Resurrection could revive a controversial trend, concern grows in fans

The planned return of the Dexter series arouses the concern of fans, who fear that this new season extends an orientation already criticized in the past and thus relaunches debates on the controversial evolution of the cult show.

Dexter’s troubled inheritance

Since its beginnings, Dexter embodies a series that refuses to bow out. Even when you think you see him die – shot down, abandoned in an icy forest – the main character always finds a way to resurface. A narrative choice that fascinates as much as it annoys: after the very discussed end in 2013, where Dexter simulated his death to go into exile in a lonely pyreon, a large part of the fans had been hungry. Everything seemed to have been designed to leave the door open to any feedback; the chain Showtime having explicitly asked that neither the prison nor the death will be final for their anti-hero. Result: an impression of unfinished persistent.

A return that divides fans

When Dexter: New Blood Raised the plot almost a decade later, hope was reborn. But then again, after only ten episodes, Dexter died under the bullets of his own son. The viewers had the impression of an endless loop where each attempt to conclude history ended with a new disappointment. Today, the series seems ready to try its luck with Dexter: Resurrectionbut the fear of yet another controversial final flat.

Maximum tension around Batista’s fate

During a breathtaking first season, the suspense now reaches its peak between Dexter and its former colleague Angel Batista. Episode 7 laid the foundations for a highly anticipated confrontation; In the eighth episode, Batista tracks down thanks to a tracer hidden in his car and joins him in what looks more like a interrogation room than a traditional slaughterhouse. Quickly, Dexter detects and then destroyed this tracer. Does he find himself faced with an impossible choice?

We remember that Dexter’s “code” is based above all on a rule: do not get caught. This principle has already enabled him to justify the elimination of not very guilty people if necessary to save his skin. The tension rises: will he go so far as to kill Batista-man he said he wanted to be if he had had the opportunity? Many fear that this act makes it definitively irrecoverable to the public.

• The confrontation with Batista could redefine the moral limits of the character.

Uncertain future and open debate

Speculations are going well on social networks and in forums: will we finally find a dignified conclusion? Or will Dexter break his own oath to preserve his freedom? After so many years, it is difficult to imagine a way out that satisfies all fans … But perhaps that is the strength of the dexter myth: question without ever resolving entirely.

It remains to be seen whether this new act will be written with enough finesse to transform the controversy into a dramatic issue rather than a simple scriptwriter.