When and where to watch the finale
The wait is almost over. The Season 1 finale of Dexter: Resurrection—Episode 10, titled "And Justice For All..."—drops on Paramount+ Premium at 12:01 AM ET on Friday, September 5, 2025. If you’re on the West Coast, that’s 9:01 PM PT on Thursday, September 4. The episode runs 46 minutes, and it will roll out at the same moment across regions where Paramount+ Premium is available.
Prefer to watch on linear TV? Showtime will air the finale on Sunday, September 7, at 8 PM ET. Streaming subscribers get the head start, but the traditional Sunday slot is there if you like the weekly ritual.
Time-zone cheat sheet for the streaming drop:
- Eastern Time (ET): 12:01 AM Fri, Sept. 5
- Central Time (CT): 11:01 PM Thu, Sept. 4
- Mountain Time (MT): 10:01 PM Thu, Sept. 4
- Pacific Time (PT): 9:01 PM Thu, Sept. 4
- UK (BST): 5:01 AM Fri, Sept. 5
- Central Europe (CEST): 6:01 AM Fri, Sept. 5
- Australia (AEST): 2:01 PM Fri, Sept. 5
The finale caps a 10-episode run that began July 11, 2025, with new chapters arriving Fridays. All previous episodes are streaming now on Paramount+ Premium, so you can binge from the pilot straight into the finale without waiting.
If you’re planning a midnight watch, a couple of quick tips: update your Paramount+ app before the drop to avoid login snags, switch on subtitles early if you use them, and consider downloading the ninth episode to refresh your memory right before you hit play on the finale. If spoilers are a concern, muting keywords on social feeds Thursday night will help—West Coast viewers will see reactions start rolling in not long after 9 PM PT.
What the finale sets up—and how we got here
This first season picks up in the turbulent aftermath of Dexter: New Blood. Weeks after those events, Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma—shot by his son Harrison—and sets out for New York City. His aim is simple and messy: find Harrison and face what he’s broken. That’s where the show plants its flag, folding Dexter’s code and guilt into the noise of a city that doesn’t blink.
The finale’s logline teases Dexter boxed into a grim corner: trapped alongside Angel Batista’s body while his new nemesis, Prater, remains seemingly out of reach. That’s not just a bad night—it’s a test of whether Dexter has one more escape in him, or whether he’s run into the adversary who finally knows how to keep him pinned. Expect a survival fight that doubles as a narrative pivot for the franchise.
Across the season’s 10 episodes, the series threaded fresh faces into Dexter’s orbit. Michael C. Hall slides back into the role with the same eerie calm, while high-profile guest stars Neil Patrick Harris and Eric Stonestreet stepped in as new villains, giving the show crisp, prickly energy. The action and investigation moved through New York City and its outskirts, swapping the forests and small-town dread for concrete, glass, and a lot more eyes.
Behind the scenes, series creator and executive producer Clyde Phillips has framed Season 1 as a launchpad. He’s called it a unique starting point for however long this new chapter runs. Paramount hasn’t announced a renewal yet, but industry chatter says the company is weighing a writers room for a possible Season 2. That’s not a green light, but it signals confidence in the story engine this season built.
A few practical details before you queue it up: the finale clocks in at 46 minutes, tight enough to keep tension high without rushing the beats. If you’ve been watching weekly, it’s worth skimming Episode 9 to reset the chessboard—especially the final minutes, which set up the trap Dexter walks into here. Newcomers can still catch up in time; the season’s structure makes a fast binge straightforward, and the show’s “previously on” packages have been clean and useful.
Scheduling-wise, Paramount+ Premium continues to function as the early window, with Showtime following on Sunday nights. That staggered release has turned Fridays into the spoiler zone and Sundays into the watercooler recap for cable holdouts. If you’re splitting a watch party, that’s your map: stream Friday at midnight Eastern (Thursday evening Pacific), then regroup Sunday to relive the shocks with anyone who stuck to the linear airing.
What should fans brace for? The words in that episode title—"And Justice For All..."—aren’t subtle. Dexter has been pushing toward an accounting: for what he did to Harrison, for the bodies in his wake, for the wreckage he insists he can control. Prater’s presence in this story has been about pressure—tightening screws, closing exits, forcing Dexter to defend the code instead of hiding behind it. The finale, by the sound of it, presses all of that to a breaking point.
If the season ends with a door cracked for more, it will likely hinge on two things: whether Dexter can alter the pattern that’s defined him, and whether the people around him—survivors and investigators alike—choose to believe he can. The franchise has reinvented itself before. This season’s New York arc, the guest villain dynamics, and the return of familiar faces like Batista suggest the creative team has more places to go.
One last reminder for planners: Paramount+ Premium gets the finale first at 12:01 AM ET on Friday, September 5 (9:01 PM PT Thursday), and Showtime airs it Sunday at 8 PM ET. Queue it, dim the lights, and maybe silence your phone. Dexter’s never been great company for notifications.
