But while those stories are usually attention-grabbing, anger-provoking, and painfully salacious, there may well be distinct limits to what they actually tell us about the criminal justice system. In The Dark’s second seasonis a representative example of this, as its case revolved around a black man in Mississippi who was tried six times by the same white attorney for a crime he might not have committed. (Of course, the question of who constitutes the “we” is always and rightfully a subject of debate, meditation, and criticism.) But the most noteworthy of these works tend to deal with extraordinary cases in order to bring attention to the strangeness and the failures of the systems that are meant to support us. These works find value in mining the gap between how the world works and how we think it works - or rather, how we think it should work. There is an actual lake named Iron Lake in upstate New York, located in Hamilton County.The surreality is often key to crime journalism, novels, documentaries, podcasts, and legal dramas like The Good Fight.In the opening episode, Shawnna Thibodeau is a Stunt Double for Jennifer Carpenter.William Xifaras as Ballcap Guy (uncredited).Rob Lévesque as Bar Patron (uncredited).Rickland Powell as Laketown Resident (uncredited).Omar Khan as Paramedic (Iron Lake) (uncredited).
Nicholas Trotto as High School Wrestler (uncredited).
Hall revealed that the series will premiere in the U.S. In a live interview with Phil Williams on Times Radio, Michael C. Phillips stated that this revival isn't intended to act as Season 9 instead, it will allow showrunners "to write a second finale." While Phillips said this is a chance to correct some aspects of Dexter's final episode, showrunners don't plan on retconning the original Season 8 finale. Hall and original showrunner Clyde Phillips, who exited Dexter after Season Four.ĭexter: New Blood, developed by Clyde Phillips, is based on the Dexter Novels by Jeff Lindsay. The ten-episode special event series brought back both Michael C. Production began in early 2021 ahead of a fall premiere. The revival was originally announced by Showtime on 14 October 2020.
A revival of Dexter premiered on 7 November 2021.