Even though Dexter: Original Sin is a prequel, set 15 years before the events of the original series’ premiere, the first order of business for the new Paramount+ series is to answer a question Dexter fans have had ever since the announcement of a second new spinoff, Dexter: Resurrection: How is he still alive after the events of the last spinoff, Dexter: New Blood?

In the premiere, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is in the backseat of an emergency vehicle rushing through the snow and says in voiceover, “I’ve experienced death so many times, but never my own.” At the hospital, he is narrowly resuscitated through extraordinary measures and says to himself, “Ah a beating heart, I’ll take it… It really is like they say, your life flashes before your eyes.” After that, the story moves back in time to the start of Original Sin‘s timeline. That settles the cliffhanger left open by New Blood after he was shot by Harrison and left bleeding out in the snow.

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