Resurrection, so be warned if you haven’t yet watched on Showtime or via Paramount+ subscription. The Dexter -verse is quite the odd duck of a TV franchise. The latest spinoff, Dexter: Resurrection, was directly set up in the premiere of the prequel Original Sin,

The return of Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ was supposed to be a triumphant continuation of the character’s legacy. It is an extension of the complex journey fans followed from ‘Dexter‘ to ‘New Blood’,

Dexter” star James Remar said, “I’m glad they didn’t get some no-name bum! They got Christian Slater, who’s top shelf.”

Dexter: Resurrection' EP Clyde Phillips on Dexter's return from the dead, Harrison's first kill, John Lithgow's and Doakes' cameos and Uma Thurman.

Dexter: Resurrection is the fourth show in the Dexter franchise, and it's off to a surprisingly stellar start.

Dexter: Resurrection arrived with the kind of weight that comes from trying to revive something people weren’t ready to let go of but didn’t fully trust to come back either.

However, fans were shocked by how the main premise of Dexter: Resurrection was set up, as the focal point of the entire series was built through a surprising cameo of a returning legacy character.