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* ChewingTheScenery: As Dexter tries to decide what to do with the body of his new murder victim, one of the options has Deb gleefully throw body parts into a wood chipper, which goes on to spray some high school children walking past with blood & gore.
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* AnimalLover: Dexter has become one, shown in how her owns several farm animals at his home, and how he emotionally connects with a deer. [[spoiler:Matt killing the deer is what triggers Dexter to kill him.]] Pretty ironic, considering how Dexter used to say that animals hated him.
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* AbandonedMine: A potential dumping ground for a corpse.
* TheAce: Harrison; he scores so highly on the school's placement exam the staff assume he cheated, he's bilingual, and he's a skilled wrestler.
* AdultFear: The recurring theme of the second episode ''Storm of Fuck'' is parents fearing for the safety of their children. Angela is an OverprotectiveMom for her daughter Audrey especially as she regularly sees girls from the Seneca Reservation go missing. Kurt Caldwell learns his son is missing and is desperate to find him believing Matt is still alive unaware his son's already dead. Finally Dexter reveals that one of the reasons for faking his death and leaving Harrison with Hannah was because Dex feared passing on his murderous urges onto his son...only to learn that Hannah died and Harrison was left to the horrors of the foster care system.
* AnAssKickingChristmas: Main Street is decked out for the holiday season.
* AssholeVictim: Matt Caldwell from his first moment on screen makes it clear that he's going to become Dexter's first victim in nearly a decade. He's rude, obnoxious, and has a serious case of ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney; [[EstablishingCharacterMoment this is all in the first five minutes of meeting him]] and before we learn he's got away with the deaths of five people thanks to bribery and perjury.
* BearsAreBadNews: Dexter appreciates the calm of a local cave... until a bear appears.
* BullyHunter: Harrison.
* BrutalHonesty: Deb the dark passenger, is way more aggressive than Harry was, constantly berating him when he fucks up but also alternatively suggesting ridiculous ideas for disposing off bodies implying even the dark passenger is not as rational as before.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: According to Harrison, Hannah died of pancreatic cancer three years before ''New Blood'' and has been bouncing around foster homes ever since.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Courtesy of Deb, naturally.
* DaChief: Angela Bishop is the chief of the Iron Lake Plice Department...which in a small town consists of herself, a secretary, and two other officers.
* EatingLunchAlone: Harrison joins a kid doing this to build up his [[BullyHunter Bully Hunter]] persona.
* FakingTheDead: Harrison is the only person who knows Dexter Morgan is still alive.
* FromNewYorkToNowhere: Or rather, from Miami, Florida to Iron Lake, New York.
* FurnaceBodyDisposal: How Dexter [[spoiler:disposes of Matt]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Matt's similarly sleazy friend Bill has a particularly embarassing scar from the boat crash.
* HesBack: The moment "Jim" knocks out Matt with the butt of his rifle, grabs his knife, and comes ''this'' close to killing him there and there. Then he takes a breathe and as he collects himself…
-->'''Voiceover''': [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall It's been a long time]]. [[DoWrongRight But if I'm going to do this, I need to do it right]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame
* IOwnThisTown: PlayedWith. Kurt Caldwell is a well-liked member of the Iron Lake community to the point of being the unofficial mayor of the town. When (planted) evidence pointed to his son skipping town, he was able to convince the townspeople to continue searching the town mainly by bringing up times he helped them.
* JerkJock: The wrestling team, complete with varsity jackets.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Matt Caldwell acts every bit the EntitledBastard he is, getting away with the deaths of five people, having sex with high school girls, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shooting Dexter's deer]]. Not a tear was shed when he dies after first blaming his actions on a shitty childhood and then threatening Matt realizes he's going to die regardless.
* InVinoVeritas: Matt' "friend" Bill does several lines of cocaine and in a moment of anger and partial guilt reveals to Dexter how Matt lied and bribed his way out of suffering consequences for a boat accident he caused.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Hannah died three years ago according to Harrison and it lead to him finding a letter from Dexter lead him to discover his father was still alive.]]
* OffTheGrid: {{Downplayed}}, but Dexter obviously doesn't want to be found.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Angela, who has a teenage daughter, is currently dating "Jim" (Dexter).
* PhoneCallFromTheDead: Kurt claims to have just got off the phone with his son Matt, even though it is currently raining Matt's ashes.
* TheRez: Iron Lake rests near the Seneca Reservation
* RuleOfSymbolism: The White Stag: a pure white deer that Dexter tracks and "hunts" as part of his morning routine but which he's never seen intending to kill. When Matt Caldwell kills it, it becomes the straw that breaks Dexter's will and leads to murder the former.
* SanitySlippage: Years of isolation and having no murder to curb his impulses
* TheyHaveTheScent: Dexter uses [[spoiler:Matt's jacket to throw off the search dogs that will arrive in the morning]].
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We see Dexter as he hallucinates his dead sister berating him for killing Matt Caldwell and letting Harrison back into his life.
* ToxicInc: Edward Olsen's oil company.
* [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Girlfriend]]: At first annoyed that Dexter had a son he never mentioned, Angela quickly comes around and offers advice to him. Dexter actually believed she was going to break-up with him.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Matt's friend Bill, fueled with anger and cocaine, tells a random stranger the truth of how Matt deliberately caused a boat accident that killed five people. Unfortunately that person was [[PayEvilUntoEvil Dexter Morgan]], a SerialKiller with a preference for {{AssholeVictim}}s who escaped justice.
