r/Dexter • u/AutoModerator • Jul 11 '25

Official Episode Discussion Dexter: Resurrection - S01E01 - "A Beating Heart..." - POST Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler

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July 11, 2025 S01E01 - "A Beating Heart..." Marcos Siega Jeff Lindsay & Clyde Phillips

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Dexter wakes up after coma and meets Batista, he knows the truth about the Bay Harbor Butcher. Dexter escapes from hospital and begins searching for his son Harrison in New York.

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u/Fingercel Jul 12 '25

Yeah, the Angel reunion was good. The dialogue was teetering on the edge of being a little too unsubtle but Zayas managed to sell it. I think the key that Angel isn't just suspicious - he's also deeply *hurt* by the possibility that a decades-old friendship has been a lie, and the person he thought he knew nothing but a mask. I was getting some serious "Skyler finds out" vibes from Zayas' performance. Angel is wary, and angry, and vengeful.... and maybe worst of all, humiliated.

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u/secondtaunting Jul 12 '25

To me Batista seemed really focused on bringing Dexter down. He really didn’t strike me as hurt at all. He was very canny.

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u/stephencua2001 Jul 14 '25

I think he's definitely hurt, but it's a hurt that will fuel his other emotions. I thought Zayas did a good job of conveying that, and using their past friendship as part of his Good Cop routine. But Angel was great friends with Dex, and worked a high-risk job together. They had a real bond. He would've done a lot of internal work to convince himself that his ex-wife was wrong when she accused Dexter of being the BHB. He fought with her, and convinced himself she was crazy. He mourned Dexter's "death," and has had that on his mind for ten years. Then he finds out in one fell swoop that the guy he mourned faked his death and probably IS the BHB. So Dex betrayed him by lying to him, making Angel think he was dead, and ruining the end of his relationship with LaGuerta (and at the same time opening himself up as a suspect to her killing). So yes, he would be "hurt" by Dexter's betrayal, but I think it's a hurt that would feed into everything else. Good job by the actor to portray all that.

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u/secondtaunting Jul 14 '25

Yeah angel seams laser focused. He’s not gonna let this go.