Comic-Con 2011: Dexter Coverage and Panel

Dexter's back at San Diego Comic-Con, but this time he's not alone!  The stars of Dexter are joined by Shameless and new series Homeland, and UGO is on hand to give you all the details!

Here's what we saw:

• God is definitely a part of the season, as we saw a clip of Dexter slaying someone who killed his wife on the reasoning that divorce is a sin.
• The whole trailer (which you can find at dextersaves.com) we see flashes of Dexter and Deb's relationship, Edward James Olmos overseeing the handiwork of Colin Hanks' season, Dexter with a new woman, set to the music of "My Own Personal Jesus."  It's pretty badass, trust us.
• The new tagline?  "This Fall, He'll Make You A Believer."
• Colin Hanks said we'll see things in this season not seen in previous seasons.
• Harrison is definitely older, so there's something of a time jump. The two actors playing Harrison have aged to learn the word "no," so more improvising in the scenes is required. 
• Dexter feels ill equipped to provide the right guidance to his son, and worries about passing the "Dark Passenger" to Harrison, so he turns to religion to help his son, something Dexter himself has never really explored.
• LaGuerta and Batista will be "very spicy" this year. Whatever that means.
• He's completely "unplugged" from the experience of dating, getting back in his element as far as killing.
• Harry definitely still maintains a presence this season as a sounding board for Dexter's conscience.
• Masuka will have his crew of interns to deal with this year, and will definitely have "an interesting  time." On the Dexter facebook site you can play an online game to be Masuka's "Intern of the week."
• Michael would love to work with Jon Lithgow again, but "you gotta pick and choose your ghosts."
• There definitely won't be any more attempts to tie the series into the Jeff Lindsay books.  "We don't even read the books," said executive producer Sara Cottleton.
• Will Deborah find out more about the secret, given what happened in the season five finale?  "Deb is very smart.  Dexter is smarter," said executive producer Scott Buck.  But what about Quinn?  "Dexter is definitely smarter."
• MOS DEF shows up to ask a question!  "I was wondering if you would mind if I could possibly come up there and be with you guys?"
• Mos plays "Brother Sam," but couldn't say much about the character for the season.
• OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION:  Rita was killed by the Trinity Biller.  No ambiguity about it. Most of Colin Hanks scenes are with Edward James Olmos, while Mos Def works more with Michael C. Hall.  "Eddie J" said that Colin Hanks will win a Gabby.  He doesn't know what it is, but he's sure Colin will win it!
• Can't say for sure if we'll see Astor and Cody again, but they'll definitely be referenced, and weighing on Dexter's mind.

Bloody good show!  Be sure to watch the premiere of Dexter's sixth season on October 2^nd.