Notice! This article contains SPOILERS for Dexter: Original Sin episode 1.THE Dexter prequel program Dexter: Original Sin is making Debra Morgan (Molly Brown) much more likable than the original series ever did. Throughout the original series, Debra (originally played by Jennifer Carpenter) wasn't the most relatable character. She is definitely one of the best characters in Dexterbut much of what made her so interesting actually made her less likable. The biggest example is her rude sense of humor, which is endearing to viewers and fans, but certainly doesn't make Deb seem like a nice person.
Almost all of Debra's jokes in Dexter it consisted of her combining a long string of swear words into an inventive exclamation or simply insulting the other characters in the series. One of her favorite people to scold was Dexter, and Deb often seemed rude or downright cruel to her older adopted brother. Happily, Original sin is changing that part of Debra's character and even retroactively making the original show better in the process. Even just at the premiere of Original sinDebra became a much more sympathetic character.
Original Sin proves that Dexter was a very strange person before working on the Miami subway
Dexter only learned to relate to others well after college.
The debut of Dexter: Original Sin did a lot to prove that Debra's complaints about Dexter weren't as unfounded as they seemed. When he was in college, Dexter was a very strange person. Only in the first episode of Original sinDexter stared longingly at a dead body, had several strange encounters and almost killed someone at a frat party, and generally looked like a creep.. It's wrong, but it's not surprising that he wasn't a popular person and that his colleagues liked to bully him.
Dexter's social awkwardness is something the original Dexter the show never worked out. There were certainly times when Dexter would say the wrong thing or be completely socially oblivious, but he never seemed like a weirdo. For the most part, Michael C. Hall's take on Dexter seemed like a confident, attractive man who said stupid things from time to time, at least to other characters.. Patrick Gibson's take on the character, however, really emphasized how much of a social outcast Dexter was as a young adult, which is a side of the character audiences have never seen before.
Dexter's weirdness in Original Sin makes it much easier to sympathize with Deb
Deb may not be right to dislike Dexter, but her awkwardness is much easier to understand
Knowing how weird Dexter was in the early 1990s when Dexter: Original Sin takes place across the timeline, it helps make it easier to sympathize with Deb. Original sin proved that Dexter really was very awkward and clumsy, while Deb was a social butterfly. It may not be right for her to be ashamed of her brother, but it certainly makes sense that they would conflict and Deb would think of Dexter as strange.. In the original series, Deb rarely saw Dexter being truly unnerving, so his insults and jabs didn't seem all that sympathetic.
Original sin Not only is it making Deb more likable, it's also making her relationship with Dexter more compelling. Deb and Dexter were always extremely close on the original series, and it seemed like they were always inseparable growing up.. Original sinhowever, it shows that they really didn't like each other very much, and their close relationship only came about because they both put aside their differences and embraced the parts of their brother that they originally didn't like. Dexter: Original Sin shows that Deb and Dexter chose to be as close as they were, which only makes them more supportive.