‘Dexter’ season 8: Julia Stiles unsure about possible return as Lumen

Ever since “Dexter” season 6, we have held firm in the belief that we need another appearance from one Lumen Pierce before the end of the show’s run. She was in many ways the real first love of his life, as he could never really connect with Rita and Lila turned out to be his version of Frankenstein’s monster. Hannah McKay may be his more recent love affair, but there was something more interesting to Lumen in that she was not someone that Dexter had to be afraid around, but still understood who he was and in some ways could relate.

We never liked how the character left at the end of season 5, mostly because it came completely out of left field and ended what looked like it was going to be Dexter’s first real relationship just a few minutes before the end of the season. So will she return for season 8? If it’s going to happen, there is no talk about it right now. In a new interview with Brittany Frederick to promote her new web series “Blue,” Julia Stiles said that she had ultimately “no idea” if we were going to see more from Lumen soon. She said that she has not been contacted yet for the show, which is three episodes into production at this very moment.

Considering that much of the actual story for the season is probably already in place now, and you need to formulate schedules far in advance, this is definitely not good news for those holding out for another appearance from Lumen. The word is also still out on the woman behind Hannah in Yvonne Strahovski, who certainly could have more of a story to tell should producers want to hire her for more. We don’t know if a character like Dexter should have a happy ending, but it would be nice for him to have at least a little bit more in the way of closure.

What do you think: should Lumen return to “Dexter” for at least one episode? Be sure to share some of your thoughts below, and you can also click here in order to find out when we are going to possibly see the new teaser for this season.

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