My Lord, you are coming back, aren't you?
Why would I not return, Lucienne?
I don't know, a presentiment. As powerful as you are here in your realm, Dreams rarely survive in the waking world. Nightmares, on the other hand, seem to thrive there.
All S1
Characters
MorpheusTom Sturridge · 30 quotes
John DeeDavid Thewlis · 9 quotes
DeathKirby Howell-Baptiste · 6 quotes
MCMatthew Cable5 quotes
BetteEmma Duncan · 4 quotes
Hob GadlingFerdinand Kingsley · 4 quotes
LucienneVivienne Acheampong · 4 quotes
CorinthianBoyd Holbrook · 3 quotes
Johanna ConstantineJenna Coleman · 3 quotes
LuciferGwendoline Christie · 3 quotes
RosemarySarah Niles · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Morpheus & Death (6), Morpheus & Matthew Cable (5), Morpheus & Hob Gadling (4)
S1 E15Unfinished Business
There are benefits to keeping one of The Endless close.
BBurgess
The Endless?
Did you think Death was the only one in charge? The Reaper has family, you know. Desire, Destiny, Despair-
BBurgess
Which one have I got, then?
...Dream.
BBurgess
What's the good of a god who governs dreams?
Not a god. More than a god. And are men not governed by their dreams?
AAlex
It's… it's you. You're… you're free.
I am. And do you have any idea what it was like? Confined in a cage for over a century? Do you understand the damage you've done to your world?
You're home, my Lord.
I am.
Forgive me, sir, but … the realm, the palace they are not as you left them.
What happened here? Who did this?
My Lord, you are The Dreaming, The Dreaming is you. With you gone as long as you were, the realm began to decay and crumble.
I kept a journal for a while. A chronicle of everything that happened in your absence. But slowly, the words began to fade. Sometime after you left, all the books in the library became bound volumes of blank paper. The next day, the whole library was gone. I never found it again.
And yet you remained while others fled, the royal librarian of an abandoned kingdom.
I never felt abandoned. I knew you would return.
You need rest, my Lord. And food and perhaps a bit more rest, and then you'll be back at full strength.
No. Not without my tools.
Your tools?
My sand, my helm, my ruby.
Why? What happened to them?
They were taken from me. By my captors. And then taken from them I know not where. Nor what I am without them.
Do you remember the being Roderick Burgess kept caged in his basement? Hmm? King of Dreams?
ECEthel Cripps
You're one of his?
I'm my own man now. With your help, I intend to stay that way.
ECEthel Cripps
Why do you need my help?
Because he's out of his cage and he's coming for us. You and me.
ECEthel Cripps
Why me? I never did anything to him.
Oh, you did though, Ethel. You stole from him.
ECEthel Cripps
When I left Roderick, I traded the sand and the helm for my life in America.
And the ruby?
ECEthel Cripps
The ruby … As you know, it does have the power to make dreams come true. But it also makes nightmares come true. My son, John, took the ruby from me and then the ruby took John.
What are you doing here, Hettie?
MHMad Hettie
Same as you, I expect. He's coming, isn't he?
Who?
MHMad Hettie
Yeah, well, you know who. Morpheus. The Oneiromancer. You know — the Sandman — he's back.
"The Sandman"? The one who puts the kids to sleep? He's a fairy story, Hettie.
MHMad Hettie
He's no fairy story, missy. He's back, and he wants his sand.
Good to know. I'm off to work.
MHMad Hettie
You'll see. I know. I'm 280 years old, and I know.
AAgilieth
You … talk too much.
Tell me your name and I'll stop.
AAgilieth
Why would I do that? When there are far more enjoyable ways to make you stop.
[entering the scene of the exorcism]: His name is Agilieth.
AAgilieth
I'm flattered you remember me, Lord Morpheus, after all your time away.
Lord Morpheus?
AAgilieth
He is. Though, I confess, I almost didn't recognize you without your helm. I wonder where your helm could be.
I presume it is in Hell, with the demon to whom it was traded.
AAgilieth
Yes, but which demon?
My gran used to tell me stories about you lot.
I've known your family for centuries.
Then you know there's not one of us that can be trusted. What do you want with me?
Something of mine came into your possession. A leather pouch filled with sand. I need it back.
Oh, that was yours? Bought it at an estate sale. Didn't even manage to get the drawstrings open.
Where is it?
No idea. Could be anywhere.
We must find it.
Must we? Why is that?
Because without it, my realm will cease to exist, and if dreams disappear, then so will humanity.
Where are we going?
Hell.
Hell. As in Hell-Hell? Or were you being metaphorical? Because either way, we should probably check in with Lucienne first, right? See how she's feeling about it. I'm gonna go out on a limb, which is something birds actually do, and say she will not be in favor of Hell-going. [As Matthew speaks Morpheus uses his sand to teleport him and Matthew] But I don't get a sense you're listening, so, fuck it, let's go to Hell!
It has many names. Avernus, Tartarus, Hades, the infernal region you call Hell.
So, Hell does exist?
It does. For some.
Does that mean it doesn't exist if you don't believe in it?
Did you believe in it? When you were a man?
Yeah. … I just didn't expect Hell to be cold.
I think lying is maybe the worst thing you can do to another person. I'm living proof of that.
I'm sure your mom loved you and was proud of you.
She did forgive me in the end.
For what?
Stealing from her.
What did you steal?
A ruby. Unlike no other. Like nothing you've ever seen. She had me arrested, of course. And thrown in prison.
For stealing the ruby?
And arson. And murder. General mayhem. Among other things. You see, the problem with having this ruby was that everyone was always trying to take it from me. And so, I just did what I had to do.
You murdered people?
They weren't good people. Not like you and Susie.
The landscape is subject to the whims of the Morningstar.
The morning star? We have to spend the night in this literally godforsaken —
Lucifer Morningstar.
As in the Devil?
The Ruler of Hell is no mere devil.
So, you two know each other?
We've known each other for a very long time.
When we first met, Lucifer was the angel Samael.
I forgot the Devil used to be an angel.
Not just any angel. The most beautiful, wisest, and most powerful of all angels. Saving only the Creator, Lucifer is, perhaps, the most powerful being there is.
More powerful than you?
By far.
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