New Blood: 01x08 - Unfair Game

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Previously on Dexter: New Blood...

[DEXTER] I think this is human skin.

She bit her attacker.

[ANGELA] What if Iris
was just the first?

[DEB] He's drifting further
and further toward Kurt.

What could possibly go wrong?

[HARRISON] I like you.
I thought you liked me, too.

Last night, you broke that kid's elbow.

- Oh!
- Kurt Caldwell, you're under arrest

for the m*rder of Iris Broussard.

- Who?
- Give this to your dad.

Stay away from my son.

Titanium doesn't melt.

[DEXTER] He knows.

Jim showed up at just the right time,

which is also weird.

I would totally do a deep dive.

But it's not like he's hiding
anything from you.

I'm f*cked up, and I always have been.

- I remember everything.
- [CHILD CRYING]

Daddy will be home soon.

And I think about it all
the time, hurting people.

[DEXTER] The s*ab wound doesn't
match the story he told Angela.

Something's off.

This wound wasn't made
by a hunting Kn*fe.

Harrison brought his own
w*apon to school that day.

He has my Dark Passenger.

What the f*ck?!

- Hey, psycho!
- That's enough.

I have to tell Harrison everything.

[GRUNTS]

♪ On a hill far away ♪

♪ Stood an old rugged cross ♪

♪ The emblem ♪

♪ Of suffering and shame ♪

♪ And I love that old cross ♪

[BILL] Hey, psycho!

[MUFFLED] ♪ Where the dearest and best ♪

♪ For a world of lost
sinners was slain ♪

♪ And I'll cherish
the old rugged cross ♪

♪ Cross ♪

♪ Till my trophies ♪

♪ At last I lay down... ♪

[GROANING]

What you got now, ass wipe?

[GROANING]

[BOTH GROAN]

[GROANING]

What the f*ck?! Psycho.

[YELLING]

[GROANS]

f*ck.

[YOUNG MEN YELLING]

Oh. Oh.

[BILL] Holy sh*t, man!
You f*cking k*lled him!

Ah! No!

[YELLING]

[LAUGHS]

- [PANTING]
- [DOOR OPENS]

♪ And I'll cherish
the old rugged cross ♪

♪ Old rugged cross ♪

♪ Till my trophies ♪

♪ At last I lay down ♪

♪ Yes, I will cling ♪

♪ To the old rugged cross ♪

♪ And exchange it ♪

♪ Some day for a crown... ♪

[INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE PLAYS
OF "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS"]

[DEXTER] Who the hell is this guy?

- [GRUNTS]
- [PHONE RINGING]

Afternoon, Mr. Caldwell.

Hey, Elric,

could you turn the f*cking
hillbilly music down a little?

Yeah. Sor-Sorry.

♪ The old ru... ♪

[TURNS MUSIC OFF]

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's fine.

Just checking in. How's your job coming?

[ELRIC] Oh, I got your
fish-and-game guy.

Oh, easy as pie.

- You handling his son?
- [DEXTER] My son?

[KURT] I'm handling everything.

I'll see you soon.

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DEXTER GRUNTS]

[MUFFLED GROANING]

[BOTH GROANING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[GROANING]

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[DEXTER GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[SPITS]

[PANTING]

[GROANS, PANTING]

[SNIFFLES]

[UP-TEMPO, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

f*ck.

Ah.

[DEXTER PANTING]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GROANS]

[GROANING]

f*ck!

[BIRD SINGING]

[INSTRUMENTAL OF "O COME,
ALL YE FAITHFUL" PLAYING]

- [HAND BELL JINGLING]
- [DISTANT CHATTER]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

It almost fell, oh, my God.

[PHONE BUZZING]

Hello?

Hey, Harrison,

I'm headed to the Truck
Stop. Are you there?

I thought you were in jail.

Oh, no, no, no.

That... We got that cleared up.

That was just a misunderstanding.

Cool. Cool.

Y-Yeah, actually, I, um...

I-I'm not at the Truck Stop right
now. I had to leave a little early,

uh, 'cause my dad came
by, we had a huge fight.

What do you mean, a
huge fight? You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Yeah, well, it doesn't sound like it.

Your dad just doesn't let up, does he?

Is he with you now?

N-No, I, um... I don't know where he is.

Mm.

Uh, well, did he call you to
check to see if you're okay?

No.

Okay. Well, I'm sure he's just,
uh, tied up with something.

