Michael Green
Director
American Gods (2017)
Season 1
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.
Released April 30, 2017
Episode 51 min
18+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: FremantleMedia North America
Network: STARZ
Country: United States
Languages:
English
7.1
S1E1 - The Bone Orchard
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.
April 30, 2017, midnight
6.9
S1E2 - The Secret of Spoons
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.
May 7, 2017, midnight
6.8
S1E3 - Head Full of Snow
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.
May 14, 2017, midnight
6.9
S1E4 - Git Gone
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.
May 21, 2017, midnight
7.3
S1E5 - Lemon Scented You
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.
May 28, 2017, midnight
6.9
S1E6 - A Murder of Gods
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.
June 4, 2017, midnight
7.5
S1E7 - A Prayer for Mad Sweeney
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.
June 11, 2017, midnight
7.7
S1E8 - Come to Jesus
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.
June 18, 2017, midnight
Network: STARZ
Episode Runtime: 51 min.
Season Runtime: 1340 min.
Released: April 30, 2017
Last Air Date: March 21, 2021, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-MA
Common sense age: 18+
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