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Dexter: Resurrection

Dexter: Resurrection
Genre
Based on
Developed byClyde Phillips
ShowrunnerClyde Phillips
Starring
Music byPat Irwin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
Cinematography
  • Joe Collins
  • Radium Cheung
Editors
  • Perri Frank
  • Katie Ennis
  • Louis Cioffi
  • Gaston Jaren Lopez
  • Sean Cusack
Running time47–66 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkParamount+ with Showtime
ReleaseJuly 11, 2025 (2025-07-11) –
present
Related

Dexter: Resurrection is an American crime drama mystery television series developed by Clyde Phillips. It is a sequel series to Dexter: New Blood and Dexter, and it features Michael C. Hall reprising his role as Dexter Morgan alongside Uma Thurman, Jack Alcott, David Zayas, Ntare Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Emilia Suárez, James Remar, and Peter Dinklage. It premiered on July 11, 2025 on Paramount+ with Showtime.

Premise

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A few weeks after New Blood, Dexter Morgan, who has miraculously recovered from his near-fatal gunshot wound, chases a missing Harrison to New York City, where Captain Angel Batista from Miami is hot on their trail.[1]

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of Dexter characters

Main

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Recurring

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Guest

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Episodes

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No.Title [5]Directed by [6]Written by [7]Original release date [8]
1"A Beating Heart..."Marcos SiegaClyde Phillips & Scott ReynoldsJuly 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)
Now living in New York City and working as a bellhop at The Empire Hotel, Harrison Morgan gives in to his own dark urges and murders Ryan Foster, a sexual predator who was attempting to rape a drunken Shauna, a guest who is attending a medical conference at the hotel. Dexter, having survived the shooting, is left comatose for ten weeks during which various faces from his past push him to live. As he undergoes physical therapy to recover, Dexter is visited by Teddy Reed and Angel Batista. The two reveal that Angela, after discovering that Logan shot at Dexter in his cell, recanted her allegations of him being the Bay Harbor Butcher with a note from Angela suggesting that she did it to repay Dexter for solving her friend Iris' murder. Matt Caldwell's murder has been attributed to his serial killer father while Logan's has been ruled self-defense. However, Angel is now suspicious of his former best friend's guilt in the Bay Harbor Butcher case and has Dexter legally declared alive. After learning of the murder Harrison committed, Dexter, still in a weakened physical state, escapes from the hospital in search of his son.
2"Camera Shy"Marcos SiegaScott BuckJuly 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)
Dexter investigates the crime scene and cleans up blood spatter evidence that Harrison had missed. Dexter is urged by his Dark Passenger in the form of Harry to guide his son, but he is reluctant to upend Harrison's life, preferring to protect him from a distance. Reclaiming his real identity, Dexter rents an apartment and buys a car, settling into life in New York. Dexter meets a Urcar rideshare driver named Blessing Kamara and befriends him. While talking with Blessing, he learns of a serial killer called the Dark Passenger who is targeting rideshare drivers. Dexter identifies the killer as Ronald "Red" Schmidt, but chooses to save the life of Red's next victim over getting the kill, a change from how Dexter has operated in the past as he now cares about other people. After Dexter's disappearance, Angel attempts to find him with the help of Teddy. Haunted by his killings, Harrison sells Dexter's truck which he still owns.
3"Backseat Driver"Monica RaymundNick ZayasJuly 18, 2025 (2025-07-18)
Dexter's work as a Urcar rideshare driver gets off to a rough start which Blessing helps him to rectify. Dexter undergoes acupuncture with Blessing's daughter Joy which restores Dexter's strength while Dexter acquires new kill tools from the Internet. Angel learns from Teddy that Dexter is in New York City and announces to Joey Quinn and Vince Masuka that he is retiring from the police force to chase after something. Harrison continues to grow closer to his coworker Elsa, but becomes the prime suspect in Foster's murder. Rather than confess, Harrison reveals that he has been squatting in vacant rooms with Elsa's help as an alibi. Dexter successfully sets a trap for Red by setting himself up as the Dark Passenger's next victim and learns that Red is bitter because his cab driver father lost his job and committed suicide because of rideshare. Before Dexter kills him and burns the body, Red reveals that he was invited to a dinner party for serial killers which Dexter decides to attend in Red's place.
4"Call Me Red"Monica RaymundAlexandra Franklin & Marc MuszynskiJuly 25, 2025 (2025-07-25)
Posing as Red, Dexter meets Leon Prater, a venture capitalist who runs a secret society of serial killers and has a large trophy collection celebrating infamous serial killers, including Arthur Mitchell, Brian Moser and Dexter himself. Dexter finds himself drawn to the group, bonding with Mia Lapierre, a serial killer targeting sexual predators who escape justice after the rape and murder of her sister. Dexter later kills Lowell in order to save his next victim. Inspired by Prater, Dexter resumes his practice of collecting blood slide trophies. Angel arrives in town and unsuccessfully attempts to convince Harrison to tell him what he knows about Dexter's activities. Learning of Foster's murder, Angel offers his help to the NYPD, but doesn't tell them his suspicions about Harrison, determined to catch Dexter and sympathizing with Harrison. Harrison continues to struggle with guilt over Foster's murder, culminating in him nearly turning himself in to the police after meeting Angel and being rejected when he tried to kiss Elsa, but Dexter reveals himself to Harrison and stops him.
5"Murder Horny"Marcos SiegaKatrina Mathewson & Tanner BeanAugust 1, 2025 (2025-08-01)
Dexter reunites with Harrison who reveals Batista's hunt for Dexter and opens up about his guilt, but is reluctant to have his father back in his life. Harrison continues to struggle with his guilt over Ryan's murder and being a suspect in the investigation. To distract himself, Dexter spends more time with Mia and considers revealing the truth about his identity to her and Mia suggests collaborating on a kill. However, Dexter discovers that Mia is just as depraved as the other serial killers he hunts, targeting anyone when the need to kill strikes her. Unable to kill Mia without drawing attention to himself, Dexter has her arrested as Mia is about to kill her next victim and pins Ryan's murder on her. Prater, who does an interview about himself, orders Charley to deal with Mia and she promises Mia that her stay in prison will be comfortable and short. Dexter finally opens up to his son and promises not to try to mold Harrison after him anymore, and the two begin to rebuild their relationship.
6"Cats and Mouse"Marcos SiegaKirsa ReinAugust 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)
7"Course Correction"Monica RaymundTeleplay by : Hilly Hicks Jr.
Story by : Hilly Hicks Jr. & Edith D. Rodríguez		August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15)
8"The Kill Room Where It Happens"Monica RaymundTeleplay by : Tony Saltzman
Story by : Tony Saltzman & Dane Anderson		August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
9"Touched by an Ángel"Marcos SiegaTeleplay by : Scott Reynolds
Story by : Matt Venne		August 29, 2025 (2025-08-29)
10"And Justice For All..."Marcos SiegaTeleplay by : Clyde Phillips
Story by : Clyde Phillips & Alexandra Franklin & Marc Muszynski		September 5, 2025 (2025-09-05)