Hey, listen, buddy, uh, where are you?

Um, I'm a-across the street
from the-the Christmas tree lot.

Okay, you stay right there, all right?

I'm gonna come and pick you up.

I got a surprise for you.

[SLOW, OMINOUS MUSIC]

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

[GROANING, PANTING]

[DEXTER] I got to lose this guy,

get back to his truck and find my son.

[GROANING, PANTING]

[KNOCKING]

Hey. What's up?

It's Christmas Eve is what's up.

- Go home.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Yeah. I'm... I'm headed out soon.

- You good?
- I will be.

Well, you know, if you ever, uh,
want to grab a drink or anything...

... I'm sure that Jim would
love to hear from you.

Did you hear that we-we
had drinks the other night?

- I didn't.
- You know, he acts all easy breezy,

but underneath, he's... He cares
a lot about you and Harrison.

I mean, look at how upset he
got after his kid almost OD'd.

Nearly k*lled that drug dealer.

What are you talking about?

Uh, that's right. You were, um...

You were in New York.

Well, we went to Crystal Bar

to arrest the drug dealer,
Miles O'Flynn.

Jim had already found the guy

and was, uh, b*ating
the sh*t out of him.

- How did you not tell me this?
- Oh, I meant to. I just...

Okay, look, I didn't
want it to look like

I was talking sh*t about your boyfriend.

Uh, his anger got the best of him.

If-if it was my kid, I probably
would have reacted the same way.

[SIGHS] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I-I-I wasn't trying to, you know,
make you upset or anything. I...

Oh, it's okay. It's okay.
It's... it's been a tough week.

[EERIE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[PANTING]

[GROANING]

[SUCKS IN SHARPLY THROUGH TEETH]

[PANTING]

[GROANS LOUDLY]

[DEXTER] I really hate it when
I'm the one who's bleeding.

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DEB] Your son's blood.

It's all on your hands.

g*dd*mn save him.

I'm working on it.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY]

That's it. I guarantee it'll
make you feel dyno-mite.

- sh*t. No, I wasn't doing sh*t!
- Hey! Hey, hey!

You've got some time to talk.

f*cking bullshit!

- I was just drinking a beer, man.
- Relax, Miles.

I'm not gonna hurt you or bust you.

I'm here to ask you about your
encounter with Jim Lindsay.

Who?

He was the guy who
did that to your face.

Oh. That guy. f*cking lunatic.

Yeah. I'm still thinking
about pressing charges.

Do you want to tell me what went down?

This isn't like a trick
or something, right?

Like, you're not trying to entrap me?

Okay? 'Cause I'm not f*cking stupid.

No? Well, you help me out,
I'll return the favor.

Okay. All right.

So, I was at the bar, having a drink,

when that, uh, Jim dude,
or whatever his name is,

comes over to me, all friendly and sh*t.

- Friendly?
- Yeah.

He asks me if I could... do him a favor.

Heard you might know
where to get some blues.

Follow me outside.

He asked you for dr*gs?

Your words, not mine.

Anyway, so he gets me outside
over by the dumpsters.

So I could...

So you could do him that favor?

Right. Except out of nowhere,
he f*cking jumped me.

He just started attacking
you with no provocation?

Yeah, just started swinging at me.

And look, okay, this
is gonna sound crazy,

but before he started pounding on me,

he poked me in the neck, with,
like, a needle or some sh*t.

- A needle?
- Yeah, and so, I was like,

"What the f*ck?" And I look up,
and I see the police rolling up,

and I'm like, what the actual f*ck?

And that's when he started
throwing fists, man.

[GRUNTING]

- Wait. Wait.
- He's got fast hands, yo.

He starts punching you
after the cops show up?

Yeah, man. Yeah, just
right as they rolled up.

And the thing he poked you with,
you're sure it was a needle?

Well, I-I didn't really get
a good look at it, okay?

It all happened so fast,
but, like, I mean, look,

I still got the f*cking mark. Check it.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[WATER RUSHING]

Kurt said I had to bring you in alive.

You know what?

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GASPS, GROANS]

He'll just have to understand.

[PANTING]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GASPS, GROANS]

[KURT MUMBLES] Right?

[CHUCKLING] I mean, you know, sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

[KURT SIGHS]

I think the school's closed for,
you know, Christmas break.

Yeah, well, they haven't
changed the locks

since I was Matt's wrestling
coach, so... [CHUCKLES]

What about security cameras?

