Dexter Resurrection Episodes 1 & 2: A Bloody Start, Harrison’s Spiral & A Sinister New Killer (Photo Credit – Prime Video)
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Dexter: Resurrection has finally unveiled its sheets of plastic, bringing back our favorite blood-spatter analyst and part-time serial killer nearly two decades after we first fell head over heels for his dark charm.
Picking up after the events of Dexter: New Blood, the revival premiered with a two-episode launch on July 11, wasting no time as it descends into another unflinchingly bloody course. The return to the world of Dexter Morgan is more than just nostalgia and this first recap explains why. Here’s everything you need to know about the show’s grand return and what lies ahead in this twisted comeback. (SPOILERS AHEAD)
Dexter: Resurrection registers the franchise’s first instance of its titular tular murderer refraining from taking a life in the premiere. That said, several victims of his past misdeeds appear in a phantasmagorical dream. Episode 1, “A Beating Heart…,” begins with ghostly figures, Trinity Killer, Miguel Prado, and others — urging Dexter to embrace his remaining humanity and repair his bond with his son.
After awakening from a ten-week coma, Dexter learns from Iron Lake’s new police chief that Angela has withdrawn her charges. Batista arrives and corroborates this retraction, insisting Angela denied Dexter’s identity as the Bay Harbor Butcher. Distrustful of Batista’s motives, Dexter flees the hospital upon hearing Harrison may be tied to a new killing.
Harrison is Haunted by a “Dead” Dexter
Harrison, now living in New York City and working in a hotel, befriends Elsa Rivera. Still tormented by the presumption he killed his father, Harrison spirals — using drugs. When he encounters hotel guest Ryan Foster preparing to commit sexual assault, he fails to content his urges and murders him. Channeling his father’s methods, Harrison dismembers the body in nine pieces and discards it in garbage bags, only to lead NYPD to his tail.
After Dexter arrives in New York to monitor Harrison, avoiding direct contact with his son, he eavesdrops on Detective Claudette Wallace discussing the case’s forensic analysis, and successfully removes potential evidence implicating Harrison.
The Dark Passenger Strikes in New York — But It’s Not Dexter’s
Episode 2, “Camera Shy,” introduces a new killer targeting UrCar drivers. Dexter befriends UrCar driver Blessing Kamara and also decides to rent his basement and registers as a UrCar driver. He also meets Kamara’s colleague who had survived an attack caught on video but did not report it to NYPD due to improprieties pertaining to his visa.
Dexter, sophomorically infuriated to learn the murderer uses his alias, Dark Passenger, scrutinizes the footage, finding the killer in an infrared hoodie and carrying an employee backpack from Bridge Data Network.
While combing through employee records, he finds Ronald Schmidt, a man with no digital footprint, donning the suspicious hoodie as he attempts to board a cab he hadn’t hailed.
Dexter saves the intended victim and pursues Schmidt through the subway, but collapses from his lingering injuries. As the chase falters, he vows to kill the “Dark Passenger.”
What’s Going On With Leon Prater and Charley
In her brief introduction, Charley (Uma Thurman), operating under Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage), prowls through empty homes, uncovering trophies from a contract killer she once employed. When he defies her, Charley dispenses with him herself, though her true motives remain shrouded for now.
Dexter: Resurrection Episodes 1 and 2 now streaming on Paramount+ (select regions) and Amazon Prime Video India.
