I looked up the credits, and it appears as if you are correct. Weird. I could have swore it was him when I heard his voice. I will have to watch it again. I think with any TV show like this, you have to suspend a little belief. Some are those are a bit far-fetched, I agree. Technically, Harrison should be about 12 now. He was around 4 when the show ended in 2013, but I know Hall had said in an interview that this is meant to be 10 years later, so they basically aged him by about a year.
I think that season 8 occurred after a lot of time since season 7. Dexter claimed that Harrison was 3 in season 7, but maybe it was "3 soon to be 4". So Harrison was 5 at the time the season 8 ended, and surely he looked 5/6, not 3/4 anyway! Since season 8 fictionally occurred in 2012, we must assume that Harrison was born in 2007.
Never watched the original series. Is this reincarnation suitable to pick up where it starts or will the new series not make any sense? Thanks
Agree 100%, and it has been that way all along. Dexter has usually been able to fight off any attacker yet isn't the most physical specimen. I always found it humorous that he left Miami for Europe, killed Lila, and returned home, yet no one wondered where he was for a few days. And of couse driving his boat into the hurricane, presumably a mile or two offshore and surviving a swim back...in a hurricane. Other than the Deb intrusions, I am entertained enough with the new season. As opposed to the upcoming Ray Donovan Movie...where Ray beats someone up, someone beats up Ray, Ray and Mickey continue their fight, and Bridget is Bridget. Dexter will get me through the holiday movie onslaught and then I can move on with The Righteous Gemstones in January.
More happened in the latest episode than in any other, if you ask me. I'd say New Blood wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to anyone who never saw any of the original run. Too many backward glances.
Michael C. Hall's 5'10" and not physically imposing in any way, but yes, he's a very adept fighter. At some point in the first season, or maybe early in the second, there's a scene where Doakes corners Dexter and asks him why a blood spatter analyst studied martial arts. Something along those lines, anyway.
I remember that. I think he tries to intimidate Dexter, has him up against a wall, and Dexter parries a few of his moves and doesn't back down. Doakes says something like "lab geek my ass" and walks off. And I think Dexter then worried he gave away too much about himself. I LOVED season 2. It was so good. I thin the show did make a point of letting us know Dexter studied some martial art, so he had some hand to hand skills for use in subduing victims.
Don't do that. Watch S1 and if you like that, you'll want to keep going. This season isn't good enough (imo) to be satisfying to long time watchers. It would be pointless to start here.
are you ever on the button with those constant intrusions by his dead sister. just totally and unequivocally unnecessary to the show, other than to give her a payday.
Yep. In addition to martial arts, Hall has always been a very fit guy. Even back in the Six Feet Under, you could tell he was a guy who lifted often, so with Dexter, he was a character who was physically strong AND knew martial arts. It is probably a safe bet that he learned martial arts to as to make it easier to subdue a victim he was attempting to bring down. I always loved that every time Dexter and Doakes had a physical confrontation, Dexter got the best of him. The shipping yard scene is awesome as Doakes starts it by sucker punching him in the stomach and within 10 seconds, Dexter has him completely at his mercy (until the worker shows up and Dexter releases his grip).
I have no problem with Jennifer Carpenter having a payday. It’s not like she’s being given much of a chance to act in this reboot. She’s a prop. Harry was a much more developed character in the original series than Deb is here.
Yep, she is basically getting what is probably a nice payday to scream and yell at her real life ex-husband.
No, they needed to give Dexter a conscience, but while the actor who played his father (the ghost) is still alive, they opted to use the sister instead, which I think was a good creative choice. The audience needs to be reminded that Dexter is crazy, and Deb is there to remind him how to act "normal" and also to help make the right moral choices at the right moment. So it's not so much about a payday -- I think it's about drama and conflict, and to give Dexter moral balance. I concede this is true, and the show only works if you understand Deb's backstory prior to this series.
In my mind, the best episode of the season. Deb was there, but it wasn't an annoyance for a change, more as the balance and conscience like Harry provided. This is the first time I was left cursing having to wait a week for more.
Am I the only one who thinks Julia Jones and Jennifer Carpenter are look-a-likes? They could be sisters. I wonder if that resemblance went into casting her.
Doakes: I know you're too careful. You keep your assets in cash. You don't belong to any organizations or alumni groups. You were top of your class in med school but you traded it for f***ing blood spatter. I know you studied martial arts in college, but I don't know what a lab geek needs with advanced jiu-jitsu. Dexter: You know what an easy credit is?
Even though I am enjoying this, the one thing missing is the comedy relief. The original series always had so much funny moments, but this reboot is lacking big time in that department. Needs more Masuka.
Reading that made me try, and I can't think of one second of comedy in this one, aside from dry humor in Dex's internal dialogue/narration. Maybe Jamie Chung was brought in to offer a lighter presence in the cast, but she's more annoying than funny most of the time.