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The ending of The Sandman Season 2 episode 12 was centered around Death’s death. On her day off, Death randomly met a journalist called Sexton, who was on the brink of committing suicide because he was overwhelmed by the state of the world and he had gone through a brutal breakup with Sylvie. Death gave him the offer of going to her place so that she could help him get patched up after he took a nasty fall on a pile of garbage. Sexton couldn’t go to his apartment because his roommate, Billie, and her girlfriend, Amelia, were “busy.” Hence, he accepted Death’s offer, assuming that she was just a friendly woman trying to help him. That led to a rollercoaster ride where they, Sexton and Death, were tasked by Mad Hettie with finding her soul; they almost got shot to death by Theo, and Sexton met a girl,...

Netflix's The Sandman season 2 is the show's final season. While there's more than enough source material for the show to cover up to five seasons, the streamer only gave the team enough budget for 12 more episodes. However, the writers managed to condense the entire story into one more season, and that meant playing out the story's epic final arc.

In the final episodes, which cover volumes 9 and 10 of the comic, Dream faces punishment from the Furies after spilling family blood. In episode 6, he kills his son Orpheus (Ruairi O'Connor)—an act of love, putting him out of his misery. Ultimately, he faces his punishment and is killed by the Furies, but Dream of the Endless is reborn in the form of Daniel Hall, the child of Lyta and Hector, who was conceived in The Dreaming.

Fans had been ardently trying to figure out who was playing Daniel in the...

The final episodes of The Sandman are now streaming on Netflix, and the series concludes with a faithful adaptation of the longest (and many would say best) storyline from Neil Gaiman's seminal saga, "The Kindly Ones."

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With his realm in danger of being destroyed by the Fates, aka the Furies, aka the Kindly Ones, Morpheus ultimately decides to give his life to save the Dreaming, with Death taking her brother's hand in a flash of light. The Sandman is dead, but another aspect of Dream must replace him: Daniel Hall, a child conceived in The Dreaming.

When the infant Daniel becomes an adult in order to fulfil his role as the new Dream Lord, we learn that the character is played by Jacob Anderson.

"Jacob’s being available was a miracle because I assumed he was busy with Interview with the Vampire," showrunner Allan Heinberg tells THR.

In a most powerful twist of the series, Game of Thrones star Jacob Anderson made a surprise appearance in the final episode of The Sandman season 2. Anderson plays Daniel Hall, Morpheus’s son, who becomes the new Dream of the Endless. His arrival comes right after the death of Morpheus, who sacrificed himself to save the Dreaming.

As the final confrontation nears, Dream (Tom Sturridge) acknowledges that he can no longer continue in his role. He confesses.

I killed my son twice. Once when I would not help him, and once when I did. I knew what I was doing. I knew what the cost would be. The Dreaming is no longer the same…

When Death comes to escort him, Morpheus accepts death. In doing so, he releases his power into Daniel, who transforms into an adult before the eyes of the Dreaming. Dressed in a white robe with a...

As it was seen in the first season of The Sandman, like the rest of his Endless siblings, Dream has several conduits or symbols of power, and they can be considered some of the most powerful artifacts in the DC omniverse. Aside from the Pouch of Sand and helm, the Dreamstones created by Morpheus—all twelve of them—hold parts of him and are physical manifestations of Dream. Among them, the Ruby held most of Morpheus’ power, while the rest of the Dreamstones were either destroyed or lost. However, in the final part of the series, Emerald Eagle Stone, the only remaining artifact of its kind, is seen in Morpheus’ possession—which gets passed on to Daniel Hall, his successor as Dream of the Endless. Let us take a look at the properties of the Eagle Stone and its significance in the context of Daniel coming to terms with his new role.

[This story contains major spoilers from season two, Vol. 2 of The Sandman.]

In his final episode of The Sandman, Lord Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) a.k.a. Dream of the Endless, the cosmic being who controls all dreams, delivers an ominous warning to his inner circle: “For the realm to survive, for each one of you to survive, any threat to the Dreaming must be destroyed.”