Oh, you mean for our precious children?

No, those are reserved
for tracking white deer

because that's what's important, right?

Sometimes it feels good to
be bad. Don't you think?

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

Besides, what are they gonna
do... arrest me? Again?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[SHUDDERS]

[DEXTER] f*cking snow.

Even a three-year-old could track me.

Come on, big man,
head on down that creek

so I can get back to my son.

First perfect game in school history.

That's Matt?

Yeah. He was about your age.

Ah, I used to go to every
one of his games.

That's what I loved
most about being a dad.

Whoa.

He lettered in three sports?

[KURT] Yeah. He was...

he was special.

Well, how's he doing?
Have you talked to him lately?

Actually... I haven't, you know.

Uh, we never really
communicated very well.

Not like you and me.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Oh.

Does that mean he's not
coming home for Christmas?

Uh...

you know, with all the search party,

I think he's afraid to
show his face around here.

That's too bad.

People are pretty forgiving.

Especially during the holidays.

Not everyone.

Hey, let's go have
some fun, huh? Come on.

Oldest trick in the g*dd*mn book.

You want to play games?

I can do this all f*cking day.

[DEXTER] You might have
all day, but I don't.

- sh*t. This is great.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah. Right?

Small towns love them some
sport, huh? [CHUCKLES]

I mean, what else we gonna do, right?

Okay.

Uh, let's see...

That one...

All right.

[MACHINE HUMMING]

- Put that ball right in here.
- All right.

All right, wait for me
to get down there.

Okay.

Okay.

All right, anytime.

[CHUCKLES]

- Whoa!
- Wow.

Matt's got nothing on you, huh?

Yeah, well, I led the Mountain League

in batting my senior year.

Taught him everything...

he knows.

All right, that's enough.
Let's turn this thing off

before I hurt myself showing off.

[LAUGHS]

You ever play?

What, Jim never taught you?

No.

All right. Let's see what you got.

[PANTING]

[DEXTER] Summer camp.

_

Perfect place for a serial
k*ller to make his stand.

All right. Batter up!

- Sorry.
- It's okay,

you don't have to apologize.

Okay. Here you go.

It's all right.

You just weren't taught right.

Y-You're swinging with
your wrists, all right?

Good instincts,

but you've got to use
your whole body, right?

You've got to step with your legs.

Swing. Whole body.

There you go. Good. One more time.

Step. Whole body.

All right, now, this time,
step, whole body,

snap your wrists. Ready?

Step, whole body, snap!

There you go. There.

You're not afraid, are you?

- No.
- Good.

[SNIFFS]

Now...

Ready?

Okay. Just... relax.

Keep your head down.
Eye on the ball, all right?

- [GENTLE MUSIC]
- Ready?

Hey, attaboy! Attaboy. All right.

Good, good, good. Now, step into it.

Oh! There we go.

[LAUGHS]

- Whew! Good God!
- [LAUGHING]

This is getting too easy for you.

You know what? Let's try a curve ball.

See how you handle that.

All right. Here we go.

[GRUNTS]

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah. I'm-I'm good.

All right.

Okay.

[MACHINE POWERING DOWN]

Turn it back on.

[GRUNTS]

Sorry. I'm not the guy
you're looking for.

Put another one in.

And my own dad thinks I'm what?

A liar? An animal?

Again.

[GRUNTS]

Again.

Again.

- [CHEERING]
- [CRIES OUT]

Again!

[MACHINE POWERS DOWN]

You are one tough f*cking kid.

So, you ever had venison?

No, I... No, I've never had it.

Really? You mean the whole time
you've been here in Iron Lake,

Jim hasn't cooked you up some venison?

Nope.

Oh. I don't know what the
hell he's waiting for.

Come on, we're gonna rectify
that situation right now.

All right. Let's go.

[GRUNTS]

I also see some quality
Scotch in your future.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

[BREATHING SHARPLY]

[HARRISON] I thought we
were headed to your place.

We are. I have a cabin out this way.

Oh, cool.

Yeah. I do all my hunting out here.

It's where I keep my venison.

It's nice, you know. To have a
place you can go to get away,

be yourself.

Yeah.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

[DEXTER] Hope he's as
drawn to blood as I am.

[PANTING]

You said you had all day.

Well, I've got news for you.

The night is mine.

[SIGHS]

[LOGAN] What's going
on? Everything okay?

