There's a morbid symmetry to how the "Dexter" franchise limps along as its parent company, too, becomes a shell of its former self. Showtime, once a premium cable competitor to HBO, now lives on largely as a sub-brand of a streaming service while Paramount Global grovels before the Trump administration to complete its own sale.

Michael C. Hall's signature serial-killer character is back from the dead in Showtime's latest iteration of "Dexter."

Half a decade ago, his son shot him through the heart. And yet, Dexter Morgan is alive and killing again — this time in 'Dexter: Resurrection.'