The Expats

Dexter explains that he hired Marlena to get access to the colonel’s computer. Marlena met regularly with Colonel Petrovic, allowing Dexter to record his credentials and keystrokes, as well as to create a fake portal for bank transactions. While the colonel carried out his intended transactions on the fake website, Dexter executed the actual transaction on the real one. He also reveals that Smolec’s given name is Niko, accounting for the other contact on his secret phone.

Petrovic dealt with General Velten to oversee the sale of MiG fighters—a type of Soviet fighter jet—to a Congolese revolutionary militia. Dexter stole half of the money the army had given Colonel Petrovic to pay General Velten.

Kate asks Dexter why he was always so busy if he was targeting just one transaction. Dexter answers that he was using the time to monitor the colonel’s activities and to research securities in which he could invest the money he had stolen. Dexter affirms that his computer work and the money are virtually untraceable, given Luxembourg’s propensity for banking secrecy. They can return to the US but will need to hold back from owning assets to avoid government scrutiny.

Dexter used the farmhouse to shred any paperwork that came to him from the bank.