Netflix users might be wondering why iconic slasher series Dexter is surging up the top 10 chart, but a recent reveal could hold the answer.
Thanks to thestreaming service, we have more choices of amazingTV showsthan ever before – but back in 2006, it was Dexter ruling the roost.
For anyone who loves to binge a show again and again, Dexter has the same rewatchability asGrey’s Anatomy, and now medical icon Patrick Dempsey has been cast in Dexter: Original Sin.
Patrick Dempsey joins the ‘Dexter’ prequel series ‘ORIGINAL SIN’(https://t.co/9R8GdIEkpE)pic.twitter.com/OhkY8NkFxb
According to Variety, Paramount isclearly thrilledto have someone on board who knows how to reel the audience in, and fans are already sharing the same hype.
“Hoping it is good like the original. Patrick will be a great addition,” onetweeted, with a secondagreeing“Look at McDreamy getting a new job.”
McDreamy was the cast-given nickname to Dempsey’s Grey’s Anatomy character Dr. Derek Shepherd, who waskilled offin Season 11 of the hit medical drama. It’s been a while since he was in the ER, but that hasn’t made his death any more palatable.
“This is what he deserves for killing Derek,” one fanweighed inabout his Dexter role.
Dempsey will play Aaron Spencer, the Captain of the Miami Metro Homicide who has a decades-long relationship with Christian Slater’s Harry Morgan. Original Sin will follow Dexter in 1991, as he “transitions from student to avenging serial killer.”
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There are currently no known details about when Dexter: Original Sin will hit screens, but in the meantime, the main show’s eight seasons are available to stream on Netflix.
TheNetflixtop 10 chart currently looks like this:
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Jasmine Valentine is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s the go-to source for all things Young Sheldon and Virgin River. Jasmine has also written for the likes of Total Film, The Daily Beast, and Radio Times. You can contact her at jasmine.waters@dexerto.com
