Picking up where last season left off, Dexter is in shock on the lawn, clutching Harrison while the authorities swarm around them. Deb takes them back to her apartment (aka Dexter’s old pad).
Dean is living a “normal” life. He has a family. He makes breakfast, goes to a normal job, works on the car with Ben. But these images of normalcy are juxtaposed with scenes of hunting and, more importantly, Sam.
Elena and Damon recruit Alaric for a trip to the university Isabel worked at. The plan is to search through Isabel’s research in the hopes of figuring out what other supernatural secrets Mystic Falls holds.