‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Review: Michael C. Hall Returns From the Dead in Promising Sequel Series

Serial killers aren’t heroes, but you’d never know it given the number of true crime stories and dramatized murderers currently populating television. Our culture has become obsessed with those who take lives and Dexter Morgan is partially responsible. Now, his TV resurrection aims to question that obsession.

When “Dexter” debuted in 2006, the Michael C. Hall character was considered TV’s first leading serial killer. What made him palpable was who he extinguished: other killers whose...