Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday launched “Dexter: Resurrection,” releasing the first two episodes of the 10-part sequel series that revives Michael C. Hall’s vigilante serial killer after his apparent death in 2022’s “Dexter: New Blood.” Linear viewers will see the premiere on Showtime on July 13, with subsequent installments streaming Fridays and airing Sundays. Set only weeks after the New Blood finale, the new series reveals that a near-fatal gunshot left Dexter in a months-long coma rather than dead. On awakening, he slips past Miami Metro veteran Angel Batista (David Zayas) and heads to New York City to track down his estranged son Harrison (Jack Alcott), who is grappling with blood-splattered impulses of his own. Original showrunner Clyde Phillips again steers the franchise, integrating flashback cameos from John Lithgow, Jimmy Smits and others while adding high-profile newcomers including Uma Thurman as mercenary fixer Charley and Peter Dinklage as billionaire serial-killer aficionado Leon Prater. The project is the fourth live-action title in the 19-year-old “Dexter” universe and the second contemporary sequel in as many years, underscoring Paramount’s strategy of expanding proven brands across streaming and linear windows. Hall remains an executive producer alongside director Marcos Siega. Early reaction is favorable if divided. Forbes reported a franchise-best 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes critics score after review embargoes lifted, while The Hollywood Reporter called the revival “entertainingly, frustratingly silly” and Variety said the production feels like “high-budget fan fiction.” Whether the latest resurrection can sustain that enthusiasm will become clearer as new episodes roll out through mid-September.