as Harry Morgan is a masterstroke. Slater excels at playing charismatic yet morally compromised men. His Harry will likely be more conflicted than the saintly figure Dexter remembered—showing the guilt of a father who created a killer.

The central question of Original Sin is a potent one: If the show delivers on the promise of Patrick Gibson’s eerie mimicry of Hall and Christian Slater’s tortured father figure, Dexter: Original Sin might just be the sharpest entry in the franchise since its golden years. as Harry Morgan is a masterstroke

After a traumatic incident pushes his bloodlust to the surface, Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry Morgan, gives him a choice: turn himself in, or learn a code. The Code of Harry—a set of rigid rules designed to channel Dexter’s homicidal needs toward "those who deserve it"—becomes his bible.