Dexter: Original Sin

Director(s)Michael Lehmann
Production year2025
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes47m
CastPatrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown

Dexter: Original Sin

strong violence, injury detail, language, sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
27/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter suspects a nurse is tampering with her patients' medication.

violence
In moments of strong violence, a person is stabbed and another is punched in the face. References are made to the murder of children.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'piss', 'ass', 'crap' and 'shit'.
sex
A man looks through a pornographic magazine and a reference is made to masturbation.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a sequence of sexual threat in which a half-dressed drunk teenage girl lies unconscious on a bed whilst a young man gets ready to sexually assault her. A law enforcement officer makes lewd and sexually harassing comments to college students.
injury detail
There is gory sight of a post-mortem taking place as well as strong bloody moments and crime scene detail in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
Older teenagers briefly smoke cannabis and use a bong at a party. There is a sequence of threat in which a person is stripped and tied to a bed with plastic wrap. An upsetting scene involves the accidental death of a child.
strong language, violence, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter is assigned his first case.

violence
People are stabbed, shot and beaten. Some scenes include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath of violence. It is implied that a boy's finger is severed.
threat and horror
People are threatened with knives. A kidnapped boy is chained up in a cell.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('son of a bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', 'damn', 'hell', 'jeez').
injury detail
Scenes include close-up injury, wound detail and sight of a severed finger, as well as blood pooling beneath corpses.
additional issues
Suicide references include moderate visual and verbal detail. A man makes unseen thrusting movements behind a woman; however, the man's actions are condemned. There are also moderate verbal drug references, sex references, and some upsetting scenes, including those relating to death and murder.
strong language, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a crime series; in this episode, Dexter and Debra make a mutually beneficial deal.

violence
People are impressionistically stabbed, causing large splatters of blood onto others. A woman refers to a physically abusive former partner.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘twot’, 'bitch', ‘dick’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’, ‘bastard’, ‘balls’, ‘shit’, 'screw', 'asshole', 'piss', ‘hell’, ‘God’ and 'damn'.
drugs
Teens snort a powder they believe to be cocaine.
additional issues
There is the occasional sight of severed body parts, without strong grisly detail. People are menaced with guns and knives, and a kidnapped child is threatened. A scene of brief sexual threat occurs, however the victim is quickly rescued. Comic sex references include remarks alluding to erections, strip clubs and ejaculate. A police officer references discrimination inherent in the department in a condemning manner. A passing reference is made to suicide, without detail.
strong violence, threat, injury detail, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US serial killer drama; in this episode, the police discover the body of a murdered child, Dexter targets a retired hit-man and Debs meets an older guy whilst out clubbing.

violence
A child's finger is severed off-screen. There are flashbacks to a man slashing at a person's body who he has tied up against their will. Two men fight and grapple at one another. A person is hit by a car. A man is strangled.
threat and horror
A kidnapped child is shown trapped in a shipping container. People are tied up against their will by a serial killer.
language
Frequent strong language includes uses of the terms 'f**k' and 'motherf**ker'. Other language includes terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'hell', 'damn', 'God' and 'Jesus Christ'. A woman directs a middle finger gesture at someone.
drugs
Two teen girls buy weed and cocaine and are shown snorting white powder and talking about their cocaine use. A dead body is discovered with needle marks on his arm.
injury detail
The severed finger of a child is shown in close-up several times. There are also several crime scene photographs of the body of a dead child, as sight of a child's body hanging from a bridge.
additional issues
There are references to sex work. Homophobic references are made when a cop refuses to touch the body of a gay sex worker fearing he'll "get aids". There are also references to a young man being disowned by his family after coming out about his sexuality to them.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is crime drama series; in this episode, Harry suffers a professional setback and Deb remembers her mother.

language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'hell' and 'damn'.
injury detail
There is gory post mortem sight of a man's shattered skull after being hit by a car.
additional issues
People consume cannabis brownies. References are made to ketamine and other drugs. Moments of moderate threat and references to violence occur. Scenes include moderate sex references. Upsetting scenes arise due to bereavement, including child bereavement.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex
Classified Date:
28/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter goes on a double date, while planning the murder of a killer who escaped justice.

violence
Scenes include slashings and stabbings with knives, resulting in large blood spurts. A man cuts another's finger off using a wrench. In other scenes, a man suffocates another using a plastic bag, and a woman is struck over the head during a home invasion.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'God', 'Jesus', 'damn').
sex
A couple engage in thrusty sex, which includes buttock and breast nudity. It's implied a woman performs oral sex on a man in a public toilet. There are also verbal references to 'jizz' and adultery.
injury detail
Crime scenes include the bodies of murder victims who are bloodied and have been suffocated with a plastic bag. Severed body parts feature in some sequences, including a man's finger cut off using a wrench.
additional issues
Serial killers stalk and attack their victims, and there are scenes in which children are kidnapped. The arm of a dead body exhibits healed scars thought to be evidence of self-harm.
strong violence, injury detail, language, brief sex
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter needs a new hiding place to dump his latest victim, while finding a potential lead in the hunt for missing Spencer.

