Along the way, Dexter also battles a new and unexpected enemy: a mid-life crisis. Harrison (Jack Alcott) continues his own pursuit of justice as father and son face their darkest chapter yet.

Hall and Thurman discussed the sophomore season of the second sequel series in the Dexter franchise during a roundtable at this weekend’s New York Comic Con. Dexter: Resurrection will premiere on October 30 on Paramount+.

Showrunner : Clyde Phillips

Executive Producers : Phillips, Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Marcos Siega, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns

Cast : Hall, Uma Thurman, Jack Alcott, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Desmond Harrington, James Remar. Dan Stevens, Bokeem Woodbine, Nona Parker Johnson, with Brian Cox, Krysten Ritter and Gabriel Luna

Studios : Paramount Television Studios and Counterpart Studios

Production Co : Clyde Phillips Productions, Sal Centric, Counterpart Studios and Paramount Television Studios

Genre : Crime drama, mystery

Release Date : October 30, 2026 on Paramount+ with the Premium Plan

Interview with Actor Michael C. Hall and Actress Uma Thurman

Q: You’re reprising your roles of the titular character and Charley in the upcoming second season of Dexter: Resurrection. What has it been like coming back together to work on this new season and rebuild your characters’ relationship?

Michael C. Hall: In the world of Leon Prater that was established last season, Charley and Dexter probably had as much in common as anybody else in that room. I was glad that they found a way for their characters to reconnect. It’s obviously adversarial at first, but it goes to a place that’s a lot more fun. I think we interact in much more significant and substantial ways than we did the first time around.

Uma Thurman: The characters have great chemistry. Working with Michael, I’ve never seen him miss a beat, and he makes it look so easy. I work so hard to try to be ready, and he seems to have it so completely under control. It’s actually inspiring, and I really enjoyed our time together.

Michael C. Hall: Me too. No, I work hard, too. You just don’t see it.

Uma Thurman: I’m clearly sweating. I’ve spent weeks going over my words. In the first scene we had, I just had to sit there. You did all the talking.

Michael C. Hall: I did have to set a few things on the table. My first day of shooting was actually my first scene in the series that season. They gave me quite a stiff drink. They poured it to the top of the glass, and you don’t want to spill a drop. It was challenging in a good way.

Q: In the new trailer for Dexter: Resurrection, Dexter makes something as ordinary as preparing food look sinister. If Dexter and Charley each prepared a three-course meal for the other, which of them would be more suspicious? Would anyone eat anything at all?

Michael C. Hall: That’s a really cool question. I think they would both eat. They’re both very bold. I would probably make steak and eggs. I don’t know if there’s anything else he makes or eats on the side. I think he might wait until it went into her mouth before he put it in his own. As much as he trusts anyone, I think he trusts Charley. Maybe he’s unwise, too.

Q: You mentioned that you interact much more significantly this season. Can you share a little more about what happens between Dexter and Charley?

Uma Thurman: I think the two of them are both too smart for their own good. Charley thinks she knows what she doesn’t know. Part of the journey is that a person who’s usually got it right may not have gotten everything right. The journey to figuring it out was exciting for me to do.

Michael C. Hall: We can’t really answer that without being sneaky. Dexter is never more vulnerable than when he’s with someone who is exploiting a need that he doesn’t even consciously recognize he has.

This season, he’s experiencing a need to be appreciated. Charley appears to have appreciation and respect for what he’s done and what he does. That makes him vulnerable to whatever her agenda might be, which he doesn’t see. That’s part of what makes their interaction rich and potentially dangerous.

Q: Another relationship that stands out is Dexter’s relationship with his son and how that dynamic changes with Harrison becoming a police officer. What was the experience like collaborating with your co-star, Jack Alcott, who plays Harrison, on creating that relationship?

Michael C. Hall: It was great. Jack and I have been through a lot with those two characters and have gone through a lot to crawl out of the wreckage of that relationship. Now, it feels like a genuine father-son relationship. Harrison is a young adult, making his own way, and their relationship is more lived-in. They have more shorthand.

Dexter is his father and the father in the relationship. I think he needs things from Harrison that a son shouldn’t really have to give his father. He’s the only flesh-and-blood connection to the fact that Dexter is a human being, and I think he holds on to that. I think he recognizes intuitively that if he doesn’t hold on to some sense of humanity and light, he’ll succumb to his darkness. He desperately needs his son, even though he’s always trying to let him go and let him have his own path.

He’s certainly let go of the idea that Harrison is like him, but he wants to be seen. Harrison is the only person in this world who really knows who he is, as much as anybody can know who Dexter is. It’s a really rich relationship.

Q: Brian Cox and Dan Stevens play two very different serial killers. If your characters had to pick one of them as an unlikely ally, which would they choose? Is it a choice they would live to regret?

Michael C. Hall: Dan Stevens’ character is really a mystery to Dexter in terms of what motivates him. That’s part of the story of the season: figuring out why his character is doing what he’s doing.

I actually think Dexter probably sees himself more in the Ripper, Brian Cox’s character, even though he’s a horrifying mirror image. That character has taken no responsibility for his darkness. He kills indiscriminately and kills innocent people. Dexter, on the other hand, is concerned with not being seen and with nobody knowing who he is.

With both characters, a lot of attention is being paid to them, and I think Dexter is sort of jealous of that. The FPK, Dan Stevens’ character, is a mystery to Dexter. But the Ripper is more of a cautionary tale of what Dexter could one day become if he isn’t careful.

Q: Uma, Charley is so effortlessly and unblinkingly cruel. But she also lets herself be a little more vulnerable in the first couple of episodes. Are you playing her a little differently this season than you approached her last season?

Uma Thurman: I think it’s the opportunity they’ve created for me in the writing. In the first season, when they cast me, they added a little bit of Charley’s personal story wherever they could. They have this beautiful approach to screenwriting and storytelling. It’s not the kind of thing where you cast someone and then change everything to accommodate them. They added a little bit when they cast me, and I started to feel what wasn’t going to be seen in the scenes as they were constructed.

Charley is very inscrutable in Season 1, and that’s definitely part of her character. But characters also get cracked open in their own way. She’s had her own personal reckoning, and it comes through. She’s definitely seeking some kind of spiritual relief for what she feels guilty about.

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