So, yeah. Wow.
At the cabin, Lila busts in and encounters Doakes, who reveals to her that Dexter is the BHB. She"s shocked, of course, but instead of letting Doakes go, she decides to drop the cage keys just outside his cage and run to the stove, which she turns on just before cranking the propane feed to the place. She busts out of there, jamming an axe in the door so Doakes can"t get out. Doakes is able to reach the keys and get out of the cage, but after realizing he can"t get out of the cabin, he runs towards the flame as he utters his last "muthafucka" on this mortal coil. Sergeant Doakes, we"ll miss your violent outbursts and irrational behavior. We"ll also miss this show being good, because the way the writers killed you was kind of bullshit. It"s not "Jumped the Shark," anymore; it"s "Flamed the Cabin." "Hey, remember that show Dexter?" "Oh, yeah! But it totally Flamed the Cabin after season two." "True, true."
Anyway, this convoluted turn of events makes Dexter feel alive again, and we"re treated to a semi-remake of the opening credit sequence, with Dexter cutting and cooking shit. He even runs over to Rita"s for a quick morning bone, and she"s powerless to resist his advances. The kids come in and ask if they"re back together, and Rita says she guesses they are. Yay.
Meanwhile, LaGuerta"s having kind of a tough time dealing with Doakes"s death, and Deb tries to talk to her about it, because she also has once cared about someone who turned out to be a serial killer. Kind of a unique club to be in, huh? Anyway, LaGuerta doesn"t give a shit, because she knows Doakes wasn"t a killer, for real, but I guess they"re saving her obsession over that for next season. I mean, the writers tied up so many loose ends here, that there has to be something left for season three.
So, there"s still the issue of Lila. Now that Dexter knows she"s a killer, he arranges to meet her at the aquarium. He leads her on and tells her he wants to go away with her, all the while totally planning to put her in a bag. He later goes to her house to kill her, but he mistakes Deb for her, and almost totally blows his cover! Luckily, he"s able to hide his syringe, but unluckily, Lila completely understands what"s happening when she shows up, so she grabs Dex"s murder bag, and uses his M99 to paralyze Cody and Astor"s babysitter. Not fucking cool!
Of course, at the last minute, Dexter figures out that Lila"s got the kids at her house, and he needs help from Deb to put out an APB on the crazy beyotch. Deb is vexed because she"s supposed to be on a plane to vacation with Lundy, but she chooses Dex because it"s an emergency. Not a deal-breaker, I don"t think. Whatever. Dex goes to Lila"s, and finds the kids watching TV in the loft. He turns around and sees Lila shutting the door behind her after kicking over some candles and setting the place ablaze. Lila escapes, but Dex helps the kids escape, then wraps himself in a rug and busts through a burning wall to safety. Pretty sweet. Deb is there to call the shots.
At the end of the episode, we see Lila in France. She gets back to her apartment, and finds a postcard from Miami with no postage on it. She flips it over and sees a picture of Doakes, and Dexter immediately slams a spinal paralyzer into her back. Not wasting any time, he carries her to the couch and stabs her in the heart with very little fanfare, which is awesome.