The most immediate threat to the land of dreams was, of course, none other than the supreme leader himself, whose decision to spill family blood by mercifully killing his only son, Orpheus (Ruairi O’Connor), drew the ire of a trio of goddesses known as the Furies. Adapted largely from The Kindly Ones, the penultimate collection of the creator Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics, the second volume of the Netflix fantasy drama’s final season explores the consequences of Dream’s actions.

Knowing that there is only so long that he can cheat death at the...

The Dream of the Endless is essentially an idea, an idea that was born out of Time and Night, weaving an alternate realm where ideas sprang towards possibility. Ideas like Fiddler’s Green, the Guardians, or as insignificant as Goldie. Ideas cannot die, but the vessel that contains them shall change. Morpheus is a contour of the idea of Dream, and once his actions had decided his destiny, the contour started to wear off. In the first volume of The Sandman Season 2, we see Morpheus changing into something inexplicably humane. Morpheus, who was unbent by his son’s pleas for years, finally granted Orpheus the mercy of death. However, according to the law of the Furies—the three sister selves of mother, maiden, and crone, known as the Kindly Ones in the guise of a euphemism—the endless who had spilled family blood had to die. The first volume of the...

“A Tale of Graceful Ends,” the last episode of this season of The Sandman, ended on a very conclusive note. I was half torn between hoping Dream would still find a way to make it out alive and knowing deep down that passing on and leaving the Dreaming would be the only logical way out for his character.

The entire episode is a long send-off to its main character, with the subjects of the Dreaming organizing a funeral for their former lord and master. Everyone attends—the rest of the Endless, the delegations we saw fighting for the rulership of Hell at the beginning of the season, Hob and Johanna, Constantine and Rose Parker. Everyone gets their turn at remembering Dream, and it comes to the surprise of absolutely no one that the best speech of them all is Desire’s, who is, hands down, the most charming member of...

As a storytelling enthusiast, I know that narrative climaxes are vital and that all good stories need a spike in tension and a release that brings change with it. They just don’t have the same punch without it and fall hollow and flat. As someone who gets too attached to fictional characters and places, though, these moments can be some of my most hated.

So you can imagine the kind of stress I was under when I sat down to watch “Long Live the King,” the second to last episode of the second season of The Sandman, and one of the first things I had to see were the Kindly Ones, led by Lyta Hall, entering the Dreaming and killing Fiddler’s Green, Abel, and Merv one after the other.

They were able to enter because Dream was called away to Faerie by Queen Titania, who used the pendant...

“The Kindly Ones,” the third episode of the second half of season 2 of The Sandman, confirms that they’re really trying to put a little bit of everything into these episodes—considering they’re the last ones.

And sure, sometimes it feels a bit too much, like the story is too condensed and at the same time dragging in certain places. Pacing is always going to be an issue when you try to have too much. But sometimes one of those bits is just so brilliant that it makes you forget everything else, and that’s exactly how I felt about the buddy comedy subplot featuring Johanna Constantine and the Corinthian.

At first, of course, Johanna is not particularly happy to be accompanied in her investigation by a nightmare who used to kill people and eat their eyes, no matter how much Dream says this Corinthian is different from the previous one.

The Sandman season 2 episode 8, titled “Fuel for the Fire,” does one of the things that I love the most in this show—moves away from the Dreaming and from Dream, who can come off as a little verbose sometime, and spans the wide stretches of this world where every myth and piece of lore is interconnected.

We see Faerie, for example, as Lady Nuala is summoned back by Queen Titania. Dream lets her go, even though she’d like to stay, believing Faerie to be safer than the Dreaming with the coming of the Kindly Ones looming on the horizon. But Nuala has proved resilient and headstrong, and I’m sure she’ll find her way back to Dream before the end of the season. Besides, that necklace he gave her with the power to summon sure does look like a Chekhov’s pendant to me—we’re definitely going...

