The Best Episodes of American Gods Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.1/10(76 votes)

   #1 - The Bone Orchard

   S1:E14/30/2017

   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.

   Director:David Slade

   Writers:Michael Green, Bryan Fuller

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   Director:David Slade

   Writers:Michael Green, Bryan Fuller
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   7.0/10(64 votes)

   #2 - The Secret of Spoons

   S1:E25/7/2017

   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.

   Director:David Slade

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Slade

   Writer:Unknown
3. 

   6.9/10(55 votes)

   #3 - Head Full of Snow

   S1:E35/14/2017

   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.

   Director:David Slade

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Slade

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.9/10(53 votes)

   #4 - Git Gone

   S1:E45/21/2017

   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.

   Director:Craig Zobel

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Craig Zobel

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.3/10(48 votes)

   #5 - Lemon Scented You

   S1:E55/28/2017

   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.

   Director:Vincenzo Natali

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Vincenzo Natali

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.9/10(46 votes)

   #6 - A Murder of Gods

   S1:E66/4/2017

   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.

   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.6/10(46 votes)

   #7 - A Prayer for Mad Sweeney

   S1:E76/11/2017

   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.

   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.8/10(44 votes)

   #8 - Come to Jesus

   S1:E86/18/2017

   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.

   Director:Floria Sigismondi

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Floria Sigismondi

   Writer:Unknown