Summary
- Fans disliked Hannah McKay, and her death in Dexter: New Blood should be final.
- Hannah understood Dexter's dark passenger, which may lead to her return.
- An argument exists for bringing back Hannah in Dexter: Resurrection, but she should probably stay dead to keep the fans happy.
Dexter: Resurrection will star Michael C. Hall as the titular serial killer with a code, and he'll likely be joined by more familiar faces. However, there's one character who should very much be left in the past and that is Dexter's former girlfriend, Hannah McKay. When Harrison tracked Dexter down to the small town in Iron Lake, he revealed that Hannah had died of pancreatic cancer in the intervening years. But Harrison could've been lying, and she could still be very much alive.
Dexter's former love interest was a very unpopular character in the original series, and Dexter: New Blood appeared to respond to the criticism by killing her off-screen. However, Dexter's story is now unexpectedly continuing in Dexter: Resurrection and there might be a temptation to bring fellow serial killer, Hannah McKay back. McKay was played by Yvonne Strahovski in Dexter, and she appeared in a total of 17 episodes in the final two seasons.
Dexter: Resurrection - What Should The Title Sequence Look Like?
Dexter: Resurrection will be a sequel to New Blood, but fans are speculating what the title sequence will look like, and if it'll return to its roots.
Hannah McKay Was Unpopular With Many Fans And For That Reason She Should Probably Stay Dead
Hannah McKay first appeared in Dexter season 7, as the accomplice of a spree killer by the name of Wayne Randall. When key character, Angel Batista, (David Zayas) took Dexter along to take a blood sample from Hannah at her home, he was totally transfixed by her. However, after Dexter did his research, he realized McKay very much played a key part in the spree murders, and fitted Harry's code. Dexter's kill table was set up, and he was about to plunge the knife into her when he had a sudden change of heart, and the pair of serial killers had sex instead. It was the start of a tumultuous relationship which many fans hated because Dexter ignored the code out of pure lust for Hannah, and it clouded his judgment for the remainder of the show.
Fans were relieved when it was revealed in Dexter: New Blood that Hannah had died off-screen of a mundane death, after she'd brought Harrison up in Argentina, when Dexter faked his own death and disappeared from the iconic location of Miami at the end of the original Dexter series. However, if a death isn't witnessed on screen, there is always a chance that a character could return, but Hannah McKay should probably stay dead.
Hannah Was The Only Character Who Truly Understood Dexter's Dark Passenger So That Could Lead To Her Return
Dexter Morgan was always searching for someone who understood his dark passenger and accepted him for it. Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles) looked like the character who could fill that void in season 5 after she helped Dexter kill a series of villains, but her darkness was temporary, and she didn't stick around for long. When Hannah McKay showed up in season 7, Dexter thought he'd finally found the one, despite the fact that his new love interest killed innocent people without a second thought. Dexter chose to look past her faults, and they became an item before he eventually had to turn her in.
Despite her off-screen death, there might be a temptation to bring Hannah McKay back in Dexter's upcoming sequel. Harrison was the one who told Dexter that Hannah had died, and this could've been a lie, so his father wouldn't seek to rekindle his relationship with the evil killer. Even though she was unpopular with a large section of fans, Hannah McKay's return would add a lot of exciting drama to Dexter: Resurrection's plot. In a discussion on Reddit, Old_Imagination_931 summed up Dexter and Hannah's twisted relationship:
As much as she appears to be maligned by a great number of fans for being nothing more than a ruthless killer that would dispose of anyone who got in her way, Hannah displayed a fierce sense of loyalty towards those she loved. Dexter knew this, which is why he hadn't any doubt as to her remaining silent about him after she was imprisoned in season 7, nor reservations about her leaving with and taking good care of Harrison in his absence at the end of season 8. And while I hated how the writers turned their relationship into a soap opera towards the end of season 8, there's no denying that she and Dexter were truly in love with each other, something neither had experienced that deeply before.
It might be tempting to bring Hannah back in Dexter: Resurrection because she did love Dexter, and saw past all his major flaws. Many fans expressed joy about the revelation of her death, but in many ways, it didn't feel right that such a divisive character died in such a boring way. There is an argument for Hannah's return in Dexter: Resurrection, even if it is to kill her properly on screen this time, so she truly pays for her crimes. However, fans have enough on their plate trying to get their heads around Dexter actually being alive in Dexter: Resurrection after his fake-out death, so it might be wise to leave Hannah dead.