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Dexter's latest sinister spin-off delivers gory thrills, but struggles to escape the shadow of the original series
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- Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin, a sequel to the acclaimed Dexter series, fails to offer much new for fans beyond a heaping helping of the franchise's signature blood and carnage
- Despite the return of some familiar faces, the new series feels overly beholden to its predecessor, with the showrunners seemingly unable to fully step out of the original Dexter's shadow
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Dexter, Paramount+, Showtime, Dexter: Original Sin