Everyone involved in the upcoming Dexter revival agrees with the fans--the original run didn't have a reasonably satisfying conclusion. In a Comic-Con 2021 panel panel dedicated to discussing the 10 new episodes that are currently in production and slated for a fall debut on Showtime, star Michael C. Hall and his assembled collaborators say they know the fans weren't pleased with where it all wound up--and neither were they, necessarily.

"It deserved a better ending," said Hall, clad in a tropical button-down shirt. "The ending was mystifying at best… confounding, exasperating, frustrating on down the line of negative adjectives."

Hall's fellow panelists, which included Clyde Phillips (showrunner, executive producer), Scott Reynolds (executive producer), Marcos Siega (executive producer, director), and Dexter newcomer Julia Jones all nodded in agreement. But rather than dwell on the previous run's letdowns, they all enthused over the opportunity that it set the stage for in these new episodes. However, comments about what's next were largely intentionally vague so as to preserve the surprises still in store.