Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episode 5.If you’ve been watching Dexter: Resurrection closely this season, you know the Showtime series isn’t pulling any punches. Five episodes in, and Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan has quietly traded blood splatter for something even messier: emotional fallout. As this week’s episode, “Murder Horny,” delivers the show’s midseason turning point, the beloved vigilante has been forced to confront the truth that his teenage son, Harrison (Jack Alcott), doesn’t share his darkness or even want any part of it.

It’s a huge moment for Dexter as he navigates the father-son relationship, but it doesn’t end with just dialogue or action. Instead, as the credits roll, it spirals into a wave of synths and beats care of Hall’s avant-garde supergroup, Princess Goes (with Peter Yanowitz and Matt Katz–Bohen) while playing the track, “Eat an Eraser.”

But what does that particular song mean for Dexter going forward? Moreover, why does that song feel familiar? Well, for starters, this isn’t the first time Hall’s band Princess Goes has made an appearance in the Showtime series.

Michael C. Hall First Introduced His Band’s Music in ‘Dexter: New Blood’

During the first Dexter series revival New Blood in 2021, audiences were treated to the surprising needle drop track “Ketamine” during the credits of the fifth episode, “Runaway.” Written and performed by Hall with his indie band for their debut album, Thanks for Coming, the slow psychedelic ballad with a simple four-note bassline and unique drum section felt like a cheeky nod to the episode’s events, especially since Dexter is literally looking for ketamine to sedate his next victim.

But with clever placement and consideration, it was never just a surface-level plug. The lyrics reflect Dexter’s spiraling double life and his growing fears that the “code” wasn’t enough anymore, especially as things were closing in on him:

I wanna feel forever changing / But it’s hard when all this rearranging / Means I might be losing you.

In an interview with PopCulture shortly after the finale, Hall admitted it felt appropriate to include the track in the series, especially in the context of his character’s circumstances.

“There was also just something sonically at that moment in the season as that episode ended, that just felt right to the people who were making those decisions,” Hall said. “It was a cool way to just, if nothing else, maybe people heard it and liked it. I think some wondered if that was me singing or just liked the song and explored it from there, and discovered from there. But it was a nice, maybe not so heavy-handed way to insert a little Princess into the Dexter reboot.”

What Is the Song Playing at the End of ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 5?

That quiet, personal stamp from Hall in New Blood now brings us to Resurrection with the end credits blasting “Eat an Eraser.” Stylish with Hall’s David Bowie vibes, the track is a thematic gut punch. Whereas “Ketamine” accompanies Dexter navigating the tension between his urges and his carefully maintained code, “Eat an Eraser” weaves the threads for a very different kind of crisis: rejection.

After finally opening up to Harrison about his past, including his first kill (with a scene from Dexter: Original Sin stitched in), and what the “code” means to him, Dexter is not met with curiosity or understanding, but rather something colder. Harrison doesn’t feel the same release as his father. In fact, he doesn’t want to be him at all. The young man, vulnerable and scared, says his dark thoughts have haunted him every night following his brutal murder of Ryan Foster (Ryan Lillis), a serial rapist staying at The Empire Hotel. It’s a moment that leaves Dexter confused as he wants a connection with his son, and feels this is the way to it — something the lyrics allude to:

Things I never told you / Down on my knees / Why not let me hold you? / Give me your weight

Dexter doesn’t want to feel alone. After all, he tries to forge a connection with Mia (Krysten Ritter) amid the hopes that Lady Vengeance, with her own “code,” is a lot like him. But as the episode would prove, Dexter is isolated with his Dark Passenger — there’s no one like him. Between his son not relating to him or Mia confessing her killings are not always about “seeking justice,” there’s a moment following his interaction with the attractive femme fatale when he realizes that having a connection with others is not possible:

Utopia’s a sham / Nostalgia ain’t worth a damn

Floating just under the credits, the song and its lyrics capture the emotional center of the episode. That aforementioned line might as well be Dexter’s internal monologue by the time the episode ends. His nostalgic belief that he could finally find someone like him is cracked open by Mia’s betrayal. And Harrison? Well, Dexter’s dream of passing the code to his son is long gone after teaching him how to dispose of a body in New Blood. He isn’t the real mirror Dexter truly hoped for, nor one his conscience, Harry Morgan (James Remar), alluded to. Instead, he’s the “eraser” of that dream:

Eat an eraser / Dismiss your brain / Fate can’t make you face her

It’s not subtle at all. It’s painful as the track isn’t just another closer for the credits, but rather, a confession that Dexter can’t say out loud. Yet, we can feel these sentiments through every microexpression brought on by Hall for his character. Similarly to New Blood, it’s an Easter egg that only fully lands once you realize how deeply personal it is — both for the character and the actor behind him.

Does “Eat an Eraser” Foreshadow What’s Coming on ‘Dexter: Resurrection’?

As a track that doesn’t just reflect what’s come before, “Eat an Eraser” quietly sets the tone for what’s still ahead in the second half of the season. Pair that with the mess Dexter has created by infiltrating Leon Prater’s (Peter Dinklage) serial killer club, and things are about to become a lot more layered. But as Princess Goes’ dreamy detachment in the track masks something sharper stirring underneath for Resurrection, it’s evident that no matter how well someone hides behind routine or even love, there is always a reckoning:

Spinning in place / No more waiting…

If the lyrics quietly hint at anything ahead for the next five episodes, it’s that there’s a growing sense that time has run out for characters no longer just circling their choices, but hurtling toward consequences. Harrison might be experiencing PTSD in the style of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, but it’s evolved into more about what happens when control slips out of your hands.

In one line of “Eat an Eraser,” Hall sings, “Cold water waits for you.” While it might feel too offbeat for interpretation, it’s a line that carries an eerie calm. Not a threat in any way, but an inevitability that, for some of these characters, that impact is already beginning (like Mia being arrested after Dexter anonymously calls in an attack). But with just five episodes left, you’ll have to wait to see how it all breaks down.

Dexter: Resurrection is streaming every Friday on Paramount+ with Showtime and airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EST on Showtime.

Dexter: Resurrection

Release Date

July 13, 2025

Network

Paramount+ with Showtime

Directors

Marcos Siega

Writers

Scott Buck