American Gods Episode Guide Episodes 001–026
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
American Gods Episode Guide Episodes 001–026 Last episode aired Sunday March 21, 2021 www.starz.com © © 2021 www.starz.com © 2021 © 2021 www.tvfanatic.com © 2021 www.imdb.com www.showbizjunkies.com The summaries and recaps of all the American Gods episodes were downloaded from http://www.imdb.com and http: //www.starz.com and http://www.showbizjunkies.com and http://www.tvfanatic.com and processed through a perl program to transform them in a LATEX file, for pretty printing. So, do not blame me for errors in the text ! This booklet was LATEXed on March 23, 2021 by footstep11 with create_eps_guide v0.66 Contents Season 1 1 1 The Bone Orchard . .3 2 The Secret of Spoons . .7 3 Head Full of Snow . 11 4 Git Gone . 15 5 Lemon Scented You . 19 6 A Murder of Gods . 23 7 A Prayer for Mad Sweeney . 27 8 Come To Jesus . 31 Season 2 35 1 House On The Rock . 37 2 The Beguiling Man . 41 3 Muninn . 45 4 The Greatest Story Ever Told . 49 5 The Ways Of The Dead . 53 6 Donar The Great . 57 7 Treasure Of The Sun . 61 8 Moon Shadow . 65 Season 3 69 1 A Winter’s Tale . 71 2 Serious Moonlight . 75 3 Ashes and Demons . 79 4 The Unseen . 83 5 Sister Rising . 87 6 Conscience of the King . 91 7 Fire and Ice . 93 8 The Rapture of Burning . 97 9 The Lake Effect . 101 10 Tears of the Wrath-Bearing Tree . 105 Actor Appearances 107 American Gods Episode Guide II Season One American Gods Episode Guide The Bone Orchard Season 1 Episode Number: 1 Season Episode: 1 Originally aired: Sunday April 30, 2017 Writer: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green Director: David Slade Show Stars: Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon), Emily Browning (Laura Moon), Bruce Langley (Technical Boy), Pablo Schreiber (Mad Sweeney), Yetide Badaki (Bilquis), Ian McShane (Mr. Wednesday) Guest Stars: Demore Barnes (Mr. Ibis), Jonathan Tucker ("Low Key" Lyesmith), Betty Gilpin (Audrey Burton), Siobhan Fallon (Airport Lady), Joel Mur- ray (Paunch), Beth Grant (Jack), John Tench (Viking Leader), Sonja Smits (Laura’s Mother), Richard Blackburn (Warden), Adrienne Kress (Another Airport Lady), Marcie Johnson (Flight Attendant), Siobhan Magnus (First Class Flight Attendant), Darrin Baker (Priest), Sebas- tian Maclean (Guard), James Kirchner (Groundskeeper) Summary: Shadow Moon is released early from his prison sentence, but has no job and no choices. The mysterious Mr. Wednesday approaches Shadow with an offer to become Wednesday’s bodyguard, and Shadow accepts. Mr. Ibis writes the story of the coming to America in 813. He writes of how the Vikings were low on supplies. They finally spotted land and came ashore, but the land was barren and they soon fought among themselves. The Native Americans kill one Viking and fire warning shots when the others try to enter the forest. They decided to leave but there was no wind to take them away. They carved a totem to the Allfather, Odin, to intercede with the wings, to make Odin look. The leader took out the right eye of each of his men and then his own, but still no wind. They then sacrificed one of their own, burning him, but still no wind. The Vikings finally realized that since Odin was a war god, they would need war. They fought and killed each other and the wind rose up. Satisfied, the Viking left quickly without burning the dead. When they reached their home shores, not a single one spoke of the New World again. A hundred years later, Leif the Red rediscovered the land and found his god and his war waiting. Shadow Moon lifts weights in the prison yard. His fellow prisoner "Low Key" Lyesmith figures that it’s best to be in prison since there’s nothing that can be done to them that hasn’t already been done. Shadow admits that he doesn’t believe in anything he can’t see, but there’s something hanging over him. Low Key says that prison has a way of keeping people in prison. Later, Shadow calls his wife Laura and says that something feels weird. Laura says that the trees are budding and there will be leaves on them when Shadow gets back in five days. He asks if everything is okay, and Laura assures him that nothing is wrong. She says that Robbie Burton is coming by and they’re planning Shadow’s surprise welcome-home party. That night, Shadow tries to sleep but can’t, and twirls a coin across his fingers. The ceiling cracks open, revealing Laura in bed telling him that she loves