Dexter
This Is the Way the World Ends
TV Flash files “This Is the Way the World Ends” as the last listed hour of season 6 — Dexter (2006–2013) on Showtime, season 6, episode 12, aired 2011-12-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E12: listed hour 72 of 96 in the Dexter guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 2011-12-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Talk to the Hand” (S06E11). Next is “Are You...?” (S07E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Stuck in the ocean miles from shore, Dexter is rescued by an old boat carrying illegal immigrants to the US. Once ashore, he heads home hoping to figure out where and when Travis next move. Travis has holed up in a small house and has killed the occupants. While he's away, the police show up and Dexter has something of a surprise waiting for him. Dexter makes it to son Harrison's school recital only to have Travis take the child. Meanwhile, Debra has a plan to catch Travis and gets LaGuerta's support for her plan. Debra also comes to terms with her feelings for Dexter. In his final confrontation with Travis, Dexter has him tied down on his execution table. Someone walks in just as he's committing the deed.
Viewer FAQ
Where does This Is the Way the World Ends sit in the Dexter guide?
S06E12 is listed hour 72 of 96 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 12.
When did Dexter S06E12 air?
This Is the Way the World Ends aired 2011-12-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Which Dexter seasons are the cleanest watch?
Early seasons, when the forensic case-of-week and the vigilante dread still share the same temperature. Hall's dual-life performance is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Miami blood-spatter analyst by day, vigilante with a code by night: Michael C. Hall made Showtime's serial-killer POV a global export. Early seasons balance case-of-week and dread; later endings and revivals reopened every argument. Premium-cable antihero comfort food with a body count.
October 1, 2006, Showtime puts a blood-spatter analyst on the night like a network once put a cop on Monday: appointment pulp with better lighting and worse manners. Dexter Morgan moonlights as a vigilante bound by a code that lets the living room become co-conspirator. James Manos Jr. developed Jeff Lindsay's novels; Michael C. Hall — still carrying the quiet of *Six Feet Under* — made dual life look like a mid-tempo dance of charm and ice. Jennifer Carpenter's Debra, Julie Benz's Rita, Erik King's Doakes, a…
Filed against
- Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
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- Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan
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- Julie Benz as Rita Bennett
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- Erik King as James Doakes
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- Lauren Velez as Maria LaGuerta
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- David Zayas as Angel Batista
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