Return to Sender

Season 1, Episode 6, Aired

Episode Summary

EDIT
9.3
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Superb
812 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate Now!
Dexter is called to the scene of the crime at the Castillo junkyard. The Ice Truck Killer has returned Valerie Castillo's body putting Dexter in danger of being caught. A boy is found who witnessed the crime.
  • Dexter is finally starting to get some real emotions.

    9.0
    "Superb"
    I loved how the chance of getting caught brought some real emotions out in dexter. I felt bad for his girl cause he kinda left her hanging to deal with his own stuff, but in the end it worked out better. It gave her a changes to gain more of a backbone. His sister was super mad but I thought that it was messed up that she asked for his help and got mad when he told her what's up. She only got promoted because of him. I promise of Dexter really starting to engage the killer what interesting, he's got to do something if the killer gets caught he could tell the police all about dexter and then he would be screwed.moreless
  • bascially this was one of the best episodes yet in the series. Dexter thinks he is going to be caught by the cops, and escapes

    9.8
    "Superb"
    its so good, bascially dexter thinks hes going to be caught by the cops so he trys his best to destroy all of his evidence. The ice truck killer is reallly onto him and its hard for him to go through his normal life with the ice truck killer always behind him, or well, maybe it is more like he is one step ahead of him. He can not go to the cops, or his sister, or his girlfriend. Dexter has no body to help him out, he is truly on his own on this one. Somehow he gets through it and comes out alive and all is well,moreless
  • A brilliant and special episode

    9.0
    "Superb"
    This was the first episode I ever saw of this serie and after that one episode my sister made me watch, I fell for the show. I mean, the idea of that episode is brilliant, twisted and refreshing - serial killer working in police tries to avoid being caught. In all those CSIs and other cop dramas we always get police trying to catch killers.. So to have the table turned around and seeing it from different viewpoint, it is refreshing and the deep they try to explain what Dexter feels and does.. it is something what makes this show different and makes me watch it.

    So, I really think this episode was good one.moreless
  • Curiosity killed the Copycat (almost)

    9.0
    "Superb"
    Un 9 a Dexter, porque los personajes van evolucionando y humanizndose, porque la historia se asienta y gana en inters, entusiasmo y solidez, porque hay alguien siempre ms inteligente que uno y the ice-truck killer lo es, porque no fue tan fcil para nuestro protagonista, porque LaGuerta es querible, porque no tienen miedo de hablar en espaol, porque s.
    Lo que no me gusta son esos flashbacks, y lo que no entiendo es por qu Dexter es tan malito, est bien que seguramente haya presenciado la muerte de sus padres pero no puede ser tan seco y freak, no s, hay algo en ese personaje y en la actuacin de Michael que no terminan de convencerme.moreless
  • Dexter is cornered!

    9.5
    "Superb"
    The comparison to Dexter as Jesus Christ was funny. Dexter saved the boy and the people locked in the storage locker, but I'm not sure if he has the turn the other cheek side down.

    With all these people knowing his identity I knew it couldn't be long before the heat was on. Dexter lucked out this time, but with the ice truck killer still around it could only be a matter of time.

    The ice truck killer is really brazen to break into Dexter's house and then pull up Valerie's body of the watery depths. I only imagine he'll become more in your face as Dexter and his relationship blossoms.

    I did feel sorry for Deb. She is so close to finding out his secrets and yet so far away.moreless
WRITE A REVIEW

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

FILTER BY TYPE

  • TRIVIA (5)

    ADD TRIVIA
    • As Rita is pinning up a banner for Astor's birthday, one can see that the word "birthday" is misspelled as "birtday".

    • Although they are only one day apart from each other, Sergeant Doakes' stitches were on his head on the previous episode whilst are totally gone without even a scar left on this one.

    • On the previous episode, we can clearly see on the screen of Dexter's radar the deepness of the place he dumped Valerie Castillo's body was of 300 feet. Nevertheless, at the beginning of this episode when listing all the trouble the Ice Truck Killer had to bring the body back Dexter says he had to dive 100 feet to do it.

    • Continuity error: Dex kicks a hub cap in the salvage yard. Later in the episode, the hub cap is back on its original place.

    • While the young witness is eating the cake/treat it changes size from having being bitten once to nearly being gone in the last scene.

