But either way, all the blood.īrittany: She seems to adapt quite well. Not to mention her undead superpowers - confused whether that’s the power of the coin, or something to do with the reality or unreality of the new gods’ lynch mob, or what. This one is first thing, starting off her new life this way… pretty intense. In terms of book canon, I think this was their way of getting in a scene that happens later on – which we won’t get to, story wise, this season, in which she saves him in a very violent manner, but that is after she’s been dead a while. Natalie: For sure - I predicted that this was Laura’s doing back in episode 1, and here it is. If we’re going to spend 45-50 seconds watching blood rain down while Shadow hangs from a tree, it will pay off in more than just cinematic beauty.
With a series like American Gods, I appreciate the specificity. The stories are tighter, the cuts are better, there is no room for filler. This is the first episode that has gone “off book”, and author Neil Gaiman has said it is his favorite, because he got to be “surprised and delighted” by what transpired.Brittany: I’m personally enjoying the shorter series that have been taking place.Since her death, Laura always sees Shadow as bathed in light.To keep them from landing on her, no doubt. Once she’s waiting in Shadow’s room, Laura hangs a fly strip that quickly fills.In Egyptian lore, he represented wisdom, knowledge, and writing. Did Audrey’s sewing job not hold up for even a few minutes? When Laura enters the lab with Ibis and Anubis, Mr.As Laura and Audrey chat, a fly lands on Laura’s neck.She has just enough time to dig out and save Shadow as he’s accosted leaving her grave site.
Laura resurrects more or less immediately after Shadow throws Mad Sweeney’s lucky coin on her grave.Simply going wherever one deserves to go would be too easy.
I can’t think of a “judgment day” tradition where there isn’t an element of showmanship. In this episode while judging Laura, his robes were black. Keen-eyed viewers would have noticed that his robes give him away – in the previous episode, whilst judging the ultimately worthy Mrs.
Laura leaves the TV on for her cat, who watches it.Ibis explains aloud that care and maintenance is now required for her dead body, as it can no longer tend to itself. The two kidnap Laura to a medical lab of sorts, where they clean her up and make her presentable. Audrey asks what the hell she intends to have happen when she finds Shadow, and remarks that Shadow deserves better.Īudrey slams on the brakes as they nearly hit a man and a dog, crossing the road. “Well, you had a shitty obituary because you had a shitty life. “I know you’re pissed at me right now, but I kind of need to borrow your car.”Īs Audrey drives, Laura reads her own obituary, to her disgust. Anger and grief have really just…made me vulgar.” Good old Audrey, though, she sews Laura’s arm back on, even as she’s scolding Laura for having an affair with her husband. Audrey reveals where she had Robbie’s penis buried.