So yes, he feels your pain.
Suddenly, Dexter’s long-dormant drive to kill (a.k.a.
“Pun intended.”
Michael C. Hall on the set of EW’s October 2021 ‘Dexter: New Blood’ cover shoot.Michael Muller for EW
“The tone of the show is quite different.
Most of the building blocks that create a sense of the show’s world have changed.
The color palette of the show is different.
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter in ‘Dexter: New Blood’.Seacia Pavao/SHOWTIME
Every piece of the landscape both externally and internally is altered,” he explains.
Everyone involved admits they probably wouldn’t be here had season 8 ended differently.
“I was working my ass off to pay for the lifestyle I wasn’t living.”
Jack Alcott and Michael C. Hall in ‘Dexter: New Blood’.Seacia Pavao/SHOWTIME
Go ahead, take a stab at remember the big bads from seasons 6, 7, and 8.
(He also has copies of his four mystery novels for anyone who wants them.)
“The show was untethered, and the character was untethered.
But as an audience member with a vested interest, the show lost its way.”
“We were just like, ‘You don’t kill Batman.'”
“Everybody wants to look at him like he’s someone who feels things like a real man.
But he’s sick.”
Adds Hall: “I thought it was incredibly disturbing.
We’re watching someone who’s lost his bearings.
That didn’t feel dishonest.”
But the backlash quickly drowned out any celebration.
So there’s always been an interest, and maybe a tendency to misinterpret me saying it was possible.
But I never ruled out the possibility."
I’m in.'"
AsNew Blood’s title suggests, we can certainly expect a body count.
Hall cracks between takes with a few costars, including Clancy Brown.
Beneath Kurt’s disarming baritone and Santa-level charm, darkness lurks.
“It’s an explanation where you go, ‘Okay….’ It’s not a reason.
It’s never a good reason.
I wish we had James Remar to come and explain it.”
Alas, Remar’s Harry is nowhere to be seen.
Instead, Deb now serves as the superego to Dexter’s id.
But don’t assume her ghostly presence will play exactly as dear old Dad’s once did.
“What would the dark passenger look like if it had an all-access pass to this man?
(Dexter dispatched Arthur Mitchell in season 4.)
“I’ve spent my career taking turns making people laugh, cry, and scream out in horror.
Trinity took care of that last effort.
Scariest thing I ever did.
Does this sentimental reunion with old friends and family suggest that Dexter will finally meet his maker?
“I had always hoped that something would come together that felt worth doing.
And it did.”
