"Dexter: Original Sin," the prequel drama to "Dexter," debuted as the most-streamed series premiere on Showtime in the cable net’s history.

Dexter: Original Sin seems like it’s off to a killer start. The series premiere racked up 2.1M global viewers across Paramount+ and Showtime in the first three days of availability, according to Paramount Global.

Perhaps future episodes will come up with worthy points of interest in Dexter’s early days, but right now it seems like “Dexter: Original Sin” exists solely because “Dexter: New Blood” was well-rated and Showtime needs a franchise. So long as that’s the case, I guess we’ve got our answer: Dexter can’t die.

Paramount+ and Showtime have given us a little gift this week in the form of two new episodes of Dexter: Original Sin. It looks like the show will take a brief one-week hiatus in January, hence the double episode this time.

Dexter: Original Sin has set a new Showtime streaming record following its premiere. Created by Clyde Phillips, the creator behind the original Dexter series starring Michael C. Hall, the prequel show sees Patrick Gibson step into the role of the titular serial killer.