The Sandman (TV Series): Difference between revisions

** Rose's quest to find her little brother Jed after their parents separated in a divorce. Since their parents died recently, she wants to to become his guardian and reunite with him. The foster care agent is no help, refusing to give information because she says that Rose can't raise Jed with her lack of income. {{spoiler|She finds out belatedly that his foster parents were abusive, and a serial killer kidnaps him as bait. Rose has no choice but to meet with the Corinthian at a designated spot, preparing to exchange herself for her little brother}}.

* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: One man begs Death to let him talk to his wife, to say goodbye and give her the code to his phone so she has the travel information for their vacation. She apologetically shows him that he drowned a few minutes ago, so it's too late.

* [[Bait and Switch]]: When Dream tells Rose that Matthew will help her in the real world, serving as his eyes and ears, Rose spots a bird on the beach. She goes to talk to it. Matthew is a few feet away; he corrects her that she was talking to a crow, while he is a raven. Good thing too, since {{spoiler|the Corinthian was a few feet away as well}}.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Downplayed; {{spoiler|Gault's intention}} was always to {{spoiler|protect Jed, but she took the form of his mother Miranda Walker to make his dreams sweeter and more comforting. She goes [[Mama Bear]] when Dream breaches her barriers, ordering Jed not to confront the "King of Nightmares" and later seething to Dream that Jed is being abused in the waking world}}.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: How season one ends, much like the first two comic arcs. Rose and Jed reunite, and {{spoiler|Unity instructs her solicitor to ensure that Rose becomes Jed's legal guardian so that foster care can never take him away again, no matter where they reside. Rose mourns Unity when the latter dies to save her as well as the fact that Unity never got to meet Jed, but Unity says she doesn't regret giving her great-granddaughter a chance to live. Hal moves in with Lyta, Carl and Rose to pursue his stage dreams in New York while Lyta and Rose commit to raising Lyta's baby as a platonic couple, with Jed as the unnamed baby's uncle. Barbie and Ken may have broken up, while Chantal and Zelda buy Hal's house. Rose also mourns saying goodbye to Gilbert who has resumed his place as Fiddler's Green, but Gilbert promised that she could always visit him; she writes a book about what happened, which is quite good according to Lucienne. Lyta lives in fear that Dream will eventually claim her baby, as he said he would, while the Lords of Hell pressure Lucifer to take revenge against Morpheus for humiliating her. Dream remakes Gault into a dream as an apology for being so callous to her while planning to save the Corinthian as a WIP; the season ends with Gault flying into the Dreaming, excuding sheer joy}}.

* [[Black and White Insanity]]: John Dee has this problem; his mother was a [[Consummate Liar]], and his nightmares indicate that she tried to kill him. As a result, he hates liars. The reason why he spares {{spoiler|Rosemary, however, is she explains that people lie out of fear. Fear that they will die, or their loved ones will be hurt. Realizing that he's scaring her, John gives her his amulet of protection, promising that now she won't ever have to lie anymore or live in fear}}. In the diner, {{spoiler|this mindset and his power with the Ruby leads to multiple heart-to-hearts between characters, an orgyfest, and eventually violence where John Dee compels everyone to die}}. Dream has to point out the obvious: if you see their deceptions in a black-and-white context, it means that you don't see {{spoiler|their hopes and dreams. Because dreams are fundamentally lies with grains of truth, and they motivate people to act and improve their lives}}.