Git Gone

The worst episode of the series. The Walking Dead invaded American Gods. The arm sewn by needle and thread is the emblematic of the ridicule embodied by this useless episode. Laura is an annoying character; an hour to say something that would be enough for 10 minutes. Empty passage.

To this point, American Gods has been enjoyable, but difficult to get into without knowing all of the nooks and crannies that the source material has to offer. With that said, this most recent episode managed to secure my faith back in the property as there was a bit of an "explainer" episode if you will. Instead of continuing with Shadow and Wednesday, we got a flashback episode entailing what Laura Moon has been up to all this time, considering she wasn't in her grave. As it turns out, she was able to cheat death, or at least come back from it, which we can only assume has something to do with Mad Sweeney's coin that was left on top of her grave. Although the episode doesn't break any new ground, as it ends as Shadow finds his alive wife, it added so much necessary context to what's going on. I didn't entirely care about Shadow's loss at the time, but I feel like seeing their relationship unfold naturally over the course of an episode was a great addition to the season. As was the welcomed return of Audrey, who can now say she was a part of both of my two favorite scenes this season, her and Shadow at the grave, and her seeing one-armed Laura return from the dead (and proceed to crap out some sort of side effect to death on a toilet). I'm realizing now that the series will always tend to stray on the side of obscurity and weirdness, but it's episodes like this that break the mold and give us a new perspective, that feel so powerful and important.

9.0/10

Wow! Blown away.

The detour taken really pays off. This episode is a masterpiece. Phenomenal performances. Great backstory. Perfect blend of horror and humour.

I can't understand the negative reviews, I really can't. I guess people are just impatient?

This one could have easily been cut down to 5-10 minutes. Or less.

Annoying irritating character in an annoying and irritating episode.

Pass on this one, unless you are sitting in the DMB with an hour to kill.

This was the first episode to tell a story that is (mostly) not adapted from the book. And as a huge book fan - this is my favorite episode so far. Seeing everything from Laura's perspective was wonderful and brought a fresh point of view, and many more layers to Shadow and Laura's relationship. The episode was riddled with brilliant dark humor (First time I actually laughed out loud), great dialogue and wonderful acting (that, just this once, wasn't overshadowed by Ian McShane's brilliance). I also believe that, if you haven't read the book, this is an episode where some pieces will start falling into place.

Overall, a definite 10/10 in my book