The Sandman
Chapter 11: Season of Mists
TV Flash files “Chapter 11: Season of Mists” as a desk essential hour — The Sandman (2022–2025) on Netflix, season 2, episode 1, aired 2025-07-03, 46 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 11 of 21 in the The Sandman guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 2025-07-03 (46 min). The listed hour before it is “Chapter 10: Lost Hearts” (S01E10). Next is “Chapter 12: The Ruler of Hell” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Chapter 11: Season of Mists”. Season of Mists as season-two launch: the comic's titled arc, still protective-fandom catnip, still fantasy television that refuses a cape translation.

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a gathering of the Endless exposes deep-seated grievances, Morpheus embarks on a mission to Hell to free the soul of a condemned mortal.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter 11: Season of Mists sit in the The Sandman guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 11 of 21 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Sandman S02E01 air?
Chapter 11: Season of Mists aired 2025-07-03 and is listed at 46 minutes.
Do I need the comics first?
No, though protective fandom will compare. Comic-accurate weird instead of a superhero rinse; anthology-shaped seasons still play as one realm of bargains and bad dreams.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Dream of the Endless, finally, with comic-accurate weird instead of a superhero rinse. Tom Sturridge's quiet gravity and a mythology protective fandom had been guarding for decades. Watch for anthology-shaped seasons that still feel like one realm, and for fantasy television that prefers stories, bargains, and bad dreams to lore dumps.
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