Warning ! This clause turn back SPOILERS for Dexter : Original Sin season 1 , sequence 9.One acute moment fromDexter : Original Sinseason 1 , episode 9 finally showed me that Patrick Gibson was the perfect choice to take over the role of Dexter Morgan from Michael C. Hall . When it was first announced that thecast ofOriginal Sinwould replace Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan , I , like many other fans , was skeptical . Patrick Gibson , however , pleasantly surprised me . He give an exceptional functioning mighty from the start , but I still feel confident that no one could in truth replace Hall as Dexter : his execution was just too iconic .

As good as Gibson was at play Dexter , I felt like he was missing a certain je ne sais quoi that kept him from fully being Dexter . It felt like he was imitating Hall , and while it was a tremendous caricature , it had n’t feel like Gibson had really left his mark on the character . That is , untilOriginal Sinepisode 9 , and more specifically , a undivided scenery in that instalment . That moment prove me wrong in outstanding fashion , and I ’m so happy that it did . It cement Patrick Gibson as a more than fitting refilling for Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan .

Patrick Gibson Convinced Me He IS Dexter When He Got Captain Spencer On His Kill Table

Gibson’s Dexter Was Delightfully Devilish While Toying With Dempsey’s Spencer

Patrick Gibson ’s best functioning as Dexter Morgan so far came inOriginal Sinepisode 9 , when Dexter had Captain Aaron Spencer ( Patrick Dempsey ) on his putting to death board . Ever sinceSpencer was revealed asOriginal Sin ’s villain , the intact show has been building up to Dexter taking him out , and the minute did not let down . The total tantrum of Dexter toy with Spencer on the killing board win over me that Patrick Gibson is just as good at playing Dexter as Michael C. Hall was . It was the first time I realized why Gibson was peck out of everyone else who audition ; he really flub me off .

As Gibson quickly flip from over - eager grimaces to across-the-board - eyed ire , I was finally convinced hewasDexter , rather than simply playing him .

Dexter ’s confrontation with Spencer highlighted so many things about Patrick Gibson that make him a perfect permutation for Michael C. Hall . Gibson perfectly recreates some of Hall ’s best tricks as Dexter , like the bubbling cult at share with a child killer and the uncurbed gloating Hall had when play with his target . He even did the overly forceful forehead water tap Dexter often employ . He also managed to make Dexter feel more sinless and more personally outraged at Spencer ’s perfidy . As Gibson quickly switched from over - eager grimaces to all-embracing - eyed wrath , I was in the end convert hewasDexter , rather than simply playing him .

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter and Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin

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I Thought Michael C. Hall Was Irreplaceable, But Original Sin Episode 9 Changed My Mind

I Thought Gibson Would Never Be Able To Fully Live Up To Hall’s Legacy, But I Was Proven Wrong

Part of the reason Gibson ’s execution inOriginal Sinepisode 9 was so surprising to me is because I thought that no one but Michael C. Hall could play Dexter as well as he did . For 19 years now , Hall has been the one and only Dexter . The character is inexorably tied to him , and many of the things fan like me have a go at it about him are matter that Hall infused into Dexter . He turned an emotionless serial killer into a lovable dork , an well-situated to rootle for anti - hero , and a lineament who spectator deep sympathise with .

There have been many death in the first one-half of the Dexter prequel series Dexter : Original Sin , include victim , cause of death , and a few primal characters .

Dexter Morgan has been a career - defining office for Michael C. Hall , and I thought that no one could ever last up to that . I have seldom been as beaming as I am now to be wrong . Patrick Gibson may not have originated the character , but inOriginal Sinepisode 9 , he stepped into Dexter ’s shoes like he had made them himself . Gibson felt just as natural as Dexter as Hall has for the better part of two decades now , and if Hall had n’t already dazzle me , Original Sinmay have convert me that the character was write specifically with Gibson in mind .

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Dexter: Original Sin explores the origins of Dexter Morgan as he transitions from student to serial killer in 1991 Miami. Guided by his father, Dexter channels his dark urges through a moral code while starting a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.

I Need To See Patrick Gibson Play Dexter Again, Now More Than Ever

Original Sin Can’t End With Season 1 - I Need To See Gibson Play Dexter More

The only problem with Patrick Gibson ’s portrayal of Dexter is that he stepped into his element too late . Original Sinepisode 10 will be the season finale , mean Gibson has only had a handful of second to truly experience in the function of Dexter . SinceOriginal Sinseason 2still is n’t confirmed , and since Michael C. Hall is do to come back to the office inDexter : Resurrection , it ’s possible that Gibson wo n’t get to toy Dexter again . I would be exceedingly disappointed if Gibson finally regain his stride with Dexter and started to put his own excellent mark on the character reference only forOriginal Sinto end .

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Dexter: Original Sin explores the origins of Dexter Morgan as he transitions from student to serial killer in 1991 Miami. Guided by his father, Dexter channels his dark urges through a moral code while starting a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.

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Headshot Of Christian Slater

" And in the Beginning … "

December 13 , 2024 @ 12:01 am ET

December 15 , 2024 @ 10 autopsy ET

Headshot Of Patrick Gibson

2

" Kid in a Candy Store "

December 20 , 2024 @ 12:01 am ET

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Dexter is a television series following Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Police who secretly leads a dual life as a vigilante serial killer. Released in 2006, the show focuses on Dexter’s internal conflict as he hunts down criminals who elude justice within the legal system.

December 22 , 2024 @ 10 atomic number 61 ET

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" Miami Vice "

Headshot Of Michael C. Hall

December 22 , 2024 @ 11 pm ET

4

" Fender Bender "

Headshot Of Jennifer Carpenter In The NBC`s Midseason Press Photocall

December 27 , 2024 @ 12:01 am ET

December 29 , 2024 @ 10 pm ET

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Dexter: Original Sin

" F is for F***-Up "

January 3 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

January 5 , 2025 @ 10 pm ET

Dexter

6

" The Joy of Killing "

January 10 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

Michael C. Hall

January 12 , 2025 @ 10 promethium ET

7

" The Big Bad Body Problem "

January 24 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

January 26 , 2025 @ 10 postmortem examination ET

8

" Business and Pleasure "

January 31 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

February 2 , 2025 @ 10 pm ET

9

" ancestry private road "

February 7 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

February 9 , 2025 @ 10 necropsy ET

10

" Code Blues "

February 14 , 2025 @ 12:01 am ET

February 16 , 2025 @ 10 pm ET

AfterOriginal Sinepisode 9 , I quite just need to see Gibson play Dexter again , ideally for several more season . Gibson was too dear , too devilish , too dorky , and too quintessentially Dexter for his show to end just as he ’s hitting his pace . While I am excited for Hall to play Dexter again , I intend the only thing that will make myself and unnumerable otherDexterfans glad is seeing both him and Gibson play the role for years to come . Dexter : Original Sinneeds another time of year , if only so that Patrick Gibson can dazzle us yet again .

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