Dexter New Blood: The Ending Of Clearly Leaves The Door Open To Not Just A Season 2, But The Continuation Of The Franchise
Clyde Phillips, the creator of the television version of Dexter, showrunner for the first four seasons and responsible for the spin-off Dexter New Blood, which has given us an infinitely more satisfying new ending for the character, is ready for a new season. More specifically, he is ready to continue the adventures of Harrison (Jack Alcott) and explore his dark passenger wherever it may take him. There is a whole generation that lost the excitement of following the adventures of a charming serial killer every week and now has the opportunity to see an updated version. Dexter New Blood ending offers a second ending to the fans (how many series can they afford that luxury?), that’s unquestionable. But there is more. At the same time it leaves the door open for the franchise to continue without stretching the gum (that is: without stretching Dexter). What kind of killer is Harrison going to be? Or is he going to be a vigilante? You don’t have to follow in your father’s footsteps, you can be an anti-hero in the vein of Watchmen (I mean the HBO version. What kind of villains are you going to find from now on? How much better was the villain, the more we liked the original Dexter series.
This spin-off has set the bar high. Kurt (Clancy Brown) is an excellent villain, physically burly like Trinity (in fact Kurt makes the spinoff subplot work; a lesser villain would have screeched the resurrection of the sympathetic Dexter Morgan). As Phillips has revealed in the promotional interviews at the end of the series, if Showtime claims him, he is willing to develop the story in a season 2, already without Dexter. You have ideas. When we sat down to talk to him about the expectations surrounding the series, before it kicked off, he made it clear to us that Dexter was Showtime’s # 1 asset, so it’s not out of place now that there’s a path to further development. the concept, can be done without forcing it. If you also take into account that the first episode of Dexter New Blood was in the United States the most watched first episode of a series on a streaming platform in 2021, above Marvel series and other series with a long history, it makes even more sense. But let’s get back to Phillips’s ideas. What ideas are you referring to?
“Harrison is such a complicated character and he has the seeds of the dark passenger within him. He is capable. Look at that takedown of Dexter at the end, the thing about Harrison is that he has to kill this man. Harrison brings a different perspective to him. vigilantism of everything Dexter did, which was a bit surprising for Dexter. He brings that youthful and optimistic innocence that he and his father are basically Batman and Robin, “Phillips said in an interview with Deadline Every time they take one of these baddies off the field, think about how many lives he will be saving, think that that ‘bad person’ is not going to kill anymore. Dexter never thought about that. Dexter was only eliminating the bad guys because that it was his code, “continues the showrunner of the series. The fact that the franchise continues with a new character (Harrison, as presented in the body and soul of Jake Alcott is new, even if he was already in the original series) is the smartest thing about the end of Dexter New Blood.
How likely is the franchise to continue and there will be a season 2 or a new spin-off? Dexter New Blood has been a resounding success for Showtime, both on its premium cable platform (in the United States) and on its streaming platform. The premiere drew 9.1 million viewers, making it Showtime’s most-watched debut and the most-watched first episode of a series. The limited series has since averaged 7.6 million weekly viewers across all platforms and has surpassed all seasons of the original series. So the answer is: the chances are very high.
Dexter New Blood Season 2: Plot
Season 2 or the new spinoff have to explore who Harrison is, what kind of killer he is or can become, assuming he’s a killer. The series has explored what it means to have a father who abandons you and then you discover that he is, quite simply, horrible. The new series cannot continue to dwell on that idea. Clyde Phillips drew on his own experience of “having a terrible father and needing years of therapy” to write Dexter New Blood.
He has also played with a concept in psychiatry that refers to the fact that “the son has to ‘murder’ the father to continue with life, to continue with business, to continue with love, to continue with the formation of his own family. “As recognized by the showrunner of the series. “You can’t always have a father figure to hold you back. That explains why Harrison makes the decision he makes. And all this without forgetting that we are talking about sociopathic characters, and perhaps psychopathic characters. Certainly, Dexter is a psychopath,” he has made clear by Phillips in interviews to promote the series finale.
Dexter New Blood Season 2: Release Date
Showtime has been in no rush to get Dexter back. He has preferred to find the right moment and the right argument, so everything indicates that he will do the same if he continues with the franchise. With a slight difference: this time Clyde Phillips is more than willing to continue with the character.
