WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Dexter: Resurrection episode 5.
Only halfway through its debut season,Dexter: Resurrectionhas already missed a massive opportunity for its first-ever non-Dexter franchise spin-off series. Whilethe series has received rave reviewsfollowing its mid-July premiere,Resurrectionhas taken some surprising turns that overlooked one character with massive potential.
InDexter: Resurrectionepisode 5, the chemistry between Dexter, under the alias of the rideshare killer “Red”, and Mia, who the media has labeled Lady Vengeance, begins to take off. AfterDexter learns that Mia is not actually a serial killer vigilante like him, he calls the police on her so that he can frame her for the death of Ryan Foster, whom Harrison killed in theDexter: Resurrectionpremiere.
Lady Vengeance Could Have Been The First Great Spinoff Series Without Dexter
Ritter Is Great In The Role But Mia Is Not Who Dexter Thought She Was
Dexter and Mia looked to be forming a dynamic duo of vigilante killers before Dexter realized that Mia wasn’t as virtuous as her reputation made her seem. If Mia had been a legitimate counterpart to Dexter throughoutResurrectionseason 1,she could have eventually risen to be a standout character in the series, perhaps spawning her own spinoff show as a result.
Now that Lady Vengeance is proven to be a facade, Mia is just like the rest of Dexter’s serial killer targets.
Like Neagley to Reacher in Amazon’sReacherseries, Mia could be the star of her own standalone series called Lady Vengeance. Dexter could have made appearances in that series as well, further extending her lore, whileMia could be portrayed in-depth with her own method of hunting and killingher sexual predator targets.
Now that Lady Vengeance is proven to be a facade, Mia is just like the rest of Dexter’s serial killer targets. While she’s still alive at this point in the series, she is not who Dexter thought she was, so aspinoff show really wouldn’t be all that interesting without a fundamental vigilante element.
A Lady Vengeance Dexter Spinoff Could Still Work As Another Prequel Series
At This Rate, Who Knows How Many Spinoffs The Dexter Franchise Will Make
If Clyde Phillips and the Dexter team were really adamant about a Lady Vengeance spinoff show, it could still be done as a prequel, perhaps back when Mia only attacked sexual predators before things got out of control.There’s enough Lady Vengeance backstory inResurrectionepisode 5to build on, so it’s not entirely impossible.
That said, a prequel of that kind is quite unlikely, consideringthe Trinity Killer one is still in development hell. It would be an awesome show for Ritter, who has proven herself as the star ofJessica Jonesafter her breakout role inBreaking Bad. It will be interesting to see how far her character goes, and if she survives, by the end ofDexter: Resurrectionseason 1.
Dexter: Resurrection
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Dexter: Resurrection follows Dexter Morgan as he awakens from a coma to discover his son, Harrison, missing. His search leads him to New York City, where he confronts his past and the challenges posed by Miami Metro’s Angel Batista, as father and son face their shared darkness.
