Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
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- TV Series (2017-2021). 3 Seasons. 26 Episodes. Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident.
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Episode Guide
- 1. The Bone Orchard Apr 30, 2017
- Shadow Moon is released from prison and meets the mysterious con artist Mr. Wednesday.
- 2. The Secret of Spoons May 7, 2017
- Shadow Moon is challenged to a high-stakes game of checkers by the old Slavic deity Czernobog.
- 3. Head Full of Snow May 14, 2017
- Shadow questions his decision to work for Mr. Wednesday after learning of his plan to rob a bank.
American Gods follows Shadow Moon, a man serving three years in prison who is given an early release. Shadow Moon is hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard and finds himself in a hidden world where a battle is brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods. — ahmetkozan.
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This is a list of episodes for the Starz television series American Gods. Main article: Season One Main article: Season Two Main article: Season Three.
Apr 30, 2017 · Wednesday's employment sees Shadow become embroiled in the conflict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, learning that deities secretly walk among humanity and are forced to fight for their place in the world. American Gods: plot summary, featured cast, reviews, articles, photos, and videos.
- Shadow Moon
- Mr. Wednesday
- Bilquis
- Czernobog
- Mr. Nancy
- Easter
- Low Key Lyesmith
- Mr. Ibis
- Mr. Jacquel
- Jesus
Description:Shadow’s long-awaited release from prison yielded the worst news of his life: his wife, Laura, was killed in a car accident. Worse still, she died while giving a blowjob to Shadow’s best friend, Robbie. While on a plane to her funeral, Shadow encounters a mysterious man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. After taking a job as this con art...
Description:When Shadow first spies Mr. Wednesday at an airport, he’s pretending to be a senile old man in order to get a free plane ticket. He celebrates his small grift in First Class by throwing back drinks and enlisting Shadow for a special job. Taking his name from the day of their meeting (“Today’s my day,” he says), the crafty and charismati...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Christian Description:Once a renown goddess of love and sex, Bilquis now only gets the worship she craves as a prostitute. Taking both men and women into her bed, her erotic rituals climax by literally swallowing her lovers inside of her. Book Comparison:Bilquis’ more recognizable name is the Queen of Sheba, a Biblical figure ...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Slavic Description:Shadow and Wednesday find Czernobog living with three sisters in a rundown flat. A god of darkness and evil, he makes ends "meat" by bludgeoning cattle at a slaughterhouse, though he complains new, more humane ways of killing are making his skills obsolete. He’s reluctant to join the coming war, but perhaps ...
Type:Old God Pantheon:West African Description: As with any trickster god, Mr. Nancy (a.k.a. Anansi) is one of Wednesday’s more unreliable recruits. Often appearing as a prismatic spider that Jones saidmimics South African street fashion, the deity from folklore loves to spin tales for anyone who’ll hear them — even to a ship full of slaves about t...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Germanic Description: Easter is desperate to stay relevant. Once known as Ostara, the goddess of spring, she now bears the title Easter and welcomes offerings of jelly beans and chocolate bunnies. As Chenoweth said, she’s “very, very pissed that Jesus took her holiday.” Book Comparison:A curvaceous woman with platinum blonde h...
Type:Old God Pantheon: Norse Description: Low Key is Shadow’s cellmate in prison, one who offers sage advice to prepare him for the outside world. Not all of the novel will be featured in Season 1 of American Gods, but Tucker’s Low Key still only appears in the pilot episode because of scheduling conflicts with his role on Kingdom. The actor promis...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Egyptian Description:Mr. Ibis, more commonly known as Thoth, is the keeper of stories and knowledge. He often recounts tales of those who brought their beliefs in the Old Gods to America through a series of vignettes dubbed “Coming to America.” In the new country, he runs Ibis and Jacquel’s Funeral Parlor in Cairo, Illinois wi...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Egyptian Description:Mr. Jacquel traded in his deity name, Anubis, for one referencing his signature animal, the jackal. As the god of the dead, he peacefully ferries souls to the beyond. Though, nowadays, he operates a funeral parlor with his partner Mr. Ibis. Book Comparison:Mr. Jacquel first appears to Shadow as a talking j...
Type:Old God Pantheon:Christian Description: There are many Jesuses in the world of American Gods: one is hispanic, one is black, and then there’s this one who enjoys sharing Ostara’s Easter holiday. Described as “overly empathetic,” he would be devastated if he knew the resentment Ostara holds for him. Book Comparison:Jesus only really appears in ...
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American Gods is a Starz series adaption of the 2001 best-selling and award-winning fantasy novel of the same name written by English author Neil Gaiman. The first season debuted on Starz on April 30, 2017. The second season debuted on Starz on March 10, 2019.
American Gods: Created by Bryan Fuller, Michael Green. With Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley. A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.
May 1, 2017 · Devan Coggan. Published on April 30, 2017 10:05PM EDT. Photo: Jan Thijs/Starz. Our world is much bigger — and much stranger — than we know. So posits American Gods, the new must-see drama series...
