Dream Vs Lucifer: The Sandman's Hell Challenge Explained
Warning: SPOILERS for The Sandman Episode 4 — «A Hope In Hell»
Dream of the Endless (Tom Sturridge) descends into Hell inThe Sandman episode 4, and his confrontation with Lucifer Morningstar (Gwendoline Christie) will have a seismic effect on Morpheus' future. The version of Lucifer in The Sandman was introduced by series creator and executive producer Neil Gaiman in the 4th issue ofThe Sandman DC Comics series. It's actually Gaiman's Lucifer that was adapted and then changed to suit theLucifer TV series on FOX and Netflix that starred Tom Ellis. Gwendoline Christie's Lucifer restores the Devil to Gaiman's original vision, although Netflix's The Sandman also makes a significant change to how Dream's Hell challenge plays out in the comics.
The Sandman goes to Hell in episode 4 to regain his lost helmet. When Dream was captured and imprisoned for over a century by the British warlock Roderick Burgess (Charles Dance), his symbols of office — Dream's ruby, his helmet, and his pouch of magical sand — were taken from him. All of Morpheus' tools were then stolen by Burgess' mistress, Ethel Cripps (Joely Richardson), and subsequently fell into other hands. When Dream escaped his prison and returned to find his realm, the Dreaming, broken, he underwent a quest to regain his magical totems to restore his lost power. First, Dream took back his lost bag of sand with the help of Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman). But that was just a prelude to Morpheus' incredibly dangerous journey to regain his helmet, which Ethel pawned to a demon in exchange for a magical amulet of protection. With his loyal raven Matthew (Patton Oswalt) accompanying him, Dream descended into Hell for an inevitable face-to-face with its ruler, Lucifer
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