In 1996, Neil Gaiman couldn’t have foreseen his own downfall. With The Sandman graphic novels, Gaiman established himself as a foremost authority in fantasy and genre storytelling, thanks to his evocative and edgy reimaginings of mythological beings and metaphysical entities. NetflixThe Sandman Season 2 picks up as Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) has begun to rebuild the Dreaming after his long imprisonment on Earth. But this is where the Neil Gaiman question comes in. It’s no wonder the series rushed to the finish line with a second season that condensed so many sprawling storylines.