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Dexter: Resurrection

★ 9.0 163K votes 2025–present 2 seasons · 19 episodes Returning Series Paramount+ with Showtime
Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 10/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 7/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 7/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Michael C. HallUma ThurmanNtare Guma Mbaho MwineJames RemarJack AlcottKadia Saraf
Written by
Clyde Phillips
Starring
Michael C. HallUma ThurmanNtare Guma Mbaho MwineJames RemarJack AlcottKadia Saraf
Written by
Clyde Phillips
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About

"A killer's past refuses to stay buried"

After the events that seemed to end his story, Dexter Morgan wakes up and finds himself pulled back into New York's underworld, searching for his estranged son while old instincts resurface. The show leans into the same blend of dark humor, tense cat-and-mouse plotting, and moral unease that made the original a hit, using its lead's magnetic performance to sell a premise that could easily feel like a retread. It moves briskly, mixing serial-killer intrigue with family drama, and works best if you're already invested in this character's long, messy history.

Watch it for

the lead performance carrying a story built on guilt, instinct, and unfinished business.

Maybe skip if

you found the original series' later seasons exhausting or skippable.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12025
9.3437K108h 38m
Set 10 weeks after Dexter: New Blood, Dexter Morgan chases a missing Harrison to New York City, where Captain Angel Batista is hot on their trail from way down in Miami.
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Season 2
9.08K950m
Season 2 finds Dexter caught between two killers, one notorious and the other terrorizing New York in ways no one ever anticipated, all while battling his greatest enemy yet, a mid-life crisis. Harrison continues his own pursuit of justice as father and son face their darkest chapter.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Michael C. Hall Dexter Morgan
Uma Thurman Charley Brown
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine Blessing Kamara
James Remar Harry Morgan
Jack Alcott Harrison Morgan
Kadia Saraf Det. Claudette Wallace
Dominic Fumusa Det. Melvin Oliva
Desmond Harrington Joey Quinn
David Zayas Angel Batista
Emilia Suárez Elsa Rivera
Peter Dinklage Leon Prater

Crew

Clyde Phillips

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