Shrink Wrap (Dexter episode)

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Dexter episode
"Shrink Wrap"
Episode no.	8
Prod. code	108
Orig. airdate	November 19, 2006 (Showtime)
Writer(s)
Director	Tony Goldwyn
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"Shrink Wrap" is the 8th episode of the Showtime series Dexter and first aired on 2006-11-19.

[edit] Plot

Dexter becomes suspicious when he discerns a pattern of recent deaths of powerful women by suicide. He discovers that all the women have consulted the same therapist, Dr. Emmett Meridian, and Dexter visits him under the pseudonym "Sean Ellis". The therapist actually helps Dexter with his intimacy issues, allowing him to have intercourse with Rita. During his therapy appointment Dexter notes that the therapist is surreptitiously recording his sessions. At night, Dexter breaks into the therapist's office, erases the video of his session, and reviews the videos of the sessions of the dead women, discovering that the therapist has used both drugs and psychology to induce them to commit suicide. Dexter books another appointment as Sean, confronts and subdues the therapist, and kills him.

Neil Perry confesses he is not the Ice Truck Killer after he freaks out at the sight of a severed head. Dexter sends the real Ice Truck Killer a message via Craig's List. Dexter's sister Debra brings her relationship with the prosthetics doctor, Rudy, into the open. And Rudy is revealed as the Ice Truck Killer when he responds to Dexter's message via e-mail, and then walks into his freezer of body parts, blood, and sliced Barbie dolls.

[edit] Trivia

• The therapist in this episode is played by the director, Tony Goldwyn.
• Dexter uses the email address frozenbarbie@hotmail.com to communicate with The Ice Truck Killer via Craig's list.
• The episode sparked numerous fans to post ads on Craigs list, using the names Ken and Barbie.