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.

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.

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.

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,

"I hope interest in the show will outlive whatever impact the allegations are having on the viewing public," Allan Heinberg says when discussing 'Sandman' comics creator Neil Gaiman's downfall and his desires to "go on writing 'Sandman' forever

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,