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Dexter Morgan’s life as a young adult and his earliest kills are set to be depicted in the upcoming prequel seriesDexter: Original Sin, but the serial killer’s first victims were already shown on-screen back in 2009. Dexter killed hundreds of people, and his list of victims will only increase. Two newDextershows have been announced: a prequel series titledDexter: Original Sinand asequel titledDexter: Resurrection. WhileResurrectionis set to explore Dexter’s life after his supposed death atthe end ofNew Blood,Original Sinis going back to look at Dexter’s first kills.
The originalDexterstarted when Dexter was already well into his career as a blood spatter analyst and serial killer, in 2006. Thetimeline ofDexter:Original Singoes back fifteen years to when Dexter was just starting out in both of his passions in 1991. The original show depicted a few of the victims Dexter killed during those fifteen years, but it also left more than enough room forOriginal Sinto flesh out his story. The only problem is that another show already dove into several of Dexter’s kills before the original show, and it did so over a decade beforeOriginal Sin.
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Dexter’s Earliest Kills Were Shown In The Webseries “Dexter Early Cuts”
The fifteen years betweenDexterandOriginal Sinhas already been depicted in an unlikely place: a series of animated short videos on YouTube.Dexter Early Cutswas a webseries produced by Showtime from 2009 to 2012 that showed some of the kills Dexter made before the beginning of the original series. Michael C. Hall narrated Dexter’s memories of some of his most noteworthy kills from 1991, whenOriginal Sintakes place, and 2006, whenDexterbegan.Early Cutsalso featured some stunning watercolor and hand drawn artwork for its animation, making it a unique, albeit overlooked, part of theDexterfranchise.
Dexter: Original Sin Probably Won’t Be Beholden To Early Cuts
WhileDexter Early Cutsdid beatOriginal Sinto the punch of depicting Dexter’s earliest kills, that doesn’t mean the prequel series has to follow its lead.Early Cutsis a free webseries that has gone, for the most part, forgotten by Showtime and audiences alike for over a decade.There’s almost no chance Showtime is concerned with preserving the continuity ofEarly Cutsor changingOriginal Sinin any way to fit with its timeline of events. IfOriginal Sinwants to deviate fromEarly Cuts, either by changing individual kills or its timeline, it will almost certainly retcon the webseries without hesitation.
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Dexter: Original Sinisn’t just likely to rewriteEarly Cuts, it’s already begun. Season 2 ofEarly Cutscovered Dexter’s first kills after Harry Morgan’s death, just as he was starting college.Original Sin, however, will follow Dexter just after his graduation as he begins working at Miami Metro Homicide, and Harry is still very much alive. That’s essentially proof thatOriginal Sinisn’t going to letEarly Cutsget in the way of its story, and it’s also a sign that there’s still quite a bit left to discover about Dexter and Harry’s relationship.
Dexter Early Cuts Could Still Be An Inspiration To Original Sin
There’s no wayEarly Cutswill dictate the plot ofDexter: Original Sin, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have an effect at all.Early Cutsactually provided some very interesting context to Dexter’s story, and it answered some burning questions that neither the original show norNew Bloodaddressed. For example, one episode ofEarly Cutsexplained why Dexter started taking blood slides as trophies even though they could have been used as evidence that went against Harry’s code. It also showed a few of Dexter’s kills during college, a time that got precious little attention inDexter.
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Dexter is a television series following Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Police who secretly leads a dual life as a vigilante serial killer. Released in 2006, the show focuses on Dexter’s internal conflict as he hunts down criminals who elude justice within the legal system.
Though it doesn’t have to,Original Sincould easily borrow some of the questions and answersEarly Cutsintroduced.Early Cutsalready showed how Dexter started taking blood slides, how he got rid of bodies without access to his boat, and more. Its answers were also fairly compelling, and there’s no reasonOriginal Sincouldn’t simply reuse the same answers again.Original Sincould even grantEarly Cutsmore of a legacy in theDexterfranchise than it currently has, and help the long-forgotten series live on long past its final episode.
Early Cutsalso serves as a kind of look into whatOriginal Sinmay have in store.Early Cutswasn’t able to delve too deeply into its topics - it only had 18 episodes that were a few minutes each - but it hinted at a larger story that was waiting to be told. It touched on things like Dexter’s struggle to blend in as a young adult and how he dealt with Debra after Harry’s death. In that sense,Early Cutsmay have predicted some ofDexter: Original Sin’s most important plot beats over a decade before its December release date.
