If you are one of the people who are eagerly waiting to press play onDead Boy Detectives, you’ll be happy to know that Netflix decided to provide a lengthy sneak peek as we wait out the ten days until the premiere. The streamer unveiled the first five minutes of the first episodeon their website Tudum, and you’re able to find out all about it in this article.
Episode 1 ofDead Boy Detectivesstarts with pretty calm imagery of the London night, but you quickly find out that they are there to contrastthe madness that immediately follows. Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) materialize on a street as they run away from a WWI ghost that washaunting a museum. The duo was probably trying to help the ghost move on to the afterlife, but it seems like the ghost doesn’t want their help at all.
The initial minutes ofDead Boy Detectivesalso introduce us to the concept of mirror-hopping: whenghostsfind a mirror that can serve as a portal to take them places they want to go – in this case, their office. However, the series establishes that you need concentration to find the correct spot, and they need a couple of tries before getting it right. Unfortunately for them, the WWI ghost is able to follow themthrough the looking glass.
Dead Boy Detectivesstarts out with twoSandmanreferences: One subtle and one explicit. The first one is kind of baity, since it has Edwin and Charles referencing a guy with a gas mask. This is the artifact that Morpheus (Tim Sturridge) is searching for during most of Season 1, but from the looks of it, this is not the same one — especially considering what happens to it by the end of the sequence. In any case, the one wearing it inDead Boy Detectiveswas the WWI ghost and not the dream lord.
After that, when the boys finally manage to free the ghost from the effects of wearing the gas mask, they mention that they need to disappear before Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) comes to collect him. As we know,Howell-Baptiste will be featured in some momentofDead Boy Detectives, but we’re yet to find out in which episode and under what circumstances.
Netflix premieres Season 1 ofDead Boy Detectiveson April 25. You can watch the first five minutes of the serieson the Tudum website.
Dead Boy Detectives
A duo of phantom sleuths roam the boundary between the living and the dead, investigating eerie mysteries that elude the grasp of conventional detectives. Alongside a living accomplice with psychic abilities, they navigate a series of spooky adventures, learning about life and each other.
