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One of Dexter's executive producers confirms the show will be done after the next two seasons.
The countdown for Dexter's end has begun. It’s still awhile away – two whole seasons worth – but in a new interview with TV Guide, Dexter executive producer Sara Colleton says that Season 8 of the show will absolutely be the last one.
Dexter was renewed for two seasons last year, and at the time, Showtime were coy on whether or not the show would wrap up after that or if it could continue on. However, asked by TV Guide whether the next two years could be considered the end, she replies, “This was definite. We wanted to end it this year, but the network convinced us that it would be best to do it in two years. In some ways, this is a two-season series-ender. We have worked that out and know where it's going to end. Next year will definitely be the last year of Dexter. Absolutely.”
In the interview, Colleton goes into some interesting specifics on what to expect in Season 7, debuting this fall. Obviously, this could be considered spoilers if you don’t want to know anything about what’s to come...
The previous description of Yvonne Strahovski’s new character said she was someone called in to help Miami Metro with some old cases, but it turns out her backstory is straight out of Natural Born Killers, with Colleton revealing, “She plays this woman named Hannah, who took off from this small rinky-dink Florida town and ran off with this older guy and they went on this wild killing spree. So when they got caught, she turned state's evidence on the boyfriend, he went to jail for life and she started a new life. Years later, she's in her 30s and she will intersect with Dexter. I would say Hannah is a still water that runs very deep and is quite unlike any woman Dexter has ever known.
It also looks like the past will be coming up in a big way, as Colleton talked about a big new storyline for LaGuerta, which begins when she finds a blood slide at a crime scene, after Dexter loses it. Says Colleton, “The only other time that she had seen this blood slide was in the copy case of the Bay Harbor Butcher. Her dear friend Sergeant Doakes, everyone thought he was the Bay Harbor Butcher, and thought that when he died, the Bay Harbor Butcher died with him. Now, she begins to suspect, ‘Is the Bay Harbor Butcher still alive and how can I set about proving the innocence of my friend Sergeant Doakes?’ That is something that's a silent thing at the start, but it's, again, going to be eventually working its way back to Dexter. It's going to be very interesting to see if she can exonerate him.”
The countdown for Dexter's end has begun. It’s still awhile away – two whole seasons worth – but in a new interview with TV Guide, Dexter executive producer Sara Colleton says that Season 8 of the show will absolutely be the last one.
Dexter was renewed for two seasons last year, and at the time, Showtime were coy on whether or not the show would wrap up after that or if it could continue on. However, asked by TV Guide whether the next two years could be considered the end, she replies, “This was definite. We wanted to end it this year, but the network convinced us that it would be best to do it in two years. In some ways, this is a two-season series-ender. We have worked that out and know where it's going to end. Next year will definitely be the last year of Dexter. Absolutely.”
In the interview, Colleton goes into some interesting specifics on what to expect in Season 7, debuting this fall. Obviously, this could be considered spoilers if you don’t want to know anything about what’s to come...
The previous description of Yvonne Strahovski’s new character said she was someone called in to help Miami Metro with some old cases, but it turns out her backstory is straight out of Natural Born Killers, with Colleton revealing, “She plays this woman named Hannah, who took off from this small rinky-dink Florida town and ran off with this older guy and they went on this wild killing spree. So when they got caught, she turned state's evidence on the boyfriend, he went to jail for life and she started a new life. Years later, she's in her 30s and she will intersect with Dexter. I would say Hannah is a still water that runs very deep and is quite unlike any woman Dexter has ever known.
It also looks like the past will be coming up in a big way, as Colleton talked about a big new storyline for LaGuerta, which begins when she finds a blood slide at a crime scene, after Dexter loses it. Says Colleton, “The only other time that she had seen this blood slide was in the copy case of the Bay Harbor Butcher. Her dear friend Sergeant Doakes, everyone thought he was the Bay Harbor Butcher, and thought that when he died, the Bay Harbor Butcher died with him. Now, she begins to suspect, ‘Is the Bay Harbor Butcher still alive and how can I set about proving the innocence of my friend Sergeant Doakes?’ That is something that's a silent thing at the start, but it's, again, going to be eventually working its way back to Dexter. It's going to be very interesting to see if she can exonerate him.”
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