Dexter Original Sin (Prequel)

That would have been interesting but a prequel not so much. I can see a prequel of a lot of episodes where he doesn't get caught, unless of course they completely ignore what happened in the original series. 😛

Trailer for the prequel series.

Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter (Patrick Gibson) as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry (Golden Globe® winner Christian Slater), he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department. With special narration from Golden Globe® and SAG winner Michael C. Hall returning as the inner voice of Dexter, witness the beginning as Dexter’s darkness first comes to light in DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN…

That is a very bland choice for the lead.

I'm pretty sure this entire premise was covered in a handful of flashbacks over the original 4-season run of Dexter.

New trailer.

I was pleasantly surprised. Im not sure on some of the casting choices. The actor playing Dex keeps doing this smirk which seems out of character. Not really warming to Deb either.

I was really afraid this was going to be Dex in Highschool. I am very glad it is not. I am also very happy that they have established that he survived the events of New Blood.

Thought they were planning a series about his son or is that idea gone out the window.

That had been the idea in New Blood, but Harrison was pretty much hated by the fans. A mixture of the actor or the way he was written, I'm not sure but he rubbed people up the wrong way, so they ditched that idea.

Original sin is decent but it's only good when it focuses on Dexter. Debs is just annoying and Harry's flashbacks to his relationship with Dex's mother are unnecessary. Also its a bit silly the way way they have Dexter walking into his victim's homes (in daylight!) looking for proof of their guilt and he takes no measures to be discreet at all. The strength of this series will be it's new characters (Patrick Dempsey, Sarah Michelle Gellar) but I fear we will get bogged down with Dexter's family issues.

I was looking forward to Michael C Hall returning in the other spinoff show but if Harrison is going to be in it again, I'll reserve judgement. Still though, Dex on the loose in New York does sound entertaining. Hopefully James Remar will return as his conscience and there will be no more Jennifer Carpenter.

I agree. What are they hoping to add by having the flashbacks to Harry and Laura? We know everything significant that happened between them from the original Dexter series (Harry has an affair with Laura; Dex has a brother Brian who becomes the ice truck killer; Laura gets killed with a chainsaw in a shipping container, which is witnessed by her sons etc). There's nothing new there and it's a waste of time having the flashbacks. Spend more time with Dex at work - more Patrick Dempsey, Sarah Michelle Gellar and killers we haven't heard of.

Debs is just tedious on this show. She was always a bit annoying but Jennifer Carpenter was a good actress. This new girl is not.

Christian Slater as Harry is a bit jarring too. They should have gotten someone who resembles James Remar. Even an unknown actor would have worked. Slater will always be a Jack Nicholson wannabe to me :)

Good god this version of Deb is terrible. The show is half serial killer and half teen girl 90s movie. It's got great bits but way way too much deb. I'm on the latest episode and half of debs scenes her arse is hanging out of some tight shorts. Jesus it's very very tedious. I've always been a dexter fan but so much of this is needless, the throwback to Harry and Laura Moser, why?? Just why??

For anyone who has watched Episode 7, all I can say is:

I made a similar observation a couple of weeks ago.

Just watched episode 1. Having a quick look at the episode description for remaining episodes and not liking how much Deb seems to feature.

I need to go back and check but I am almost certain Laura Moser had blonde hair.

Edit: Fantastic line from Deb:

"Dad is so emotionally constipated, he hasn't given a sh*t in years".

That was a good season of TV, they got a lot done in ten episodes. It was just like the first few seasons of Dexter. Really enjoyed all of that.. and to have a legitimate thought out ending was great, hasn't been done since trinity.