In recent times, T.V. shows that ended years ago have risen in popularity. Streaming services are to be thanked for this. One of these shows, “Dexter” has seen an uptick in streams over the past few years. “Dexter” is about Dexter Morgan, a charming Miami Metro blood spatter analyst, who is secretly a serial killer. This plot has attracted many new viewers, who were not alive or were too young to watch it when it was first on T.V. This new found popularity has led to multiple different spin off shows, including the new prequel show “Dexter: Original Sin,” which follows a young Dexter in his first killings.

The show starts off with the ending of “Dexter: New Blood,” which was a sequel to the original show. Dexter, getting rushed to the hospital and clinging to his life after getting shot. Dexter’s life now starts to flash before his eyes, setting up the stage to tell the story of his beginnings. The first episode is mainly focused on Dexter’s first kill, Nurse Mary, who was poisoning Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry Morgan, after his heart attack. 

After realizing that Nurse Mary is slowly killing Harry, Dexter sneaks around to her office where he finds that she has done this before. With this new found proof, Dexter brings it to Harry and gets permission to kill her. Dexter takes this chance, and sets up his first kill room in Nurse Mary’s house, where he straps her to a table and kills her. Dexter finally feels free and completed after all the training with Harry. 

Dexter, ever since he witnessed his mother getting killed as a child, which is referenced in flashbacks, has had violent urges that makes him want to kill, which leads Harry to try to help control them, leading to the creation of “Harry’s Code”. The code states that Dexter can not kill unless he has proof that the person he wants to kill is a criminal or a killer that has slipped through the law. The second rule states that he can never ever get caught.

After his first kill, the feeling of killing is driving Dexter to do it again, but Harry is preventing him from doing so. Harry feels Dexter is not ready to kill again and is scared it could interfere with his son’s new internship at Miami Metro, where Harry works too. At his new job, Dexter works a case on the kidnapping and killing of a judge’s son, which then leads to the captain’s son getting kidnapped. During this, Dexter finally kills again, and it goes smoothly. His third kill does not go well however. The victim, a former Mafia hitman, escapes and runs into the road, where he is hit by a car and killed. Harry lashes out on Dexter for this mistake, and bans him from leaving the house or killing again. Harry then starts to have flashbacks of Dexter’s mom, which are shown through the show.

Harry met Dexter’s mom, Laura Moser, at Miami Metro, and makes her his criminal informant, as he attempts to get into a drug cartel, soon after they start to have an affair. After over a year of success, Laura starts to get impatient and wants to take down the cartel, but Harry wants to wait, which causes Laura’s demise. The cartel finds out that Laura has been working for the police and kidnaps her, Dexter and his brother, Brian. They take her to a shipping yard and hold her hostage in a shipping container with other people, where they eventually kill her. During this, Harry is attempting to find them and finds the container where he sees Dexter and Brian sitting in blood. Harry brings them both home to see if they could adopt them both, but only takes Dexter, after Brian’s violent urges towards Harry’s new baby, Debra. 

Brian gets bounced around the foster system and is eventually placed in a mental institution. Once he leaves, Brian goes on a killing spree and attempts to find Dexter, Harry finds Brian and tells him to leave Dexter alone. Brian escapes Harry and does not rest until he finally is able to make contact with his brother in season one of “Dexter”.

In the finale, Dexter finds the captain’s son and kills the kidnapper, who is now thought by others to be missing. Harry approves of Dexter’s job and allows him to go kill on his own now. At work, Dexter officially gets offered a job at Miami Metro and his sister Deb decides to join the police academy. The season ends with Brian looking over at Dexter and his family in a restaurant setting up a potential season two.

In recent times, T.V. shows that ended years ago have risen in popularity. Streaming services are to be thanked for this. One of these shows, “Dexter” has seen an uptick in streams over the past few years. “Dexter” is about Dexter Morgan, a charming Miami Metro blood spatter analyst, who is secretly a serial killer. This plot has attracted many new viewers, who were not alive or were too young to watch it when it was first on T.V. This new found popularity has led to multiple different spin off shows, including the new prequel show “Dexter: Original Sin,” which follows a young Dexter in his first killings.

The show starts off with the ending of “Dexter: New Blood,” which was a sequel to the original show. Dexter, getting rushed to the hospital and clinging to his life after getting shot. Dexter’s life now starts to flash before his eyes, setting up the stage to tell the story of his beginnings. The first episode is mainly focused on Dexter’s first kill, Nurse Mary, who was poisoning Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry Morgan, after his heart attack. 

After realizing that Nurse Mary is slowly killing Harry, Dexter sneaks around to her office where he finds that she has done this before. With this new found proof, Dexter brings it to Harry and gets permission to kill her. Dexter takes this chance, and sets up his first kill room in Nurse Mary’s house, where he straps her to a table and kills her. Dexter finally feels free and completed after all the training with Harry. 

Dexter, ever since he witnessed his mother getting killed as a child, which is referenced in flashbacks, has had violent urges that makes him want to kill, which leads Harry to try to help control them, leading to the creation of “Harry’s Code”. The code states that Dexter can not kill unless he has proof that the person he wants to kill is a criminal or a killer that has slipped through the law. The second rule states that he can never ever get caught.

After his first kill, the feeling of killing is driving Dexter to do it again, but Harry is preventing him from doing so. Harry feels Dexter is not ready to kill again and is scared it could interfere with his son’s new internship at Miami Metro, where Harry works too. At his new job, Dexter works a case on the kidnapping and killing of a judge’s son, which then leads to the captain’s son getting kidnapped. During this, Dexter finally kills again, and it goes smoothly. His third kill does not go well however. The victim, a former Mafia hitman, escapes and runs into the road, where he is hit by a car and killed. Harry lashes out on Dexter for this mistake, and bans him from leaving the house or killing again. Harry then starts to have flashbacks of Dexter’s mom, which are shown through the show.

Harry met Dexter’s mom, Laura Moser, at Miami Metro, and makes her his criminal informant, as he attempts to get into a drug cartel, soon after they start to have an affair. After over a year of success, Laura starts to get impatient and wants to take down the cartel, but Harry wants to wait, which causes Laura’s demise. The cartel finds out that Laura has been working for the police and kidnaps her, Dexter and his brother, Brian. They take her to a shipping yard and hold her hostage in a shipping container with other people, where they eventually kill her. During this, Harry is attempting to find them and finds the container where he sees Dexter and Brian sitting in blood. Harry brings them both home to see if they could adopt them both, but only takes Dexter, after Brian’s violent urges towards Harry’s new baby, Debra. 

Brian gets bounced around the foster system and is eventually placed in a mental institution. Once he leaves, Brian goes on a killing spree and attempts to find Dexter, Harry finds Brian and tells him to leave Dexter alone. Brian escapes Harry and does not rest until he finally is able to make contact with his brother in season one of “Dexter”.

In the finale, Dexter finds the captain’s son and kills the kidnapper, who is now thought by others to be missing. Harry approves of Dexter’s job and allows him to go kill on his own now. At work, Dexter officially gets offered a job at Miami Metro and his sister Deb decides to join the police academy. The season ends with Brian looking over at Dexter and his family in a restaurant setting up a potential season two.