![]() ![]() The stories are both lovely and moving on their own, but when they're awkwardly stitched together one right after the other, the result is one disjointed episode of TV. There, we learn about Dream's once-a-century meeting with the immortal human Hob Gadling (Ferdinand Kingsley). The second half of the episode is an extremely faithful adaptation of issue 13, Men of Good Fortune. ![]() The first half of the episode is an extremely faithful adaptation of the comic issue of the same name, which sees Dream and Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) walking around and having a conversation about humanity. Having the stories play out simultaneously gives us a solid A plot and B plot as our protagonist and our antagonist hunt down Dream's magical tools, teasing the inevitable showdown.Įpisode 6, "The Sound of Her Wings," is a less effective attempt at combining comic storylines. Episode 4, titled "A Hope in Hell," follows Dream's journey to Hell to find his helm to up the dramatic tension, this episode incorporates the storyline from Passengers, the issue of the comics following A Hope in Hell, wherein John Dee (David Thewlis) escapes from a mental institution to find Dream's ruby. In some cases, this works better than others. ![]() It mostly takes a "one issue per episode" approach, but at only 10 episodes long, some storylines had to be moved around. Season 1 of The Sandman follows the comics' first 16 issues, which includes arcs from both Preludes & Nocturnes and The Doll's House. ![]()
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