Yeah. It's just... You know
what? You were right.

I pushed everything
aside to deal with Iris.

- I want to close out all our files.
- Now?

Yeah, I keep thinking about
that story you told me

about the opioid bust.

You mind bringing me up
to speed on that case?

Okay, um, once we arrested Miles,

I got him to snitch on his supplier.

Piece of sh*t named Jasper Hodge.

I coordinated with the
Staties to make the arrest,

- but we got there too late.
- It was too late?

Yeah. When we went to make the arrest,

he was already dead.

Accidentally OD'd on his own product

while he was pressing pills.

How long had he been
dead when you found him?

About an hour before we got there.

So... maybe Miles tipped Jasper off

that the police were coming?

Maybe he OD'd because
he didn't want to spend

- all those years in prison?
- I don't think so.

I mean, when I brought Miles
and Jim into the station,

Miles gave up Jasper quick.

But we held Miles for hours,

and Jasper was dead in ten.

How long did you keep Jim in custody?

No more than an hour. I mean,
I wasn't trying to punish him.

I just wanted to make
sure he cooled off.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[DOOR BANGS]

Stupid m*therf*cker took
a Kn*fe to a g*n fight.

[PANTING]

All right.

Yeah. Okay.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[GROANS]

Christ! Who the hell are you?

Where does Kurt have my son?

f*ck you! [YELPS] Okay. Okay. Okay.

I think Kurt's got him up
in his cabin on Stern road.

That's where I was to bring you.

That's all I know.

I was just doing my job.

No-Nothing personal.

[GRUNTS, GURGLING]

We're talking about my son.

There's nothing more personal than that.

[PHONE BUZZING]

_

[PANTING]

_

[ANGELA] Do you see this often?

Fentanyl overdose? Are you kidding?

- By the guy making the pills.
- Eh, it happens.

He had, um, ketamine in his system, too.

That could explain it.

- Was it lethal drug interaction?
- No.

A party drug.

Probably took it to mellow out.

- Made him sloppy.
- So, there's nothing to suggest

that Jasper's death was anything other

than an accidental overdose?

Well, not unless someone
put a g*n to his head

and made him snort a line.

Just want to check one more thing.

f*cking faster, Dex!

I'm going as fast as I can.

- Text him. Warn him.
- It's risky.

- You have to let him know.
- I don't want to tip off Kurt.

This is the good stuff.

This is what they call
single malt Scotch whisky.

Best there is. Only kind I drink.

- Thank you.
- Go ahead. Give it a sh*t.

[GRUNTS]

- Hmm?
- [COUGHING]

[LAUGHS]

Ooh. That kind of tastes
like a Band-Aid.

[CHUCKLING]

You want to put some ice on that?

No, I'm good.

Mm.

[SIGHS]

Got to stop doing that to yourself, kid.

I mean, look, I get it.
I-I used to do stuff like that

when I was your age.

But the sooner you stop
punishing yourself

for whatever you think
is wrong with you...

Look, all I'm trying to say is
that you are who you are.

Find what gives you joy,
and you do that thing.

No apologies.

Whatever it is that brings
you pleasure in this world.

[SIGHS]

How do you...

H-How do you do that?

You just... take the leap.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Well, I have worked
up quite an appetite.

How about you?

Starving.

[TRUCK HORN HONKS]

_

Whoo! This is gonna be tasty.

- [CHUCKLES]
- [PHONE BUZZES]

Uh, hey, I'm-I'm getting a little cold.

Where's the firewood for the stove?

Um, it's around the side
of the house. I'll get it.

Oh, no, no, no. I got it.

Come on, Harrison. Come on. Come on.

_

You good?

Yeah.

You know, if it's getting late
and you need to be home,

I'm happy to give you a ride.

No. No way.

I wouldn't want to miss
out on all the venison.

[KURT LAUGHS]

Yeah, it's smelling
pretty tasty in there.

I'm glad we're doing this, kid.

Me, too.

All right. Hurry up.

sh*t.

[LAUGHING] So I'm trying to make weight.

And I... you know. I start wearing
a-a garbage bag, right?

- Mm-hmm.
- And then go for a run.

I'm drenched in sweat,
I got terrible BO,

and I'm wearing a frigging Hefty bag.

- Mm.
- I run around the corner,

and there she is,

- walking her dog.
- Oh, man.

[LAUGHS]

I had been gearing up

to ask her to the Spring Dance all week,

but, you know, at school,
there's always people around,

and I... I don't know.
I just kept pussying out.