* WoodchipperOfDoom: Suggested by Deb as a means of disposing of [[spoiler:Matt]].
Years after faking his death, Dexter Morgan (Creator/MichaelCHall) has settled into a new life in a quaint Upstate New York Town as Jim Lindsay with his new love Angela (Creator/JuliaJones) . However old habits die hard and the past always comes for you.
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* AbandonedMine: A potential dumping ground for a corpse.
* TheAce: Harrison; he scores so highly on the school's placement exam the staff assume he cheated, he's bilingual, and he's a skilled wrestler.
* AdultFear: The recurring theme of the second episode ''Storm of Fuck'' is parents fearing for the safety of their children. Angela is an OverprotectiveMom for her daughter Audrey especially as she regularly sees girls from the Seneca Reservation go missing. Kurt Caldwell learns his son is missing and is desperate to find him believing Matt is still alive unaware his son's already dead. Finally Dexter reveals that one of the reasons for faking his death and leaving Harrison with Hannah was because Dex feared passing on his murderous urges onto his son...only to learn that Hannah died and Harrison was left to the horrors of the foster care system.
* AnAssKickingChristmas: Main Street is decked out for the holiday season.
* AssholeVictim: Matt Caldwell from his first moment on screen makes it clear that he's going to become Dexter's first victim in nearly a decade. He's rude, obnoxious, and has a serious case of ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney; [[EstablishingCharacterMoment this is all in the first five minutes of meeting him]] and before we learn he's got away with the deaths of five people thanks to bribery and perjury.
* BearsAreBadNews: Dexter appreciates the calm of a local cave... until a bear appears.
* BullyHunter: Harrison.
* BrutalHonesty: Deb the dark passenger, is way more aggressive than Harry was, constantly berating him when he fucks up but also alternatively suggesting ridiculous ideas for disposing off bodies implying even the dark passenger is not as rational as before.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: According to Harrison, Hannah died of pancreatic cancer three years before ''New Blood'' and has been bouncing around foster homes ever since.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Courtesy of Deb, naturally.
* DaChief: Angela Bishop is the chief of the Iron Lake Plice Department...which in a small town consists of herself, a secretary, and two other officers.
* EatingLunchAlone: Harrison joins a kid doing this to build up his [[BullyHunter Bully Hunter]] persona.
* FakingTheDead: Harrison is the only person who knows Dexter Morgan is still alive.
* FromNewYorkToNowhere: Or rather, from Miami, Florida to Iron Lake, New York.
* FurnaceBodyDisposal: How Dexter [[spoiler:disposes of Matt]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Matt's similarly sleazy friend Bill has a particularly embarassing scar from the boat crash.
* HesBack: The moment "Jim" knocks out Matt with the butt of his rifle, grabs his knife, and comes ''this'' close to killing him there and there. Then he takes a breathe and as he collects himself…
-->'''Voiceover''': [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall It's been a long time]]. [[DoWrongRight But if I'm going to do this, I need to do it right]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame
* IOwnThisTown: PlayedWith. Kurt Caldwell is a well-liked member of the Iron Lake community to the point of being the unofficial mayor of the town. When (planted) evidence pointed to his son skipping town, he was able to convince the townspeople to continue searching the town mainly by bringing up times he helped them.
* JerkJock: The wrestling team, complete with varsity jackets.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Matt Caldwell acts every bit the EntitledBastard he is, getting away with the deaths of five people, having sex with high school girls, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shooting Dexter's deer]]. Not a tear was shed when he dies after first blaming his actions on a shitty childhood and then threatening Matt realizes he's going to die regardless.
* InVinoVeritas: Matt' "friend" Bill does several lines of cocaine and in a moment of anger and partial guilt reveals to Dexter how Matt lied and bribed his way out of suffering consequences for a boat accident he caused.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Hannah died three years ago according to Harrison and it lead to him finding a letter from Dexter lead him to discover his father was still alive.]]
* OffTheGrid: {{Downplayed}}, but Dexter obviously doesn't want to be found.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Angela, who has a teenage daughter, is currently dating "Jim" (Dexter).
* PhoneCallFromTheDead: Kurt claims to have just got off the phone with his son Matt, even though it is currently raining Matt's ashes.
* TheRez: Iron Lake rests near the Seneca Reservation
* RuleOfSymbolism: The White Stag: a pure white deer that Dexter tracks and "hunts" as part of his morning routine but which he's never seen intending to kill. When Matt Caldwell kills it, it becomes the straw that breaks Dexter's will and leads to murder the former.
* SanitySlippage: Years of isolation and having no murder to curb his impulses
* TheyHaveTheScent: Dexter uses [[spoiler:Matt's jacket to throw off the search dogs that will arrive in the morning]].
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We see Dexter as he hallucinates his dead sister berating him for killing Matt Caldwell and letting Harrison back into his life.
* ToxicInc: Edward Olsen's oil company.
* [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Girlfriend]]: At first annoyed that Dexter had a son he never mentioned, Angela quickly comes around and offers advice to him. Dexter actually believed she was going to break-up with him.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Matt's friend Bill, fueled with anger and cocaine, tells a random stranger the truth of how Matt deliberately caused a boat accident that killed five people. Unfortunately that person was [[PayEvilUntoEvil Dexter Morgan]], a SerialKiller with a preference for {{AssholeVictim}}s who escaped justice.
* WoodchipperOfDoom: Suggested by Deb as a means of disposing of [[spoiler:Matt]].
