Detective Maria LaGuerta is another character who's coming back from the original Dexter series, but in a younger form. In the original show she's already captain of the homicide department, but in Original Sin, she's still a detective who hasn't worked her way up the ranks yet.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Tanya gets to live for a while because it’s fun having Sarah Michelle Gellar boss Dexter around.

Dexter: Original Sin debuted on Friday, December 13 with one episode on Paramount+ before its cable premiere on Sunday evening. Episode rollout will continue that way with two new episodes streaming this Friday. This data encompasses viewership from Friday through Sunday.

Original Sin' showrunner Clyde Phillips explains why he brought Dexter (Michael C. Hall) back from the dead in the premiere.

"Dexter: Original Sin," the prequel drama to "Dexter," debuted as the most-streamed series premiere on Showtime in the cable net’s history.

Hall as the titular character, Dexter Morgan was a serial killer who was raised by an adoptive father, Harry, who also happened to be a detective. When Harry realizes that Dexter has these killer urges,

Original Sin appears to depict Dexter Morgan's biological father, Joe Driscoll, in episode 2 "Kid in a Candy Store".

Dexter embarks on his second kill, while Maria LaGuerta turns up for her first day at Miami Metro in Dexter: Original Sin's third episode.

Paramount+ and Showtime have given us a little gift this week in the form of two new episodes of Dexter: Original Sin. It looks like the show will take a brief one-week hiatus in January, hence the double episode this time.