Overview

• Episode 9, titled “Touched by an Ángel,” debuted August 29 on Paramount+ as the season’s penultimate chapter.
• A long-running original-series figure dies in the episode, intensifying the New York arc tied to Leon Prater and his clandestine network.
• The actor behind the departing character said he was told from the start that this would be the character’s final act, with non-literal returns in the franchise still possible.
• Critics describe the death as one of the series’ most emotionally significant, closing a continuity thread that spanned multiple Dexter iterations.
• The season finale is imminent, and an early leak of Episode 10 has circulated online, prompting spoiler warnings as attention turns to the conclusion.