Skin of Her Teeth
Dexter now lives in the fictional small town of Iron Lake, New York, hiding his identity under the name of Jim Lindsay, a local shopkeeper and having suppressed his killing urges.
In the episode, Dexter helps Angela in inspecting Iris' corpse, hoping it would lead to Kurt's arrest.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.713 million household viewers and gained a 0.15 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
In the cave, Angela (Julia Jones) tells Dexter (Michael C. Hall) to inspect Iris' corpse, due to his knowledge as a forensic scientist in his previous life in Miami.
Angela tells Dexter that she suspects Kurt (Clancy Brown) because he wanted to stop the search for Matt to prevent the police finding Iris' body in the cave.
He decides to help Angela by informing her of his encounter with Kurt and Molly (Jamie Chung) at the cabin and they drive there to inspect.
Suddenly, Angela and Logan (Alano Miller) arrive and arrest Kurt for Iris' murder, taking him to the station.
That night, Dexter makes a distraction so that all officers leave the station and confronts Kurt to tell him to stay away from him and Harrison.
The next day, Kurt decides to make a police statement, explaining that his abusive father used to brutally attack girls.
Their conversation soon turns to Dexter, realizing that he couldn't have heard Molly's earlier meeting with Kurt and likely recorded it with his phone.
Harrison states that he had nightmares but now realizes they were actually memories: he remembers the day Arthur Mitchell killed his mother.
Thinking that Dexter left because he thought he would grow up with these tendencies, Harrison hitches a ride to an unknown destination.
In December 2021, it was announced that the seventh episode of the revived series would be titled "Skin of Her Teeth", and was directed by Sanford Bookstaver and written by co-executive producer Veronica West and executive story editor Kirsa Rein from a story by West, Rein and Alexandra Salerno.
[3] In its original American broadcast, "Skin of Her Teeth" was seen by an estimated 0.713 million household viewers and gained a 0.15 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"[9] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star out of 5 rating and wrote, "'Skin of Her Teeth' has that classic 'Two Steps Forward, One Step Back' Dexter feeling, but still manages to give great showcases to Alcott and Julia Jones, who is finally able to get closure about the Iris situation.
"[10] Mary Littlejohn of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star out of 5 rating and wrote, "A grim and troubling turn of events led to a killer walking free.
