Summary
Dexter Morgan returned to people’s homes recently with the debut episode ofDexter: Resurrection, which continues the story of America’s most beloved serial killer. The first two episodes have already been made available, giving fans a clear outlook on how the rest of the season is going to play out.
However, fans were shocked by how the main premise ofDexter: Resurrectionwas set up, as the focal point of the entire series was built through a surprising cameo of a returning legacy character.
Dexter: Resurrection Featured Multiple Returns
Dexter Was Visited By Three Of His Main Enemies During His Coma
The opening episode ofDexter: Resurrectiondidn’t hold back in delivering an excellent show that gripped fans and immediately got people talking about the series. It was something that has set the tone for what’s to come, and it featured a handful of legacy characters making surprise returns to engage old-school fans. Many of those took place during a dream sequence while Dexter was recovering from his coma, as people from his past haunted him.The Trinity Killer, Miguel Prado, and James Doakes all returned to the franchise in an epic scene.While Harry Morgan and Angel Batista also made their returns, it was Dexter’s three former enemies who all got people talking, as they were genuine surprises that caught fans off guard.
Doakes was the biggest surprise of the bunch, andDexter: Resurrectionsmartly held his reveal back until last, which helped to make it even more impactful. He delivered his classic catchphrase to give fans a laugh before getting down to the nitty gritty of why he was visiting. It led to a gripping scene between the two of them,harkening back to the original series, which is exactly what this scene was supposed to achieve.
James Doakes Has Seen A New Side Of Dexter Morgan
It Was A Twist That Nobody Was Expecting To See From His Cameo
The first two cameos in Dexter’s dream sequence were all done to remind fans about his dark past and how his actions had consequences. It was dark and pushed the violence that Dexter had caused throughout his life. When Doakes appeared, audiences expected more of the same, given that he passionately hated the former blood spatter analyst when they worked together. Doakes questioned Dexter throughout his time during the original season, often finding him to be creepy as he eventually worked out thathe was the Bay Harbor Butcher. That’s why audiences presumed he would be aggressive when he turned up in Dexter’s dream, only for him to be surprisingly the opposite.
While Doakes still admitted to finding Dexter creepy,he surprisingly revealed that he thinks there is an element of good within him buried deep down.Audiences have always seen that, and it is the reason he has been a compelling antihero. However, hearing Doakes admit that caught audiences off guard ensured that this particular confrontation was even more tense and persuasive than it would have been had he retraced old issues between them.
James Doakes Ultimately Convinced Dexter To Search For His Son
Fatherhood Is The Focal Point Of Dexter: Resurrection
Doakes doesn’t hold back in giving his opinion on Dexter and his ability to still be a good person by reconnecting with his son, Harrison. He shot Dexter and believed in his mind that he had killed his own father the last time they met, so the idea that Dexter wants to forgive him and rebuild their relationship says a lot about his personality. While Harry is consistently pushing him toward doing that, the threat and comments that Doakes made ended up being the breaking point for him. Dexter woke up after this point and ended up pushing toward finding Harrison, kickstarting the entire plot for this series. It’s an exciting storyline forDexter: Resurrectionto have, and it adds one more key wrinkle in the iconicrelationship between Dexter and Doakes themselves, which is something that audiences have always been a fan of due to their excellent chemistry.
WhileDexter: Resurrectionis going to feature the usual darknessthat the franchise is notorious for, the main focal point of the season is about fatherhood. It’s the desire for Dexter to reconnect with Harrison and attempt to right the wrongs of his past in a bid to push his son in a completely different direction. Whether that is something he achieves or if Harrison even wants that to happen will remain to be seen.However, Dexter has already traveled to New York and is starting to showcase his desire to fix their strained relationship, which will continue being the main plot as the episodes move forward. The fact that Doakes was the character to truly inspire that is surprising, but it provesDexter: Resurrectionis going to be as unpredictable as the previous versions.
