American Gods Season 1
1. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Jonathan Tucker
'Low Key' Lyesmith
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Betty Gilpin
Audrey
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Beth Grant
Jack
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Joel Murray
Paunch
Demore Barnes
Mr. Ibis
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
John Tench
Viking Leader
2. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Martha Kelly
Zorya Utrennyaya
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Orlando Jones
Mr. Nancy
Mousa Kraish
The Jinn
Peter Stormare
Czernobog
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
Conphidance
Okoye
3. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Martha Kelly
Zorya Utrennyaya
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Erika Kaar
Zorya Polunochnaya
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel/Anubis
Jacqueline Antaramian
Mrs. Fadil
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Mousa Kraish
The Jinn
Omid Abtahi
Salim
Peter Stormare
Czernobog
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
4. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Betty Gilpin
Audrey
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Dane Cook
Robbie
Kristin Chenoweth
Easter
Demore Barnes
Mr. Ibis
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
5. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Tracie Thoms
Buffer
Ron Lea
Cambro
Matthew Gouveia
Cassius
Chris Handfield
Clay
Reid Janisse
Morgue Attendant
Gillian Anderson
Media
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
David Graziano
Teleplay
Vincenzo Natali
Director
6. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Corbin Bernsen
Vulcan
David Labiosa
Tattooed Man
Marilyn Camacho
The Coyote
Ernesto Reyes
Mexican Jesus
Tim Progosh
Richard Miller
Omid Abtahi
Salim
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
David Labiosa
Tattooed Man
7. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Gillian Anderson
Goddess Media
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Keller Viaene
Young Essie Macgowan
Jake Manley
Bartholomew
Omid Abtahi
Salim
Demore Barnes
Mr. Ibis
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
Maria Melnik
Teleplay
Adam Kane
Director
8. 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.
Ricky Whittle
Shadow Moon
Ian McShane
Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning
Laura Moon
Bruce Langley
Technical Boy
Yetide Badaki
Bilquis
Crispin Glover
Mr. World
Cloris Leachman
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
Peter Stormare
Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
Christopher Obi
Mr. Jacquel / Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead.
Orlando Jones
Mr. Nancy
Gillian Anderson
Media
Jeremy Davies
Jesus Prime
Kristin Chenoweth
Easter
Paolo Roldan
Crown
Parveen Kaur
Young Persian Woman
Jerald Bezener
Handsome American Man
Marni Van Dyk
Stewardess
Pablo Schreiber
Mad Sweeney
Gianpaolo Venuta
Man on Bus (uncredited)
Floria Sigismondi
Director