The Best New Crime Thriller Of 2025 Remains The Ultimate One-Night Weekend Binge

The best new crime thriller series of 2025 remains the ultimate weekend binge, even though finishing it in just one sitting is a challenging but rewarding feat. Streaming on Paramount+, this was easily the most shockingly good new show last year, even though it did not get any awards season acknowledgments.

Dexter: Resurrection defied odds, expectations, and even its own series standards by delivering one of, if not the, best entry in its 20-year franchise last summer. Featuring the return of Michael C. Hall as the iconic serial killer Dexter Morgan, as well as one of 2025’s best ensemble casts that includes Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, Krysten Ritter, Neil Patrick Harris, and more, Dexter: Resurrection remains one of the best shows on any streaming platform to binge-watch in just one sitting.

Dexter: Resurrection Is The Ultimate One-Night Weekend Binge

Binge-watching all of Dexter: Resurrection season 1 in one day is truly ambitious – but also incredibly rewarding, thrilling, and absolutely worth it. With a total runtime of 8 hours and 38 minutes across ten episodes, viewers will have to truly commit to starting and finishing Dexter: Resurrection in just one sitting. That said, as someone who did just that this weekend, I can confirm that there’s no better way to enjoy Dexter: Resurrection to the fullest than to take it all in at once.

If you’re new to the franchise, you will have to be caught up on the Dexter original series, which includes 8 seasons, and the first sequel series, Dexter: New Blood, to start Dexter: Resurrection. While there is certainly a barrier to entry for the franchise, which, before Dexter: Resurrection, may not have been worth getting into in 2026, the most recent sequel series makes the hours of TV viewing entirely worth it.

Dexter: Resurrection picks up right where New Blood left off and places Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who was trained by his father to only kill other killers, in a brand new environment far from his Miami home base in the OG series. Searching for his adult son, Harrison, Dexter heads to New York City for the first time in franchise history to look for him, unexpectedly encountering a secret society of serial killers along the way. What unfolds over ten episodes is an electrifying, clever, and expertly written crime thriller that is remarkably entertaining.

Dexter: Resurrection Was So Brilliant It Saved The Dexter Franchise

A huge motivation for wanting to binge-watch Dexter: Resurrection in just one day is being a longtime fan of the franchise since its season 1 premiere in 2006. Having gone through not one, but two, botched series finales, Dexter: Resurrection felt like a dream come true, not only revamping the entire series with a star-studded cast, an exciting new setting, and the return of Michael C. Hall, but actually sticking the landing with its ambitious premise.

Watching and reviewing new weekly episodes of Dexter: Resurrection last summer was an experience I’ll never forget. After entering the sequel series with an air of caution, episode 4, “Call Me Red,” was the first real indication that Dexter was officially back in peak form. After that, it was off to the races for the rest of the season, ending on a deeply enthralling and satisfying note, while also widely leaving room for more to come in Dexter: Resurrection season 2.

Especially considering the disappointment of Dexter: Original Sin’s odd renewal and cancellation situation, having Dexter: Resurrection be so good is an incredible feeling. Had Resurrection not been so celebrated by critics and fans alike, resulting in a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95% and an IMDb score of 9.0, making it #32 on IMDb’s Top 250 TV Shows list, there’s a very real chance that it would have irrecoverably ended the Dexter franchise.

These additional elements make binge-watching Dexter: Resurrection from start to finish in just one day the ultimate weekend binge ahead of its season 2 premiere later this year.