History Series / DexterNewBlood

* TheRez: Iron Lake rests near the Seneca Reservation.

'''Spoiler Warning: ''New Blood'' is serialized and each episode directly follows from the one before. Beware of spoilers that may be unmarked.'''

* DisposingOfABody: Dexter runs into some problems with this following his impulsive murder of Matt Caldwell. He considers the nearby lake (too shallow. so somebody will find it eventually), a cemetery (frozen ground. so impossible to dig), a woodchipper (too messy and leaves too much evidence), and an abandoned mine (unfortunately, occupied by a bear). He settles for temporarily burying Matt's body parts near his cabin before later incinerating them in a furnace. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this still creates evidence, since the fire wasn't hot enough to melt titanium pins in Matt's leg.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Matt Caldwell acts every bit the EntitledBastard he is, getting away with the deaths of five people, having sex with high school girls, and shooting Dexter's deer. Not a tear was shed when he dies after first blaming his actions on a shitty childhood and then threatening Dexter when Matt realizes he's going to die regardless.

* MainCharacterFinalBoss : As the villain protagonist of both '''{{Series/Dexter}}'' and this one, New Blood ends with him as the [[spoiler:final boss where he is killed by his son Harrison after murdering Logan to escape justice for his crimes. However, Dexter allowed this to happen so that his son could live a life free of Dexter's crimes; it's also implied that he would eventually be revealed as the Bay Harbor Butcher.]]

* SirSwearsALot: Molly Park and, unsurprisingly, Ghost!Deb.

* CriticalResearchFailure: It's apparent that the writers did not do much research on True Crime podcasts, and seemingly didn't understand how podcasting works. Mainly, all of Molly's podcasts appear to be pre-recorded notes edited together, when the whole concept of a podcast is that it is broadcasted ''live''.

* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Girlfriends in this case, for Audrey & Angela. At first annoyed that Dexter had a son he never mentioned, Angela quickly comes around and offers advice to him. Dexter actually believed she was going to break up with him. Audrey also appears to have gone completely cold on Harrison due to his propensity for violence. At some point before Episode 9 everything is patched up off screen, with Audrey being extremely happy when they come for Christmas morning, while Angela is more reserved, things are well enough in the relationship that they actually make plans for Christmas morning and evening to be spent with each other, and Dexter is comfortable enough again to say he loves her.

* GildedCage: The Runaway Killer lures young women with no place to stay to a remote "family cabin" of his with the tempting offer of free lodging. The room itself is quite comfortable, with food and drink and a bathroom with a jaccuzi. However, it can only be opened from the outside, meaning that [[BunkerWoman the girls are trapped]] as soon as their host leaves, who then watches their mental torment through a security camera once they realize their predicament. It's also implied that the food in the room is somehow poisoned.

* WeaponOfChoice: [[spoiler:Harrison favors a straight razor and Kurt uses a souped-up rifle with a laser sight.]]

* PlotArmor: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. In the original series, Dexter had the Plot Armor protagonists usually enjoy, but in the sequel fate essentially conspires against him,most extremely with Angela's [[spoiler: unlikely meeting with one of Dexter's former Miami colleagues]], but in other ways as well. This leads to, as one would guess, [[spoiler: a DownerEnding from the point of view of Dexter. A clever serial killer with Plot Armor can avoid detection, and might have some chance with no Plot Armor, but with inverse Plot Armor he's going to be caught]].

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Even if Angela could prove Dexter killed Matt and Jasper, it does not prove he killed anyone in Florida, so in reality, he could not be extradited. As Dexter left behind no physical evidence in Florida that he was the Bay Harbor Butcher, it's unlikely Laguerta's fIle contains anything definitive.

* AdultFear: The recurring theme of the second episode ''Storm of Fuck'' is parents fearing for the safety of their children. Angela is an OverprotectiveMom for her daughter Audrey especially as she regularly sees girls from the Seneca Reservation go missing. Kurt Caldwell learns his son is missing and is desperate to find him believing Matt is still alive unaware his son's already dead. Finally Dexter reveals that one of the reasons for faking his death and leaving Harrison with Hannah was because Dex feared passing on his murderous urges onto his son...only to learn that Hannah died and Harrison was left to the horrors of the foster care system.

