Tom Sturridge’s Morpheus dies, and a new Dream rises, played by Interview With the Vampire and Game of Thrones star Jacob Anderson.

The Sandman kept one massive surprise for the very end. The back half of season 2 arrives on Netflix today, and episode 10, the penultimate episode of the entire drama series, featured the arrival of a previously unannounced piece of casting.

Netflix’s The Sandman has finally concluded, with the riveting ending of Season 2 drawing curtains on the story of the fan-favorite DC character. In the wake of the grand finale of The Sandman, showrunner Allan Heinberg has come out to explain the decision to cast a Game of Thrones alum in the final two episodes