"The Sandman" showrunner Allan Heinberg unpacks the big decisions of the series finale, and the surprise casting for adult Daniel

Night falls on Netflix’s The Sandman as Season 2 comes to an end, and with it, at least for the foreseeable future, the live-action version of the Sandman himself. In the finale, “A Tale of Graceful Ends,” Dream ( Tom Sturridge) chooses to end his life when he decides to end his son’s endless suffering.

In large measure, The Sandman Season 2 Episode 10 is the moral center of the season. It peels away the frill and show, leaving Dream alone in the Garden of Forking Ways, the only location that literally and symbolically holds all the decisions ever taken and those yet to be made.

"The Sandman" Season 2 is wrapping up Dream's story throughout the month of July. The Netflix adaptation of the Neil Gaiman comic book series drops its second and final season in a less conventional Netflix release date.

If the first part of Season 2 is about Dream facing, and attempting to fix, his past sins, its conclusion is entirely about fateful consequences. Though Morpheus is closer to death (the state of existence,

Netflix's The Sandman Season 2 released its Volume 2, which will conclude Dream's tale. Episode 7 picked up directly from the aftermath of the Volume 1 finale, which saw Dream commit the ultimate sin of filicide,

A wake is held to honor Morpheus, as those who loved him pay tribute and each of his brothers and sisters gets a chance to speak. In the end, they welcome the new Dream with open arms, and in doing so, welcome change and move forward with a new Dream.

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

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Sandman season 2, vol. 2.Netflix's The Sandman is almost at an end, and the final episode in the main storyline featured an unexpected cameo to help convey the series' themes of change and rebirth.