Episode

Head Full of Snow

by Omid Abtahi, Jacqueline Antaramian, Christopher Obi, Erika Kaar, Cloris Leachman and 20 others

Shadow questions the terms of his employment when Mr. Wednesday informs him of his plan to rob a bank (because, naturally, every army needs a source of funding). And just when Shadow thought his life couldn’t get any more complicated, he returns to his mo

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Characters

Maria Melnik (7)Ian McShane (4)Mr. Wednesday (4)Ricky Whittle (2)Shadow Moon (2)Pablo Schreiber (1)Mad Sweeney (1)

“Wednesday: This is the only country in the world that wonders what it is. Shadow: You've been to a lot of other countries, have you? Wednesday: No. No, never, just this one. Just that the others know what they are. I mean, no one wonders about the heart of Norway or goes searching for the soul of Mo…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

Tagged: Pretense, Confusion, America, Norway, Mozambique

“Shadow: None of this feels real. It feels like a dream. Wednesday: What a beautiful, beautiful thing to be able to dream when you're not asleep.”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

Tagged: Dream, Asleep, Awake, Beautiful, Reality

“Shadow: Wasn't supposed to snow today. Wasn't even supposed to be cold. Wednesday: So, you're perfectly okay believing that tiny people on television can predict the weather. But you crinkle with consternation at the mere suggestion that you could make it snow. Shadow: One of those things is science…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

Tagged: Imagination, Reality, Fantasy, Science, Magic

“Wednesday: That woman thinks Jesus suffered for her sins. They're her sins, why should Jesus do all the suffering? Shadow: Cause his dad sacrificed his ass. Wednesday: Don't blame the parent. Plenty of suffering and blame to go around. Although that White Jesus could stand a little more suffering. H…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

Tagged: Religion, Race, jesus, God, Dark Humor

“Mad Sweeney: You a rapist? Stranger: No. Mad Sweeney: Murderer? Stranger: Not recently.”

— Maria Melnik, Mad Sweeney, Pablo Schreiber, imdb.com

Tagged: Murder, Rape, criminal, Dark Humor, Cheeky

“Zorya: You keep giving away your life. You don't much care if you live or die do you? Shadow: The world's not what I thought it would be. Zorya: You'd rather die than live in a world with bears in the sky.”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

Tagged: Life, Death, Depression, Disillusionment, Astronomy

“Shadow: What are you looking at up there? Zorya: I was looking at that. See? Shadow: The big dipper? Zorya: Odin's Wain, they call it. And the Great Bear. It is a thing. It's not a god. Like a god. It's a bad thing. Chained up in those stars. If it escapes, it will eat the whole of everything. So we…”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

Tagged: Stars, Astronomy, Legend, Myth, Bad