Image Credit: Randy Tepper/ShowtimeNow this is what I call a killer twist: Julie Benz is returning to Dexter — as Rita!
Sources confirm to me exclusively that Benz — whose onscreen murder at the hands of the Trinity Killer was deemed by EW.com to be the most shocking death in TV history — has signed on to reprise her role as Dexter’s late bride in the first episode of season 5 (debuting this fall).
What? How? Why? Keep reading for answers to those three questions and more…
Specific details of Rita’s “resurrection” are being kept under wraps, but I’m told she is not coming back from the dead. New showrunner/executive producer Chip Johannessen also rules out a spectral visit a la Dexter’s late pa, Harry. “We’re not going to do some ghostly thing with her,” he says. Adds fellow exec producer Sara Colleton: “We reserve those for Harry. If you have too many things like that it becomes gimmicky.”
So how exactly will Benz — who will shoot her Dexter episode before starting work on her new ABC drama, No Ordinary Family — be revived? A Showtime rep would only add that the presence of Rita will “help Dexter deal with his newfound feelings of loss and grief — emotions he has never really felt before.”
Color me stumped! Think you have it figured out? Hit the comments with your theories!
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That’s actually a great idea.
dirty dirty sex tape.
Booyah.
Or something obtuse like that.
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Clearly, that’s how they’re going to do it.
Then she’ll touch the red glass door knob, and IT WON’T OPEN! Stop posting here, M. Knight..
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ooh i like this.
I like Julie Benz but Rita is an AWFUL SCREECHY bore.
Let her die Die DIE and STAY AWAY!
I agree. Love Benz but they made her character very naggy and unlikeable.
Yes, totally, Rita was awaful – Benz needs to go back to the Wisteria Lane, where she belongs! How come all the queer characters get send away or get nothing to do on DH?
ditto! I found her extremely ANNOYING!
Wickeddoll: You didn’t like Benz because she didn’t sound like an authentic 400 year old vampire!? OMG, you made my day. You are hilarious. I guess you of all people would know what a fictional creature from an over-rated TV show that aired on prime time to a mindless, trendy audience would sound like, right? *shakes head*
She is hot in her undies… Put a little more syrup on her
Craig, you reference to Buffy and Angel is so off the mark I have to wonder if: 1) you never watched either show and never read any critiques and/or 2) you were recently dropped on your head by your mother.
The answer is clear: Rita comes back in the form of flashbacks as Dexter learns to grieve.
I feel like I’m the only one who liked Rita and was really upset when she died.
I liked Rita at the beginning, but the wrote the character’s very gradual morph into a domineering, bossy wife with such skill! Before I knew it, I didnt like her. Very nicely done, screenwriter!
She was damaged from “go,” but I have to agree with Juanita: by the end, it would have taken an emotionless, disconnected maniac to put up with Rita. Good writing but painful to watch.
I really like that idea. A clever way to bring her back and give an emotional punch.
Or a nervous breakdown.
dirty dirty sex tape.
Booyah.
Or something obtuse like that.
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Michael, Welcome back
Glad you are allllllll better!
Then she’ll touch the red glass door knob, and IT WON’T OPEN! Stop posting here, M. Knight..
Two words: dream sequence.
Yes, in a dream. Exactly what I was thinking.
Two words: dream sequence.
Exactly what I thought.
Yes, in a dream. Exactly what I was thinking.
Hmm, maybe flashbacks? Dreams?
flashbacks to earlier the day she was killed?
Flashbacks! It has to be flashbacks…
Or doppleganger?
I like the doppleganger idea…very interesting and could be a cool concept.
As long as it’s not Flash Forward, I’m fine with it.
Flashbacks! It has to be flashbacks…
Or doppleganger?
I like the doppleganger idea…very interesting and could be a cool concept.
Flashbacks / memories.
Flashbacks / memories.
Flashbacks! We didn’t see EVERYTHING that went on in that house between them… 8D
Flashbacks! We didn’t see EVERYTHING that went on in that house between them… 8D
Sounds like flashback city to me
Sounds like flashback city to me
He has to be dreaming about her then, right??? I can’t wait for the new season!!