There's a morbid symmetry to how the "Dexter" franchise limps along as its parent company, too, becomes a shell of its former self. Showtime, once a premium cable competitor to HBO, now lives on largely as a sub-brand of a streaming service while Paramount Global grovels before the Trump administration to complete its own sale.

Michael C. Hall told UPI the titular serial killer's murder of an innocent man at the end of "New Blood" continues to have dire ramifications in "Dexter: Resurrection," particularly concerning his teen son Harrison.