This article contains major spoilers from "The Sandman" second and final season finale, now streaming on Netflix. Dream’s endless story reached its conclusion with the launch of the back half of the second and final season of Netflix’s “The Sandman” on July 24.

"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

The Sandman Season 2 introduced a horde of great new characters, including Delirium (Esme Creed-Miles), the youngest of the Endless who was previously known as Delight. The second season of The Sandman constantly keeps this lingering mystery alive without giving much explanation as to why Delirium stopped being Delight.

The Sandman wrapped up with the final set of episodes for the second season. To the despair of fans, Netflix had previously announced that the show would not be returning for a third season.

The Sandman Season 2, Vol. 2 is now streaming on Netflix, and the series concludes on a bittersweet note with a major casting surprise. Spoilers

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

The Sandman is not just a story I watched. It’s a story I entered in the early ’1990s, before I even opened the page.

The Sandman ’s rollout has been quieter this time around compared to Netflix’s push of the first season in 2022. There are, of course, the unresolved allegations of sexual abuse against Neil Gaiman, the hugely successful fantasy writer who originally developed the Sandman world for DC Comics in the late 1980s and ’90s.