- Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 11, 2025
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In the four episodes available at the time of writing, it has made a strong start for what could be a great series – but if it doesn’t learn to rein itself in, I could see it hitting the slab just as quickly.
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The viewer must wade through tedious stock characters, some alarmingly hammy acting and a script that assumes we are all staring at our phones as we watch. Do that, however, and you’re rewarded with Dexter’s trademark breezy, jet-black wit and a crime procedural all of its own. It’s like CSI: Patrick Bateman.
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Moving the action to (another) new location helps Resurrection feel a bit fresher, but even with its plot-filled premiere, the show’s first three episodes tread familiar and predictable territory. .... It feels like Phillips and his writers are just saving their efforts for episode 4, when the season gets going in earnest — courtesy of a gleefully macabre development in Dexter’s social life, and a delightful gaggle of guest stars.
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“Dexter: Resurrection” proves most interesting when Dexter meets an elite collective of serial killers who convene at the home of a wealthy admirer (Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”) and his henchwoman/enforcer (Uma Thurman). It’s the only element of this season that feels like new, semi-unexplored terrain.
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All of the grounding and clarity of purpose that carried Dexter: New Blood is gone, but if the version of Dexter that you enjoy was already borderline cartoonish — and the show is, and always has been, a dark comedy at heart — there’s entertainment to be found here.