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The 10-episode first season is expected to end with Dexter’s first major case — a serial killer Harry hunted in the 1980s — and a cliffhanger involving the origins of the Ice Truck Killer’s obsession with Dexter. Dexter: Original Sin S01E01 — “And in the Beginning…” — successfully reboots the franchise by looking inward rather than forward. It trades the slick confidence of the original Dexter for the awkward, terrifying birth of a monster. While the fragmented keyword “Dexter.Original.Sin.S01E01.Dexter.Original.Sin.And.in.the” might be a search engine anomaly, the episode itself is anything but. It’s a deliberate, bloody, and surprisingly tender origin story.

For longtime fans: the dark passenger has found its ride again. For newcomers: this is where the sin really starts. Let us know in the comments, and subscribe for episode-by-episode breakdowns of Dexter: Original Sin . Dexter.Original.Sin.S01E01.Dexter.Original.Sin.And.in.the

The episode opens not in Miami, but in Oregon, 1991. A young Dexter Morgan (played by Patrick Gibson) is a bright but emotionally hollow medical student. Unlike the original series’ opening — which introduced a fully formed vigilante serial killer — here we see Dexter struggling with his “dark passenger” in its infancy. Dexter witnesses a brutal hazing ritual gone wrong at a fraternity party. When the victim dies and the frat brothers cover it up, Dexter feels an unfamiliar urge: not just to report them, but to act . He calls his adoptive father, Harry Morgan (Christian Slater), who has been trying to suppress Dexter’s homicidal tendencies with rules and therapy. The 10-episode first season is expected to end