Today's News: Our Take - Dexter Adds Sean Patrick Flanery, Charlotte Rampling for Season 8

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###less###p(((great)))Actor ###less###a href="http://www.deadline.com/tag/sean-patrick-flanery/"(((great)))Sean Patrick Flanery###less###/a(((great))) will have a "major recurring role" in the upcoming eighth season of Showtime's ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/dexter/283488?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Dexter###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))), ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/sean-patrick-flanery-joins-dexter-cast/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank"(((great)))Deadline###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) reports. The ###less###em(((great)))Boondock Saints ###less###/em(((great)))star will play an ex-cop who owns a private investigation business in Miami.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))It's unclear what role Flanery's character, Jacob Elroy, will have in relation to Dexter (###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-c-hall/190587?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Michael C. Hall###less###/a(((great)))) or how he might impact the show's possibly final season. (Showtime Entertainment President ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-nevins/194127?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))David Nevins###less###/a(((great))) said during a ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/news/showtime-dexter-homeland-1058753.aspx?rss=keywords&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=celebs"(((great)))Television Critics Association  panel###less###/a(((great))) earlier this month that there is "a clear end game in place," though he failed to confirm that Season 8 will be the show's last.###less###/p(((great)))

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###less###p(((great)))In other casting news, British actress Charlotte Rampling has also landed a recurring role, according to ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/24/dexter-charlotte-rampling/" target="_blank"(((great)))Entertainment Weekly###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))). She'll play a neuro-psychiatrist who specializes in criminal profiling and studying young psychopaths.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))###less###em(((great)))Dexter###less###/em(((great))) returns Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c.###less###/p(((great)))

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