** [[spoiler:Given the intense reluctance Harrison had when [[spoiler:[[ButNowIMustGo leaving]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl Audrey]] (to the point that he had to drive by her window to get one last look at her)]], it's not hard to imagine Harrison [[spoiler:going against his better judgment and going back to see her again some day]] either and trouble brewing as a result of that somehow.

** [[spoiler:Given the intense reluctance Harrison had when [[spoiler:[[ButNowIMustGo leaving]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl Audrey]]--to the point that he had to drive by her window to get one last look at her]], it's not hard to imagine Harrison [[spoiler:going against his better judgment and going back to see her again some day]] either.

** [[spoiler:Given the intense reluctance Harrison had when [[spoiler:[[ButNowIMustGo leaving]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl Audrey]] in the end]], it's not hard to imagine Harrison [[spoiler:going against his better judgment and going back to see her again some day]] either.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Near the end of the season, after revealing himself to be a serial killer and having Harrison [[AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity serve as his accomplice]], Dexter suggests [[LosAngeles Los Angeles]] as a possible new hunting ground for them to seek out predators to kill. The [[SelfMadeOrphan ending of the series]] totally nixes the possibility of Dexter and Harrison doing that together... but during the end credits from Harrison's POV, we see him driving from country roads into the streets of a densely populated city.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: In addition to the Morgans, we now have the Caldwells. Grandpa abuses prostitues, [[spoiler:dad is a SerialKiller]], and the son is LethallyStupid.

** There is a mysterious killer of runaway women, and he does so by trapping them for a while, then letting them out so he can gun them down with a sniper rifle. It's not really much of a hunt, though, considering the miniscule distance and the weapon he's using.

* SeriesContinuityError: The Bay Harbor Butcher used M99 animal tranquillizers, but New Blood insists he used Ketamine.

* BullyHunter: Harrison. He initially befriends a school loner by protecting him from the school bullies. Said loner was a potential school shooter, which Harrison uses as an excuse to badly hurt him with a knife.

** [[spoiler:Kurt's lackey wounds Dexter in the leg because he's meant to bring him in alive, but not well enough to stop him escaping. After declaring [[StatingTheSimpleSolution he's just going to kill Dexter]], he somehow manages to miss repeatedly. Once when Dexter is hobbling out in the open, and another while Dexter is behind a tree. The lackey only manages to hit the tree, and apparently doesn't see Dexter move from said tree to shoot at Dexter again.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Matt Caldwell acts every bit the EntitledBastard he is, getting away with the deaths of five people, having sex with high school girls, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shooting Dexter's deer]]. Not a tear was shed when he dies after first blaming his actions on a shitty childhood and then threatening Dexter when Matt realizes he's going to die regardless.

* StoutStrength: Elric has quite an unimpressive physique. When Elric has Harrison help him carry two canisters, the athletic teen clearly struggles to lift his half of one canister. Then Elric finishes his business, picks up ''both'' canisters at once, and shuffles away.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Dexter managed to get away with being the Bay Harbor Butcher and successfully built a new life for himself in Iron Lake... only to finally pay for his crimes when his son comes to town.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dexter kills Logan to escape from the police station, and Harrison kills Dexter when he learns of Logan's murder. Harrison is then forced to flee the town to avoid association with Dexter's death, meaning he abandons Audrey and his new life. However, Dexter's death is a MercyKill and he dies knowing Harrison will be able to move on and make a fresh start. Furthermore, it's implied that Dexter will be revealed to the world as the Bay Harbor Butcher, posthumously clearing Doakes's name after nearly two decades of being falsely accused.]]

** Harrison is [[spoiler;a consummate liar and manipulator, ]]just like dear old dad. They even eat in similar ways and have a tendency to speak in a droning timber.