The prequel’s premiere sets up upcoming sequel series “Dexter: Resurrection.”
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the series premiere ofDexter: Original Sin.
The newDexterprequel series didn’t just resolve a major cliffhanger from sequelDexter: New Bloodit actuallyreversedit.
Michael C. Hall as Dexter in ‘Dexter: New Blood’.Credit:Seacia Pavao/Showtime
At the time, there was no question about Dexter’s fate.
“He dies in the end,” he explains.
“I wrote the finale he died at the end of that show.
Michael C. Hall in ‘Dexter’ season 7.Randy Tepper/Showtime
And then it was the most watched episode in the history of Showtime.”
But thenYellowstonehad a surprising impact on the future or, more accurately, thepast of theDexterfranchise.
“Because he had doneYellowstone[prequels]1883and1923.
Patrick Gibson, ‘Dexter: Original Sin’.Myrna Suarez/Paramount+with Showtime
So Chris said, ‘Can you come up with a prequel in two weeks?'”
“They’re starting to call it the Dexter-verse,” Phillips says.
“I’ve heard that a couple of times, which I’m fine with.”
“If people like Easter eggs, this show is an Easter egg hunt,” Phillips says.
“It’s so much fun.
And we do it.”