In my review of The Sandman Season 2 Volume 1, I said that Volume 2 would need to be colossally bad for me to relegate it to the pile of shows that were axed prematurely by Netflix for a variety of reasons. I was cautiously optimistic because, based on the streaming platform’s history, there aren’t a lot of shows out there that were forced to wrap up their story way too quickly and yet got to maintain their quality in terms of their visuals and storytelling. I mean, Arcane was an exception because, despite its haphazard screenplay, it looked stunning. But, as they say, the exception proves the rule. In addition to that, the allegations leveled against Neil Gaiman made it really difficult to separate the art from the artist. I had to put my mind on overdrive to convince myself that several people have poured their hearts and souls into this project,...

The second and final volume of Netflix’s DC fantasy epic, The Sandman, has come to an end, concluding Morpheus’ journey as Dream of the Endless in a bittersweet fashion. It was always a challenge for the makers to pull off a cohesive series finale given how vast the existing mythos is. Fortunately, like Morpheus wanted, the ending was indeed a graceful one, with a farewell to the past that ties up all the plot threads neatly, with the promise of a new beginning. Given the TV series adaptation has created its own lore, which is somewhat separate from the source material, there are a number of differences between the two, which I would like to highlight.

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1. Unique Spin to Time and Night’s Inclusion

The final part of the second season adapts The Kindly Ones, the penultimate volume of the original The Sandman series, with the final...

The ending of The Sandman Season 2, episode 11, was entirely centered around Morpheus’ funeral. After killing Orpheus, Morpheus had sealed his fate, and the Kindly Ones were looking to take his life by hook or by crook. So, they used the ambiguity around Daniel’s death to convince his mother, Lyta, to kill Morpheus. Blinded by rage, Lyta laid waste to the Dreaming, while the Kindly Ones goaded Morpheus into fighting them. Instead of commencing a physical altercation, Morpheus chose to die at the hands of his sister, Death, thereby bringing his reign to an end. Daniel transformed from a child into his adult form and announced that he was the new Dream. With the exception of the Corinthian, nobody was all that happy about this change, with Matthew even refusing to treat him like their lord. Cain treated Dream pretty disrespectfully while demanding that he bring back Abel, which Dream did without hesitation.

When you think about it, Dream, also known as the king of stories, held a part of his father, Time, in the tales he inspired in the minds of living beings across universes. Like all good stories, Morpheus’ own saga too came to an end with his ultimate sacrifice to protect his domain, the Dreaming, from the wrath of the Furies. While the majority of his story might encapsulate his adherence to his responsibilities as one of the Endless, the final part is about growth, change, and new promises, which culminated with Morpheus entrusting his legacy to Daniel Hall, the new aspect of Dream of the Endless. The Sandman season 2 finale is mostly about Daniel trying to grow into his new role, as Morpheus’ acquaintances, close ones, and family gather at the funeral of the former Dream Lord in his remembrance.

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In the 9th episode of The Sandman Season 2, Morpheus created the second iteration of Corinthian and teamed him up with Johanna to search for Lyta’s son, Daniel. The little boy had been stolen by Loki and Robin to lure the Dream King out of the Dreaming and unleash the fury of the Kindly Ones on him because he had spilled family blood. Since Morpheus had appointed Daniel as the next Dream, Loki knew that he’d stop at nothing until Daniel was rescued, and he’d be forced to step out of his realm. If Morpheus died in the process, ideally, that’d free Loki from his contract with Morpheus. But Robin took a liking to Daniel and refused to be a part of Loki’s nefarious scheme. He pointed Corinthian and Johanna in Loki’s direction and left the scene. By the time the dynamic duo sent Loki packing back to Asgard,...

