‘The Sandman’ Season 2 Ends With a Bonus Episode to Remind You What Could Have Been

Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comes to an end this summer after its two-part second season. Though showrunner Allan Heinberg has maintained that two seasons has been the plan for years now, and that Netflix’s announcement of its impending conclusion alongside high-profile allegations against Gaiman was just unfortunate timing, a new bit of information about season two suggests perhaps that at one time, plans for more Sandman may have been in the cards. To nobody’s surprise after the success of season one, The Sandman was renewed in late 2022. At the time, a Netflix press release promised “The Sandman world will continue to expand,” framing the then-unspecified amount of future episodes as a continuation of the story rather than a more traditional “season two is on the way!” announcement. In January of this year, Heinberg confirmed that the second season would be The Sandman‘s finale, explaining that since the show had focused on the Dream character since the start ... Read full article.