  • QUOTES (20)

    ADD QUOTES
    • Doakes' sister: (To Deb) First words out of my baby brother's mouth were "got milk, motherfucker?".

    • Dexter: (voice over) I was wrong about birthdays. Maybe the reason to celebrate them is what they offer: the hope of living to see another one.

    • Deb: Let me ask you a question. Why do you have it in for me? LaGuerta: You're loud, you're impulsive, and you constantly question authority. Deb: Fair enough. LaGuerta: I hear you have an interesting theory on who... (door shuts as Deb leaves)

    • Deb: I traded my glasses in for contacts in high school. LaGuerta: Boys? Deb: Yeah. What I really needed was tits. I had Winnie the Poohs in my bras until I was sixteen, and as you can see, not a whole lot's changed since then.

    • Dexter: (reading Deb's profile of Valerie Castillo's killer) The similar manner in which the victim's body was displayed suggests this killer feels a connection to the Ice Truck Killer, excited by what he's doing. The cut on the victim's cheek, while not fatal, appears to be a signature of sorts. Because of the lack of evidence collected from the crime scene, the suspect may be familiar with law enforcement or forensics procedure. Huh.

    • Dexter: (voice over) If my back wasn't against the wall, I'd almost feel guilty for hacking into Masuka's email. Once I got past all the porn, it was easy.

    • Deb: I don't know, he's just got this spirit about him. Guy's missing body parts because of this Ice Truck Killer asshole, and he's still hitting on me. Doakes' Mother: That's because men only think with one body part, and that one was not cut off.

    • Deb: (relating a story to Doakes' family) So this john comes out of nowhere. He's got me by the throat. I can't reach around to get my gun, and I see he has a nipple ring. I rip that fucker out like it's a grenade pin!

    • Doakes: Ain't never seen a latrine before, Morgan? Deb: Yeah, just uh, not indoors. Doakes: Yeah, well the army taught me a lot of things... LaGuerta: I feel a Desert Storm story coming on. Doakes: ...but digging holes for people to take a dump, that was most important. Deb: I'm not really getting that. Doakes: Doesn't matter how many bars you got on your collar, Morgan. LaGuerta: Everybody's shit stinks. Doakes: There you go.

    • Masuka: Yo, what's up with you today? You're throwing off my chi. Dexter: You're not Chinese. Masuka: I'm not?

    • (in trailer with body) Dexter: You find anything else? Doakes: (looking at the body) That ain't enough?

    • Dexter: (voice over) I don't get birthdays. The party, the song. Celebrating another year just being alive feels... forced.

    • (Dexter and Masuka examine Valerie Castillo's body) Dexter: You got anything Masuka: No bruising. Nothing under her nails. She didn't put up a fight. If she was killed here, which I doubt, whoever did it was a real pro. Dexter: (voice over) Under normal circumstances I'd take that as a compliment.

    • Dexter: (voice over) I shouldn't even be here. Rita will be devastated if I'm arrested. Her husband was a crackhead and her boyfriend's a serial killer. It's hard not to take that personally.

    • Dexter: Valerie Castillo. Angel: Yeah, it sounds like she got exactly what was coming to her. Personally, I'd shake this guy's hand. Dexter: (voice over) Eh, you say that now...

    • (after Masuka orders Tox screen of Valerie Castillo) Dexter: (voice over) That's it. No more donuts for Masuka.

    • Dexter: Who's the boy? Deb: All we've got so far is that he's Cuban and seems to like LaGuerta. Spend enough time in a hot trunk and I guess she'd look good to anybody.

    • Dexter: (voice over) Life is so fleeting. So fragile. Every breath with its potential to be our last.

    • Dexter: (voice over) Nothing lasts forever, just ask a Ford Pinto.

    • Dexter: (voice over) Eventually most serial killers get caught. There's really not much of a retirement plan.

  • NOTES (2)

    ADD NOTES
    • The song at Astor's party is performed by Dan Licht. It's called "Party" or "Happy Birthday, Astor". It can be heard at Dan Licht's official website.

    • The director of this episode, Tony Goldwyn, has directed a few episodes of The L Word, another Showtime series.

  • ALLUSIONS (1)

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Dexter's alias: Patrick Bateman Bateman is the name of the main character in the novel (and movie) American Psycho written by Bret Easton Ellis.

More
Less