Dexter Scoop: What’s Next for Dex and Deb?

Now that Dexter Morgan’s serial-killer secret has finally been discovered by the person closest to him — his sister — Dexter’s producers promise to slice right into the juicy setup over the next two seasons…and maybe even a feature film after the show ends its run on Showtime.

While the writing team has yet to formally convene to plot out the consequences of Deb’s discovery that her adoptive brother is meting out his deadly Code against Miami’s murderers, executive producer Manny Coto tells TV Guide Magazine that the show won’t shy away from a radical new reality — including the fact that Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) has developed some complicated romantic feelings for Dexter (Michael C. Hall).

“Debra has discovered, at the very least, that her brother is a cold-blooded killer,” says Coto. “That is going to inform the next two seasons, or however many more seasons there are. It’s going to be a different dynamic, which is part of the fun. What we’ve done is upended the show, and it’s now no longer about a guy who’s trying to keep his secret from his sister and everyone else around him. For all intents and purposes someone knows who he is and Debra has a big decision to make: ‘Do I turn him in? What do I do about this? I’ve just seen him kill somebody.’ That’s the first thing we’re going to be dealing with.”