Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for the season 1 finale of “Dexter: Resurrection” “And Justice for All…”.
Longtime “Dexter” fans should be pleased with the season 1 finale of “Resurrection” after missing out on the mark in the original series (and the recent “New Blood”), but this season Ender has concluded the franchise’s return. The finale, which was characterized by thumbprints, hallucinations in the vault and father-son unrest than Shakespeare’s tragedy, was solid enough to guarantee more Dexter’s adventures in Manhattan.
Leave it to Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) and locks himself up in a museum room of serial killer billionaire sociopaths along with his former colleague and now dead friend Angel Batista (David Zayas). As always, a typical hallucinating conversation takes place alongside Dexter’s dead father Harry (James Lemar, who delivers a funny “killing” line later in the episode), a surprising cameo that reminds him of his code – Ice Truck Killer (Christian Camargo), and the surprising cameo killed by Aka Dexter’s brother in season 1.
Peter Dinklage
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In the episode, Peter Dinkraj’s Leon Plater finally becomes the villain of a complete bond. In a mansion filled with an army of files, cameras and weight staff, Plater reveals not only to be a killer collector, but also an avid applicant for the Dexter School of Dark Passengers after committing his first murder by killing Batista. The plan by Plater and his witty sidekick Charlie (Umathurman) is to leave Dexter for three days without food or water until he dies. Of course, he has a gala to raise money for the local police downstairs.
One thing Plater and Charlie didn’t expect was that Batista still had his phone. His ex-partner, Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington), started ringing. Quinn doesn’t think Batista is dead, but that will certainly be a factor for next season.
Christian Camargo as Brian Moser
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So Dexter picks up his cell phone and calls his son Harrison (Jack Alcott). Harrison went to the Gala and was hired to work there, but declined after meeting Plater two episodes ago. Dad tries to use the camera for FaceTime to give Harrison instructions from inside the vault, but Harrison is busy navigating the mansion using waiter routes and vault codes. Their whispered phone tag turned the power play – Dexter wants to run him, wants Harrison to double – is fun (but frustrating), and the finale strengthens Harrison as a valuable strategic partner.
Harrison reaches the vault area and needs to enter an 8-digit code just to get one chance before the alarm goes off and the police show up. Dexter is in the room and there is a file cabinet with a treasure trove of documents for every serial killer around the world, including the ones that Dexter was killed this season. One file is located in Prater itself. This has a clue that Dexter thinks he will unlock the door.
So Harrison takes action at Fasetytime. Meanwhile, Charlie spent the entire season with a chic jacket and moral quicksand. When she appears to be running into Harrison to kill him, Dexter says her platter is pulling the strings as her platter has a file on her. Dexter threatens to send it out, her counter offer is that he won’t send it, she won’t kill Harrison, but Dexter still has to stay there and die. She goes out to deal with Prayter.
Peter Dinkraj as Leon Platter and Jack Alcott as Harrison Morgan
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Charlie’s final conversation, with Dexter and then with Plater, stuffs bullying for more of her in future seasons (probably?). She says she runs away with her ailing mother and returns to “home” wherever she is.
From the Vault, Batista’s phone is dying (thanks Apple!), and after Dexter changes his mind about the number Harrison should be in, he dies. But don’t worry, the door opens and the two meet again. Father and Son Escape – Sneaking through the hallways of service under the NYPD brass nose – this was pure “Dexter” and hilarious in an era where technology is everywhere.
Dexter decides to collect all the files of him and the other murderers and take them with him. He tells Harrison to leave, but Plater sees him and is right after Charlie goes up to him and stops. Puter goes to his security head and tells him to turn off all the cameras in the mansion, chases after Harrison. He goes back upstairs and calls out Dexter, holding a gun on Harrison’s head. After he appealed to Plater to kill him instead, he declined and found “protection” in which Dexter slid his son two episodes ago. Harrison sticks platter on it and he goes down.
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Dexter sets a kill room in the vault and provides a close narration equivalent to Season 4 when he kills Trinity Killer (John Lithgow), who reconstructs Dexter’s arc. A whimsical plater that sounds very loud is killed by one of the knives in the room. Dexter cleans up (which means his wife is impressed), gets off the alarm, leaves the night with Plater’s bloody thumb, and leaves the room and heads to the boat to throw away his body before the statue of freedom (but is it right there?). He leaves Batista there for the police to find him and holds a gun with a platter print. They think he did it, but he did it, but why not check Angel’s phone logs and see how he called Harrison Morgan after he passed away? Maybe that’s a clue for his arc’s Quinn next season. Is everyone at Miami Metro coming to New York at once and dying for Dexter? Remember: Eric Stone Street’s ponytail killer is still there after bailing out from the “Hamilton” break.
With a very fitting inner monologue, Dexter returns the series to its focus as he removes Plater’s chopped body. Resigning to isolation, he now admits that Harrison needs Harrison not only as a son, but as a confidant. “I’m exactly the person I need to do. The person you want to be,” he tells the audience to voiceover.
But let’s reach the overwhelming part. For weeks, the New York Ripper Incident had been hiding around the series. The boogeyman that the show held was someone in Dexter’s life. We learned that the weapon of killer’s choice is a clover-like tool, and that his banquet ended eight years ago, and that he torment his family with a now cruel late-night phone call. One of his murder weapons was revealed in Prater’s grotesque collection. In the finale, the mystery became concrete when Dexter discovers the file in the Platter homage room to the serial killer. Above: Name. are you ready? Don Fulham.
Who? that’s right.
What’s obvious left me with more questions than answers. Was Prater manipulating the evidence? Is there anyone there, red herring, or anyone we’ve already met under another name? For now, Dexter has left the ripper file as a gift to Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf), who loves “Stayin ‘Alive.” There are fewer season closures than the Breadcrum Trail to Season 2.
