Mark Davis/PictureGroup via AP IMAGESExactly how is Julie Benz returning this season on Dexter? Is she a ghost à la Harry? And what's with all the guest stars? You know, Julia Stiles, Peter Weller, Shawn Hatosy, Katherine Moennig? Are any of them Dexter's new big bad?
We have answers!
The show's big stars—including, yes, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter—and executive producers just tackled some burning questions...
Atonement is the name of the Dexter game this season, but with the Dark Passenger riding high on his revenge-seeking shoulders, Showtime's antihero will not have an easy go of it.
Hence the addition of all those plot-progressing newbies...
Explains show runner Sara Colleton: "As [Dexter] is going through different stages of grief, he doesn't know what he's feeling, and there will be different characters that'll come in and interact, [and] along the way help him...[atone]."
See? No need to worry, there's a method to all that guest-star madness...
Truly, aside from the [literal] bloodbath of last season's finale (and the demise of the lovely Rita) that will change the course of things for the now single-dad Dex, our Showtime obsession will still be the same show we know and love.
"The central idea of Dexter is so strong and so provocative, we feel there is a new human territory to push Dexter through that minefield," says Sara. "Whether he will get caught is what brings the audience to us. [The season five to season six transition] has been about as seamless as it can be."
And on that note, here's all the other juicy bits you need know:
Get all the latest Dexter scoop, and a sneak peek, here!
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