Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ takes the audience into the world of the King of Dreams as he tries to protect his kingdom from various threats while also going through significant character development. The second season focuses on Morpheus’ fate,

Showrunner Allan Heinberg explains that surprise new character in the final episodes and why they inspired them to envision a Season 3.

At the end of Season 2 of The Sandman, Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) faced the fate of spilling Endless family blood by killing his son, Orpheus, which, in turn, led to the accession of Daniel, who took on Morpheus’ powers.

Matthew the Raven, a loyal servant of Morpheus, perseveres through the loss in his own manner. In The Sandman Season 2 Episode 11, his dialogue is more subdued but rich. He represents a loyalist—one who clings to the old order and finds the new reality difficult to accept. Matthew doesn’t shun Daniel, but evidently hasn’t accepted him either.

The Sandman co-creator Allan Heinberg discusses the possibility of the series continuing, as well as the decision to include a post-credits scene after the final

Netflix’s The Sandman stays fairly faithful to Neil Gaiman’s comic book series, though showrunner Allan Heinberg changed some of the source material in order to make protagonist Dream of the Endless (Tom Sturridge) more likeable,

You could have stayed the course. You could have carried on as you were. But you changed. And when one of the Endless changes, well, that changes everything,” says Stephen Fry in a late episode of the final season of Netflix’s The Sandman,