American Gods (TV Series) Moon Shadow (2019) User Reviews

The Most Anticlimactic Finale In History

[adamg-58071 · 6/10 · 28 April 2019]

The first season started off with so much potential. It was different, it was weird, and interesting. Season two is just weird with little else. It started getting political like everybody else. Apparently the black gods are discriminated against by the white gods.

I thought they might make up for this painfully slow moving season with a good finale, nope. They even killed off the leprechaun, everyone's favorite character before the finale. I stuck it out this season, I doubt I'll be able to do it again in season 3.

Season Two Review

[southdavid · 7/10 · 28 January 2020]

Having been told, before I even started watching the show, that the conventional wisdom was that this second season wasn't very good, I had expectations duly lowered. Perhaps because of that, overall I enjoyed it - but I do feel that the lack of story momentum is holding the show back.

Both the old gods and the new ones continue to try and marshal forces to join their sides for the upcoming battle. Aside from soldiers, Mr Wednesday (Ian McShane) also needs someone to repair Gungnir, his fearsome battle spear. The new Gods are evolving though, with Media becoming New Media (Kahyun Kim) the embodiment of all encompassing, instant gratification, Social media. They look to take advantage of the technological advances to aid their hunt for Mr Wednesday. Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) remains a pawn in the game.

Losing Bryan Fuller as a showrunner does, for me, appear to have hurt the show in this second season. The first was a visual masterpiece (if it too progresses through the story at a slow pace), this feels like someone occasionally trying to ape his artistic style, which slowing the pace even more. I don't want to give the impression that I didn't enjoy this season, I did. What's there, I liked. It's just that "what's there" is a number of detours, back stories and diversions. I'm not sure that there was more than an episodes worth of plot that drove forward the actually narrative thrust across the whole season. All of which pushes me towards my main concern, which is that the show will be cancelled before it manages to get to the end of the story. I know the third season is confirmed, but at the rate it's going that won't take us to the conclusion either. So then we have, what I would imagine is, an expensive show with an in-demand cast, that has had repeated issues with the production team. It hardly seems like a huge stretch for the third season to become the last.

I still love the performances, the production and the style (though that will decrease with the loss of Orlando Jones for the third run) and I'll be back for that when it appears on Amazon - but as mentioned above. I'm concerned about the future of the series.

Not bad

[bestford · 7/10 · 29 April 2019]

Not a bad finale can't say the whole series has been as good as the first series. I haven't read the book but guessed the so called revelation ages ago not exactly rocket science. I do hope we haven't seen the last of mad sweeney as probably one of the strongest characters in it. Looking forward to see moon shadow stepping up now.

Great finale!

[UniqueParticle · 9/10 · 29 April 2019]

Probably doesn't help much that it was rewritten 8 times because STARZ didn't like it but I think it's pretty damn good! Deserves better ratings for sure, I love the bizarre stuff that happens with Mr. Technology & Shadow moon. The chaos most of the way through is epic, love the editing & effects too.

Last Episode Cool

[romeovision2002 · 10/10 · 15 May 2019]

I watch this show for Ricky Whittle. I just want everything to celebrate him. Yet there were so many fantastic stories that excluded him. I hope that changes in Season 3.

Dull end of a dull season

[giagal · 5/10 · 3 May 2019]

I have had my problems watching the whole season. The first season ended with a blast and I was waiting for a climax, but nothing... all the episodes were a long exhibition of glossy hip stylish trendy images with a very small amount of story in them. The last one was pointless as many of the others. Not sure to be willing to watch next season.

Wait that was the finale???????

[kelvinjay · 3/10 · 28 May 2019]

Seriously though was that really the series finale???? This series seemed to be going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. It needed a map and got a satnav that spoke in a unknown language. It felt like they were trying to build up to something then forgot what it was while trying to be clever with the set pieces.

I really like season 1 and high hopes for season 2. I'll pray to the gods (old and new) that season 3 picks up the pace, story and gets on with the action.

Oh and Mad Sweeney best be back to in season 3.

Flimsy finale

[Yahya_Adada · 4/10 · 30 April 2019]

It is a flimsy finale compared to the apogee of season one. The whole season was slow, still explaining the obvious, and building the characters in a tedious pace. I expected meaningful confrontation between the old and new Gods, which it didn't happen over this season's 8 episodes. I am giving up on the old and new American Gods unless some serious flames are lit in the coming season that I am not waiting for it eagerly as I was waiting for that one.

