That's interesting to hear! I've read the book many times, so of course I find it hard to imagine what it would be like to watch without knowing the overall story.

Shadow is actually Wednesday's son (his mother was just a regular human). As a result he he's got a lot of power he doesn't even know he has. He will eventually sacrifice himself to Odin (Wednesday) in a way that grants Odin enormous, decisive power, only to basically get resurrected, foil all Wednesday's plots, and…

They still PURCHASED them, troll friend, and built an entire industrial economy on their backs, codified in law that said they were less than people, but lol ok

I live in DC now too and trust me, I know. I weep for the days when I used to pay $700 a month for a huge room with an attached screened-in porch and built-in bookshelves.

In the making-of featurette Fuller said that to him the spoon in the song kind of stands in for Czernobog's hammer, and the overall feeling of loss as time passes him by.

That part I'm okay with. I had a Chicago apartment that was close to that size (which I shared with three other people) as a student. It had clearly been built for a well-to-do family to live in back when the neighborhood was higher-class (it had a maid's room off the kitchen and a huge built-in sideboard and a…

Psst, it's supposed to be "spoiler" not "spoilers" in the tag, so right now your text is still showing up.

You're spot on!

I mean, do you actually want to be told the answer and spoiled, or…?

This is a very fair criticism. I remember when they took the time in the big box store to show you the dirt and hair on the shopping cart's wheel I was really glad, because it kept the environment from looking too sleek—it reminded you of the gross, tired feeling those places always induce. I liked that they took the…

He was a really strong guest star on Hannibal, too.

I think it has to do with something they've discussed a fair amount, which is that a lot of what Shadow has going on in the book is totally internal. That's tricky to translate to screen without making him kind of lifeless or relying on great gobs of voiceover, which would really drag the whole thing down IMO. They've…

Agreed.

I literally said "what the fuck?" out loud when the credits started.

Damn, I actually didn't catch that! I was like "why did they take this this far," lol. Thanks.

The way he tells it, actually they offered him Czernobog and he said he'd rather have Wednesday. VERY good instinct on his part. Ian McShane has incredibly compelling presence but he doesn't have the physical LOOM that Stormare can get out of sheer size. (Did you catch that one shot in front of Shadow's house and how…

This was a great episode, I think better than the premiere. I was really surprised when it ended—it hadn't occurred to me that they'd split this visit over more than one episode. In that sense this one is kind of structurally bizarre; it really just bridges the last one over to the next one, as it has no complete…

I remember, but they changed a lot about him from the book. For me, when you're looking at this guy in this VR environment with his flesh constantly glitching in and out telling you about how it's time to abandon all the old-school bullshit, when he says "we're not just gonna kill you, we're going to delete you" you…

Hence "I don't know about that," meaning I don't know about any homoeroticism involving Ricky Whittle.

I don't either, really (I have cheerfully read long essays dealing with the endings of shows before I even start them), but I was trying to be considerate of others who would. When it's so easy to use spoiler tags, why not?