Dexter: Original Sin'sDark Teaser Promises a Look at the Makings of an Iconic Killer

Mar. 15, 2025

Dexter is ready once again to have a bloody good time.

The prolific serial killer returns to the small screen withDexter: Original Sin,premiering on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, Dec. 13. This prequel series, starringPatrick Gibsonas Dexter Morgan, will follow the iconic character 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,” according to the synopsis. “With the guidance of his father, Harry (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.”

In the first teaser for the crime drama, Gibson emerges from an elevator as narratorMichael C. Halldeclares via voiceover, “I am a killer.” Hall played Dexter in the original Showtime series.

Patrick Gibson and Christian Slater in ‘Dexter: Original Sin.'.Showtime

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As bass-heavy club music thumps urgently in the background, the clip shows more of its star-studded cast, includingChristina MilianandPatrick Dempsey, while weaving in snippets of a high school brawl.

“They say it takes a village to raise a killer,” Hall adds, as Dexter wields a grooved knife.The teaser wraps with the camera affixed on Dexter — a dark expression crossing his face — before cutting to the show’s blood-colored title onscreen.

In addition to Gibson, Gellar, Slater, Dempsey and Milian, Molly Brown, Debra Morgan, James Martinez, Alex Shimizu and Reno Wilson round out the cast.Dextershowrunner Clyde Phillips also returns to helm the prequel series.

Patrick Gibson in ‘Dexter: Original Sin.'.showtime

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Dexter: Original Sinfollows the eight-season run ofDexter,starring Hall andJennifer Carpenter,which ran from 2006 to 2013, and spawned the miniseriesDexter: New Blood.

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Dexter: Original Sinpremieres on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, Dec. 13, and premieres on Showtime in the U.S. on Sunday, Dec. 15.

source: people.com