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The Sandman – Season 1, Episode 1 Sleep of the Just

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While searching for an escaped nightmare in the waking world, Morpheus falls prey to Roderick Burgess, an occultist looking to summon and imprison Death.
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The Sandman — Season 1, Episode 1

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Cast & Crew

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Tom Sturridge

Dream, aka Morpheus

Gwendoline Christie

Lucifer

Vivienne Acheampong

Lucienne

Boyd Holbrook

The Corinthian

Charles Dance

Roderick Burgess

Asim Chaudhry

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Bethy Squires New York Magazine/Vulture 08/05/2022
3/5
It’s finally here! Someone finally adapted Sandman, and Morpheus has a pouty li’l mouth to boot. Go to Full Review Achara Kirk GET Jaby 08/08/2022
I thought that they actually did a very good job of condensing all the things that happened into one episode… it was quite long and descriptive the audiobook. Go to Full Review Jaby Koay GET Jaby 08/08/2022
Even though I felt like it was slow… I did enjoy it. Go to Full Review Will Salmon Total Film 08/05/2022
4/5
There are a few tweaks here and there, but if you ever read and fell in love with the doomy gothic vibe of The Sandman then it's hard to imagine you not enjoying at least this episode. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis While searching for an escaped nightmare in the waking world, Morpheus falls prey to Roderick Burgess, an occultist looking to summon and imprison Death.
Executive Producer
Allan Heinberg, David S. Goyer, Neil Gaiman, Mike Barker
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 5, 2022
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