Dexter: Resurrection - This Character Return Could Make…

Summary

Jamie Batista could play a crucial role in Dexter: Resurrection due to her close bonds with both Angel and Harrison.
Jamie's reappearance could provide Harrison with a mother figure and help law enforcement understand Dexter's past.
Jamie's return to Dexter: Resurrection could add a layer of drama with a potential reunion with fomer boyfreind, Joey Quinn.

Dexter: Resurrection is the hotly anticipated sequel series set to air on Paramount+ with Showtime in Summer 2025. It'll take place immediately after the events of Dexter: New Blood and Michael C. Hall will return as Dexter Morgan. Speculation is rife that some of the supporting characters might also return, but there's one character who hasn't been rumored to come back, but it would actually make sense if she did. Jamie Batista is the sister of the now Lieutenant of Miami Metro Homicide, Angel Batista, who is expected to return after his brief appearances in New Blood.

Jamie was also Harrison Morgan's nanny in the original series, and she had an extremely close bond with him. Aimee Garcia played Jamie in 34 episodes of Dexter, and she was promoted to a series regular for the final season, as her character became more prominent in the story. She isn't a character who would be mentioned first in any suggestions about who could return in Dexter: Resurrection, but her importance shouldn't be underestimated moving forward.

If Angel Batista Does Return In Dexter: Resurrection, It Would Be Strange If Jamie Didn't At Least Get A Mention

Dexter: Resurrection
Starring	Michael C. Hall (confirmed), Jack Alcott, David Zayas, Julia Jones, C. S Lee and Desmond Harrington (all rumored)
Created by	Clyde Phillips
Executive Producers	Clyde Phillips and Michael C. Hall

Dexter: New Blood ended with Dexter Morgan being shot by his son, Harrison, and bleeding out in the snowy forest of Iron Lake in upstate New York. The initial plan was for Dexter to die at the end of the limited series. However, Michael C. Hall suggested in an interview with Variety a few months ago that Dexter is actually alive in Dexter: Resurrection. If this is the case, Angel Batista is on his way to Iron Lake to confront his former colleague, who he now believes is the real Bay Harbor Butcher. David Zayas looks more than likely to be reprising the role of Batista in Dexter: Resurrection, and this might also pave the way for his sister, Jamie, to also return.

Jamie hasn't been seen in the Dexter-verse since the much maligned original Dexter finale back in 2013, so it'll be interesting to see what the character is up to now, and it wouldn't be a case of fan service if she re-appears as her brother is potentially front and center of the narrative in Dexter: Resurrection. She was close to him in the original Dexter series, with the siblings even living together at one point. She might not be at the top of the list of characters who need to return, but if she did come back, it would make a lot of sense.

Jamie Could Act As A Surrogate Mother To Harrison As She Did In The Original Dexter Series

Jamie Batista was Harrison Morgan's nanny in the original Dexter series, and filled the role of his mother in many ways, after Rita's brutal murder by the Trinity Killer in the fourth season. Jamie was also there for him day and night while Dexter carried out his extra-curricular dark passenger activities. Harrison also lost his stepmother, Hannah McKay, prior to the events of Dexter: New Blood, so the troubled teenager is in great need of a mother figure in his life, and Jamie could be that comforting presence in Dexter: Resurrection. Also, Jamie might be key to providing some key information to law enforcement who will be keen to dig into Dexter's past murders. She could definitely back up the fact that he was always unaccounted for when certain murders took place, as she was at home with Harrison, while he was killing Miami's bad guys.

There might be a bonus third reason why Jamie's re-appearance in Dexter: Resurrection would make perfect sense. Jamie was in a relationship with Miami Metro detective, Joey Quinn, but it ended as he was still in love with Debra Morgan. However, if Quinn returns, it would create some drama if Jamie was also back on the scene. The buddy cop relationship between Quinn and Angel Batista in the original Dexter series provided great comic relief, and it would be great to sed them both return, and if Jamie was also added into the mix, it could create some tension between them. It was revealed that Quinn was still working at Miami Metro Homicide during Dexter: New Blood's timeline, via an email sent to Batista asking him if he was going to Vince Masuka's bachelor party. Is there a possibility Quinn and Jamie rekindled their relationship, and Batista is now his brother-in-law? Maybe.