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Shows that feel likeDexter: New Blood (2021–2022)

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

If you loved Dexter: New Blood, the closest series we have are Black Bird (2022), Banshee (2013) and Adolescence (2025). All three share Dexter: New Blood's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Unbelievable (2019).

★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Showtimecreated by Clyde Phillipscontemplativegritty
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If Dexter: New Blood hit the spot, these will too

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Black Bird
2022 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 8.1drama · crimeApple TV+

Common ground in both: serial killer and miniseries

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

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Banshee
2013–2016 · 4 seasons · Cinemax
★ 8.4crime · dramaMax

Two things both keep coming back to: vigilante and murder

Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

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Adolescence
2025 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.1drama · crimeNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

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Scream: The TV Series
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · MTV
★ 7drama · crime · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: serial killer

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Dexter: New Blood does

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

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Castle
2009–2016 · 8 seasons · ABC
★ 8.1drama · crimePrime VideoHulu

The same city underneath both: New York City

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

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Chicago P.D.
2014– · 14 seasons · NBC
★ 8.1crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Common ground: police

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

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Unbelievable
2019 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.3drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: miniseries

After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks.

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The Undoing
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.4drama · crime · mysteryMax

Both are built on the same subject: fathers and sons

Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.

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When They See Us
2019 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.8dramaNetflix

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

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American Crime Story
2016–2021 · 3 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

One thread runs through both: police

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
2017 · 1 season · Caracol TV
★ 7.8drama · crime

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.

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Power
2014–2020 · 6 seasons · STARZ
★ 8.1crime · dramaHuluStarz

Both lean on grit more than on crime

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.

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