Dude those years following the finale sucked so bad. Initially I was convinced theyd do a revival. But year after year after year, not a single peep, and whenever MCH was asked about returning to Dexter hed basically say he was done with the character and wanted to move on to new things. After so much time I finally accepted that the S8 finale was truly the end and ugh. And then out of nowhere, after so much time, they finally came back. Blew me away.