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Is Erik King reprising his role as James Doakes in 'Dexter: New Blood?' Though his character died during the show's initial run, death has not stopped the show from bringing back its deceased ...

Callum Murray is a writer based in the North of England. His love of movies and television formed as a young child, and it continues to flourish. James Doakes may return in future seasons of Dexter: ...

James Doakes (Erik King) is coming back in Dexter: Resurrection, and his long-awaited return makes it even more likely that another character from the original Dexter will show up in the sequel series ...

All 11 seasons of "Dexter" have produced some memorable characters, but none of them are more meme-worthy than James Doakes (Erik King). The tightly-wound detective spends the show's first two seasons ...

A meme featuring Dexter’s Sergeant James Doakes has gone viral across social media in 2025, just as anticipation builds for the upcoming reboot Dexter: Resurrection. Centered around the phrase “But ...

Doakes stands out amongst his fellow antagonists because he is driven by the desire to do the right thing, to see justice served. That adds a certain nuance to the program that we don’t get as much of ...

Doakes was introduced in the first season of Dexter, which premiered back in 2006. He never liked his colleague, once telling Dexter he gave him “the creeps.” His suspicions turned out to be true, but ...

The Dexter franchise has regained surprising relevancy almost 20 years after the first show’s debut in 2006. Spinoff series such as the prequel, Dexter: Original Sin, and the ongoing sequel, Dexter: ...

The biggest surprise of “Dexter” on Sunday night wasn’t that Sgt. James Doakes was killed. Nor was it that his death was at the hands of Dexter’s psychotic ex-girlfriend, Lila (Jaime Murray), rather ...