[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episode 3, “Backseat Driver.”]
After debuting with a slew of acquainted faces who joined Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Corridor) in his coma goals within the premiere, Dexter: Resurrection continued to convey again much more Dexter favorites in Episode 3, “Backseat Driver.”
Within the episode, Angel Batista (David Zayas) decides to surrender his job again in Miami in order that he can keep on Dexter’s path — particularly after discovering out that he’s moved to New York Metropolis, because of a license plate hit. Batista heads again to the Magic Metropolis to make his retirement official, and he’s joined by two of Miami Metro P.D.’s most interesting: Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee) and Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington), neither of whom have been seen within the Dexter-verse because the authentic collection led to 2013.
The all-too-brief reunion is marked with some winks that Dexter followers are positive to understand, together with a reference to Angel’s final plan to retire and open a restaurant and Joey’s former relationship with an Jap European stripper (“What a horrible f**king thought,” he jokes).
Of these sudden function reprisals, David Zayas advised TV Insider, “That was a whole lot of enjoyable. These are characters that I spent a few years with, and it was a pleasure to — you are able to do a present, and the one factor about doing a present like this, it turns into like a household… That doesn’t go away. You can not see anyone for 2, three years, after which once you’re again with them, all that comes again. In order that’s how I felt with Desmond and C.S. Lee, and doing and that scene, I actually really feel it’s again on the identical [level].”
Elsewhere within the episode, Dexter takes on a brand new occupation simply as he resorts to his outdated methods. Whereas his ridesharing driving expertise go away one thing to be desired, his serial killer stalking skills are nonetheless intact — albeit a bit worse for the wear and tear, because of his accidents. He infiltrates the Darkish Passenger’s residence, collects his “trophies,” lures him into his automotive, learns his motive (that his father’s taxi medallion was devalued by the rise of rideshares, together with his monetary ruination main him to die by suicide), will get him on the desk, and steals his invite to an unique ceremonial dinner for “like-minded people.”
In the meantime, Det. Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf) continues to be utterly spot on together with her investigation of Harrison (Jack Alcott), hampered solely by the shortage of surveillance footage obtainable to her. She rightly determines that Harrison chopped the physique up within the kitchen and exited by way of the always-open facet door. Nevertheless, she’s stopped in her tracks when Harrison decides to make a confession that he lives within the lodge, which explains why he by no means left on the evening of the homicide. With a narrative corroboration from Elsa (Emilia Suarez), has he simply gotten away with homicide? Time will inform… tick tick tick.
Dexter: Resurrection, Fridays, Paramount+