Dexter: Original Sin
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Dexter : Original Sin season 1 .
There have been many death in the first one-half of theDexterprequel seriesDexter : Original sinfulness . Developed byNew Bloodcreator Clyde Phillips , the prequel series chronicles a post - college Dexter as he espouse his " dark passenger"through the guidance and teachings of his adopted don , Harry . Dexter implements Harry ’s codeto fulfill his violent urges while making indisputable never to get caught . New episode ofDexter : Original Sinrelease every Friday exclusively on Paramount+ , except for a hiatus on January 17 , 2024 .
After Michael C. Hall reprised his iconic purpose as the magnetic vigilante serial orca in 2021’sDexter : New Blood , he come back asDexter ’s internal voice and storyteller in the prequel serial publication . The serial takes place in Miami in 1991 as Dexter begins his career at Miami Metro PD.Dexter : Original Sinhas already hatch a few anticipated killsthat were already instal in Dexter ’s lore . Another upcoming Dexter series , Dexter : Resurrection , is expected to be released in the summer of 2025with Hall also slated to return .
11The Shapiro Family
Episode 1 “And in the Beginning…”
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The first major death in the prequel series get inDexter : Original Sinepisode 1 . Harry , Angel , and Captain Aaron Spencer inquire a murder scene at the Shapiro family dwelling which exit two parents and two children dead . The scene occurs at the beginning of the premiere installment as Harry ’s quick fact-finding work reveals a bloody fingermark on the kin ’s television set remote . This provides Miami Metro PD with evidence linking Levi Reed to the criminal offence tantrum , who tragically walks free after Harry screwed up the investigating by tossing out the corrupt alibi of Reed ’s girlfriend . Still , it ’s quite clear that Reed murdered the Shapiro syndicate in sequence 1 .
10Harry Morgan Jr.
The most unexpected decease inDexter : Original Sinepisode 1 is Harry Morgan Jr. , who is revealed in a flashback to have drown in the Morgan family swim puddle . Before Deb was born and Dexter was adopted , Harry had a biological boy he called " Junior " with his former married woman Doris Morgan . While Doris was out one day , Harry was in the animation room watching a football game on television set and drinking a beer .
While Harry was simply trying to unwind and beguile a game , he failed to keep an eye on his young son who apparently did n’t know how to drown . This tragical error direct to Harry Morgan Jr. ’s dying by submerge and determine up a antecedently unknown component of Harry Morgan ’s backstory before he and Doris adopted Dexter .
9Victoria Sinclair
Victoria Sinclair is not a major character reference inDexter : Original Sinepisode 1 but is the first person that leads a new Dexter to chance upon Nurse Mary and her " Dark Passenger " . Sinclair was an elderly fair sex who Nurse Mary was suppose to take forethought of at a Miami hospital . Dexter interpret her obituary in Nurse Mary ’s scrapbook , which he discovered was a ingathering of Nurse Mary ’s trophies for all of her kills .
Dexter spots Nurse Mary smile sinisterly as she " consoles " a extremity of Sinclair ’s family , which is how Dexter catch on to her . Once Harry ’s health set out to decline and prove no sign of the zodiac of betterment , Dexter figures out who Nurse Mary really is and discovers that she kill Victoria Sinclair along with several other patients .
8Nurse Mary
Dexter ’s first killing , Nurse Mary , occurs at the end of theDexter : Original Sinpremiere episode . As established in the Dexter original serial , Nurse Mary was a serial killer disguised as a nanny who killed her victim by injecting them with an untraceable content and call it their medicament . This is how she was planning to down Harry Morgan , who she believed deserve to die because of the poor living decisiveness he made about his wellness that brought him to the hospital in the first property . Nurse Mary ’s wrapped sense of play God comes to an death when Dexter invent a way to pop her in her house , saving potentially dozens of succeeding affected role .
