Showtime still has not given it
an exact date, merely a premiere window of this coming fall. But they are certainly
old hands at getting the fandom to celebrate the return of the murderer-hunting
serial killer “Dexter” in a 10-episode limited series. The character may have
debuted in a book by Jeff Lindsay, the plot of which was loosely adapted into
the first season back in 2006, but Dexter Morgan as portrayed by Morgan C. Hall
is a distinct persona from how he was in the rest of Lindsay’s books. One example
of his fan-magnet personality was showcased in a new teaser released on
Thursday.
Indeed, there was another
mini-trailer for the return of “Dexter” on Showtime that came out April 29
according to Screen Rant. In a way it
is a continuation from the first teaser last week, April 22. The snowy setting
is the same, as are the axe on a tree stump and the nearby fire pit. Then week
get to the meat of this teaser. The previous one had Morgan C. Hall narrating
as Dexter in voiceover. It turns out he was viewing the axe and fire from not
far away.
This teaser then cuts to the
inside of a house, with a familiar man watching the earlier scene through a
glass window: Dexter Morgan himself. There is no voiceover this time, just the
BGM of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1964) by Nina Simone. Well, like the
lyrics say Dexter is a soul (with a Dark Passenger) whose intentions are good
(killing confirmed killers who have escaped conventional law enforcement).
Then, reflected in the mirrors glass is a struggling shape on what appears to
be a bed. Dexter turns away from the window, looks at the trussed-up figure
(and the audience, indirectly), then smiles creepily.
“Dexter” will have ten episodes
on its limited series revival, following Dexter Morgan, or whatever name he
uses now, in a snowy town where he might have moved following the finale of his
original series (after his assumed death). The mayor, played by Clancy Brown,
is set up to be Dexter’s latest opponent in his secret killings, while Jamie
Chung, as a true-crime podcaster, could potentially ruin his secret if he does
not act on her. The series will also star David Magidoff, Julia Jones, Alano
Miller and Jack Alcott.
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