A Different Ending from the Comics — and the Perfect One for Netflix’s 'Sandman', If You Ask Me

Spoilers ahead!

Season 2 of The Sandman didn’t just give us jaw-dropping moments — it closed the book on Morpheus himself. And if you reached the credits thinking, Wait, what just happened?, you’re not alone. Here’s my take on how it all ended… and why it mattered.

So… Who Killed Morpheus?

The big shocker: Morpheus dies. Not by some unstoppable enemy, but by his own choice. Showrunner Allan Heinberg puts it bluntly — Morpheus realized he’d hurt everyone he loved. He saw himself as noble, but in other people’s stories, he was the villain.

The breaking point? Killing his son Orpheus, breaking the Endless’ own rules, and setting a chain of events that could only end one way.

Lita Hall, convinced Morpheus stole her dream-born child, becomes the avatar of the Kindly Ones and tears through the Dreaming. Unable to prove his innocence, Morpheus calls on his sister Death and surrenders, choosing not to run — convinced he’s no longer the Dream the world needs.

The mantle passes to Lita’s son Daniel, now grown yet still carrying the mind of an infant. Welcomed by the Endless and forgiven by his mother, he becomes the new Dream, bringing change to the realm and its heart.

The Last Whisper of the Kindly Ones

Post-credits, the three old women return, murmuring riddles about endings and beginnings. Everything is a cycle. Every story is reborn.

And that’s the point — The Sandman has always been about more than dreams. It’s about memory, grief, and the mercy of letting go. Morpheus leaves not in shame, but in love.

"I am so tired, sister," he says. And in that exhaustion… is freedom.

Whether or not we ever get Season 3, this ending stands: one Dream dies, another is born, and the story keeps breathing.