Really speaks to the widespread popularity of the source material. First Charles Dance and David Thewlis, now John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Fry and Mark Hamill in one episode… it's truly unbelievable how many icons this show was able to attract. Two epic cameos in this episode I can't omit: Stephen Fry as the kindly b&b guest who saves Rose from a mugging, and Mark Hamill as Mervyn Pumpkinhead.Though I'm not sure what an Italian toddler would have been doing in a British pub… Would've much preferred seeing someone a bit more unexpected - like famed explorer Francis Drake, fresh off a globe-trotting expedition, or an inquisitive little four-year-old Galileo. Feels a bit like low hanging fruit, a bit too obvious for a show so left-of-center. Not sure how I feel about the William Shakespeare cameo in 1589.It's a nice callback to Dream telling Joanna in Chapter 3 that he's known her family for years. I enjoyed the appearance of Joanna Constantin's ancestor… Joanna Constantin (in 1789) who's also played by Jenna Coleman.We're finally seeing a slightly lighter, more colorful, dare I say more human side of Dream, and I'm interested to see where he takes the performance from here. I know I've ragged a bit on Tom Sturridge's performance as Dream, but I was pleased to see him come out of his shell in this episode.

I'm not sure it's got a whole lot of depth to it, and it's there that the series feels truly lacking, but I'm always excited to tune in to see what kind of stunt they'll pull next. It never ceases to amaze me - this show's willingness to throw traditional structure out the window and do something truly wild.

I probably say this every time, but this might've been the most interesting episode yet.

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