‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 8 Recap & Review: Late-Season Twists & Chaos Make for Great TV

This article contains spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episode 8

With only three episodes remaining, we’re approaching that point in the series where we see if the team behind this show is ready and capable of tying all the many stories together in a coherent way. Loose ends can be fun, and in Dexter’s world, no matter how meticulous he is, there are always loose ends. As it turns out, “The Kill Room Where It Happens” introduces a few more interesting plotlines, so it seems there is more chaos awaiting Dexter still, and apparently, for other characters as well. 

Dexter: Resurrection Episode 8 begins with Angel (David Zayas) going over his notes in his room about Dexter. With his tracker now in place in Dexter’s car, he has begun to map out his routine, looking for a change that could lead him to some real evidence. We understand his motives and passion here. Dexter left a lot of carnage behind in Miami, but Angel’s search for justice is bordering on obsession, and as we find out later on, it also leads to others questioning what he’s doing and if he is everything he says he is. 

Dexter (Michael C. Hall) continues to try to navigate through family, friends, and satisfying the Dark Passenger, with mixed results. The only person left from Prater’s (Peter Dinklage) kill club is Al (Eric Stonestreet), and Dexter is excited, both to satisfy the Dark Passenger’s hunger and to finally be done with this group. However, Al has decided to catch a play and then immediately skip town, causing Dexter to switch his plans only to have Al leave at the intermission, leaving Dexter with a missed opportunity and a hunger to be satisfied. 

However, the little kill room he has set up isn’t going to go to waste. After Harrison (Jack Alcott) calls Dexter for some more advice, especially concerning Elsa’s (Emilia Suarez) sleazy landlord, Dexter offers to just chat with the landlord, and Harrison feels better. Of course, Dexter gets the landlord on his table, and that’s where it gets interesting, for a few reasons. First, Angel has tracked him here and is closing in. Also, Dexter’s speech to the landlord made it indeed sound like he wasn’t going to kill him; however, we don’t get to find out, as Dexter is forced to release him, regardless, to escape before Angel finds him. Dexter does find the tracking device, though, and once destroyed, leaves Angel back to square one. 

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Angel’s conduct has caught the eye of Det. Wallace (Kadia Saraf), who begins to look into the Bay Harbour Butcher case. When Angel calls her and Det. Oliva (Dominic Fumusa) to check out the kill room, and they both begin to wonder about Angel’s motives. Wallace does some more digging and even reaches out to Det. Quinn (Desmond Harrington) in Miami, where she discovers Angel is no longer an active police officer as he’s retired. This is a fun twist, as Det. Wallace is beginning to look at Angel in a very suspicious way, and this is just the kind of turn of events that Dexter has enjoyed over the years. 

However, while having a nice dinner with his son Harrison, who is so happy that the landlord is no longer a problem, he makes a keen observation about how Dexter seems happy finding justice. Not just by killing. It is a good bonding moment between them. But it all comes to a crashing halt when Prater shows up at the restaurant, calling him “Red” and commenting about how he never knew he had a son. To say the tone shifted quickly is an understatement, as Dexter’s face is a strange mix of surprise and anger. Let’s hear it for more complications. 

As always, there seems to be no end to moving parts in Dexter’s life, and in this show. The Prater scene at the end shouldn’t be too surprising, considering the conversation Charley had with Prater early, about being suspicious of Red because she knows so little about him. It is the kind of mess Dexter has dealt with his whole life, though, so it should be fun to see how he deals with it. However, the little confrontation he had with Blessing (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine), surrounding a mistake he made telling his daughter about some of his past, felt strange and shoe-horned in, almost like an afterthought. 

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There are always parts of Dexter’s world you have to take with a grain of salt, not thinking too much about how he continues to escape sticky situations, but rather enjoy how the show is weaving things together with a healthy dose of surprise along the way. The way they are twisting the storyline with Angel is intriguing as well, setting up a situation that looks really bad for him, but might be an answer for Dexter. He still hasn’t figured out a way to get rid of Angel without resorting to killing him. 

Instead of simply beginning to tie loose ends together, Dexter: Resurrection Episode 8 introduced some new twists and chaos, despite having only two episodes left to conclude the season. At this point, it is hard to tell how things are going to turn out, and with a show and a character that have been with us in different forms for almost twenty years now, that is no small accomplishment. 

Dexter: Resurrection Episode 8 is now available for streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan. The remaining episodes will premiere weekly, every Friday.