WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS forward for Dexter: Resurrection episode 8.
Dexter: Resurrection episode 8 simply confirmed a key element about one of many earliest Dexter franchise villains, courting again to the prequel sequence, Dexter: Unique Sin.
Whereas Paramount has shockingly introduced that Dexter: Unique Sin season 2 won’t be occurring after renewing the sequence earlier this 12 months, the cancelled prequel sequence did inform components of Dexter: Resurrection. Whereas this may not be the case as Resurrection hopefully strikes ahead in its second season, a minimum of one lingering Unique Sin plot gap has been cleared up.
Dexter: Resurrection Confirms Aaron Spencer’s Physique Nonetheless Has By no means Been Discovered
Picture through Paramount+
Earlier than Dexter: Resurrection episode 8, it was nonetheless form of unclear whether or not Aaron Spender’s dying was ever confirmed by the police after the occasions of Unique Sin’s finale. Dexter took care of Spencer, his former boss at Miamo Metro PD, after discovering he had kidnapped and tortured his personal son.
In Resurrection, NYPD Detective Wallace regarded up articles about Spencer that confirmed he was nonetheless “lacking” and was by no means pronounced useless in any case these years. This means that his physique had by no means been discovered after Dexter dumped it into the ocean off the Miami coast again within the Nineties.
That is the primary time that Spencer has been referenced in Dexter: Resurrection and may find yourself being the final, given the newest franchise modifications. Spencer, performed by Patrick Dempsey of Gray’s Anatomy acclaim, was the previous good pal and colleague of Harry Morgan, performed by Christian Slater in Unique Sin.
What Occurred To Spencer’s Physique If It Wasn’t Discovered With The Bay Harbor Butcher’s Graveyard?
After Unique Sin’s finale was launched in February of this 12 months, Dexter followers speculated whether or not it was a franchise plot gap that Spencer’s physique wasn’t discovered among the many Bay Harbor Butcher’s different underwater graveyard victims in Dexter season 2.
What probably occurred was that Spencer’s physique might have floated away over time or had been too distant from that particular a part of the bay the place the BHB’s victims have been found by scuba divers. This may assist clarify why he wasn’t discovered with lots of the others, particularly since greater than 15 years have been separating Spencer’s dying and most of Dexter’s early-season kills.
These Dexter: Unique Sin Easter eggs can be missed in future episodes of Dexter: Resurrection, if there are any. The 2 companion sequence might have developed an intriguing dynamic that would have continued to bounce off one another over the course of a number of seasons. At the least for Spencer, even when his case is not formally closed by police, his relevance within the franchise is.
Dexter: Resurrection
9/10
- Launch Date
-
July 13, 2025
- Community
-
Paramount+ with Showtime
- Administrators
-
Marcos Siega