The mortal threat faced by Morpheus and Dreaming is not the consequence of a single action; a series of events—starting from Orpheus’ journey to the Underworld—led to it. The causality of the events, which couldn’t be predicted by Destiny himself either, unfolds gradually as the series approaches its final lap. As seen in the previous episode of The Sandman season 2, Morpheus decided to search for Daniel upon learning Loki and Puck had kidnapped him and took Johanna Constantine’s help to investigate his disappearance. Tricking Puck, who grew fond of the child, Loki apparently killed Daniel by burning him and, taking the disguise of a detective, informed Lyta Hall about her son’s tragic death. As leaving Dreaming will make both him and his realm vulnerable, Dream recreates Corinthian to assist Constantine. Lyta, who has already been approached by the Furies, who tried to warn her against the abductors of her child,...

Unexpected developments take place as Netflix’s The Sandman begins to set the stage for a final showdown, while the fate of infant Daniel Hall, the successor Morpheus chose to govern Dreaming, hangs in the balance. Previously, in order to save his realm, Dream visited the Fates and learned they cannot seek retribution for his sin until someone petitions them to. Dream also met with Time and Night, parents of the Endless, in hopes of finding a way to dodge the retribution of the Furies—to no avail. Morpheus informed his associates in the Dreaming about his decision to choose Daniel Hall as his successor and assigned Loki, who owes him a favor, the duty of bringing him to the Dreaming at the right opportunity. However, Puck and Loki, now a couple, schemed to thwart Dream’s plan by abducting Daniel, with the intention of setting the Kindly Ones on him.

With Netflix’s The Sandman season 2, Vol. 1 now streaming, audiences are shocked by the inevitable conclusion. The death of Morpheus, the Dream King. Episode 6 ends with the Crone of the Fates snapping a black thread, an unmistakable omen. Divine law has been broken. And Morpheus, who spilled family blood, must pay the price.

Longtime fans of Neil Gaiman’s legendary comic already know what’s coming. The Kindly Ones is the arc in which Morpheus dies. Or does he? One fan theory from Reddit, supporting both comic canon and the show, argues something radical. Like many fans, after reading Gaiman’s The Sandman and the fan theories, I’m convinced there’s something strange happened. I don’t think he died; he faked it.

A Fan Theory Suggests Morpheus May Still Be Alive in The Sandman The Sandman | Credits: Netflix

The Sandman season 2 fan theory begins by questioning the very event that triggers Morpheus’ downfall.

The Sandman Season 2 is set to premiere on Netflix this summer and will serve as the final chapter of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy series. The show’s cancellation closely followed multiple allegations of sexual assault against Gaiman, and the timing raised some eyebrows. However, showrunner Allan Heinberg clarified to Entertainment Weekly that the decision to conclude the series was unrelated to the controversy, stating it was simply the right time to bring the story to a close.

Heinberg said the choice to make season 2 the final season was made three years ago, and when news of the allegations broke, they were already nearly finished production on the season. “I can’t say that it affected our process, which is scheduled years in advance. These are your delivery dates and you just keep going,” he explained. “So it’s been in the periphery of my experience and the background of my experience,...

This Saturday, Netflix will reveal info about a lot of its new shows coming later this year, including The Sandman, based on Neil Gaiman's beloved comic book series. The Sandman is about...well, a lot of stuff, but it boils down to a story about an immortal entity named Dream (Tom Sturridge) who rules over the realm of dreams, where we all go when we fall asleep.

'The Sandman' reveals Destruction and Puck in EW's exclusive first look. Showrunner Allan Heinberg sets the stage for season 2, comments on the Neil Gaiman of it all, and explains why this is really the story's endgame. https://t.co/JkpB4DS8Lm

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The Sandman comics run for 10 volumes, with the first season only covering the first two. And yet, this second season will be the last. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Allan Heinberg said they decided...

Quick Links Who Was Dev-Em on Krypton? What Was Dev-Em's Greatest Challenge in Krypton? Rebel Ridge's Terry Is a Darker Version of Krypton's Dev-Em

The following contains spoilers for Krypton and Netflix's Rebel Ridge.

