Diving in the serial killer’s past, Dexter’s spin-off is broadcast on Canal+ and MyCanal from February 6, 2025.
The serial killer Dexter has not finished murdering on the screen. After a first series of the acclaimed series (Dexter: New Blood), and before seeing Michael C. Hall’s return to a new salve of episodes (Dexter: Resurrection), make way for spin-off. Fans discover with Dexter: the origins, broadcast on Canal++ and MyCanal from February 6, 2025, the first murders of the bloodthirsty assassin.
After the decree Dexter: New Blooddoes this prequest reconnect with the qualities of the mother series? Overall, the press did not allow itself to be convinced by this new iteration of the bloodthirsty killer, here a student taking his first steps in the Miami police while trying to master his murderous impulses thanks to the “code” instilled by his father . On Rotten Tomatoesaggregator of English -speaking criticism, the series wins the note of 68%: not a massacre, but can clearly do better. The public was more indulgent, with a note of 75% of positive opinions.
In France, the echo of the series is not better. The pop point deplore a “completely unnecessary declination of an already tired formula”, a spin-off which “does not bring much new” to fans and others. The media also criticizes the series its ruptures of tons, welcome to Dextertoo comic in The origins. For Digitalthis prequel is both “lazy and badly told”, when The world deplores the “excessive psychologization” of the protagonist, “which leaves little room for the police intrigue And even less to developments that could have been interesting. ” THE Inrocks Nor did not allow themselves to be convinced by this “Prequ QuquiSif”: “Addressing the initiates that she will not fail to disappoint, Dexter: the origins had as the sole merit of reminding us what had so much seduced in the original work. “
Some bell sounds diverge however, as Télé-Loisirs The nostalgic desire to please fans “, the” fun and captivating series “multiplying the winks and the references to the original. For TV Mag,, Dexter: The origins is “lighter and sarcastic than the mother series” without forgetting the moments of emotion, especially in the relationship between Dexter and his adoptive father or the rebellion of his sister Debra.
What seems certain, however, is that this spin-off will allow fans of the serial killer of Miami to wait a little more before finding him … in a suite, Dexter: Resurrectionalready planned for 2025!
What is the intrigue of Dexter: The origins ?
Immersed in a coma, Dexter Morgan sees his life scrolling before his eyes. His mind plunged back in 1991, in Miami. Student in legal medicine, trainee in the Miami police department, he suffers from deadly and increasingly difficult to contain. However, he finds a certain comfort with his adoptive father, Harry Morgan, who teaches him to spot and kill people who deserve him to respond to his impulses. All without being stuck by the authorities.
What actors in the casting of Dexter: The origins ?
- Patrick Gibson: Dexter Morgan (young)
- Christian Slater: Harry Morgan
- Molly Brown: Debra Morgan
- Christina Milian: Detective Maria Laguerta
- James Martinez: Detectve Angel Batista
- Alex Shimizu: Vince Masuka
- Reno Wilson: Detective Bobby Watt
- Patrick Dempsey: Captain Aaron Spencer
- Michael C. Hall: The narrator/Dexter Morgan
- Sarah Michelle Gellar: Tanya Martin
- Brittany Allen: Laura Moser
- Ra which justice: Sofia
- Aaron Jennings: Clark Sanders
To see Dexter: The origins Streaming?
Broadcast in the United States since December 13, 2024, Dexter: The origins will have taken a few weeks before arriving in France. The episodes of the series are scheduled for February 6, 2025 on television on Canal+, at a weekly rate. Simultaneously, it is possible to discover them on the streaming platform of the encrypted, MyCanal chain, for a subscription.