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American Gods

2020
4.5
142 reviews
R18+
Rating
Eligible

Season 1 episodes (8)

1 The Bone Orchid
4/30/17
When Shadow Moon is released from prison a few days early, following the death of his wife, he meets the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday and is conscripted into his employ as bodyguard. Attacked his first day on the job, Shadow quickly discovers that this role may be more than he bargained for. (c) 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc. All rights reserved.
2 The Secret of Spoons
5/7/17
As Mr. Wednesday begins recruitment for the coming battle, Shadow Moon travels with him to Chicago, and agrees to a very high stakes game of checkers with the old Slavic god, Czernobog. (c) null 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc. All rights reserved.
3 Head Full of Snow
5/14/17
Shadow questions the terms of his employment when Mr. Wednesday informs him of his plan to rob a bank (because, naturally, every army needs a source of funding). And just when Shadow thought his life couldn't get any more complicated, he returns to his motel room to a surprising discovery. (c) null 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc. All rights reserved.
4 Git Gone
5/21/17
Alternating between the past and the present, Laura's life and death are explored-how she met Shadow, how she died, and how exactly she came to be sitting on the edge of his motel room bed. (c) null 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc.  All rights reserved.
5 Lemon Scented You
5/28/17
Trying to work things out with his dead and unfaithful wife, Shadow's emotional reunion is interrupted when he and Mr. Wednesday are kidnapped by the New Gods. (c) 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc. All rights reserved.
6 A Murder of Gods
6/20/17
On the run after the New Gods' show of force, Shadow and Mr. Wednesday seek safe haven with one of Mr. Wednesday's oldest friends, Vulcan, God of the Fire and the Forge. (c) 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc.  All rights reserved.
7 Prayer for Mad Sweeney
6/21/17
Her brief reunion with Shadow over far too quickly, Laura turns to an unlikely travel companion to find her way back to life, and back to Shadow. Mad Sweeney's long, winding, and often tragic past is explored. (c) 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc.  All rights reserved.
8 Come to Jesus
6/20/17
On the eve of war, Mr. Wednesday must recruit one more Old God: Ostara, né Easter, Goddess of the Dawn But winning her over will require making a good impression, and that is where Mr. Nancy comes in. (c) null 2017 FremantleMedia North America Inc.  All rights reserved.

About this show

Based on the international best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, American Gods follows Shadow Moon as he embarks on a road trip across America with the enigmatic conman Mr. Wednesday. On their journey, Shadow discovers that Mr. Wednesday is in fact one of the old gods brought to this country by settlers long ago, who warns of a war brewing between the forgotten old gods of myth and the new American Gods of money, technology and media.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
142 reviews
bman101 drun
July 20, 2019
Good but not as good as the book. I love the casting, Shadow and Wednesday are perfect, but I found the branching story lines in the book really engaging while in this series (based on viewing season 1 only) has reduced them to vague references. Also it somehow feels as though they have introduced an element of religiosity that wasn't in the books. Sounds weird as the story is about religion but the book didn't feel as though it either validated or denied religion.
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Simon Griffiths
April 19, 2019
Couldn't even finish the series. Such a disappointment. Had to stop on about 4th episode where there was a scene where things were getting killed, lots and lots of slomo blood splashing etc. Except this one went on and on and on....and on and on.
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Ttandc Borderlinereality
September 23, 2018
I get the feeling that the writers of this show don't exactly know where they're going with this. Good actors help, but only so far.
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