4/5 stars
Season two of Netflixโs The Sandman comes to its tragic conclusion, with the last five episodes that dropped on the streaming platform on July 24 detailing the fate of Dream (Tom Sturridge), Lord of The Endless.
In these final chapters, it is more apparent than ever that the show, adapted from Neil Gaimanโs fantasy comic book series, is wrapping things up in an unexpectedly hurried fashion. An 11th bonus episode is scheduled for July 31, but the dramatic denouement of The Sandman unfolds here.
Season one, which premiered in 2022 and covered roughly the first quarter of the comic book series, followed Dream as he escapes from decades of wrongful imprisonment and sets about restoring order to his otherworldly realm, The Dreaming.
At that pace, showrunners David S. Goyer, Allan Heinberg and Gaiman would need at least four seasons to do justice to all 75 issues of The Sandman.