Dexter

Previously on Dexter...

That takes us to the snakes killing.

Maybe Brother Sam was right about our victim.

Is this what I think it is?

Evidence from the Ice Truck Killer investigation.

You think that my becoming lieutenant

had anything to do with what happened between us?

No, I'm sure it was just a big fuckin' coincidence.

I don't know how to act.

I don't know what to do. I don't know who to hire.

Deb, you're too smart to think that this was gonna be easy.

I put my ass on the line even considering you,

so stow the attitude.

Are you going to be saved?

It's up to you.

You got to cleanse me of--

of all my sins.

He's ready.

Do you undertake to keep God's commandments

and the faith of his son, our lord?

I do.

Some people think that religion

began as a way for primitive cultures

to explain natural phenomenon--

the fire, the wind, the rain.

They created a God for each one.

I baptize you, my brother, in Christ.

You are baptized with Christ in death.

You'd think science would have made religion obsolete.

But it hasn't.

Go for a swim, come out a new man.

If only I believed it were that simple.

But Brother Sam believes,

and because of that, he's fulfilled.

It's written all over his face.

That's my son, Harrison.

Can you say hi?

Guess not.

It's all right.

Did you see Nick?

He wanted to thank you for coming by.

Yeah, he can thank me tomorrow at the shop

when I bring my car in.

What? You had another accident?

Bad driving karma.

Man, somebody trying to tell you to slow down, brother.

So what'd you think?

Uh, it was...interesting.

Don't get me wrong.

The spiritual stuff, the second chances,

I think it's great... for Nick.

But not for you, huh?

I get it.

You take a dunk in the bay, you fix all your problems.

It probably sounds like bullshit to you.

That's one word for it.

But, you know, it's not about the dunk.

It's about...

surrender to something greater than yourself.

I don't get it.

Well, man, just look around.

You think you make the sun come up in the morning?

You think you can make the tide come in?

No, but that's the earth rotating on its axis,

the pull of the moon.

So you do believe

in something greater than yourself.

Got to go. Work.

Okay.

Harrison, get the car.

Yeah, somebody got to do the driving with him.

Go ahead.

Jesus Christ.

What's with the wicked rodeo?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Some sick fuck sewed body parts to mannequins

and then strapped 'em to horses.

I mean, what the fuck?

Body parts?

This spectacle makes me think of...

Brian. My brother.

Your brother? Rudy the Ice Truck Killer?

- Sorry. - No, it's okay.

I was thinking it too.

Just the idea that someone would put this much...

imagination.

Brutality into killing.

Come here. I want to show you something.

Lieutenant.

Hold on a sec.

Check it out.

Lieutenant.

I'm in the middle of something.

Remember this?

Oh, it's the same insignia

that was carved into the stomach

of the snakes victim.

Looks like a signature.

Same sick fuck. Two different killings.

Hey, uh, lieutenant?

For the love of God, what?

Right.

One at a time. Go.

Been calling around the local stables.

There's one about a mile north from here,

reported four horses missing two days ago.

Quinn?

Mounted patrol's on the way.

They'll be here within the hour.

I've been counting the body parts and typing the blood,

and it's all B-positive,

so I think we're looking at one victim here.

Jesus. Somebody went to a lot of trouble.

He's trying to tell us something.

Yeah. "I'm a crazy piece of shit."

He's saying it's the end of the world.

Something like that.

Four horsemen of the Apocalypse--

white, red, pale, and black.

Doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

And who are you?

Oh, I'm sorry.

This is Mike Anderson from Chicago.

He's my replacement.

Mike, this is...everyone.

You were saying?

The killer's showing us a scene

from the Book of Revelation.

A killer with faith?

Damn, it's hot out here.

Yeah. It's Miami, genius.

What about snakes?

- What about 'em? - Seven snakes.

Any mention of them in the Book of Revelation?

Don't know. I'll look into it.

Do that.

In the meantime, you two, go to the stable.

See if a surveillance tape will give us a suspect.

Dexter, Masuka, take shots of the horses

so we can start taking this shit apart.

Whoever did this seems to be a member of my tribe.

But this is a horse of a different color.

What is this?

Masuka confirmed that the body parts

all belonged to the same victim.

We got an I.D. off the fingerprints--

Nathan Roberts.

Went for a jog a couple of days ago and never came back.

Did you compare the kill wound against the snakes victim?

- I did. - And?

It's a perfect match.

Same signature, same kill wound.

Same killer.

The M.E.'s report

said there was residue in the wound.

It's being processed.

We should have it back at the lab later today.

Any ideas for a murder weapon?

Some kind of stabbing implement.

Won't know for sure until we get the M.E.'s

measurements for the wound.

What about the cuts on the body?

Hmm.

I'm guessing a bone saw.

What do we have here?

1-2-4-2.

- What is it? - I don't know.

- Some kind of message? - Another one?

Jesus.

How much does this fucker have to say?

A lot apparently.

Want to bet he left one on the snakes victim too?

Nothing behind his eyes.

What about the mouth or the ears?

Already checked.

Well, what are we missing?

We're not.

It's what he's missing.

His intestines.

Ugh.

Kind of reminds me of looking for the prize in a cereal box.

You were always good at that too.

Jackpot.

1237, 1242.

What do you think it means?

That I've been lieutenant for less than a week

and there's already some game-playing,

sick-as-fuck serial killer for me to catch?

Technically, he's not a serial killer.

Yet.

Serial killing involves the murder

of several people in three or more separate events.

So far our guy's only done two.

Are you trying to make me feel better or worse?

Sorry.

It's Jamie.

Hey, everything okay?

Oh, Harrison isn't feeling so great.

What happened?

I don't know.