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The Sandman: Season 2

John Stark

Cast: Tom Sturridge as Morpheus, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt as Matthew The Raven, Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Razane Jammal as Lyta, Kyo Ra as Rose, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Esme Kreed-Miles as Delerium, Ann Skelly as Nula, Mark Hamill as Merv Pumpkinhead, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer, Adrien Lester as Destiny, Freddie Fox as Loki, Donna Preston as Despair, Jack Gleason as Puck, Steve Coogan as Barnabus, Barry Sloan as Destruction, John Cameron Mitchell as Hal, India Moore as Wanda, Derek Jacobi as Night … Continue reading The Sandman: Season 2

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/28/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E12 (Netflix) with audio description, My Life With The Walter Boys: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Sausage Party: Foodtopia: S2E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Upload: S4E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- Now that I know, Episode 11 is actually the series finale, and this is just a one off bottle episode that uses this franchises version of Death… and lets her take a holiday. So, this is Death Takes A holiday, but in the way Neil Gaiman would do it. It was cute. Inconsequential, but cute. The audio … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/28/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E11 (Netflix) with audio description, From: S2E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Chief Of War: S1E5 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, South Park: S26E3 (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- A. Funeral for a dream. I don’t know what they possibly could be doing in the next episode that this one wasn’t the series finale, but this felt like everyone was saying goodbye, like you do in a finale. This episode was beautifully done, and I love how Fiddler’s Green … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Chief of War: S1E4 (Apple plus) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Semi Finals (Amazon) with audio description The Sandman- While this is typically some flawless writing, there’s a glitch in the description. *spoilers* When the furies are tearing apart the dreaming, they reach Cain and Abel, and kill Abel, telling him it will be his final death, no resurrection. Cain manages to get away. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/12/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E9 (Netflix) with audio description, The institute: S1E5 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Countdown: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Hitmakers: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- Still consistently great audio description from DVW. Some of the best moments of description are what happens to Fiddler’s Green, and the description of that, but also Loki continuing his mischief. The episode was petty centric on Joanna Constantine and The Corinthian, but definitely ended on a dour note for Dream. The Institute- What a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/12/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/05/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Institute: S1E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E16 (HBo MAX) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E2 (Amazon) with audio description, DigMan S2E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- Thanks to the audio description team i have the image in my head of Dream’s head lulling to the side, like when you’re trying to stay awake. The idea that Dream needs sleep amuses me. However, the ending of this is ambiguous enough that depending on what actually … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/05/25

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The Small Screen diaries: 07/30/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Hunting Wives: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Sandman: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Tires: S2E9 (Netflix) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E14 (HBO MAX) with audio description,Destination X (Peacock) with audio description, All Of us Are Dead: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Gilded Age: S2E6 (HBo MAX) with audio description the Hunting Wives- So far, excellent audio description. this is a spicy series from what I’ve heard, and even the little bit you get in the first episode as you’re eased into it does a nice job of tracking this show like it’s an … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 07/30/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/21/25

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TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The Sandman: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Waterfront: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Patience: S1E5 (PBS) with audio description, The Guilded Age: S3E5 (HBo MAX) with audio description Too Much- our duo ends up going to a dinner party where it turns out Felix might actually know the hosts, if they remember who he is. A cute episode that ends on a nice moment for the couple. not quite as aggressively edgy as the other episodes. The Sandman- In what felt like … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/21/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/10/25

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TV Shows Watched: Back To The Frontier: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Sandman: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Adults: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Euphoria: S1E5 (HBOMAX) with audio description, Countdown: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Invasion: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, King Of The Hill: S2E5 (Hulu) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, and Sherlock and Daughter: S1E5 (HBOMAX) no audio description Best Episode: Breaking Bad, Runner Up: Adults Best Audio Description: The sandman, Runner Up: breaking Bad best performance: Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/10/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Ginny And Georgia: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, Nine Perfect Strangers: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E11 (MAX) with audio description, Sullivan’s Crossing: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Patience: S1E3 (PBS) with audio description, Peaky Blinders: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, King Of The hill: S2E4 (Hulu) no audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Bosch: Legacy (Amazon) with audio description Best Episode: The Pitt, Runner Up: The Sandman Best Audio Description: the Sandman, Runner Up: Stick … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

John Stark

Once again I’m running down the sixty shows on my broad watchlist. Joining the list this week, which was fairly slow for new shows, are The Sandman (Netflix), All Of Us Are Dead (Netflix), The Office (Peacock), Such Brave Girls (Hulu), Nautilus (AMC Plus), Dexter (Paramount Plus), and Prison Break (Netflix). I wrapped some shows, and anything that would rank outside the top 60 dies. WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix) with audio description- I knew I was going to lose my favorites. After the tragic uprising didn’t work last season, it meant playing out Squid Game till the end. I’m only … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/18/23

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Today is the day Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hits Paramount Plus. I, of course, am wondering where mission Impossible Dead Reckoning and Indiana Jones are, but sure, let’s put an August movie up. 8) 8) Seaquest DSV (Peacock) English Audio Description?: No Status: Ended The writing was all over the place, so it was harder to follow than usual without audio description. This one character kept telling the same story about knowing he was going to die as he saw a giant fish. The thing that made this episode unintentionally hilarious and awesome, is this exchange between a … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/18/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/11/23

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Disney and Charter have kinda sorta figured their stuff out. So, Football fans probably enjoyed last nights game. 11) The Masked Singer (Hulu) English Audio Description?: No Status: Presumably Renewed I really wish that this show had audio description. I’ve never really gotten an idea of these elaborate costumes. It would also help with the visual cues in the clue packages the judges don’t immediately say out loud.That being said, while my ears didn’t direct me to the person, the second clue package they gave was so obvious. This was such a disappointing episode, because their idea of best performances … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/11/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/04/23

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The strike has been going on for a lot longer than the studios thought they would. That’s for sure. I haven’t seen another movie abandon ship from 2023 yet. Only movies that cost a lot of money are likely to do so. 14) Desperate Housewives (Hulu) English Audio Description: No Status: Ended I’m finally ten episodes in. And while there were moments I understood, there were plenty I did not. Lots of quiet scenes, or a scene like Felicity Huffman’s mom taking a break to watch her nanny try to get her kids to eat Brussel Sprouts. It sounded like … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 09/04/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 08/29/23

John Stark

While not TV news, I am always looking around the inter webz for Oscar thoughts, and I do love the people predicting the Oscars who acknowledge that it’s weird that everyone is predicting the same things. I know, which is why I’m actually trying not to. This time last year, we had Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman as frontrunners. Certainly no one expected Andrea Riseborough, and after everyone saw Blonde, it was assumed to be dead in the race. Brian Tyree Henry seemed like an impossible nominee, and most people still had Paul Dano. I don’t believe Michelle Williams declared … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 08/29/23