violence
Scenes include a killer murdering his victims with a blade, resulting in blood spurting detail. A killer cuts off a boy's finger. Milder violence includes stabbings and brief punches.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms ('dickhead', 'prick', 'bitch', 'puta', 'asshole', 'shit', 'hell', 'screw', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn').
sex
There is brief thrusty sex and breast nudity in the recap of a previous episode. There are also milder verbal references to sex, oral sex and adultery.
injury detail
Crime scenes contain bloodied dead bodies and severed limbs. In a brief flashback, a severed head is launched into a swamp. Forensics closely inspect a boy's severed finger. There is also a comic scene in which a serial killer makes a lamp from human skin.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also scenes of threat in which children are kidnapped and held captive, as well as brief references to homophobia.
strong violence, injury detail, language, threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter is tasked with finding Deb who sneaks away for a boat trip with her boyfriend.

violence
Shootings and stabbings result in bloody detail, including a man using a chainsaw on a man's arm. In a brief scene, a serial killer cuts off a boy's finger.
threat and horror
Scenes include a mother and her two sons being terrorised and held at gunpoint. A serial killer drugs a boy while holding him captive.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), which is accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'cock', 'shit', 'ass', 'hell', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn').
drugs
People briefly snort white powder. There are also verbal references to the shipping of illegal drugs.
injury detail
Scenes contain bloody crime scene detail, and people and bodies covered in blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There are moderate verbal references to sex and post-coital scenes. There are also references to bereavement.
strong gory injury detail, violence, threat, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, as Dexter becomes convinced he knows the identity of the child serial killer, the past is about to catch up with him and Harry.

violence
Strong violence, with bloodshed, features shootings, the severing of a finger and attacks with chainsaws.
threat and horror
Strong threat includes the attempted smothering of a small child, but there is a reassuring outcome.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass' and 'balls'.
injury detail
A decapitated and dismembered body is found in a blood-drenched shipping container. There is also strong bloody injury detail in crime scene photos, as well as bloody images in a medical context. Crime scene photos show the body of a murdered child.
additional issues
There are references to sex workers and drugs.
strong bloody violence, gore, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Dexter works desperately to save a missing child.