Netflix has hit it big with Jeremy Saulnier's Rebel Ridge. This cop movie is topping the streaming charts in many regions. Most of all, it has shown audiences the talent that Aaron Pierre has. The British actor dominates proceedings as Terry Richmond, a former Marine instructor who comes to Shelby Springs.

There, he goes to war with corrupt, racist police officers such as Don Johnson's Sandy who were involved in a bail scam. Terry wants to change the system and create true justice. Ironically, Pierre had a similar role years earlier in a very underrated DC TV show. That's none other than Syfy's Krypton, where he played Dev-Em -- a...

Warning: Spoilers for Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6 ahead!DC's Absolute Power event has delivered an absolute bombshell for Wonder Woman fans with the apparent return of her Earth-2 counterpart's daughter to Prime Earth continuity. While contemporary readers may know Trinity as Wonder Woman's daughter, the return of Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor to DC canon has major ramifications for the entire DC Universe.

In Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6 by Stephanie Williams, Khary Randolph, Alex Guimares, and Dave Sharpe, one of Amanda Waller's Amazo robots invades Themiscyra as retribution for the island nation harboring superheroes. When Paradise Lost begins draining the Well of Souls, it identifies the spirits of specific fallen heroes, many of whom possess links to pre-Crisis continuities.

One name in particular stands out from the rest: that of Lyta Trevor, with the superheroine code name "Fury" - also known as the long-forgotten daughter of Earth-2's Wonder Woman.

The DC Universe of the comic books has a sprawling connected history that, in one way or another, goes all the way back to 1938. Having been rebooted countless times, however, this shared universe has also become convoluted, namely when it comes to certain heroes and villains. For this reason, some characters might not work organically in the new cinematic DC Universe by James Gunn.

While it's possible that these characters might be explored on the big or small screen in the Dcu, they may also only work in a DC Multiverse setting, at least if their stories are going to stick to their classic interpretations. While most of these characters are fan-favorites to some extent, this still doesn't mean that they'll work outside the context of a long-standing continuity. This is especially true for characters who are the adult children of some of DC's iconic heroes, including Batman, Wonder Woman,...

J. Michael Straczynski is back with a new installment in his imaginative Babylon 5 series. The difference this time is that it’s a 76-minute animated feature film, released this week from Warner Home Entertainment.

B5 launched into syndicated television sixteen years ago, featuring a somewhat darker, more nuanced approach to the future. It was filled before and behind the camera with people well-versed in the Sf tropes, but used that to twist things and keep them fresh.

Here, Babylon 5 The Road Home, feels far more familiar. We’re set in the time after the Shadow War as we focus on President John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) and his wife Delenn (Rebecca Riedy) adjusting to running the 12-world Interstellar Alliance. Just as he leaves, he’s caught in the tried and true time warp allowing him to visit various parallel realities as we revisit more familiar characters and settings.

Familiarity, in this case,...

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski announces the release window for the upcoming animated film's trailer and other info.

On May 12, Straczynski tweeted to give fans an update on the upcoming Babylon 5 animated movie. Straczynski noted that a final update would be coming in mid-June, and would include the release date and plot summary, as well as a trailer and information on how to view the film upon its debut.

Related: The Babylon 5 Remake’s Future Depends on HBO Max

For those who have been waiting for more information on the #B5AnimatedMovie, the final update will come in mid-June not just here but to the public at large. It will have the release date, plot summary, A Trailer, how/where to watch/obtain it, and other cool stuff. — J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) May 12, 2023

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Straczynski first teased the animated film in April, telling fans to "start watching the...

Comic bok fans know the epic love story of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, but not as many know about their daughter in DC’s original universe. In the Earth-Two continuity, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor’s daughter, Hippolyta “Lyta” Trevor, grows up to become the superheroine known as Fury, having inherited her mother’s superpowers. Although her parents lived relatively happily, Lyta Trevor’s story is filled with tragedy and death.

