Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall
The New York Times
The star of Showtime’s gruesome hit “Dexter” returns after eight years to the serial killer who never stopped pursuing him.
Sometimes the actor Michael C. Hall likes to think about his own obituary. He knows that “Dexter,” the Showtime drama he starred in for eight seasons, will make its way into its first paragraph.
“If not the first sentence,” he said.
A show about Dexter Morgan (Hall), a Miami blood spatter analyst who moonlights as a quippy serial killer, “Dexter” premiered in 2006, at the knife point of television’s antihero obsession. A perennial Emmy contender during its run, the show has a complicated legacy. It ended in 2013 with an episode, “Remember the Monsters?,” that often ranks with the worst finales in TV history. (Quick recap: flatlining sister, murder by pen, well-timed hurricane, Dexter is a lumberjack now.)
