Showtime is bringing back America's favorite serial killer with a revival of Dexter — the ten episode event can finally fix the show's disappointing ending, which is arguably the worst series finale in TV history.

Alongside the announcement of Showtime's Dexter revival was news that Michael C. Hall would be reprising his role as Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst and vigilante serial killer. During the final moments of Dexter's series finale, the character was revealed to be residing in the state of Oregon rather than sunny Miami. With his son, Harrison (Jadon Wells), and love interest Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski) in Argentina, Dexter had no more reason to stay in Miami after his sister Debra's (Jennifer Carpenter) death. Presumably to lay low and avoid the death penalty, should his crimes finally catch up to him, Dexter chose to recreate himself. This ending was not only too open-ended, but it also didn't offer fans any sort of resolution for numerous characters — especially Dexter.

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Many fans of the Showtime series—which ran for eight seasons from 2006-2013—thought Dexter deserved a harsher fate. One ending for the show that was originally pitched saw Dexter being sentenced to death by the state of Florida, then executed via lethal injection. Though certainly a dark ending, and a tragic one for fans of the character, the lackluster series finale wasn't better. In fact, it stands next to Game of Thrones as one of the oft-cited worst finales in TV history. However, if the Dexter revival is the show's true curtain call, it has the opportunity to give Dexter's character a more suitable ending. Dexter season 8 is considered to be the show's lowest point, and soured the award-winning series' legacy. Here's how the revival, which is setting a tentative release date of fall 2021, can fix the show's biggest errors.

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While Hall will likely be a focal point of all ten episodes in the Dexter revival series, his story needs to end. To do this, the revival can use the ten episodes to round out the character's reasoning for heading to Oregon and follow his new life there. Since there's been a seven year gap since the show ended in 2013, it's unlikely the show will pick off directly where it left off. Instead, the Dexter revival can use the first episode to fill in some of these gaps and show what Dexter's life has been like since. A lumberjack's life—and a life in Oregon—are entirely different than his previous profession and life in Miami, for starters, but the biggest question that needs to be answered is about Dexter's "dark passenger". Is it still affecting him? Is he still killing? The answer, one can safely presume, is yes.

Dear Dexter is more than likely still a serial killer, but he can't continue to get away with his crimes forever. Though there's plenty of reason to empathize and even understand Dexter's motivations for taking out the proverbial trash of humanity, technology is too advanced to leave unsolved crimes and mysteries cold forever. Also, one of the weakest points of the show's previous eight seasons was how many times Dexter almost got caught, but managed to escape for increasingly unlikely reasons. Eventually, he has to get caught.

However, there's already a legacy element written into the plot: Dexter's son, Harrison. Harrison was also "born in blood", just like his father — it was a sticking point of Dexter season 5, where the new father worried that his son's experience with his mother's murder would mirror his own. Watching his mother get murdered is part of what Dexter believes created his "dark passenger". If Harrison—who could be in his late teens or early 20s, depending on the time jump—has his own darkness, Dexter could teach him the Code of Harry. After Dexter is inevitably caught (or killed), Harrison can continue his father's work. It's bleak, but Dexter never needed a happy ending — it just needed one that made sense.

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