The Sandman (s01) (2026)

When he finally escapes in the modern day, he finds his realm, , in shambles. Most of his subjects have fled, and the physical world is suffering from "The Sleepy Sickness." The first half of the season follows his quest to reclaim his tools:

The story begins in 1916 when an amateur occultist, Roderick Burgess, attempts to capture Death to bring back his fallen son. He fails, instead snagging her younger brother, . Morpheus is imprisoned in a glass basement for over a century, stripped of his "tools of office"—his sand, his ruby, and his helm. The Sandman (S01)

Retreived with the help of occult detective Johanna Constantine . When he finally escapes in the modern day,

It contrasts Morpheus’s cold dedication to his duty with the human needs of those he affects. Morpheus is imprisoned in a glass basement for

Won back in a high-stakes "Oldest Game" of metaphors against Lucifer Morningstar in Hell.