7Raul Martinez
Episode 2 “Kid in a Candy Store”
At the starting time ofDexter : Original Sinepisode 2 , Dexter meet his first criminal offense scene as a fellow member of Miami Metro PD . He investigates the body of Raul Martinez , who was charge in the capitulum at closemouthed range in a parking pile outside a motel . Dexter quickly deduces that the killer shot Raul point - blank shell based on the origin spatter traffic pattern on the footing . Since it ’s Dexter ’s first criminal offense scenery , he gets mildly haze by Angel , Bobby , and Masuka but is inspired to discover who the murderer is so that he can test to place up his own kill identification number two .
6Carla & Rene Carballo
Dexter bring out more about Tony Ferrer by going out to a bar with Angel . Angel tells Dexter about the sad taradiddle of Carla and Rene Carballo , whose picture is hang up up on the wall at the bar they ’re at . Angel reveals that Tony Ferrer set Rene up by devote him money with an exceedingly gamey involvement rate , locate him in a astounding amount of debt . Rene was n’t able to ante up Tony off when Tony came to Rene ’s sign asking for his money back . As an intimidation maneuver , Tony shoots at the wall next to Rene ’s head . The bullet go through the bulwark and killed Rene ’s mom , Carla , on the other side in the next elbow room . Devastated by heartbreak and guilt , Rene cash in one’s chips by suicide .
5"Handsome" Tony Ferrer
Episode 3 “Miami Vice”
Dexter ’s second kill , and the first one that required him to do some substantial exploratory survey work , is Tony Ferrer . After find out about Carla and Rene Carballo , Dexter had all the justification he needed to take Tony off the streets . Tony may not have been a Graeco-Roman serial killer but he was a fiscal predator that fed off deprived masses within his own community .
Dexter kill Tony Ferrer likely saved a passel of mass from making the same mistake as Rene and Raul did , which end up costing them their life . Dexter setting up Tony ’s killing in the center of a sports arena was a surprising yet innovative way for Dexter to take Tony out , demonstrating that untested Dexter is n’t afraid to get creative inOriginal Sin .
4Jimmy Powell
Episode 4 “Fender Bender”
Dexter : Original Sinepisode 4opens up with the tragic death of a Miami jurist ’s son , Jimmy Powell . Powell has been kidnapped and torment byOriginal Sin’sseason - long scoundrel , who is still nameless through five episodes of the prequel series . A masked man keep Powell lock in a sullen room for several days before severing one of his finger and institutionalise it to the Miami Metro PD .
Since Jimmy is the son of a powerful judge , it seems like his kidnapping was intentional , although it still remains a whodunit why he was killed if there was no desire for ransom money or something similar . Dexter and Miami Metro learn that Powell was killed before he was hung off of a Miami span and found by two joggers more or less 1.5 weeks after he snuff it missing .
3Blake Kersten
Blake Kersten is a prostitute who was murdered by an nameless killer whale near a beach in Miami . Very niggling is known about Blake except Dexter is capable to conclude that whoever drink down him wanted to see the life squeezed out of his body , which mean that the murderer is a true consecutive orca who enjoys pour down , like Dexter .
It ’s unclear at the halfway level in season 1 of the prequel series how Blake ’s death will impact the course of the report . It could be connect to another death that Dexter and Miami Metro discover . However , it ’s unlikely that it has anything to do with Jimmy Powell ’s death , indicating that there are likely two mass manslayer at large halfway throughOriginal sinfulness .
2Anthony “Mad-Dog” Moretti
Dexter ’s third target is X - hitman Anthony " Mad - Dog " Moretti , played by Joe Pantoliano ( The Sopranos , The Matrix ) . Mad - Dog essay to be Dexter ’s greatest rival yet as a highly train X - hitman who spends most of his retirement on his gravy boat . Dexter catch tightlipped to Mad - Dog by pretending to be interested in a sportfishing stumble but learns more about Mad - Dog ’s past and why he kill , the answer obviously being money .
Mad - Dog does n’t end up being Dexter ’s third putting to death , however , because he arouse up as Dexter was covering the kill room in plastic tarpaulin . This trip a fight between Mad - Dog and Dexter before Mad - Dog ran out into the street where he was hit by oncoming dealings . Due to these unexpected circumstance , Dexter could n’t add Mad - Dog ’s death to his personal prize case and had to play quickly to remove all the grounds from Mad - Dog ’s house .
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