Original Sin Trailer teases how Dexter is alive

Dexter: Original Sin has got a brand new trailer that teases how Dexter Morgan is still alive. Dexter is one of Showtime’s most popular shows that premiered way back in 2006 and is still showing signs of life nearly 20 years later. The show made waves back in the late 2000s for being a bit taboo, putting players in the mind of a serial killer and in some ways making them complicit in his actions by cheering him on. Michael C. Hall was showered with praise for his performance as the amiable yet brutal serial killer, even held up as the reason the show continued to be entertaining even in its weaker seasons.

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After eight years of running, Dexter completed in 2013, but left the door open for more should an idea arise. Of course, it ended up happening in 2021 with Dexter: New blooda continuation of the series starring Michael C. Hall. The show picked up a decade later with Dexter living under a new name in snowy upstate New York, living a quiet life without murder. But things take a turn for the worse when his estranged son finds him and begins to show signs of the dark drives Dexter knows. Tragically, Dexter was killed at the end of New Blood…or so we thought.

Dexter: New blood was so popular in terms of ratings that Showtime and Paramount devised a plan to keep Dexter going as a franchise, spawning a prequel series called Dexter: Original Sin which will be released in a few short weeks. While Original Sin set in the 1990s, it looks like it will also partially continue the story of present-day Dexter. In a newly released trailer, we see present-day Dexter Morgan bleeding out in the snow before cutting to new footage of him being rushed to the hospital where doctors are working on him. Although Dexter was shot in the chest, apparently in the heart, it looks like he will be fine.

Earlier this year, it was confirmed that Dexter will return in a new sequel series called Dexter: Resurrection. The show will pick up where New Blood slack, which of course means Dexter lives on. Little is known about the show, but Hall himself had teased that the freezing weather may have played a role in keeping the Bay Harbor Butcher alive. Some casting rumors suggest that Peter Dinklage and Gillian Anderson will star Dexter: Resurrectionbut little is known about their potential roles.

As for Original Sinit seems that the prequel series may use present-day Dexter as a framing device for the prequel. The new trailer hears Dexter talking about his life flashing before his eyes, meaning we may be experiencing the prequel through Dexter’s memories in some capacity. Regardless of whether we’ll see much of Michael C. Hall in the Original Sin is unclear, but he looks set to make a decent cameo, and he’ll also narrate the entire show.

Actor Patrick Gibson will play Dexter Morgan in his early years, filling in some of the gaps in Dexter’s time when he graduated from school and started working at Miami Metro. The original show had flashbacks that showed pieces of Dexter’s history, but it looks like we may get to see many of the bodies represented by a box of blood vials when we meet Dexter for the first time in the original show. It’s certainly an interesting experiment and we’ll have to see how it all shakes out. Dexter: Original Sin is scheduled to premiere on December 13 on Paramount+ and Dexter: Resurrection will premiere sometime in 2025, but hasn’t started shooting completely yet.