Also known to the public by the initials ‘FBK,’ several chilling details about the killer were revealed through the NYC set.
One of the first actors to join the main cast of Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 as a series regular was renowned actor Dan Stevens, and to everyone’s surprise, he appears to be playing a role we initially thought would belong to the New York Ripper: the season’s main antagonist.
But it now looks like Season 2 is setting up not one, but two major villains, with the Five Borough Killer becoming the other big threat in this next chapter. Much younger than the Ripper, Owen Stark, as the character is actually named, is expected to play a major role in the story.
From everything we’ve seen so far, he seems obsessed with chaos and attention, turning awful crimes into public spectacles across New York City. And after the sixth week of filming, new set photos gave us some clues worth paying attention to.
The Manhattan Newsstand Clue
More specifically, one image from the set, courtesy of photo agency Bauer-Griffin, may have revealed exactly what the FBK is up to at this point in the story, along with details about his disturbing M.O.
Among the set photos featuring Stevens, one close-up shot actually got our attention, and it showed a stack of newspapers being sold at a Manhattan newsstand. A closer look revealed that both front pages, especially created for Dexter: Resurrection, focused on a brand-new crime committed by the Five Borough Killer.
Even more unsettling, Owen Stark, the calculated and terrifying killer that official character synopsis compared to the Zodiac Killer, was seen casually walking through the streets of New York with a disturbing smile on his face (see the image on the top of this article) once again dressed in blue. At one point, while cameras were rolling, Stevens was spotted fully in character buying a newspaper whose front page was entirely about the crime he had just committed.
But... what exactly did those newspaper headlines reveal?
The New York Post front page reads in large letters: “FBK Strikes Again! Which borough will be next?” suggesting that Stark claimed another victim the night before. But a smaller section in the bottom-right corner actually revealed something even more interesting, especially for those who have been following our recent updates here on Dexter Daily. It reads:
“After FBK takes credit for the maintenance man who plummeted to his death from the roof of the Flatiron Building as his second kill, New Yonkers brace themselves for an anxious summer.”
From what we can tell so far, it seems very likely that Charley and Dexter’s dinner from the previous night was actually interrupted by a crime committed by the FBK just a few feet away, involving a man dressed as a maintenance worker falling from a building onto a kiosk.
Meanwhile, the Daily News front page revealed even more, including confirmation of the timeline and the time jump between Seasons 1 and 2.
Its headline reads: “Manhattan Targeted, POV video released of the push, Five Borough Killer still at large,” while the main story says: “FBK claims responsibility for fatal push.”
At this point, the killer’s M.O. appears to involve pushing victims from rooftops, or psychologically driving them to jump to their deaths. That second possibility sounds very similar to what the Trinity Killer did with some of his female victims as part of his ritual.
Another important detail mentioned in the newspaper is the phrase “second kill.” Obviously, this does not mean Owen Stark has only killed twice in total. The name Five Borough Killer already suggests he carried out five separate murders during (at least) an earlier cycle. What this likely means is that a brand-new cycle has now begun, and by this point in the story, possibly around Episode 3 of Season 2, Stark has already committed his second new murder, meaning three more are actually expected.
An Unhinged, Narcissistic Threat
Something else worth remembering from the official synopsis is that the FBK enjoys taunting law enforcement with ominous phone calls threatening innocent people. Unsurprisingly, he appears to use old-school cell phones to avoid leaving traces behind.
Stevens was actually spotted multiple times on set talking on one while wearing yellow gloves, which means that after each sadistic phone call, the killer simply disposes of the device.
All of these details definitely point toward a truly unhinged individual, someone so confident in his actions that he barely even tries to blend in while walking through public spaces. The fact that he casually buys a newspaper covering a murder he just committed proves the narcissistic side of the character.
Owen Stark seems to carefully choose different boroughs of New York for very specific reasons before carrying out his crimes. And this looks exactly like the kind of serial killer Dexter Morgan thrives against!