- I get it.
- So, this time,

I say, "Okay, forget about it."

I'm-I'm gonna take my sh*t.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna ask her.
Right there, right then.

What'd she say?

Well, she looked me up and down,

like I had just escaped from
a mental ward, and said,

"Do I look like I date white trash?"

[BOTH LAUGH]

Just laid me out.

But you probably don't
have that problem.

You're going out with the
police chief's daughter, right?

Uh, I don't know. After
that last wrestling match,

I-I think she looks at me like
I just escaped a mental ward.

Well, you know, I guess some people
are just never gonna understand

guys like you and me.

[CHUCKLES]

You know what I say?

f*ck 'em.

- Yeah.
- [LAUGHS]

- f*ck 'em!
- f*ck 'em!

[LAUGHS]

Attaboy.

Ah.

So... so-so what happened
with you going to jail?

W-What was that about?

Well, it was...

just a little mix-up with some DNA.

Well, it turns out that my dad

m*rder*d a teenage girl
in Iron Lake years ago.

- Oh, sh*t.
- Yeah.

He was a really messed up guy.

Wasn't easy growing up being
his son, I can tell you that.

And I guess, you know,
since I spent the night in jail

because of him, it still isn't easy.

[CHUCKLES]

Eh, you know.

Sometimes a kid just ends
up suffering for the...

choices of his father.

So, hey, why did the dad that
abandoned you for ten years

end up getting in a fight
with you at my truck stop?

Oh, I-I don't even
know if it was a fight

as much it was just me
being pissed at him

- all the time.
- Ah.

I just feel like I keep wanting
something from him that...

[SIGHS]

What? What do you want, kid?

I don't know. I...

When I came here, I wanted answers.

A-And now, as much as
I... f*cking hate to say it...

I-I think I was also
looking for, you know...

Connection. Real connection
with your dad. Hmm?

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

But I-I think he knew.

Even when I was five,
I think, I think he knew

how different we were.

Yo, this is Harrison. Leave a
message and I'll hit you back.

Well, w-we don't get each other

on, like, a-a normal, father-son level.

I-I feel like he's always holding
something back from me,

or... I don't know.

Whatever blood-bond most
fathers have with their kids,

[CHUCKLES] it's-it's not there.

Listen to me. You cannot
blame yourself for that.

That is on him.

Yeah.

Maybe it's his childhood
abandonment sh*t.

Maybe it's mine.

E-Either way, I got my answer.

[SIGHS]

If you were my son,

I would never have walked out on you.

Ever.

Tha-Thank you for saying that.

I mean it.

- Ah, damn.
- What's up?

Uh... [EXHALES SHARPLY]

Just something I have to take care of.

Okay. I'll be right back.

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN, CLOSES]

_

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[COUGHING]

W-What are you doing?

Wish it could've worked out differently.

But I don't have a choice, son.

Sins of the father.

It's a f*cked-up world out there.

- I-I don't...
- Get up.

Get out.

[STAMMERING] What-what-what,
did I say something wrong?

Did I do something?
I-I didn't mean to do anything.

J-Just tell me what I did
and I'll make it right.

I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.
I don't know what I did.

Please, Kurt. Please don't hurt me.

I'm sorry.

Run.

Run!

[HORN HONKING]

Come on! Get him out of the car!

I want him to see this.

[HORN CONTINUES HONKING]

Come on!

[HORN BLARING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Oh, sh*t.

[g*nsh*t]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING, PANTING]

Harrison!

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- Are you okay?
- I'm-I'm not hurt.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Where'd he go?

Come on. Let's get out of here.

[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]

_

_

_

[KEYBOARD CLICKING]

Ketamine...

_

_

How did you know we were there?

D-Did you know Kurt was...

What's-what's going on?

There's so much I need to tell you.

I should've way before it got to this.

You need to know.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

What?

Before anything else, you need to know

that you never have to feel
alone with your dark...

thoughts again.

You were probably drawn to Kurt

because he seemed to
understand you, but I...

... I was born in blood, just like you.

I had the same violent urges
when I was your age.

Like you, I didn't know
how to deal with them.

But my dad taught me a code.

A way to channel those urges.

I'm gonna tell you everything.

[DEXTER] This is all I had to do.

This is all he ever wanted.

Maybe, if I'm being honest...

maybe this is all I ever wanted, too.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]