Dexter: Authentic Sin will take audiences again in time to learn how the person turned the monster — er, the monster-slayer — within the Showtime thriller.
The prequel sequence, which premieres on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, December 13, takes place 15 years earlier than we first met Dexter (then performed by Michael C. Corridor, who nonetheless narrates the brand new sequence) within the unique Dexter. Taking on the title position on this iteration is Patrick Gibson, who has the character’s steely-eyed stares and smug sauntering model all the way down to a science.
With new characters being launched in some acquainted settings, the brand new sequence will deliver some new particulars about Dexter’s previous to mild, however it would additionally inevitably retread some acquainted territory from the primary present, which had ample flashbacks.
Right here’s what to recollect about Dexter‘s previous earlier than Dexter: Authentic Sin.
Dexter had a secret organic brother
Dexter didn’t discover out till he was a totally grown serial assassin that he had a giant brother who was additionally working round slaughtering individuals. The Ice Truck Killer who stalked Dexter was really Brian Moser, his barely older brother who was not adopted (and even talked about) by Harry. Dexter solely discovered about Brian as a result of the Ice Truck Killer left clues that have been tailor-made to catch his consideration — reminding him of scenes from his previous as a part of the Morgan household.
His mom died in an unthinkable method
Laura Moser was the only mom to Brian and Dexter and labored as a confidential informant for Harry and the Miami-Metro Police Division towards the Colombian cartel. She was brutally dismembered proper in entrance of Brian and Dexter, who have been left wading in her blood inside a transport container. Harry adopted Dexter as his personal upon discovering him within the container, however Brian was despatched into the foster system.
Dexter exhibited indicators of a murderous tendency early on
In flashbacks in Dexter, it turned clear that he was not a standard teenager with typical emotions or tendencies. In reality, he had an innate bloodlust that his father acknowledged and tried to quell with looking journeys, to the exclusion of his daughter Debra. Harry needed to guard Dexter from himself — notably his self-destructive impulses.
His first kill was to guard his adoptive father
Although Harry tried to seek out different methods for Dexter to quench his thirst for blood, so to talk, he quickly gave in and inspired him to kill somebody when he found Nurse Mary was poisoning Harry and different sufferers within the hospital after his coronary heart assault.
Harry taught him the code, which he continued to stay by as an grownup
As soon as Dexter started to kill, Harry labored laborious to create a framework for his adoptive son to work inside that, if he adopted it to the letter, would hold his morality and freedom intact. The principles included being sure that the mark was worthy of being murdered and leaving no hint of proof behind. Even after Harry’s loss of life, Dexter labored to strictly adhere to this code in each kill.
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He needed to pretend being joyful to slot in
Dexter repeatedly revealed that he felt empty on the within, and it was Harry who taught him to feign regular human emotions and social interactions round others — even when it meant faking a smile in his circle of relatives images.
His father had secrets and techniques, too
Little by little all through Dexter, we be taught that Harry Morgan had a number of affairs whereas married to Doris, together with with Laura Morgan and one other confidential informant.
His adoptive mom additionally died when he was younger
Although Harry is unquestionably the most typical star of Dexter’s flashback recollections, his adoptive mom Doris can be a fixture of his previous. She died when Deb was 16 and didn’t learn about Dexter’s violent tendencies, even when she didn’t completely perceive him at occasions.
Dexter: Authentic Sin, Collection Premiere, Streaming, Friday, December 13, Paramount+ with Showtime, Sunday, December 15, 10/9c, Paramount+ with Showtime