I'm done

[Unimatrix_Zero · 1/10 · 29 September 2019]

Whatever motivation I had to watch American gods dissipated during the second episode of season two. I couldn't help feeling I was a victim of a bait & Switch. I was totally hooked on season one but season two was nothing more than left over dogs dinner. How I got through it is anybodies guess but I wont be sucked into watching season three (if it eventuates).

Wrong pacing

[blommaartb · 4/10 · 17 May 2019]

Visuals, Acting, Directing are all superb. But the lack of "release" is becoming a problem. I was willing to wait an entire season to get some form of action/release from all the buildup. But this season just made things worse, NOTHING happens of any significance. It's 50 min for an entire episode, with 10 min. of quality storyline. It's becoming a drag. Don't think I'll be this patient ever again with a series. Disappointing.

Very disapointing

[rooskolder · 3/10 · 3 June 2019]

What went wrong!? This season 2 in general, but the final episode most of all. Season 1 was amazing, the original book by Gaiman awesome. You have some great actors. I Just don't understand what changed, how season 2 could be so bad?

Struggled to keep interest in this episode

[howeandrew-68239 · 4/10 · 6 May 2019]

Just seems to get more tedious lately. Slow paced final episode with not a whole lot in it.

how to shrink a god?just by story

[o-84054 · 5/10 · 7 June 2019]

So mad sweeny used to be a great king and god, awesome! but how did shadow escape from the house and save everyone? I mean the visual,story and acting are so fabulous except not clear how dear shadow transfer the world by cutting a treeeeeee , that's so unclear, so wired and sad!

I am a pretty Chinese living in china and fan of Neil Gaiman's original edition"American gods", which I read three times. now I am still madly cling to the first season. I was wondering why season one are so different styling to season two. then realized they have different producers totally, and they are even different from the third one. wishing the producer of season3 can follow the first one's style and feeling.

Snoozefest

[simevo-20093 · 3/10 · 13 July 2019]

What a spectacularly dull series finale, really struggled to keep my attention focused on it

I'm sorry, but I'm through with this

[SallyWilliams · 5/10 · 9 May 2019]

This season was much weaker than the 1st one, seems like it's going nowhere. And not even the finale made you excited for what's coming next. And thinking that the lead actors were having a go at GOT. This series is simply not in the same league, except for the visuals. In storytelling they could learn a lot from the rival tv show. I really wanted to like this but this season bored me too much. The only exception were the leprechaun (who is no more) & the dead girl. So I'm not coming back next season

Going the same way as Game of Thrones

[tommystrades · 1/10 · 24 May 2019]

Lazy unappealing writing ! What actually occured in season 2 ? not much at all

What the F..., Neil?

[zimmerblitz · 3/10 · 4 December 2019]

Loved the book, freaked when i saw it became a series. I´m not sure what the Producers where thinking when they changed so many of the story-lines, characters etc. That Neil Gaiman actually participated as a producer and THIS is what happened- i don´t understand it. Some of the Cast is fantastic esp. Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney- one of the few characters who really deserved to be extended they way he was. Way to go Big Guy! As much as i like Emily Browning- she just is NOT Laura Moon. One more thing that is unbearable in most Movies, TV Shows etc.: When someone speaks some language other than English the subtitles habitually read: Speaks foreign language. I will one day smash a TV set i´m sure - i´m so sick of this. Dear Producers- someone surely told these actors WHAT to say in their Foreign language ,NO ? This is surely scripted somewhere- NO? Sometimes- very rarely- it is part of the situation to NOT understand what someone says- but, in the other overabundant cases- PLEASE- DO TELL. This is bordering on fascism if you ask me. One example here is New-Media- who by the way is making me wonder: is she supposed to be so terrible? But any ways when speaking in Korean: What the hell is she saying to her followers? I´m done with this.

Trash Season Finale

[jcpurleigh · 2/10 · 14 November 2021]

Huh? Most underwhelming end to a series I think ive seen! Otherwise been enjoying the show, this episode was weak..! Didnt really make any sense either, so the police just disappeared when he stabbed a tree and saw his younger self playing a board game?