American Gods (2017)

Name: American Gods
Rating: 7.1

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 7.1

IMDb

Synopsis

An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

First Air Date: 2017-04-30

Last Air Date: 2021-03-21

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green

Networks: STARZ

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Top Cast

Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon
Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday / God Odin
Emily Browning as Laura Moon
Yetide Badaki as Bilquis
Bruce Langley as Technical Boy
Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney
Crispin Glover as Mr. World
Demore Barnes as Mr. Ibis
Kenzie Delo as Herman
Julia Sweeney as Ann-Marie Hinzelmann

Seasons

None (2017)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Bone Orchard (2017-04-30)

When Shadow Moon is released from prison early after the death of his wife, he meets Mr. Wednesday and is recruited as his bodyguard. Shadow discovers that this may be more than he bargained for.
Ep. 2: The Secret of Spoons (2017-05-07)

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.
Ep. 3: Head Full of Snow (2017-05-14)

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.
Ep. 4: Git Gone (2017-05-21)

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.
Ep. 5: Lemon Scented You (2017-05-28)

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.
Ep. 6: A Murder of Gods (2017-06-04)

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.
Ep. 7: A Prayer for Mad Sweeney (2017-06-11)

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.
Ep. 8: Come to Jesus (2017-06-18)

On the eve of war, Mr. Wednesday must recruit one more Old God: Ostara, ne Easter, Goddess of the Dawn, but winning her over will require making a good impression, and that is where Mr. Nancy comes in.