Production

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Development

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On July 26, 2024, at San Diego Comic-Con during the Dexter: Original Sin panel, a sequel series to Dexter: New Blood titled as Dexter: Resurrection was announced. It is developed by Clyde Phillips who is also serving as an executive producer and the showrunner.[9] On January 7, 2025, Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, and Marcos Siega were added as executive producers. Production companies involved with the series are Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios.[10] According to Hall and Phillips, Resurrection is designed to have multiple seasons.[1]

Casting

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Upon the series sequel announcement, Hall was confirmed to reprise his role as Dexter Morgan.[9] On January 7, 2025, David Zayas, Jack Alcott, and James Remar joined cast to reprise their roles as Angel Batista, Harrison Morgan, and Harry Morgan as series regulars.[10] A few weeks later, Uma Thurman was cast as a series regular.[11] In February 2025, Peter Dinklage, Ntare Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa and Emilia Suárez joined the cast as a series regular while Krysten Ritter was cast as serial killer Mia / Lady Vengeance in a recurring capacity.[12][13][14] In March 2025, Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Stonestreet and David Dastmalchian were respectively cast as Lowell / The Tattoo Collector, Al / Rapunzel and Gareth / The Gemini Killer in guest role,[15][16][17][18] with Steve Schirripa joining in a recurring capacity.[19] John Lithgow revealed in an interview that he will reprise his role as Arthur Mitchell / Trinity Killer.[20][21] In the same month, David Magidoff joined cast to reprise his role as Teddy Reed in a recurring capacity.[22] In late March 2025, Jimmy Smits was confirmed to be reprising his role as Miguel Prado.[21] In April 2025, Marc Menchaca and Reese Antoinette were cast in guest roles.[23] On June 1, 2025, Erik King was confirmed to be reprising his role of James Doakes.[24]

Filming

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Principal photography for the series began on January 9, 2025 in New York City.[25][26][11] Marcos Siega directs episodes 1–2, 5–6 and 9–10 while Monica Raymund directs episodes 3–4 and 7–8.[6]

Release

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Dexter: Resurrection premiered on Paramount+ with Showtime on July 11, 2025, with its first two episodes.[27]

Reception

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Audience viewership

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Dexter: Resurrection became Showtime's most-streamed premiere, drawing 3.1 million global cross-platform viewers within its first three days, surpassing Dexter: Original Sin's streaming premiere record. It is 44% more than Original Sin and 76% more than Dexter: New Blood.[28]

Critical response

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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating based on 37 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Dexter brushes off a minor case of death and multiple false endings to reemerge as vital as ever in a knowingly absurd continuation that rediscovers the thrill of the hunt."[29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable".[30]

References

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  16. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 10, 2025). "Eric Stonestreet Joins 'Dexter: Resurrection' For Major Arc". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
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