The Sandman (TV Series) Episode: Brief Lives

"Brief Lives"

Jamie Childs

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Oh, look! It's stopped raining. Then you must be feeling much better.

—Delirium

Brief Lives is an episode of season 2 of The Sandman. It premiered on July 3, 2025.

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Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Dreamthings
- The Guardians of the Gate
  - The Gryphon (Cameo)
  - "The Hippogriff" (Cameo)
  - The Wyvern
The Endless
- Desire (Also in a vision)
- Destruction (First appearance)
Ishtar/Belili (Single appearance; dies)
Lucienne
Matthew the Raven
Lord Pharamond/"Mr. Farrell" (Behind the scenes)
- Farrell Travel Agency (First appearance)
  - Wanda (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Barnabas the Dog (First appearance)
Bernard "Bernie" Capax (First appearance; dies) (Also as a spirit) (Ascends)
Danny Capax (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
Death
New York City Police Department (Cameo)
Destiny (Mentioned only)
Dora (Wanda Mannering's grandmother) (Mentioned only)
Etain (Mentioned only)
Ezekiel Mannering (Wanda Mannering's father) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
God (Mentioned only)
Joan-Ellen Mannering (Wanda Mannering's mother) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Mammoths (Mentioned only)
Nada (Mentioned only)
Smilodon (Mentioned only)
Judy Garland (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Astral Plane
Delirium's Realm (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Gallery of Delirium (Mentioned only)
The Dreaming
- The Castle of Dreams
  - Dining Hall
  - Gallery of Dreaming
Sunless Lands (Behind the scenes)
Waking World (Unnamed)
- Aegean Sea (Unnamed)
- Greece
  - Destruction's Island (First appearance; unnamed)
    - Destruction's House (First appearance)
      - Gallery of Destruction
- United States of America
  - New York City
    - Brooklyn (Cameo)
    - Manhattan
      - Bernie Capax's Apartment (Single appearance)
      - Suffragette City Club (First appearance) (Destroyed)
    - Statue of Liberty (Cameo)
- England (Mentioned only)
- Mesopotamia
  - Babylon (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
Destruction's Realm (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Hell (Mentioned only)
Oz (Mentioned only)
The Threshold (Mentioned only)

Items:

Vehicles:

Concepts:

Footnotes