S2E5
The Ways of the Dead
American Gods · 2019-04-07 · 53 min
FLICKFEEL
64
from 31 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Shadow learns the ways of the dead with the help of Mr. Ibis and Mr. Nancy. In New Orleans, Mad Sweeney introduces Laura to old friends who share their world of voodoo healing. Mr. Wednesday embarks on a road trip with Salim and the Jinn.
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
0
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
70
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 31 comments — 9 said when.
The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 9 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
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
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.
“Yes, I loved the scenes with the Djinn and Salim.”
veveguede▲ 105about 0–100% inread it ↗
“It seems like this episode has built a bit towards it.”
▲ 58about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I have absolutely no idea what Wednesday is doing aside from driving around talking to other gods and having exactly the same conversation. "War?" "No thank you." "But worshipers!" "Ok maybe." I also feel like he's spoken to 15 people about his spear and steed and whatnot, and I just can't tell if the needle is moving or not!”
brooklynbride19▲ 53about 0–100% inread it ↗
“That was a grand episode from start to finish on every level.”
TenRing2020▲ 29about 0–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield
- written
- Rodney Barnes, Andres Fischer-Centeno
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Mustafa Shakir as Baron Samedi
Glynn Turman as Reverend Hutchins
Mouna Traoré as Ruby Goodchild
Hani Furstenberg as Maman Brigitte