DC Comics’ first continuity saw the debut of the publisher’s most iconic superheroes, including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. When DC’s Silver Age comics introduced new iterations of The Flash and Green Lantern, the Golden Age-era heroes were retroactively explained as being native to Earth-Two, with the Silver Age stories taking place on Earth-One. In its game-changing crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC rebooted its multiverse, resulting in what is known as New Earth, though further multiversal events,...

With both House of the Dragon and The Sandman finding enviable success as TV adaptations, authors George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman agree that Hollywood is showing better signs of delivering faithful adaptations. Martin is best known for writing the epic fantasy series A Song of Fire and Ice, which currently comprises five novels and a sixth that is currently being written. The series was adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series, Game of Thrones. Its prequel series House of the Dragon, inspired by Martin's Fire & Blood novel and co-developed by the author himself, premiered on August 21 and hit record viewership numbers for HBO, quickly earning a season 2 renewal order from the network.

Similarly, Gaiman also helped oversee the TV adaptation of his critically acclaimed The Sandman graphic novel series. The fantasy drama series was released on Netflix on August 5, with an additional episode released on August 19, telling the story of Morpheus/Dream,...

This post contains spoilers for Netflix’s The Sandman season one DC’s The Sandman Comics

The current state of DC Comics live-action adaptations may be up in the air, but there has been one bright spot in recent weeks. After more than a decade of false starts and development failures, Neil Gaiman‘s great Vertigo comic The Sandman has come to television screens. Even more surprising, it’s really good. Even as the show changes some details from the comics, downplaying its larger DC Universe connections, it still retains all of the beauty and horror that made the original series an enduring classic.

Best of all, the show has turned out to be a hit, both in terms of viewership and word-of-mouth buzz. So popular was the first season that Netflix dropped a surprise bonus episode, adapting two of the best stand-alone stories, “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope.

This post contains spoilers for the "Sandman" comics. 

Among many of the most unsettling moments in season 1 of "The Sandman" is the revelation that Dream (Tom Sturridge), the all-powerful being who controls the dream realm, has plans to take away Lyta's (Razane Jammal) baby. "The baby was conceived in the Dreaming," he explains to her, but it would've been nice if he'd explained the situation in a bit more detail. With Rose (Vanesu Samunyai) no longer having the powers of a vortex, there doesn't seem to be anything stopping Dream from taking Lyta's child one day. The only question is when. 

And so, as Lyta spends every...

The post Everything We Know About Lyta Hall's Baby In The Sandman appeared first on /Film.

Thanks to the dream vortex, both the waking world and the dream realm are in serious danger of becoming one nightmarish mess as The Sandman’s Season 1 finale gets underway. So… was Morpheus able to put things right? And did he have to kill a sweet young woman in order to do so? Read on for the highlights of “Lost Hearts.”

Morpheus confronted The Corinthian during his keynote speech at the cereal serial killer convention, but when he tried to undo his rogue nightmare, The Corinthian stabbed him through the hand. As Morpheus looked in confusion at his bleeding hand,...

In this week's Krypton, Lyta is back and General Zod finds a way to take control of Doomsday.

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Krypton Season 2, Episode 8

Even though Dru’s last name is Zod, this week on Krypton, the general is quite Vexed. Meanwhile, Lyta returns with a captivating hero’s journey, which just so happens to involve the Black Mercy parasitic alien plant from the comics.

First up, can we talk about Zod’s management style in “Mercy”? He threatens a lot in shades of Darth Vader, but he’s having a bit of a Skeletor moment (a la “Why do I surround myself with fools??!!”) when all of his employees are kind of sucking at the job.

To be fair, Lis-Ser is a damn good scientist, and has been cracking the code on both Doomsday, and the Black Mercy. But it’s hard to...

Syfy’s Krypton closed out the first half of its sophomore run with the brutal execution of a major character. Now, Seg must process that loss while also contending with a bit of Brainiac in his bean and whatever Dru-Zod has planned for his Bfg.

