Whereas particulars on the upcoming episodes have been below wraps, collection creator Clyde Phillips has now confirmed a serious unseen villain will lastly seem in Dexter: Resurrection season 2. There was no scarcity of big-name villains amongst Dexter: Resurrection season 1’s solid with the likes of Girl Vengeance, the Tattoo Collector, Rapunzel, Gemini, and Leon Prater, however Dexter’s teased most menacing foe of all, the New York Ripper, was stored a thriller.
In Dexter: Resurrection‘s season 1 finale, the uncaught New York Ripper’s id was confirmed as Don Framt, with Dexter taking his information as a transparent indicator that the Ripper can be on the high of his searching record. Nonetheless, it was unclear whether or not Resurrection supposed to delay the Ripper’s introduction as a looming menace over a number of seasons or extra rapidly meet him in season 2. Now, we lastly have readability on when he’ll debut within the sequel collection’ story.
Within the November 18 episode of Darkish Passengers: A Dexter Podcast, Clyde Phillips confirmed that the New York Ripper shall be launched in Dexter: Resurrection season 2. Whereas Phillips did not give any specifics, his response as to whether he might reveal something about Don Framt was merely, “He’ll be within the second season.”
The affirmation of the Ripper’s introduction marks one of many first main reveals for the upcoming episodes’ story, which the showrunner and author’s room have been tight-lipped about since Resurrection season 2 was formally renewed in early October. In the identical interview, Phillips additionally performed coy about whether or not Uma Thurman’s Charley Brown might doubtlessly return for Dexter: Resurrection season 2, because the character was left alive by Dexter when she selected to flee New York Metropolis together with her mom.
Although Michael C. Corridor’s Dexter nonetheless has some unfastened ends to tie up with villains like Eric Stonestreet’s Rapunzel and another killers in Prater’s stack of information, Resurrection has been constructing as much as the New York Ripper’s introduction with a selected Trinity Killer-like weight and suspense. The Ripper loomed over numerous elements of season 1’s story, with Prater emphasizing his curiosity within the uncaught and seemingly dormant killer and Detective Wallace teasing a harrowing backstory associated to her previous makes an attempt to seize him.
With the New York Ripper confirmed to reach within the subsequent batch of episodes, Don Framt will probably be regularly launched for one more cat-and-mouse-style hunt with Dexter all through the season. The others in Prater’s information that Dexter took with him in Resurrection season 1’s ending are anticipated to be kill-of-the-week-like villains in season 2, with Framt being rather more suited to essential villain in Dexter’s conventional season-ending face-off.
It additionally begs the query of which actor shall be solid to play the pivotal Dexter: Resurrection season 2 villain function. After getting an all-star solid of villains in season 1 with Peter Dinklage, Krysten Ritter, Eric Stonestreet, Neil Patrick Harris, and David Dastmalchian, the bar has been set excessive for the Ripper. Some fancastings on-line have instructed names like Bryan Cranston, Matthew Lillard, or Nicolas Cage for the function, emphasizing the excessive expectations of star energy with regards to the Ripper.
It is nonetheless unconfirmed when manufacturing will kick off for Dexter: Resurrection season 2, however casting confirmations are expeted to start out rolling in across the time filming begins.
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July 13, 2025
- Community
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Paramount+ with Showtime
- Administrators
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Marcos Siega
- Writers
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Scott Buck