8.0/105,247 votes#1 - The Bone Orchard
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/30/2017
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
Writer: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green
7.9/103,950 votes#2 - The Secret of Spoons
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/7/2017
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: N/A
7.7/103,710 votes#3 - Head Full of Snow
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/14/2017
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: N/A
7.9/103,538 votes#4 - Git Gone
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/21/2017
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: N/A
8.2/103,294 votes#5 - Lemon Scented You
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/28/2017
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: N/A
7.5/102,869 votes#6 - A Murder of Gods
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/4/2017
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: N/A
7.9/103,198 votes#7 - A Prayer for Mad Sweeney
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/11/2017
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: N/A
8.4/103,265 votes#8 - Come to Jesus
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/18/2017
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: N/A
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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...
Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Starz
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Bone Orchard" is the best rated episode of "American Gods" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 5247 votes. Directed by David Slade and written by Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, it aired on 4/30/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Secret of Spoons".