violence
Scenes include bloody killings with blades and improvised weapons, resulting in blood spurting detail. In another scene, a man repeatedly smashes another's head against a wall. A serial killer attempts to drown a child.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker) is accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'hell', 'God', 'damn').
injury detail
Gory injury detail includes the handling of dismembered bodies. There is also bloody crime scene detail.
additional issues
A boy is held captive by a serial killer. There are also moderate sex references, and references to bereavement.
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Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified date25/02/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
People are stabbed, shot and beaten. Some scenes include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath of violence. It is implied that a boy's finger is severed.
threat and horror
People are threatened with knives. A kidnapped boy is chained up in a cell.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('son of a bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', 'damn', 'hell', 'jeez').
injury detail
Scenes include close-up injury, wound detail and sight of a severed finger, as well as blood pooling beneath corpses.
additional issues
Suicide references include moderate visual and verbal detail. A man makes unseen thrusting movements behind a woman; however, the man's actions are condemned. There are also moderate verbal drug references, sex references, and some upsetting scenes, including those relating to death and murder.
strong bloody violence, gore, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include bloody killings with blades and improvised weapons, resulting in blood spurting detail. In another scene, a man repeatedly smashes another's head against a wall. A serial killer attempts to drown a child.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker) is accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'hell', 'God', 'damn').
injury detail
Gory injury detail includes the handling of dismembered bodies. There is also bloody crime scene detail.
additional issues
A boy is held captive by a serial killer. There are also moderate sex references, and references to bereavement.
strong gory injury detail, violence, threat, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence, with bloodshed, features shootings, the severing of a finger and attacks with chainsaws.
threat and horror
Strong threat includes the attempted smothering of a small child, but there is a reassuring outcome.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass' and 'balls'.
injury detail
A decapitated and dismembered body is found in a blood-drenched shipping container. There is also strong bloody injury detail in crime scene photos, as well as bloody images in a medical context. Crime scene photos show the body of a murdered child.
additional issues
There are references to sex workers and drugs.
strong violence, injury detail, language, brief sex
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include a killer murdering his victims with a blade, resulting in blood spurting detail. A killer cuts off a boy's finger. Milder violence includes stabbings and brief punches.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms ('dickhead', 'prick', 'bitch', 'puta', 'asshole', 'shit', 'hell', 'screw', 'Jesus', 'God', 'damn').
sex
There is brief thrusty sex and breast nudity in the recap of a previous episode. There are also milder verbal references to sex, oral sex and adultery.
injury detail
Crime scenes contain bloodied dead bodies and severed limbs. In a brief flashback, a severed head is launched into a swamp. Forensics closely inspect a boy's severed finger. There is also a comic scene in which a serial killer makes a lamp from human skin.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also scenes of threat in which children are kidnapped and held captive, as well as brief references to homophobia.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'hell' and 'damn'.
injury detail
There is gory post mortem sight of a man's shattered skull after being hit by a car.
additional issues
People consume cannabis brownies. References are made to ketamine and other drugs. Moments of moderate threat and references to violence occur. Scenes include moderate sex references. Upsetting scenes arise due to bereavement, including child bereavement.
strong violence, threat, injury detail, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A child's finger is severed off-screen. There are flashbacks to a man slashing at a person's body who he has tied up against their will. Two men fight and grapple at one another. A person is hit by a car. A man is strangled.
threat and horror
A kidnapped child is shown trapped in a shipping container. People are tied up against their will by a serial killer.
language
Frequent strong language includes uses of the terms 'f**k' and 'motherf**ker'. Other language includes terms such as 'prick', 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'asshole', 'hell', 'damn', 'God' and 'Jesus Christ'. A woman directs a middle finger gesture at someone.
drugs
Two teen girls buy weed and cocaine and are shown snorting white powder and talking about their cocaine use. A dead body is discovered with needle marks on his arm.
injury detail
The severed finger of a child is shown in close-up several times. There are also several crime scene photographs of the body of a dead child, as sight of a child's body hanging from a bridge.
additional issues
There are references to sex work. Homophobic references are made when a cop refuses to touch the body of a gay sex worker fearing he'll "get aids". There are also references to a young man being disowned by his family after coming out about his sexuality to them.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex
Classified Date:
28/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include slashings and stabbings with knives, resulting in large blood spurts. A man cuts another's finger off using a wrench. In other scenes, a man suffocates another using a plastic bag, and a woman is struck over the head during a home invasion.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'God', 'Jesus', 'damn').
sex
A couple engage in thrusty sex, which includes buttock and breast nudity. It's implied a woman performs oral sex on a man in a public toilet. There are also verbal references to 'jizz' and adultery.
injury detail
Crime scenes include the bodies of murder victims who are bloodied and have been suffocated with a plastic bag. Severed body parts feature in some sequences, including a man's finger cut off using a wrench.
additional issues
Serial killers stalk and attack their victims, and there are scenes in which children are kidnapped. The arm of a dead body exhibits healed scars thought to be evidence of self-harm.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
27/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In moments of strong violence, a person is stabbed and another is punched in the face. References are made to the murder of children.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'piss', 'ass', 'crap' and 'shit'.
sex
A man looks through a pornographic magazine and a reference is made to masturbation.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a sequence of sexual threat in which a half-dressed drunk teenage girl lies unconscious on a bed whilst a young man gets ready to sexually assault her. A law enforcement officer makes lewd and sexually harassing comments to college students.
injury detail
There is gory sight of a post-mortem taking place as well as strong bloody moments and crime scene detail in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
Older teenagers briefly smoke cannabis and use a bong at a party. There is a sequence of threat in which a person is stripped and tied to a bed with plastic wrap. An upsetting scene involves the accidental death of a child.
strong violence, injury detail, language, threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Shootings and stabbings result in bloody detail, including a man using a chainsaw on a man's arm. In a brief scene, a serial killer cuts off a boy's finger.
threat and horror
Scenes include a mother and her two sons being terrorised and held at gunpoint. A serial killer drugs a boy while holding him captive.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), which is accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'cock', 'shit', 'ass', 'hell', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn').
drugs
People briefly snort white powder. There are also verbal references to the shipping of illegal drugs.
injury detail
Scenes contain bloody crime scene detail, and people and bodies covered in blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There are moderate verbal references to sex and post-coital scenes. There are also references to bereavement.
strong language, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are impressionistically stabbed, causing large splatters of blood onto others. A woman refers to a physically abusive former partner.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘twot’, 'bitch', ‘dick’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’, ‘bastard’, ‘balls’, ‘shit’, 'screw', 'asshole', 'piss', ‘hell’, ‘God’ and 'damn'.
drugs
Teens snort a powder they believe to be cocaine.
additional issues
There is the occasional sight of severed body parts, without strong grisly detail. People are menaced with guns and knives, and a kidnapped child is threatened. A scene of brief sexual threat occurs, however the victim is quickly rescued. Comic sex references include remarks alluding to erections, strip clubs and ejaculate. A police officer references discrimination inherent in the department in a condemning manner. A passing reference is made to suicide, without detail.
strong language, violence, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are stabbed, shot and beaten. Some scenes include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath of violence. It is implied that a boy's finger is severed.
threat and horror
People are threatened with knives. A kidnapped boy is chained up in a cell.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('son of a bitch', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', 'damn', 'hell', 'jeez').
injury detail
Scenes include close-up injury, wound detail and sight of a severed finger, as well as blood pooling beneath corpses.
additional issues
Suicide references include moderate visual and verbal detail. A man makes unseen thrusting movements behind a woman; however, the man's actions are condemned. There are also moderate verbal drug references, sex references, and some upsetting scenes, including those relating to death and murder.
Director(s)Michael Lehmann
Production year2025
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes47m
CastPatrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
Classified date25/02/2025
LanguageEnglish