07/31/2012 04:41

By Kristin Dos Santos

"I would never say never." 

That's what Dexter star Michael C. Hall had to say about the prospects that the creepy-deepy series might live on beyond its reported season-eight endpoint. 

After Showtime boss David Nevins hinted to reporters that "plans can change," Hall weighed in: "It's hard to imagine it going beyond that. But you know, we finished the first season and I thought 'We should probably just stop now.' I would never say never. But the sense is we are moving toward a definitive end."

Of course, the character Dexter Morgan "never has been in deeper trouble than he is now," Hall points out, referring to the "invigorating" season-six game-changer in which Dex's half-sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) found out he was a vicious killer.