Beneath are spoilers for the sequence Dexter, in addition to the sequel sequence Dexter: New Blood and the primary episode of Dexter: Authentic Sin, which premiered as a part of the 2024 TV schedule. Should you nonetheless must catch up, you possibly can test it out with a Paramount+ subscription with a Showtime addition.
Should you’ve ever seen Dexter, you then doubtless know that the present itself revolves across the titular character as he takes out evil folks to fulfill his darkish urges. Nonetheless, from the start of the sequence, he is just about devoted his life to killing folks, not even bothering to suppress his wishes anymore. I might at all times questioned how this occurred and the way his father by no means appeared to cease him However as a substitute inspired him. Nevertheless, Authentic Sin’s Christian Slater defined it completely.
Via Dexter: Authentic Sin, followers actually get an inside look into the eponymous killer’s life as a younger man and extra particularly, his relationship along with his father, Harry, performed by Christian Slater. Previous to the sequence premiere, I had the possibility to speak to Slater on behalf of CinemaBlend and requested if Harry ever actually had any intention of stopping Dexter, since he appears to offer in through the first episode.
Slater, nevertheless, stated that Harry did have the need to curb his son’s habits at one level and that Dex did try and channel his urges in different methods, like medical faculty and looking. Nevertheless, at a sure level, he needed to simply “give up” as a result of nothing was working. Slater defined the scenario as follows:
I do imagine that he did have some hope that he might channel this in a selected approach. I imply, he tries to take Dexter looking, he is obtained him in medical faculty hoping that that will likely be sufficient to form of quench his thirst. However as we come to find, even within the first episode, it is simply not going to work. It is simply this want continues to develop and blossom, and Harry desires to carry him again, and he begins to comprehend that he has to give up. After which Harry sort of provides him the inexperienced gentle in a approach, or he provides him the inexperienced gentle, and he is form of in a troublesome place, however he does make that alternative.
On the primary episode of Authentic Sin, viewers see Dexter kill his first sufferer, and he and Harry speak about it later. In fact, when Harry is alone, he cries, as a result of he is aware of that is solely the start of his son’s murderous path. And, now, Dexter is free to do no matter inside his code, as a result of Harry permitted him – and meaning extra freedom little by little.
For individuals who could not keep in mind, Harry was extra like an apparition on the unique Dexter (which is among the finest Showtime reveals). The character — performed by James Remar on the father or mother sequence — was already deceased at that time within the timeline. Fortunately, Authentic Sin actually permits the writers to broaden extra on Dexter and Harry’s relationship and, now, I completely perceive why Harry did not do a lot. As you possibly can see, it is as a result of he had already achieved so a lot earlier than however, when just one method works, you generally have to offer in.
I am desperate to study extra concerning the franchise’s lore from this spinoff prequel. Clyde Phillips stated he created Dexter: Authentic Sin due to the crew he had behind him. Evidently, I am discovering this growth of the story and characters to be superior – and I am relishing the improbable Michael C. Corridor’s resurrection return following New Blood. I will have to attend for additional particulars as the brand new episodes air, in fact. However, for now, I am content material with what’s been revealed and grateful for Christian Slater clearing up a serious level for me.
Make sure to seize Paramount+ with Showtime to observe Dexter: Authentic Sin. You too can watch episodes reside on Showtime after they air on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET.