I hold Showtime's Dexter in high regard: a suspenseful saga (based on Jeff Lindsay's popular book series) where the killer is the protagonist, fulfilling his disturbing, serial impulses by tracking down (and terminating) those of his kind (and all for our benefit).
"New Blood" is the 10-part, revival series, which picks up ten years after Season 8's polarizing, ratings-winner finale.
We now find Michael C. Hall's Dexter Morgan in upstate New York, residing in the fictional town, Iron Lake, under the alias, Jim Lindsay (ha, ha). Lindsay is a cordial, unassuming sales clerk, and his lady friend, Julia Jones' Angela Bishop, is the Chief of Police. Well, Dexter was never one to place it safe on any counts even when he was playing it careful, hiding (and working) as it were in plain sight on a fair number of occasions.
Rumor has it that Clancy Brown's Kurt Caldwell, a town overseer, is the new antagonist, but in what manner precisely? Is he a basic, pain-in-the-ass snooper, with the potential to reveal our off-kilter hero's actual identity, or one of Dexter's same-ilk predators who deserves extinction?
Jennifer Carpenter returns as Dexter's sister, Debra (Deb), who perished at the end of Season 8, but in Dexter's mind, she lives on to whisper in his ear. Dexter's old opponent, John Lithgow's Arthur Mitchel (the Trinity Killer) appears as well in niggling, envisioned form. All of this will be rendered, no doubt, in the style of William James Remar, who commenced the trend as Dexter's defunct but mentoring "ghost" dad. (Jack Alcott's Harrison Morgan will say hello to inject tangible father/son conversations for added, thematic texture.)
Showtime did a terror-ific job with the original, long-running series, and it's a bloody given that the storytelling quality will prevail in this anticipated offshoot. To see how it progresses is where the devilish fun comes in, and I sure as hell can't wait to take my voyeuristic peek.
Dexter: New Blood begins Nov 7.
Caught Episode #1. Yep, Dex is back!
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