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3:14PM: 鈥淚 have been looking forward to it, very curious as to how they would write it, yet also terrified about it,鈥� Jennifer Carpenter says in response to an opening salvo from a reporter asking for her gut reaction to Deb finding out about Dexter鈥檚 extra-curricular activities at the end of last season.

3:16PM: Sad But True: Dexter coming out as a serial killer does make an endgame for the series a little more palpable and imminent. At least according to star Michael C. Hall who elaborates, 鈥淚 think the plan is to do this season and a final eight season and really tell the story of the two of them negotiating their relationship in this new landscape. That much time feels about right.鈥�

3:17:PM 鈥淭his is without a doubt the most fundamentally game changing development as we鈥檝e had since we鈥檝e started telling this story,鈥� explains Hall. 鈥淚t has been so invigorating to play these scenes and to be preoccupied in ways that Dexter has never been. In a show鈥檚 seventh season no less, it鈥檚 pretty remarkable.鈥�

3:18PM: Jennifer Carpenter believes that dropping her script and swearing in the middle of her audition is what won her the part of Deb!

3:19PM: 鈥淚 play Hannah McKay, who comes into the story in episode three,鈥� reveals Yvonne Strahovski of her first post-CHUCK role. 鈥淪he crosses paths with Dexter when she begins to help the Miami Police Department on a cold case. Suffice it to say, her dark past will slowly be revealed as the episodes go on.鈥�

3:22PM: 鈥淭his season feels as genuinely informed by everything that has come before it as anything we鈥檝e ever done,鈥� says Hall on how this sixth seventh season is currently shaping up. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a real feeling that we鈥檝e earned this arrival and new landscape and feels as rich as ever.鈥� Adds Carpenter, 鈥淚t鈥檚 very dangerous.鈥�

3:24PM: While pretty much a fait accompli, Michael C. Hall won鈥檛 entirely close the door on the show continuing past its planned eight season. 鈥淚 remember finishing the first season thinking we should probably just stop鈥� what are we going to do now!?鈥�

3:25PM: On a somewhat lighter note, Carpenter claims she would call the police right away if she ever discovered her sibling was a serial killer, while Hall would think it鈥檚 ironic given his day job!

3:27PM: 鈥淎s an easy solution to his problem, the thought has to at least cross his mind,鈥� says DEXTER executive producer Scott Buck on whether or not fans should consider the possibility that Deb鈥檚 life might be in danger.

3:28PM: 鈥淚鈥檝e never had a better scene partner than Jennifer. Her generosity, volatility of her performance, sense of danger she brings to the dynamic, commitment. sense of investment, I鈥檓 astonished watching her.鈥� says Hall of co-star Carpenter. 鈥� For her part, Carpenter returns the favor by revealing that 鈥淢ichael sets the tone for the entire show鈥� when asked about what exactly the talented twosome admire about one another.

3:34PM: 鈥淚 think we knew we鈥檇 eventually tell the story but because it so dramatically changes the nature of the show we didn鈥檛 want to consider it until we were closing in on an ending,鈥� says Scott Buck on whether or not Deb finding out about Dexter was something the writers considered earlier in the show鈥檚 run.

3:37PM: 鈥淚t was a little intimidating but it鈥檚 exhilarating,鈥� Stahovski says on her transition from CHUCK to DEXTER. 鈥淚鈥檝e watched every single episode in the three weeks since joining the show and now that I get to work with these these guys it鈥檚 a beautiful experience and I鈥檓 honored to be a part of it.鈥�

3:39PM: In response to fans who remain on the fence about jumping back on the DEXTER bandwagon coming off what many have called the show鈥檚 most disappointing season to date, Hall has this to say, 鈥淲hatever your opinion of ranking the seasons, for my money DEXTER is never more compelling than when he is in trouble and never been deeper trouble than he is now.鈥�

3:42PM: 鈥淗e brings a real gravity, weight and complexity,鈥� Hall says of Ray Stevenson, who joins this show this season as the heave of a European organized crime syndicate. 鈥淗e鈥檚 playing a character who certainly has his darkness but uniqueness and nuance and he manages to convey it all in way that to the outside seems pretty effortless.鈥�

3:43PM: 鈥淚t鈥檚 certainly in our thoughts as we broke season seven,鈥� was Buck鈥檚 response to the question pertaining to how much thought has gone into planning the eight and presumably final season while finishing up writing the show鈥檚 seventh.

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