him. The vision fades and Shadow 3 American Gods Episode Guide goes to sleep. He dreams of walking through an orchard filled with human bones, and tree limbs reaching for him. One of them scratches Shadow’s face, and then they withdraw to reveal one large tree at their center. A noose drops down... and Shadow wakes up as a guard calls him out. The guard takes Shadow to the warden’s office, and the warden asks him to sit down. Once Shadow does, the warden reviews his record. Shadow was sentenced for six years and served three, and was going to be released in five days. They’re going to release him a couple of days early because Laura died earlier that morning in an automobile accident. Shadow goes back to his cell and prepare to leave. He puts on his wedding ring and goes to the transfer bus. Once he arrives in town, the airport attendant refuses to change his ticket early without a $200 fee. She points out that there’s no death certificate to verify his claim that he’s going to a funeral, and Shadow remembers Low Key telling him not to piss off airport clerks. Shadow buys a ticket for a flight the next day and waits in the airport. The next day, he calls Robbie and leaves a message that he’s coming home for Laura’s funeral. A man, Mr. Wednesday, is at the desk trying to convince the clerk that he has a first-class ticket to see his grandson. Rather than risk a scene, the clerk agrees to get Wednesday in first. When Shadow gets on-board, he finds someone else in his seat and the attendant tells him to take another seat. She finally gives him one in first-class. Wednesday is sitting nearby and tells Shadow that it must be his lucky day. He refuses to give up his drink to the flight attendant, and tells her to pour Shadow a drink as well. The plane lifts off and Shadow clutches at the armrest. He admits that he’s never flown before, and Wednesday hands him his drink and tells him to relax. Shadow admits that Wednesday is the first person he talked to who isn’t an asshole and takes the drink. The ex-con congratulates him on using sympathy to get the upgrade, and Wednesday cheerfully admits that he did. Wednesday asks what Shadow would have done, and Shadow discusses other cons. The older man figure that Shadow is an ex-con and lost something vital in prison. He asks what Shadow’s name is, and Shadow admits that he had a hippy parent. Wednesday asks what day it is and says that it’s his day, and Shadow should call him "Wednesday." He asks what Shadow’s weakness was, and Shadow admits that they were casi- nos. Wednesday says that he has two talents: he can sleep anywhere and eventually gets what he wants. As a storm forms outside, Wednesday talks about how unlikely it is that planes can fly. He suggests that faith may be keeping them aloft, and tells Shadow that he’s hiring people for perfectly legal work. Shadow refuses, saying that he has a job waiting for him at his buddy’s gym. Wednesday tells him that he doesn’t and that he can always use a worker like Shadow. He says that the benefits are great but Shadow still refuses and Wednesday accepts his answer. Wednesday goes to sleep and Shadow tries to relax despite the turbulence. As Shadow sleeps, he dreams of the bone orchard again and entering a cave. He comes to the great tree and a white buffalo with burning eyes approaches him. It tells him to believe... and the attendant wakes Shadow up. They have made an emergency landing, and Shadow decides to rent a car and drive the rest of the way. He stops at Shakamak State Park, goes to the edge of a cliff, and screams in frustration. In Hollywood, Mr. Paunch approaches a girl that he’s met through a computer dating service, Bilquis. She eventually takes him to her bedroom and he asks if she’s sure b because he wants to see her again. Bilquis assures him that she’s sure and has him lie on her bed, and they undress. She asks if she’s spent, and Paunch assures her that she’s perfect. They have sex and Bilquis tells him not to let go yet. She tells Paunch to worship her with his body. Bilquis rolls on top and tells him to treat her as his goddess. She demands that he say her name, and he declares his dedication to her. He pledges himself to Bilquis forever, offering everything he has. Bilquis pulls him into her body and then lies back, spent. Shadow goes to a bar and a bartender, Jack, gets him some chili. She gives it to for him nothing when he admits that he doesn’t have enough money for good and gas.