This story discusses plot developments in Episode 4 of “Dexter: Resurrection,” currently streaming on Paramount+ Premium. The Showtime series "Dexter: Resurrection," which premiered July 11, follows the events of the 2021 limited series "Dexter: New Blood,

Resurrection has multiple murder investigations going on at once. The narrative is as interwoven and complex as a DNA strand — but somehow it all works.

In Friday’s newest episode, Dexter takes up Red a.k.a. Dark Passenger’s invitation to Prater’s party and, thanks to Red’s replicated thumbprint, finds himself surrounded by trophies and others with a hunger for carnage — “the itch,” “the need,” “the great yearning,” and “the urge,” as they dub it in a moment of unsettling unity.