Dexter: New Blood's finale was the perfect salvage job

The Independent

"Too often, reboots and sequels regress to what is safe and recognizable to win over their fans; from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, familiarity is the name of the game," says Louis Chilton. "The easy thing for Dexter: New Blood to do would have been to return to Miami. Place Dexter in his old haunts. Indulge big showdowns with all his former friends and adversaries. But in opting for a slightly more adventurous, esoteric premise, New Blood showed it didn’t just want to apologize for the original finale. It wanted to redeem it. Within the context of the new series, Dexter’s season eight retreat to the boonies isn’t just an arbitrary last-minute twist, but a decision that has lasting and meaningful consequences."