S1E7
A Prayer for Mad Sweeney
American Gods · 2017-06-11 · 49 min
FLICKFEEL
73
from 47 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
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.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
44
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
72
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 47 comments — 21 said when.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. In the first half it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
➖ steady — holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“I loved the last scene with Sweeney comforting Essie as she dies. It was cool seeing that her never-faltering faith was rewarded.”
SirLuciousL▲ 294about 90–100% inread it ↗
“I was full-on crying by the last scene with Essie and Mad Sweeney. Something about the combo of the amazing kindness he took with her, her happiness at seeing something that reminded her of home, and that beautiful Irish music just got to me.”
starri42▲ 199about 90–100% inread it ↗
“That was the funniest part of...that moment.”
DangerLoom▲ 183about 50–66% inread it ↗
“the "Coming to America" stories are the best part of the show”
ladymalady▲ 171about 0–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Adam Kane
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Omid Abtahi as Salim- KKeller Viaene as Young Essie Macgowan
Jake Manley as Bartholomew
Demore Barnes as Mr. Ibis