There are a lot of one parters and short stories in the Sandman comic book series. Instead of letting them slowing down the next season, the showrunners decided to present two of them in-between seasons as a kind of Easter egg. Quite a good idea, as leaving out the stories completely would have been a bad idea considering the relevance of Morpheus relationship with Calliope to the ongoing story.
The episode is definitely worth watching even though the first story about the dream of a thousand cats is quite unusual. But Calliopes story is very well told and adapted, close to the comic but updated to the new millennium. I liked it a lot and don't mind some further short story surprises before the Seasons of Mist.
The episode is definitely worth watching even though the first story about the dream of a thousand cats is quite unusual. But Calliopes story is very well told and adapted, close to the comic but updated to the new millennium. I liked it a lot and don't mind some further short story surprises before the Seasons of Mist.