‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Premiere Spoilers: How Is Dexter Alive?

SPOILER ALERT: This text accommodates spoilers for “A Beating Coronary heart…,” the collection premiere of “Dexter: Resurrection,” now streaming on Paramount+.

When “Dexter: Resurrection” was introduced throughout final yr’s San Diego Comedian-Con, we sat down with Michael C. Corridor to ask one fundamental query: How?

Throughout “Dexter: New Blood” in 2022, the finale noticed the serial killer bleeding out within the freezing chilly after being shot by his son. At the moment, showrunner Clyde Phillips confirmed that “Dexter is lifeless.” However apparently, he was simply kidding!

“It’s actually chilly on the market,” Corridor instructed Selection on the time, hinting at how Dexter might have some how survived that gunshot wound. It seems that’s precisely how Dexter survived. The collection premiere of “Resurrection” begins (after a quick run-through of what occurred in “New Blood”) with the titular character within the hospital after struggling “catastrophic blood loss.” Medical doctors have revived him and his voiceover is heard: “Ah, a beating coronary heart. I’ll take it.”

The present then flashes ahead to 10 weeks later, the place he stays unresponsive within the hospital. At first, Dexter flashes to a white heaven-like imaginative and prescient the place Arthur Mitchell (John Lithgow), the famed serial killer who died within the Season 4 finale of “Dexter,” seems. After Dexter asks if he’s lifeless, Arthur responds, “Not but, however nearly being killed by somebody you’re keen on has its personal specific sting, eh, Dexter?” The 2 proceed to argue, and it’s clear that Arthur nonetheless very a lot haunts Dexter, even within the in-between.

“Let me provide you with slightly recommendation, serial killer to serial killer. The place you went incorrect is pondering you would have all of it — a household and your darkish passenger,” says Arthur. “Like our savior, generally you need to undergo hell to attain resurrection. Not that we’re something like the great Lord.”

Earlier than waking up, Dexter additionally sees different ghosts from his previous: Miguel (Jimmy Smits), who he killed within the Season 3 finale of the unique collection; his father, Harry (James Remar); and at last, Sergeant Doakes (Erik King), who he killed within the Season 2 finale.

Then, Dexter lastly wakes up. He’s knowledgeable that he’s been in a coma for 10 weeks and was “contact and go” for a while, however obtained fortunate because of the local weather: “Fortunate for you, you bought shot in 0-degree climate. The chilly and snow slowed your coronary heart charge, lessened the blood loss. If it had been summer season, you’d be deader than my final marriage.”

And with that, Dexter is again.