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Dexter BTS Video: New Blood Will Be "Satisfying" and "Controversial"

Maybe we've gotten too accustomed to reading into things when it comes to covering shows and getting as much intel on what they're all about as possible. So when it comes to showrunner & writer Clyde Phillips and series star/EP Michael C. Hall's Dexter: New Blood, we're getting a feeling that we're being distracted from something we're going to be hit with once the series premieres on November 7. First, Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine admitted that the cable network didn't do right by the series as it wrapped up its original run. Then we got our first look at Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird) as Dexter's son, Harrison. And following that, Jennifer Carpenter confirmed that Deb will be her brother's new Dark Passenger. A lot to take in for a series that still has a little more than two months to go before it hits screens (though we can't shake his feeling it may drop sooner than that), and yet we remember Phillips past comments about breaking the internet again with this run without offering any more details. And then there's the following behind-the-scenes clip…

In the following featurette, Hall, Carpenter, and Phillips discuss why now was a good time to revisit Dexter's world and what we can expect after a decade away (but we can't get past those "satisfying" and "controversial" teases frm Phillips):

Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Carnivàle), Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Alano Miller (Sylvie's Love), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird), Michael Cyril Creighton (Game Night, Dash & Lily), David Magidoff (The Morning Show), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), and Oscar Wahlberg (Manchester By the Sea) will be joining Hall for the series' return. Original series star Jennifer Carpenter will be returning to the role of Debra Morgan, while John Lithgow returns to his Emmy Award-winning role as Season 4's "Trinity Killer" Arthur Mitchell. Showrunner & writer Clyde Phillips, Hall, John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Bill Carraro, and Scott Reynolds executive produce. Marcos Siega executive produces as well as directs six episodes of the season.

Jones' Angela Bishop is the first Native American Chief of Police in her town in upstate New York, while Sequoyah's Audrey is Bishop's brash and opinionated teenage daughter. Miller's Logan is a sergeant for the Iron Lake Police Department and the assistant wrestling coach for the local high school, while Dexter has a "meaningful encounter" with Alcott's "Randall". The four actors join Brown, who portrays Kurt Caldwell. Born and raised in the town of Iron Lake, he's realized the American dream by going from driving big rigs, just like his father did, to now owning several trucks and the local truck stop. Powerful, generous, loved by everyone – he's a true man of the people. If he's got your back, consider yourself blessed. But should you cross Kurt, or hurt anyone that he cares for… God help you.

Creighton's Fred Jr. is the congenial owner of Fred's Fish & Game, a shop he inherited from his father. He has grown up in Iron Lake and is a regular fixture around town that everybody knows and loves, whether it's line dancing at the local tavern or singing in the choir. He's married to Brian, the pastor of the town's small church. Magidoff's Teddy is the "new guy" who's only been a cop in Iron Lake for 2-1/2 weeks. Good-natured, quirky, hardworking, eager to please; and a little scared of his boss, Police Chief Bishop. Chung's Molly is a famous true-crime podcaster from Los Angeles while Wahlberg's Zach is the captain of the Iron Lake High School wrestling team. A bit of a bully but generally the go-to guy to have a good time, Zach is the gateway to the in-crowd- which includes the daughter of the chief of police.

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