Dexter: 10 Most Hated Episodes Of All Time

10. "Hop A Freighter" - Season 5, Episode 11

By the end of season four, Dexter fans were led to believe there would be an intense showdown between Dexter and Joey Quinn (more on that later), who had grown suspicious of him. Through the following season, Quinn continued digging up Dex's past by enlisting a seedy ex-narc named Stan Liddy.

The tension rose with each episode as Liddy discovered more about Dexter. He even managed to photograph Lumen Pierce and Dex appearing to ditch black body bags. At times, his obsession with Mr Morgans' past came off as unhealthy, but it also brought him closer to the truth. And the more he learned, the more he shared with Quinn... for a price.

After kidnapping Dexter, Liddy revealed all he unearthed, unveiling his intentions of exposing 'America's Favorite Serial Killer.' However, he made Dex a deal. If he confessed, Lumen would be left out of the entire ordeal.

Of course, Dexter didn't agree and somehow managed to fight Liddy without full use of his limbs. By the end of the episode, Dex turned Liddy's knife around, killing him in what was determined to be an act of "self-defense."

That was it.

Someone was deadly close to exposing Dexter, and then that was conveniently killed off with ease, and no one really cared. In fact, it hardly came up again after the season. Sadly, "Hop A Freighter" led to another disappointing set of events...