Tag: John Burgess

Misguided Truth – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Five “24/7”

There’s a term I learned while studying story craft that is purely a function of television series called the “bottle episode” (TVtropes.org). Over the course of a given season, a TV show typically spends the majority of its budget on the opening episode and the closing episodes. A bottle episode is normally somewhere in the … Continue reading Misguided Truth – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Five “24/7” →

Hope Finds a Way – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Four “A Hope in Hell”

What happens when the Lord of Dreams enters the pits of avarice we call Hell? A showdown between two immortal beings, each powerful in their own right, is the correct answer. Meanwhile, John Burgess seeks the Ruby, an artifact of Morpheus that he stole from his recently-departed mother. The fourth episode of Netflix’s The Sandman, … Continue reading Hope Finds a Way – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Four “A Hope in Hell” →