India, July 3 -- Netflix quietly premiered the first part of The Sandman season 2 on July 3, releasing the first six episodes. The adaptation of The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman, arrives after the scandal where the author faced allegations of sexual assault from multiple women, which he denied. Arriving under the shadow of this controversy, the final season has received mostly unfavourable reviews from critics so far. (Also read: The Sandman famed author Neil Gaiman faces multiple sexual harassment allegations by 9 women: Report)

Writing for The Guardian, Jack Seale panned the show in his review. An excerpt from the review read, "The Sandman is not short of ideas, but it smothers them all in a fug of pretension, missing every opportun...