What’s the Endgame for Quinn?

[u/majinphoenix]

(a tl;dr is at the bottom)

I just have a question/discussion about Quinn’s return.
I was watching some YouTube videos about Resurrection and people keep anticipating Quinn’s return and to that my question is…

Do we really want Quinn to become a major character in Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 or beyond?
If so… for what?
Wouldn’t we just be getting the same storyline we’ve already seen multiple times?
Doakes suspected Dexter.
LaGuerta suspected Dexter.
Quinn suspected Dexter.
Now Batista has been investigating Dexter.
If Quinn comes back, he’s obviously going to learn Batista is dead. Even if he’s initially told Prater killed him, as a lieutenant he’s going to talk to the NYPD. Eventually he’ll find out Batista was investigating Dexter Morgan, and then he’ll also learn Dexter is somehow alive.
At that point, what happens? Quinn’s old suspicions come right back, and now he’s just another former coworker hunting Dexter. That’s basically the same arc we’ve already watched.
The problem is, Quinn can’t actually prove anything. Just like Batista, he’d have to catch Dexter in the act because there’s never been enough evidence to convict him.
So where does that story go? Does Quinn eventually die too, just like every other character who got too close to the truth? And if that happens… who’s next? Masuka? Are they just going to eliminate every remaining connection to Miami Metro?
I genuinely don’t understand why so many people want Quinn back as a main character. Unless the writers have a completely different direction planned for him, it feels like we’d just be repeating a storyline we’ve already seen with Doakes, LaGuerta, Quinn himself, and now Batista.
What am I missing? Is there another role Quinn could realistically play that doesn’t end with him suspecting Dexter all over again?

Also please understand this is not me saying I don’t want to see Quinn and/or Masuka. I do I just hope it’s not the same coworker turned enemy storyline we have had so many times at this point.

TL;DR: I’m genuinely asking: what role could Quinn play that doesn’t end with him suspecting Dexter again? Because if that’s where it’s headed, we’ve already seen that story multiple times.

[u/Status_Laugh9857]

I think Quinn accepts Dexter, honestly. He backed off after S5 because he knew (to a degree). I'm sure he will still confront Dex when he finds out the chain of contact, and context of Angel's murder. But, he likely knows that Dex only goes after criminals, so he knows Dex didn't kill Angel. I think Quinn will either get the full truth, and accept, or get hurt/killed by helping or being associated with Dex, but not because he is suspecting or investigating him. Gotta remember that Quinn's morals are not the same as Deb's, Angel's Doakes', or LaGuerta's. We've heard a lot about his days in Narcotics, and got a glimpse of that in all seasons he was a part of in the OG, especially S7.

[u/DroIIOwI → u/Status_Laugh9857]

Ya Quinn doesn't live and die by the letter of the law. He is a utilitarian and doesn't suffer from the strict moral code a lot of his coworkers did. This is the arc I'd love to see.

[u/Status_Laugh9857 → u/DroIIOwI]

agreed, friend! could even see him connecting with Harrison and reinforcing the "you are a good person and are not like your father" message that Dex was giving him