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With more difficult material to adapt, this half-season suffers in comparison to Season 1, but there’s just enough quality to keep you on board for the final volume.
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It’s a passable version of something you’ve long enjoyed, with familiar beats that are comforting—even if nothing new or original has been added. And for newbies, there is still enough left of the original’s imaginative world to entertain.
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Season 2 is more heavily serialized, unfurling a longer arc about the search for a missing sibling. Whether that carries the same appeal might depend on a viewer’s affection for Dream’s eccentric clan, combined with a curiosity about the politics and jurisdictions of the show’s various independent realms.
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Most of the show, instead, is a combination of Dream’s portentous proclamations and trippy imagery that make the plot hard to follow. It leaves The Sandman feeling inert; a fan service project without a fandom to serve.
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The Sandman is not short of ideas, but it smothers them all in a fug of pretension, missing every opportunity it creates for itself.