Dexter Morgan is returning. But this time, he’s known as Jim Lindsay, and he has ditched the warmth of Miami for upstate New York, as Showtime has offered the first real trailer for its new limited series, “Dexter: New Blood.”
As seen in the trailer for ‘New Blood,’ Showtime’s hit series, “Dexter,” returns with more death and mystery. But while fans are excited for the return of the beloved show, many are still skeptical given how the series originally ended with a finale that left many viewers upset. (The series ended with the title character abandoning his life of murder for the life of a lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest.) But according to a new interview with EW, start Michael C. Hall understands everyone’s complaints and thinks ‘New Blood’ will be closer to the type of “Dexter” people love.
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“It was so confounding for people,” Hall said about the original ending of “Dexter.” “I can appreciate how it was pretty dissatisfying for anyone who was hoping for something definitive or some sense of closure. The fact that maybe a less-than-savory taste was left in people’s mouths was something that bugged me, for sure.”
And the change in setting is what also helps add a new layer to the series and helps distance ‘New Blood’ from the stink of the original series’ finale.
“The tone of the show is quite different,” Hall said. “Most of the building blocks that create a sense of the show’s world have changed. The color palette of the show is different. Every piece of the landscape both externally and internally is altered. We’re not self-consciously thinking about whether it is less or more edgy, but it’s informed by and redefined by a completely different context.”
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He added, “It took what will, in the end, have been almost a decade to have enough space to create storytelling opportunities that didn’t exist until now for it to feel right. I had always hoped that something would come together that felt worth doing. And it did.”
“Dexter: New Blood” arrives on Showtime on November 7. You can watch the new trailer below.
