‘Dexter’ Revival Details: ‘People Are Going to Die’
America’s most well-meaning serial killer is coming out of retirement. Dexter — Showtime’s 2006-13 drama about Dexter Morgan, Miami police blood spatter expert and murderer of murderers — will be back next fall in a 10-episode limited series.
Dexter (Michael C. Hall) was presumed dead after his boat capsized during a hurricane in the finale, but in the episode’s last minutes, we saw him living a quiet, solitary life working for a lumber company in Oregon.
“We’re moving forward to an ending that will be, as Chekhov said, surprising but inevitable,” says executive producer Clyde Phillips.
In the revival, eight years have passed, and Dexter is in a new locale, “somewhere we’ve never seen him before,” says Phillips, who plans to start production in January.
Familiar characters return (maybe Dexter’s now-teenage son, Harrison?), and Dexter again battles a big, bad character à la John Lithgow’s Trinity Killer or Jimmy Smits’ murderous ADA Miguel Prado from the series.
But his biggest adversary, of course, is himself.
“Dexter always has what we call ‘the dark passenger’ living inside him,” says Phillips. “He is more grounded than he’s ever been, but that dark passenger is a voice he cannot deny. This is Dexter. People are going to die.”
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Dexter was one of those series that was brilliant until the end. Killing off Deb like that and making Dexter a recluse just didn't do all those years of brilliant writing any justice. We were left thinking "we've invested all those years for what"? and were so disappointed. Hoping another season can allay that disappointment.
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You wrote my thoughts...exactly. Eerily exactly. Well said.
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Next time put a spoiler warning or something wow...
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Next you might want to avoid reading comments for a show you have not finished that ended several years ago double wow.
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Get your life together and finish the damn show before lookin at the next damn season that hasn’t come out yet.
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Dexter the secret hero
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Everyone talking about Harrison but how about this
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You should be a writer fot the show. Your idea of Dexter killing his son is excellent!!!!!! Or you let them both live and continue with the show. Dexter teaches his son the code and they murder the guilty together
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I think I like Wicked Chics opinion think Blue Butterfly needs a reality check put a spoiler alert the shows been over for years now, pretty sure most who had any interest or desire to watch Dexter has done so by now! Not to sure what era he’s living in? And PanaPhobic be it entertainingly fun scenarios 1 of which “ Spoiler Alert” actually has some merit from supposed materials being leaked on the web” But killing off Harrison won’t happen it’s way to qliche. But Harrison killing his siblings maybe even Hanna McKay ?? Fake, or is it???
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Don't end Dexter! I love this show. I hope Dexter teaches his son the code so the show will continue!!! I just wish deb didn't die in this show why?????☹
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why would you read a news story about a 9th season to a show you don't want spoiled for you? like seriously maybe watch the show that has been off the air for 8 YEARS!!!! and then read about the new season coming out, noone needs to to put Spoiler Warning anywhere on this story because the person reading the story is already seeking spoilers by reading about a NEW season to a show THEY HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP ALL THE WAY ON! smdh
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I’m sad dexter left Netflix,
Rewatched S 1-5ish , then it was stolen from me , so sad .
So sad , show-hole. ☹️😭🥺
I didn’t know it was going to leave.
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Spoiler warning, for God's sake! I know I'm late to the party but damn.
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Cannot wait for Dexter to be back!!!!
Absolutely love him in this character, he wants to be good by cleaning the world of the bad
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Well, I want Dex to live of course... but the Stand off ish between him and Harrison, is just too obvious. In the books all the kids have dark passengers or something like that. But maybe it's different, like Dexter gets found out, he's slashing his way out of dodge and the kids (any combination of them) go to find him and save him but maybe realize something and blah blah, he sees how it's destroyed them.... I dunno
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I like the idea of keeping the legacy continuing through his son...I loved the show, but could totally see when they parted ways with original writers...crazy how the writers are so much of a show, they make or break the entire direction ..and never get the recognition they deserve. Does anyone know when they plan to air these new 10 episodes?
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I believe it supposed to come out next Fall 2021.
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I've started watching the series again. I wanted to see what loose ends dexter may have left behind. There's a few I think... Like the kid in the first episode peeking through the trunk of the car in the junkyard. The daughter of the druggie in second season. Lumin. My coworker brought up one. Masuka. So I thought, maybe masuka played the puppet master in a lot of investigations, seeing what dexter is capable of. Planting certain things at each scene. All far fetched. But one can be creative haha
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They should have it set a little bit further in the future. He heard rumors about a serial killer in Argentina, and knows it's his son. He finds out his son is going down the same path that he went down, and tries to help him. In the last episode, Dexter realizes his son can't be saved, and tries to kill him. After drugging him and plastic wrapping him to a table, he explains tto his son that he can't be allowed to continue his life, and kills him. Hannah finds them just moments after Dexter fatally stabs his son. He tries to explain why he did it, but his love for his son too much for him, and he realizes that it needs to end with him. So he takes the same knife he used to kill his son and he stabs himself with it. Both of them die, and the story ends.
Of course, they could always continue the show on with Harrison instead, and have Harrison kill Dexter as the finale. Maybe have the same idea but just before Dexter kills him, he breaks out of his restraints and stabs Dexter instead. Or maybe Hannah finds them just before Dexter stabs Harrison, and she shoots Dexter. He doesn't die, but is severely injured. She then releases Harrison, who picks up the knife that Dexter was going to use, and stabs Dexter with it instead.
I think either of those would be great to see happen.
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You had me until the Dexter dies part. Why can't Dexter just teach Harrison the code? That way, the show goes on with both of them until Dexter is too old to do it anymore. Again you had me going and really interested until you wanted Dexter to die. I can't get behind that, sorry.
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RedLeaf, Because Harrison isn't a sociopath. Why would Dexter teach him that?
Dexter is too old to do what? Kill?? LOL
Since when is there an age limit to being a serial Killer?
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Harrison isn’t a sociopath? Says who?
Also, no one said there’s an age limit to being a serial killer. I think what he was trying to say was that Dexter is getting older and probably has different priorities now. Most serial killers are in their 30s. I don’t know how old Dexter is supposed to be, but he’s definitely not the young man he used to be.
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Well the question is why would he be? The only reason Dexter and his brother had the darkness was because their mom was butchered in front of them. Dexters dad even said that it was exposed to him to early which is why he decided to teach him. Harrison never went through that and grew up with the girl away from Dexter so it just doesn’t add up.
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I agree if they make Harrison a killer he could teach him the code.
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The original producer or director or whatever he was (he is helping with this new series) wanted dexter to die anyway at the end of the series. I think that is clyde Phillips, who was quoted in the article. He ended up leaving after 3 or 4 seasons, so it didn't go the way he planned, but now he will have a chance to kind of end it how he wanted. He did make a good point though, like dexter is a serial killer, he really does deserve to die, serial killers shouldn't get happy endings, which of course he didn't at the end of the original series, but he didn't die either. A lot of people were disappointed with the finale for either of those reasons. I'm just glad we're getting a little more dexter, and hopefully a spinoff with his son taking over would be awesome.
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He doesn't make a good point actually- yes he is a serial killer but the whole twist concerning that is the fact he has a code and only kills those who fit the code (people who do horrible things and would get away with it if not for Dexter). Its amazing to me how that guy left the part out, as well as you, as though it doesn't matter. Him "deserving" to die is his and your opinion. For myself and others no doubt that fact makes a difference and even gets you rooting for him.
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I m just enjoying all the comments I really loved Dexter that was a brilliant series ever
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