With "America's favorite serial killer" returning to our screens sometime this year, it would appear as if the Dexter Morgan we all knew and loved is gone.
Dexter fans around the world are chomping at the bit to see the return of Miami's best blood-spatter analyst, and Showtime is keeping us all on tenterhooks with teasers for the upcoming ninth season.
Of course, what fans want most out of the 10-part limited series is redemption for the abomination that was the season eight finale.
Check out the most recent trailer for Dexter's return below:With that being said, nobody really knows what to expect from the return of the hit show. Last month, Showtime released a 30-second trailer (above) giving fans their first glimpse of Michael C. Hall as the show's eponymous killer, but now it would seem that Dexter is no longer using his real name.
Yes, in the latest teaser from the upcoming series, Showtime released a nine-second clip showing Dexter's face on a nametag for fictional Fred's Fish & Game.
However, rather than the name of the sales associate reading 'Dexter Morgan', it instead reads 'Jim Lindsay'. Not quite the pseudonym I'd have opted for if I was a serial killer trying to keep my head down.
The name was also leaked by one of the show's recurring directors, Marcos Siega, who took to Instagram to share a heavily blacked-out page from one of the new episode's scripts.
Siega captioned the post: "This may or may not get me into trouble but..."
The annotated page certainly asks more questions than it gives answers, with references to knives and "youth sports teams" being visible, alongside one word of dialogue from Dexter: "Imagine".
Speaking on his return to the hit show with NME, Hall revealed what it's like to once again play Dexter after an eight-year break.
"I've never returned to a job after so much time. Having Dexter in a completely different context, we'll see how that feels," Hall said, adding: "It's been interesting to figure out how to do that, and I thought it was time to find out what the hell happened to him."
Hall was also very cagey over whether or not we'll be seeing more from Dexter after season nine, saying: "I'm reluctant to say 'definitely,' you know? Let's see. What's plain now is that there's 10 new episodes."
Dexter returns to Showtime this fall.
