It's here that we land back into Dexter's story and. No, Dexter, after a healthy stretch as that bearded woodsman, is now allowing himself a normie life in the frozen remote town of Iron Lake, N.Y. 'Every once and a while a show will come along that will be so creepy and so intriguing that you feel compelled to watch,' he wrote. What we said about the original premiere of Dexterĭan Iverson raved about Dexter's 2006 pilot, giving it a 9/10. He's removed himself from everything and everyone, though it's not as drastic as the solitary lumberjack existence we recall from the last aired episode. It's 10 years later (within the show) and Dexter's done what he promised.

Or, at least, like an addict, he's battling his urges every day and sticking to a routine in order to live a small, anonymous, murder-free life with 'Bay Harbor Butcher' Miami very much in his rear view. Original Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips, who oversaw the series' first four seasons (aka the best o' Dexter), returns to the fold to transport us back to what we loved about the show in the first place - albeit, with some new tinkering to the format, as this Dexter Morgan is a changed man. Regardless, it's not exactly the worst idea in the world, and considering New Blood's fun opener, 'Cold Snap,' there's still some good, ghoulish story to mine from the world of Dexter Morgan. Revivals are commonplace these days, but given how poorly Dexter's eight-season run ended, and how mocked and maligned the series became following that finale, it's hard to see 10-episode limited series Dexter: New Blood as anything but an attempt at a do-over.

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