american gods recap
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Here Lies American Gods’ Season 2 Finale, It Lived As It Died
A reckoning has always been what American Gods promised us in exchange for our viewership, and with the finale of its second season, it delivered, though perhaps not in ways that one might have expected.
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American Gods Is Relying Too Much On Its Heady Subtext
American Gods’ anthropomorphic deities are multidimensional concepts made flesh, but they’re also flawed, emotional beings very much like the mortals whose collective beliefs willed them into existence over the millennia. Striking the right balance between the gods’ larger-than-life personae and their everyday human lives is the difficult task the show successfully set out to do…
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On American Gods, Belief Is Starting To Make The Impossible Happen
Humans have a hard time coming to grips with death, prompting them to come up with deities and beliefs that revolve around being judged and leaving a legacy. The newest episode of American Gods offers up a poignant spin on the mythological afterlife and teases ominous consequences for those who refuse to pass over to…