Overview
- Paramount+ published first-look images and an official season logline on July 28 confirming that Season 2 shifts the story to New York City and centers on Dexter facing two killers.
- The logline describes Dexter battling “one notorious” killer and another who is terrorizing New York while confronting a personal mid-life crisis, and it says Harrison continues his own pursuit of justice.
- Michael C. Hall returns as Dexter and Jack Alcott returns as Harrison, with returning series regulars including Uma Thurman and James Remar and new series regulars announced such as Brian Cox, Dan Stevens, Bokeem Woodbine and Nona Parker Johnson.
- Production has moved to Manhattan with filming underway at Sunset Pier 94 Studios, the show is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Counterpart Studios, and Clyde Phillips is back as showrunner; no specific premiere date has been set.
- The season continues the Dexter franchise arc begun by the 2006–2013 series and the 2021 limited revival New Blood and the first-look material—including an image of Harrison in NYPD uniform—signals a tighter New York focus that could change character dynamics on screen.