Warning: This article contains spoilers for Dexter: New Blood.
Dexter: New Blood star Jack Alcott says he would love to return to the role of Harrison in a potential spinoff. New Blood, which aired on Showtime from November 7, 2021 through January 9, 2022, was a continuation of their hit serial killer series Dexter, which followed the titular sociopath who hunts down and murders bad people, played by Michael C. Hall, who was nominated for five Emmys for the role. After eight seasons, the show went off the air in 2013 with a controversial finale that left fans reeling.
The story continued 10 years later in Dexter: New Blood, which saw Dexter attempting to blend into normal life in a small, secluded town. However, just as keeping his identity a secret and preventing himself from killing are becoming more and more difficult, his estranged son Harrison (Alcott) tracks him down. As the season progressed, Dexter began to worry that Harrison inherited his tendencies, leading to another controversial finale in which he made Harrison shoot him after realizing he could never be the father figure he truly needs.
During an interview with Gold Derby, Alcott was asked if he'd ever want to return to the role, potentially in a spinoff focusing on Harrison. He responded with an enthusiastic "yeah," gushing about the fact that it was eye-opening to be able to spend six months developing and deepening a character. He said he loves Harrison because he's "such an interesting character" combining elements that really resonate with Alcott with traits that are nothing like him whatsoever. Read his full quote below:
Yeah [I would be open to returning]! Oh my gosh, I mean, that would be… I’ve never gotten to live in a character this complex for this long. To kind of live in a character for six months — and not only live in a character for six months but to be discovering new pieces about him every day and do something you’ve never done before and getting further and further mapped out — [I think that’d be great].
I love Harrison. Like, he’s such an interesting character, and there’s things I love about him and things that I’m like, Wow, that’s just like me. And there’s so many things that I’m like, This could not be farther from myself. And I also want to explore that. So yeah, to get the chance to further map this interesting, complex human being out and be on TV, yeah! Oh my God, Showtime, I’m definitely down for that.
If the series were to continue, Harrison's character would be the obvious one to follow. Given the young actor's enthusiasm for exploring a character through the less time-constrained medium of television, it is certainly a possibility should Showtime choose to go that direction. Although Alcott has appeared in television before, including Ethan Hawke's Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird, there is clearly something in the character of Harrison that makes him want to dive even deeper.
While Dexter: New Blood had a very definitive ending, there are certainly threads that could be extended into their own series. Although Dexter made his son kill him with the best of intentions, that is a traumatizing experience that might just have triggered him to go down the same path as his father. On the other side of the coin, it may have prevented him from ever wanting to kill, but his association with his father may keep pulling him into situations where he is forced to do so. Any way it is sliced, Harrison's story is far from over.
Source: Gold Derby