Tag: The Sandman

Setting up the Next Dream – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Seven “The Doll’s House”

The previous episode of Netflix’s The Sandman, titled “The Sound of Her Wings”, was a breather episode, something to wind down the season after finishing up the story arc of Dream reclaiming his relics. The next episode in the season, “The Doll’s House”, is more of a bridge episode, setting up the pieces that will … Continue reading Setting up the Next Dream – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Seven “The Doll’s House” →

Timeless Friendship – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Six “The Sound of Her Wings”

Leave it to the showrunners of Netflix’s The Sandman to have an episode starring both Death and an immortal man and still have it be one of the most hopeful entries in the season. The sixth episode of The Sandman, titled “The Sound of Her Wings”, finds Dream mulling over the end of his quest … Continue reading Timeless Friendship – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Six “The Sound of Her Wings” →

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” →

The Sands Run Out – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Three “Dream a Little Dream of Me”

Within the first six minutes of the third episode of Netflix’s The Sandman, I absolutely fell in love with Jenna Coleman all over again. The episode, titled “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, was heartbreaking in more than one way but also set in motion events that will unfold in future episodes. Morpheus recovers the … Continue reading The Sands Run Out – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Three “Dream a Little Dream of Me” →

The Quest Begins – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Two “Imperfect Hosts”

When your world has crumbled around you, the decisions you make can be both necessary and heartbreaking. That is the place Dream finds himself in during the events of the second episode of Netflix’s The Sandman, titled “Imperfect Hosts”. The Dreaming has been torn asunder by the absence of its master and Dream must consult … Continue reading The Quest Begins – Review of “The Sandman” Episode Two “Imperfect Hosts” →

An Endless Nightmare – Review of “The Sandman” Episode One “Sleep of the Just”

To say that I’ve been waiting impatiently for Netflix’s The Sandman to drop would be an understatement. Back in the early 1990s, when I was still obsessively reading comic books, I came across Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, which was my first exposure to the often dark, often whimsical, but never dull storytelling abilities of Gaiman. … Continue reading An Endless Nightmare – Review of “The Sandman” Episode One “Sleep of the Just” →