Visiting TVLine’s San Diego Comic-Con suite, Krypton star Cameron Cuffe reflected on Jax’s “bold” murder of Lyta, after Zod reneged on a deal they had made. Shortly after, Val made the difficult call to blow up the space elevator, even at the cost of some civilian lives. “This is a show about consequences,...

The Performer | Zoe Kravitz

The Show | Big Little Lies

More from TVLineBig Little Lies: Did Shailene Woodley Just Drop a Huge Season 2 Finale Spoiler?Big Little Lies Season 2 Finale Sneak Peek: 'The Lie Is the Friendship'Krypton Video: Cameron Cuffe Talks Fallout of Lyta's Death (?), 'Doomsday Unleashed' in Season 2 Finale

The Episode | “The Bad Mother” (July 14, 2019)

The Performance | All season long on HBO’s addictive drama, Bonnie has been like a simmering pot of emotions slowly but surely heating up, as she wrestled with her guilty conscience over Perry’s death. This week, she hit her boiling point, and Kravitz was...

Everyone tries to process their grief on an emotional Krypton.

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Krypton Season 2 Episode 6

This was an emotional one, wasn’t it? Following the murder of Nyssa at the hands of Jax, everyone has to work through their emotions, and interestingly, Krypton shows the five stages of grief via different characters.

First up, Seg’s emotional journey in “In Zod We Trust” packs a wallop. He begins the episode in shock, and breaking down after watching his beloved die on the comms channel (which is replaying the murder on a loop). Cameron Cuffe sells this anguish, and I couldn’t help but be reminded of Christopher Reeve’s Superman grieving over Lois in Donner’s Superman. As much as I love the wisecracking Seg, this is necessary for our character. He lost his parents at the beginning of his hero’s journey, and...

Krypton shakes itself up in some thrilling, unexpected ways in “A Better Yesterday.”

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Krypton Season 2 Episode 5

Well, that was a shocker. In the fifth episode of this season, “A Better Yesterday,” Krypton has acted like a bunch of raptors and played its audience; just as we’ve been watching General Zod in front of us, the attack came from the side, courtesy Jax-Ur who executed female lead Lyta-Zod.

She also shot a laser blast out of her eye, but first things first.

The apparent death of Lyta is a huge moment for Krypton. Whether it is undone, or she remain dead-dead, the turn of events will have a significant impact on Seg – and perhaps send our hero down a dark path. It makes me think of Lois Lane’s death in the Injustice: Gods Among Us comics. Superman becomes a tyrant, and...

Krypton ramps up the action in a thrilling midseason episode with plenty of Superman and even Star Wars shoutouts.

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Krypton Season 2 Episode 4

“Danger Close” is an appropriate title for this week’s Krypton because it feels like the penultimate episode of the season considering all the threads coming together – and yet it’s not even the halfway point.

Seg and Lyta reunite, have sex and share a touching moment, before Lyta sells him out to Zod. Except is it really Lyta since Seg finds out she’s been re-programmed by her son? And the same almost happens to Seg, except Brainiac is still in Seg’s head. Meanwhile, after having a sentimental bro-down with Seg, Adam is hanging out with Kem – who freed Dev, when he refused to kill civilians (on Lyta’s orders). Dev’s story reveals to Jayna that her daughter is a monster now,...

Krypton delivers another solid Season 2 episode... even if it is a little light on the action.

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Krypton Season 2 Episode 3

This week, Krypton spent a lot of time lauding main character Seg’s will to live, also the title of the episode, only to kill him off. Well, “just a little,” before Adam un-deaded him. But the show continued its streak this season with solid performances, if light on action.

Yet what happens when the happenings of Krypton itself are the least exciting part of the story?

Picking back up on Colu, Seg (Cameron Cuffe) and Adam (Shaun Sipos) are running like mad through the planet’s lush forests to evade Lobo. But it’s more difficult to evade Brainiac, who is squatting in Seg’s head. The dynamic between our heroes continues to fuel the show, even in its comedic attempts at tenderness.

