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Apr 30, 2017 · The Bone Orchard: Directed by David Slade. With Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley. A man, broken and alone, wishes only to survive his time in prison long enough to see his wife again.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- David Slade
- 2017-04-30
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"The Bone Orchard" is the first episode of the first season of American Gods and the first of the overall series. It debuted on April 30, 2017.
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.
Mr. Ibis writes a story of Vikings coming to America long ago. The Norsemen discover the inhabitants are unwelcoming yet they are unable to set sail again due to bad winds. They pray to their god, Odin, to give them favorable winds, carving a statue in his image and plucking out their right eyes in sacrifice. It is still not enough to appease their god so they burn alive one of their own. The wind picks up slightly so they know they are starting to appease their war god. They engage in a bloody battle against each other, killing each other until the wind picks up enough for them to set sail again. They never speak of the new world again. Over a hundred years later, Leif Erikson finds Odin still waiting with his war.
Shadow Moon is locked up in prison, lifting weights in the yard with his cellmate, Low Key Lyesmith. He is due to be released from prison in five days but has a premonition of a storm coming. He relates his uneasy feelings to both Low Key and later in a phone call to his wife, Laura Moon. She reveals to him that she and his best friend, Robbie Burton, are planning a surprise party for him when he comes home.
That night, Shadow dreams of an orchard full of skulls and bones and a massive tree with branches that reach for him, one of them slashing Shadow across his cheek. A noose drops in front of him. He is awoken by a prison guard, leading him to the warden who tells him of Laura's death in a car accident that morning. He will be released a couple of days early to attend her funeral.
Shadow is released from prison and arrives at the airport. He tries to exchange the ticket Laura bought him to Eagle Point from Friday to Tuesday. The Airline Attendant is unhelpful and Shadow remembers a story Low Key had once told him about Johnnie Larch who had been released from prison after five years. Larch hands the lady at the airport an expired ID and he argues with her that even though it is expired, it is still a valid ID. She calls security on him and he is back in prison. The moral of the story: "do not piss off those bitches in airports." Shadow pays with his credit card for a flight out the next day.
He spends the night in the airport and leaves a voicemail for Robbie. A man walks up to the counter, requesting a first class ticket. He seems confused and senile, causing the Airline Attendant to hurry him to first class anyway. Shadow boards the flight and discovers his seat is already taken by someone with the same seat assignment. The only seat left available is in first class, next to the old man who is now coherent and clear-headed, having scammed his way to a first class ticket. He greets Shadow with a Jack and Coke.
They strike up a conversation and the man knows that Shadow had just gotten out of prison. He introduces himself as Mr. Wednesday and asks what was Shadow's downfall. Shadow reveals to him it was small-time casinos and does a coin trick for him. Wednesday tells him he uses people's faith to con them. He passes Shadow a first class toiletries bag and offers Shadow a job. Shadow declines because Robbie is holding a job for him at his gym.
Main cast
•Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon •Emily Browning as Laura Moon •Crispin Glover as Mr. World (credit only) •Bruce Langley as Technical Boy •Yetide Badaki as Bilquis •Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney •Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday
Guest starring
•Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith •Demore Barnes as Mr. Ibis •Betty Gilpin as Audrey Burton •Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Airport Lady •Joel Murray as Paunch •Beth Grant as Jack
Co-starring
•John Tench as Viking Leader •Sonja Smits as Laura's Mother •Richard Blackburn as Warden •Adrienne Kress as Another Airport Lady •Marcia Johnson as Flight Attendant •Siobhan Bolton as First Class Flight Attendant •Darrin Baker as Priest •Sebastian MacLean as Guard •James Kirchner as Groundskeeper
•Bryan Fuller announced the first tone meeting on March 28, 2016.
•Filming began April 18, 2016.
•The pilot is almost the entirety of the first two chapters of the book and is used as a "leaping off point" for the rest of the season.
•Jonathan Tucker and Ricky Whittle filmed the prison scenes between Low Key Lyesmith and Shadow at a real penitentiary in Oklahoma.
1.https://twitter.com/BryanFuller/status/714586572830576640
2.http://collider.com/jonathan-tucker-american-gods-interview
“The Bone Orchard” focuses on Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), a man who’s released from prison after the death of his wife, Laura (Emily Browning). As Shadow makes his way across the country to...
May 1, 2017 · Nearly 16 years after Neil Gaiman's epic novel American Gods hit bookstore shelves, its long-awaited TV adaptation finally aired its first episode tonight. Chronicling the clash between the Old...
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May 1, 2017 · In “The Bone Orchard,” however, Audrey is operatically bitter and grief-stricken, trying to screw Shadow atop Laura’s grave as revenge for Laura’s affair with her own husband. It’s a vividly sad and weird moment, embodying the emotional chaos that Fuller and Green prize.
Apr 22, 2017 · Bryan Fuller and Michael Green's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods met and surpassed our lofty expectations. Our spoiler-free premiere review.
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May 5, 2017 · In the opening scene of “The Bone Orchard”, a lost Norse ship winds up on the unwelcoming shores of America. The unfavorable winds have them praying and sacrificing to their god, Odin, in increasingly gory and graphic scenes. They start by gouging out their right eyes and end with a brutal battle.
