Now that the Bay Harbor Butcher has been outed by Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine) as a killer of killers, some of Miami's denizens have decided to look to him in the way they would a comic book superhero, "The Dark Defender" which also happens to be this episode's title. This is the point where season 2 really feels like it gets on track. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) travels with his sponsor Lila (Jaime Murray) to find Santos Jimenez (Tony Amendola), one of the three responsible for the death of Laura Moser and the "birth" of Dexter's Dark Passenger. Lila and Dexter bond during this trip, but he completely goes behind Rita's (Julie Benz) back in the process. After confronting Jimenez, Dexter realizes that Lila can calm down his murderous urges, and continues with her as his sponsor. He also discovers that his mother was killed for being a informant to Harry (James Remar), once again leaving Dexter doubting his adopted father and his code. "The Dark Defender" is a cool allusion to how Dexter hoped people would accept him, although it will never come to pass.
Review of The Dark Defender
