shortly requested Leon to step exterior to speak to him, the billionaire genius nonetheless bought a couple of key particulars out of Dexter’s son earlier than doing so. Outdoors, Prater promised to depart Harrison alone in alternate for Dexter giving him a truthful one-on-one about each element of his life — all whereas Batista was wanting on from a distance and snapping images of them collectively.
After that, Dexter and Harrison exited by way of the again of the constructing in a panic, and Dexter was compelled to inform Harrison the total reality about Prater’s serial killer membership conferences and the way he took out choose members of it. As an alternative of being horrified, Harrison was nearly impressed that he may depend the Gemini Killer(s) as victims.
Harrison then went to work whereas Dexter made amends with Blessing (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) and organized for him to select Harrison up from work on the finish of the day. Nevertheless, it wasn’t secure for Harrison on the lodge; as a substitute, Charley (Uma Thurman) confirmed up there and requested him a slew of questions on his previous. Harrison answered them in an sincere but guarded sufficient strategy to shield his father after which instantly reported all of it again to him, prompting Dexter to pay Charley’s personal place just a little go to. There, he discovered that she had an infirm mom and a background as a adorned army veteran.
Dexter then used his Darkish Passenger gear to get a phrase in with Charley in her automotive, whereby she defined that it was Prater’s name for her to analyze Harrison and that he used her mom’s sickness as a strategy to management her. By the point Dexter let her go, he felt assured that she wouldn’t be an issue for him and Harrison anymore, however that was decidedly not the case.
Charley reported her go to with “Crimson” immediately again to Prater, and he was enthralled by the sight of her neck wound from his instrument. “He was sending me a message. You had been the message,” he mentioned. “The actual message is I’m nonetheless in cost, the Darkish Passenger is mine, and extra importantly, he desires to proceed to play with us.” Dexter then known as to rearrange a gathering, alone, and Prater agreed to see him earlier than his massive gala.
On the similar time, Angel was busy attempting to persuade Detectives Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf) and Melvin Oliva (Dominic Fumusa) of his story, once more, however they weren’t satisfied. They requested for his badge, on the request of Miami Metro no much less, and despatched him on his method as soon as once more. On the way in which out, although, Angel noticed an advert for the gala with Prater’s image on it and acknowledged it from the alternate he witnessed exterior earlier than.
Angel then headed to Prater’s place and, after a tussle with a few of his decrease safety guards, bought the eye of Charley. From there, he was taken to Prater’s workplace to clarify, and in contrast to the detectives earlier than, this time, they believed him.
So when Dexter arrived for his appointment with Prater, it was clear he was strolling right into a lure. It wasn’t a cavalry of police that awaited him, nonetheless. As an alternative, Prater was joined by Charley, who disarmed Dexter and took away his cellphone earlier than ushering him into the vault, the place Angel was tied up and gagged. Prater then revelled in understanding he was speaking to the Bay Harbor Butcher and provided him a deal: Prater’s killer membership may proceed, however otherwise, with him summoning mass murderers from throughout the land to return to his lair, after which Dexter may do what he needed with all of them. The “worth of admission,” as he put it, was to take out Angel proper then and there.
The supply needed to be engaging to Dexter, as he famous, “Angel Batista has threatened my life, my son’s life. Now that he’s confirmed who I’m past the shadow of a doubt, he won’t ever quit, and rule primary is, ‘Don’t get caught.’” Nevertheless, Dexter used his knife to free Angel, who then started to choke him out proper then and there, and Dexter was momentarily resigned to the poetry of dying by the hands of a lifelong good friend. The assault was interrupted when Leon shot Angel within the again and ran away with Charley, successfully locking Dexter within the vault with out hope of exit. He rushed over to assist Angel, however there was no likelihood of saving him.
Dexter tried to inform Angel that he didn’t kill James Doakes (Erik King) or Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Vélez), however Angel gave him no absolution on the matter. “It’s your fault,” he mentioned. “And now I’m dying since you, similar to they did.” After Dexter apologized sincerely, Batista used his closing breath to say merely, “Dexter Morgan, f**ok you.”
With that, one other lengthy chapter within the saga of Dexter Morgan has closed. Angel lastly knew the entire reality about Dexter, and it price him his life. It appears unlikely that his disappearance will elevate any pink flags immediately, for the reason that NY detectives informed him to get misplaced, and even his colleagues in Miami don’t appear too involved with him proper now.
Dexter remains to be removed from within the clear, although. Now, he’s trapped within the vault and in full enmity mode with Leon Prater. We’ll have to attend and see whether or not he can use that “gee-whiz smile,” as Angel put it, to get himself out of bother once more in subsequent week’s finale.
Dexter: Resurrection, Fridays, Paramount+ With Showtime