Meet Czernobog, the nicest god of darkness For how the mighty have fallen, look to Czernobog. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, are you actually any good at checkers?PETER STORMARE:Not really. My iPad always beats me. Credit: Starz If I play on level one, I can win. Level two, no. Checkers is a hard game! I want to do it fast, and Im very impatient. But you have to think, like chess. Impulsive, you could win, but sometimes you have to just stare your contender down....

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Take a look below: 1.Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And that is what makes them dangerous. We cannot allow it to. 5.We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us....

Its not easy trying to wage a war just ask Wednesday, a.k.a. Shadow will always be there and hell be fine. Wednesday might deny that and say where did you hear that? or of course I am, didnt you already know? or however he might react. Wednesdays irrepressible but hell face anything straight on. I think all the rich stuff is still to come in the town of Lakeside. I was very involved as an executive producer on it....

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Its a big year for Neil Gaimansbiggest novel. I was in the same situation when I was adapting NeilsCoraline. Credit: Dark Horse They were working on the animated version at the same time. There was no way I could look at it, because I didnt want that cross-pollination of ideas. I just wanted to be pure. Dark Horse Its the same thing withAmerican Gods....

Or were they just cops?MICHAEL GREEN:No, those arent the Misters. Theres so much strangeness. But we also reminded ourselves that inAmerican Gods, death need not always be permanent. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz; Inset: Maarten de Boer/Getty Images So dont rule out seeing Tracie Thoms again. kindly unpack that death reveal for me. But we wanted to give the first sense of just how terrifying what theyre up against can be. So why is he afraid here?...

EW: This episodes Coming to America sequence is an important one. One, it became a lot more harrowing after the election. Theres anarticle inMother Jonesthats worth linking to here. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz; Maarten de Boer/Getty Images We were utterly horrified by what we found was true. When blood flies and is spilled, it hurts. We wanted it to have as much of a feel of a true crossing as possible....

How did American Gods pull off THAT insane bedroom scene? It took us several days of filming that didnt include a single main character. It was going to require a lot of stunts and stuntmen, and we needed to build a boat. Credit: Starz; Inset: Michael Kovac/Getty Images Viewers might not realize that the man narrating the sequence is Mr. Ibis (Demore Barnes). The scene where Bilquis feeds is one of the books most iconic moments....

Shes never been more powerful, and that, Nancy tells us, makes her a target. Kings didnt like that, Nancy recounts. Kings came one after another to knock her off her throne. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz They didnt last long. Shes regal and terrifying, all at once. So, she decides to turn her attention elsewhere to America. I hear they blew up your altar, he tells her, smirking. I have a new one to offer you....

Its a curious time to be an American this much is incontrovertible. Theres a broken quality to each of these characters, a fallen quality. Its hard not to see how human their experience is. Credit: Photo Illustration by Richard Roberts for EW Its an immigration story much more than a god story. But, hey, Americas a big country! There ought to be room to believe in both!GQsays that the modern man can multitask!...

Wednesday politely robs a bank, and Shadow makes it snow. we generally dont know much more than he does. His confusion is our confusion. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz He gently but insistently informs her that she has died, and she must come with him. Jacquel reassures her that her family will miss her and her son will name his first daughter after her. A bulls middle name? A bulls middle name, he replies, cracking a smile....

Up until now, weve watched Mr. Wednesday gather his Old God allies in preparation for a battle. For one, this sequence is entirely animated, all ice and pale grey skin. For a god, to be forgotten is to die. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz Back in the present, Shadow and his dead wife finally get to have their heart-to-heart. He confronts her about Robbie; she apologizes. They briefly kiss, and for a moment, she can feel her heart beat in her chest again....

TVs talk and spiders tell stories. You see, Anansi is a performer and Jones proceeds to put on one hell of a show. “Once upon a time, a man got fed. Credit: Starz Now how is that for a story?” “Because that’s the story of black people in America.” He talks of discrimination, police brutality, heart disease. “Split up, sold off, and worked to death. The lucky ones get Sunday off to sleep and f and make more slaves, and all for what?...

A blood-soaked storm is brewing. Our world is much bigger and much stranger than we know. So positsAmerican Gods,the new must-see drama series thats ready to receive your worship. Credit: Jan Thijs/Starz As we see in a few brief prison scenes, Shadow mostly keeps to himself. Youve got a big storm coming. A literal storm, too! I smell snow, he says, unintentionally channeling Lorelai Gilmore. Speaking of other fantastic deities, its time to talk about Bilquis… Its there that he comes face to face with Mr....