Dexter: Original Sin Episode 1 Review - Michael C. Hall’s Return Saves A Bloody Mess Of A Prequel Premiere
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dexter: Original Sin episode 1.
Dexter: Original Sin's premiere, "And in the Beginning...", covers several expected narrative beats from the original series but hasn't yet established a natural balance between its old characters and new faces. A surprising opening scene picks up where New Blood left off as a wounded Dexter is rushed to the hospital in Angela Bishop's police cruiser. Dexter is resuscitated in the emergency room – setting up the 2025 sequel series Dexter: Resurrection – and sees his life flash before his eyes. Michael C. Hall's oddly soothing voiceover narration and the original's classic theme song set a reaffirming yet emulative tone.
A Dexter prequel series has always been a risk following the disappointing original series ending and the divisive New Blood – one that its first episode has yet to pay off. Patrick Gibson leads the cast of Dexter: Original Sin as...
Dexter: Original Sin's premiere, "And in the Beginning...", covers several expected narrative beats from the original series but hasn't yet established a natural balance between its old characters and new faces. A surprising opening scene picks up where New Blood left off as a wounded Dexter is rushed to the hospital in Angela Bishop's police cruiser. Dexter is resuscitated in the emergency room – setting up the 2025 sequel series Dexter: Resurrection – and sees his life flash before his eyes. Michael C. Hall's oddly soothing voiceover narration and the original's classic theme song set a reaffirming yet emulative tone.
A Dexter prequel series has always been a risk following the disappointing original series ending and the divisive New Blood – one that its first episode has yet to pay off. Patrick Gibson leads the cast of Dexter: Original Sin as...
- 12/13/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
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