Dexter: New Blood contains 10 episodes.
The series was commissioned by Showtime as a limited revival of Dexter, with Michael C. Hall returning as Dexter Morgan and Clyde Phillips returning as showrunner. Its ten-episode structure was planned as a self-contained continuation rather than a conventional ninth season of the original series.
New Blood begins roughly ten years after the original finale. Dexter has abandoned Miami, adopted the name Jim Lindsay, and settled in the fictional town of Iron Lake, New York. The story expands when his son Harrison finds him, forcing Dexter to confront both his past and the possibility that violent impulses may have been passed to the next generation.
The episodes aired weekly from November 7, 2021, through January 9, 2022. The count is sometimes confused with the original Dexter seasons, most of which had 12 episodes, or with the 8-episode formats used by some other streaming crime dramas. Although New Blood was marketed as limited, the Dexter franchise later continued through additional series.