Dexter
Swim Deep
TV Flash files “Swim Deep” as hour 77 of 96 in the TV Flash guide — Dexter (2006–2013) on Showtime, season 7, episode 5, aired 2012-10-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E05: listed hour 77 of 96 in the Dexter guide, hour 5 of 12 in season 7. It aired 2012-10-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Run” (S07E04). Next is “Do the Wrong Thing” (S07E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After Deb learns that she has sent forensic evidence to an outside lab for analysis, Captain LaGuerta confides in her that she found a blood slide at the site of the Marshall killing and believes the Bay Harbor butcher is still alive. The Captain accepts Deb's offers to help her in the investigation. When Dexter learns what's going on, he just wants Deb to stay out of it. Dexter finds blood on his boat and tests reveal it belongs to Louis Greene. He soon after finds he has to deal with Isaak Sirko who is clearly out for revenge. Dexter's plan to get him doesn't work ...
Viewer FAQ
Where does Swim Deep sit in the Dexter guide?
S07E05 is listed hour 77 of 96 — hour 5 of 12 in season 7, season 7 episode 5.
When did Dexter S07E05 air?
Swim Deep aired 2012-10-28 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
Jennifer Carpenter’s Debra Morgan put a cop’s mouth on Dexter — Miami blood-spatter by day, vigilante with a code by night, Showtime serial-killer POV as a global export. Early seasons of case-and-dread; later endings reopened every…
- Julie Benz as Rita Bennett
Julie Benz’s Rita Bennett gave Dexter a civilian weather system — Miami blood-spatter analyst by day, vigilante with a code by night, Michael C. Hall’s Showtime serial-killer POV as a global export. Early seasons balancing case-of-week…
- Erik King as James Doakes
Erik King made Sgt. James Doakes the only man who smelled the code on Dexter — Miami blood-spatter by day, Showtime's vigilante POV, and a sergeant who treated Michael C. Hall's smile like a crime scene. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Lauren Velez as Maria LaGuerta
Lauren Velez's Maria LaGuerta ran Dexter's Miami from the lieutenant's chair — blood-spatter by day, vigilante code by night, Michael C. Hall as Showtime's serial-killer export. Early dread, later arguments, premium-cable antihero comfort…
- David Zayas as Angel Batista
David Zayas’s Angel Batista gave Dexter a badge with a heart — Miami blood-spatter by day, vigilante code by night, Michael C. Hall’s Showtime export. Early seasons balancing case-of-week and dread; Batista as the squad-room warmth the…