Key Takeaways
- Young Dexter’s long hair in the Original Sin trailer hints that Dexter’s first kill scene will be recreated.
- Original Sin, set in 1991, =could show Dexter’s first kill of Nurse Mary, potentially with a new viewpoint.
- Michael C. Hall’s questionable wig in the original series gets celebrated, but future reenactments are expected.
Dexter: Original Sin will air on Paramount+ with Showtime on December 13, 2024, and excitement is hotting up after the release of the full trailer last week. There were a lot of hints at what’s to come in the 10-episode prequel series. One clip in particular showed a long-haired young Dexter Morgan (portrayed by Patrick Gibson), and this hinted at the code-driven serial killer’s very first kill.
Dexter’s first kill was shown in the original Dexter series, via a flashback featuring Michael C. Hall playing the younger version of himself with long hair. Young Dexter’s long locks in the Original Sin trailer pretty much confirms that this classic scene will be recreated and pay homage to the original depiction, albeit with a different take on it, no doubt.
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Young Dexter’s Long Hair In Original Sin’s Trailer Hints At The Recreation Of Dexter’s First Kill
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Dexter: Original Sin |
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Starring |
Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown, James Martinez, Christina Milian, Alex Shimizu, Reno Wilson, Patrick Dempsey, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew William and the voice of Michael C. Hall |
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Clyde Phillips |
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Michael Lehmann |
In the beginning, there was blood and a code I learned from my father. It was simple: kill the bad guys who escaped justice. Don’t get caught myself. So I got myself a job, and it brought the blood to me, while honing my skills with help from the people around me. Learning my code was just the beginning. Bringing it to life for the first time is a whole new story.
Fans are hyped for the release of Dexter: Original Sin this month, and it looks set to reveal a lot of things fans didn’t know about the killer’s past. However, the Original Sin trailer also teases that some key scenes already shown in the original Dexter series will also make a comeback.Original Sin is set in 1991, and this also happens to be the year that Dexter killed his first ever victim: Nurse Mary. This character was tasked with caring for Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry Morgan, while he suffered heart problems. Turns out, Nurse Mary didn’t possess the correct bedside manner and was actually poisoning Harry with an overdose of morphine. This incident, as well as the discovery that she’d also killed multiple patients in the past, qualified Nurse Mary as a target for Dexter’s first ever kill table.
Dexter Morgan’s long hair in Original Sin‘s trailer hints at the re-working of this classic scene, and a possible new insight into what actually happened in the lead up to the serial killer’s first major crime. Of course, Michael C. Hall will be narrating Original Sin as Dexter’s life flashes before his eyes in a crossover with the upcoming sequel, Resurrection, so it’ll likely play out similarly to how it did in the original series. However, the audience will also get the chance to see the events from the perspective of Harry Morgan, so maybe some of the events weren’t quite how they appeared to be on the surface.
The Wig Michael C. Hall’s Wore During Nurse Mary’s Kill Flashback Has Become Derived And Celebrated In Equal Measure
Michael C. Hall’s acting skills can never be questioned, especially when it comes to his depiction of iconic serial killer. Dexter Morgan. He has perfectly portrayed the blood spatter analyst for nearly 20 years, and will reprise the role in Original Sin and Resurrection, meaning there is plenty more to come from the character. However, there is one sequence in the original Dexter series that has received its fair share of criticism from many fans of the show, and it relates to the flashback sequence of Dexter killing Nurse Mary. Instead of hiring a younger actor to portray Dexter 15 years before the events of the first season, Michael C. Hall played the younger version of the character, albeit with a very dubious wig intact. This was long before the mainstream use of de-aging technology, so Michael C. Hall literally looks the same, apart from his fake hairdo. A 35-year-old man wearing a wig while playing a 21-year-old definitely wasn’t Dexter‘s finest hour, but it has led to memes and general amusement from the fans, as opposed to outright hate toward the flashback scene.
On the r/Dexter Reddit thread, there was a discussion about Michael C. Hall’s flashback wig scene, and redditor, Definition_of_tragic wrote:
I will forever hate the fact that they chose to put him in terrible wigs instead of just casting another actor to play younger dexter. Those wigs didn’t even make him look younger, just foolish.
Another redditor, High_Star_ was more lighthearted about the use of the wig:
Seeing him in the flashbacks with the wigs always had me laughing.
The wig doesn’t take away from the brilliant acting on show in the scene, and Dexter’s first ever kill is still an iconic moment, and it’s good to see that Original Sin looks like it’s going to pay homage, rather than shy away from it.
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