Overview
- The initial six episodes of The Sandman’s second season premiered on July 3 as the show’s planned concluding chapter.
- Showrunner Allan Heinberg confirmed the season is structured in three blocks, with episodes 7–11 due on July 24 and a bonus 12th episode on July 31.
- Volume 1 follows Dream of the Endless confronting past misdeeds in an arc drawn from key comic storylines such as Season of Mists and Brief Lives.
- Tom Sturridge returns as Dream alongside Gwendoline Christie’s Lucifer and Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s Death, with new characters like Orpheus and Delirium introduced.
- Early reviews have skewed mixed to negative, citing uneven pacing, and the launch has been overshadowed by unresolved allegations against creator Neil Gaiman.