American Gods
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Can it keep them engaged long enough for this show to find its voice again?
And yet the ensemble and source material here are so strong that fans continue to hold out hope.
This Fall on Starz!
And thats whats missing this year, any tone that approaches the dreamy or the hypnotic.
A mysterious man plays with a coin, telling Shadow that Magic takes years for most people.
Or was he just there at the right moment?
All we know is that hereallywants Mr.
Moon on his side and its not just because Shadow can make it snow with his mind.
There may be more to that than your typical last words.
Its almost funny that such a dialogue-heavy episode ends with a straight-up action scene.
Laura and Mad get to the train on which Shadow is being Matrix-ed and start kicking some ass.
Someone tries to cattle prod Laura, but shes a zombie so that doesnt work.
Her last line before the train crashes into Mr. Wednesdays car?
I had to save you.
Further Prayers
Music cues this week were solid.
In one of the flashbacks, Shadow is reading Ernest HemingwaysA Moveable Feast.
So, in a sense, it was a literary flashback.
Lets hope the new writers ofAmerican Godsfind a clever way to use his talents with comedy and drama here.
