Hall, who returns to the role of Dexter Morgan after all these years. However, praise has been heaped on lead actor Michael C. The opening sequence is set to Iggy Pop's 'The Passenger,' an on-the-nose reference to Dexter's so-called 'dark passenger,' and the writing has its share of groaners.' There's a decided and familiar lack of subtlety, too. 'The revival wrestles with some of the same problems that plagued the original, from a penchant for toothless 'will Dexter get caught?' fakeouts, to lazy logistical cheats (go ahead and stroll right into that crime scene, Dexter, even though you now work in retail). It's a story about a man trying to move on and find a place in a new world, frustratingly told within a show that seems determined to pretend that nothing in the television landscape has changed at all.'ĮW's Kristen Baldwin echoed many of these sentiments, criticising the revivals lack of new threats or scenarios in comparison to its predecessor, as well as a severe lack of subtlety, with many of the creative decisions likely to invoke a groan from some viewers. 'Based on four episodes, it can be said that Dexter: New Blood is neither as bad as seasons six through eight nor as good as seasons one through four. That's not to say these things can't return (and be meaningful when they do) but New Blood is out to deliver a mix of old and fresh, and it lands really well here at the start.'ĭan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter has so far found the series to be a rather middling effort, which he describes as being 'neither as bad as seasons six through eight nor as good as seasons one through four.' And, while he does criticise the series for continuing trends set by its original run, is this really a bad thing when the idea of Dexter: New Blood is to be a finale do-over? 'Aside from the frostbitten location, complete with crunching snow and icy breath, also comes the ditching of the famed opening credits, the Dexter narration, and a few other hallmarks of the original run.

Having viewed the first four episodes, Matt Fowler of IGN felt that Dexter: New Blood does well to drop some more familiar elements while introducing several new ones, concluding that the revival is off to a solid start. So, does the series achieve its aim of making amends for the controversial events which took place in the show's original finale back in 2013? With its premiere imminent, and the legacy of one of television's most-maligned series finales hanging over it, the first reactions to Showtime's Dexter revival, Dexter: New Blood, are in.

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