Let's Give the Boy a Hand
| "Let's Give The Boy A Hand" | |
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| Dexter episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Robert Lieberman |
| Written by | Drew Z. Greenberg |
| Production code | 104 |
| Original air date | October 22, 2006 |
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"Let's Give the Boy a Hand" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Dexter. It premiered on October 22, 2006 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by Robert Lieberman. The Ice Truck Killer starts leaving body parts of his latest victim at locations related to Dexter's childhood, making him confront his dark personal history. Meanwhile Rita confronts a neighbor with a noisy dog that is keeping her children up at night. Lieutenant LaGuerta seeks to comfort the mother of the latest Ice Truck Killer victim and the pressure on Sergeant Doakes escalates when Guerrero's associates begin following him.
In the opening sequence a severed male hand is found at the beach. It is unknown whether this is the work of the Ice Truck Killer or not. While investigating the hand, Doakes spots Guerrero's men watching him. After discovering the hand belongs to Tony Tucci (LaGuerta's Ice Truck Killer suspect) the Lieutenant visits his mother in an attempt to make amends for branding him a killer on television. She promises to bring him home, dead or alive.
Dexter remembers that this is a beach he came to as a child. During a flashback scene, Harry, his foster father, lectures him on the importance of faking emotions to make other people happy. Back at his apartment, Dexter looks through an old family photo album. It appears that the Ice Truck Killer broke into his apartment to get to know him, not just leave doll parts.
Debra is forced to watch through boxes of surveillance tapes by LaGuerta, who continues to make life miserable for her. Kara's brother continues to taunt Doakes about how he's going to get himself killed. Doakes lets him know that Ricky wouldn't come out of cover to give Kara a divorce and that he's the reason she was killed.
Another body part is found. This time a severed foot by an old soccer field where Dexter played as a child. He tells Doakes that the killer is sending a message that is more important than the ritual, but cannot tell him what, or why. After analysis of the foot, Dexter determines that Tucci is still alive and is systematically having his limbs removed by the Ice Truck Killer. LaGuerta phones Tony's mother to tell her that her son may still be alive and that they just have to find him.
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