This week’s episode of Syfy’s Krypton shines light on the real reason General Zod traveled back in time to return to his home planet. We now know that defeating Brainiac was only part of his plan; it appears that Zod intends to rule Krypton, which could potentially make him the show’s next big bad.

A few episodes ago, Krypton delivered a game-changing twist in the form of Lyta’s son, who turned out to be a time-traveling General Zod from the future.

Krypton is wasting no time as the search for Brainiac continues in the latest chapter.

But Krypton Season 1 Episode 4 pulls a twist when a mysterious figure enters Seg's life.

So far throughout Krypton Season 1, the Voice of Rao has been of my favorite mysteries. Mostly because of that mask of his that both fascinates and intimidates me!

I appreciate how "The Word of Rao" opened up with it being focused on him. It gives us an insight into what his life behind the curtain looks like.

Even though he is quite peaceful, the Voice still comes off as scary. I think it is the multi-faced mask that does the trick.

However, the Voice made it quite clear that he has no problem going a little corrupt. The fact that the Voice was willing to put the blame on Lyta was crazy.

Related: Krypton Season 1 Episode 3 Review: The War Against Brainiac Begins!

Seg demonstrates quite the Superman spirit in the latest chapter of Krypton against Brainiac.

Krypton Season 1 Episode 3 also deals with Lyta trying to find a peaceful way of finding Black Zero members in the rankless district.

Something that has been consistent with Krypton Season 1 so far is how much is packed into each episode. But Krypton does it in an impressive way where it doesn't feel exhausting.

I always expected Seg to demonstrate some qualities of his future grandson which we got here. But unlike the Man of Steel, Seg doesn't have super-powers to rely on nor a super suit.

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It was enjoyable seeing a Kryptonian with the heart of Superman in action. Although I have to say that Krypton is so far taking its sweet time to give us a lot of Brainiac in the flesh.

In terms of superhero mythology, the Man of Steel remains the gift that just keeps on giving. Syfy's clever Krypton isn’t just another origin story – it's the origin behind the origin, going back a couple of generations into Superman's family history, on his native planet. Cameron Cuffe stars as Seg-El, Superman's grandfather, hundreds of years before the future protector of truth, justice and the American way Kal-El was born. He is an outcast there, ever since his own grandfather Val-El was killed for flaunting his unbecoming curiosity about...

Adam Strange continues to make his presence stranger for Seg as Superman's grandfather learns more about his mission.

Krypton Season 1 Episode 2 also focuses heavily on establishing the other houses further, particularly the House of El and Zod.

There is a lot to love in "House of El" from both a character standpoint as well as the story overall. One of them is, without doubt, Adam Strange.

I always expected Krypton to have a very dark tone given that it's a little grittier than the other DC shows. But Adam's presence helps Krypton have a light tone that is appreciated.

I didn't know I needed Kem and Adam interactions until seeing them meet for the first time. For some reason, they work so perfectly good together.

Although let's have a silent moment for Adam's fallen Detroit hat. I have been there where I have had to lose a favorite hat of mine so Adam,...

The newest Superman prequel takes us back 200 years as we meet the Man of Steel's grandfather.

Krypton Season 1 Episode 1 is all about establishing Seg-El and a side of Krypton we have never seen.

When the show was first announced I will admit that I was hesitant. Why make a Superman show about Clark's grandfather?!

But those doubts disappeared quickly after seeing the first trailers. The pilot did, without a doubt, go past my expectations.

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From a visual standpoint, we are seeing a completely new Krypton, past how Superman movies have portrayed it with crystals until Man of Steel changed that.

It helps that David Goyer, writer of Man of Steel, has a part in the design of Krypton. It feels in tune with the movie while still maintaining its own aesthetic.

Syfy must have paid a fortune for this budget! Seeing how...