Left Turn Ahead

"Left Turn Ahead"

Dexter episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 11

Directed by

Marcos Siega

Written by

Scott Buck
Tim Schlattmann

Production code

211

Original air date

December 9, 2007

Guest appearance(s)

Keith Carradine as Special Agent Frank Lundy
Geoff Pierson as Captain Thomas Matthews
Christina Robinson as Astor Bennett
Preston Bailey as Cody Bennett
Jaime Murray as Lila Tournay
Jonathan Banks as FBI Deputy Director Max Adams
Mary Ostrow as Marlene
Wilmer Calderon as Teo
Peter Macon as Leonis
Cedric Duplechain as Peters
Alistair Tober as Borelli
Gilbert Saldivar as Esteban
Tony Colitti as Dr. Hill

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"Left Turn Ahead" is the eleventh episode of the second season and twenty-third overall episode of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on 9 December 2007 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Scott Buck and Tim Schlattmann, and was directed by Marcos Siega.

Dexter contemplates admitting to the Bay Harbor Butcher killings. Doakes escapes from his cell but is captured by two drug smugglers. They force him to go back to the cabin and carry the cocaine to their boat. Dexter shows up while they are at the boat and discovers that Doakes has escaped, but then hears voices coming up the path. He sees Doakes with the drug dealers and manages to kill them both with the help of Doakes. He then puts Doakes back into the cage and decides that he is going to turn himself in, but needs one last day to sort his affairs, so he leaves Doakes in the cage with some fruit and water.

The FBI is displeased with the lack of progress in the Bay Harbor Butcher case and assigns a deputy director to take over Lundy's role in the investigation. This director turns out to be Mike from Breaking Bad, Gus Fring's best friend.

Angel is arrested for the sexual assault of Lila, who offers to drop the charges if Dexter will resume their relationship. Debra investigates Lila's past with Lundy and discovers she is using an alias, eventually discovering that she is an illegal immigrant by fingerprinting Angel's microwave. Meanwhile, using Dexter's GPS navigation which she stole from the van while Dexter was taking Rita and the kids out for one last day of freedom, Lila discovers the cabin in the swamp, where Doakes is being held. La Guerta is in Haiti and finds out that Doakes was there to get slides analyzed. She calls Lundy and he is interested in getting the details. Dexter changes his mind on turning himself in after having steaks with his sister who tells him he just needs to accept who he is and move on.

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