American Gods The Secret of Spoons (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

American Gods

The Secret of Spoons (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Mr. Wednesday begins recruitment for the coming battle; Shadow Moon travels to Chicago with Mr. Wednesday and agrees to a high-stakes game of checkers with the old Slavic deity Czernobog.

Showrunners

Bryan Fuller | Michael Green

Director

David Slade

Writers

Neil Gaiman (based on the novel by) | Michael Green (developed for television by) (teleplay by) | Bryan Fuller (developed for television by) (teleplay by) | Maria Melnik (staff writer)

Producers

Dauri Chase | Bryan Fuller | Michael Green

Composer

Brian Reitzell

Cinematographer

Jo Willems

Editor

Ron Rosen

Casting Directors

Margery Simkin | Orly Sitowitz (as Orly K. Sitowitz)

Production Designer

Patti Podesta

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Edit Released

Updated May 7, 2017

Release date

May 7, 2017 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 7 wins & 37 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
23 cast members

Name	Known for
Ricky Whittle Shadow Moon Shadow Moon See fewer	Austenland (2013)
Emily Browning Laura Moon Laura Moon See fewer	A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Crispin Glover Mr. World (credit only) Mr. World (credit only) See fewer	What Is It? (2005)
Bruce Langley Technical Boy (credit only) Technical Boy (credit only) See fewer	American Gods (2017)
Yetide Badaki Bilquis Bilquis See fewer	Rise (II) (2022)
Pablo Schreiber Mad Sweeney (credit only) Mad Sweeney (credit only) See fewer	13 Hours (2016)
Ian McShane Mr. Wednesday Mr. Wednesday See fewer	Deadwood (2004)
Gillian Anderson Media Media See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Cloris Leachman Zorya Vechernyaya Zorya Vechernyaya See fewer	The Last Picture Show (1971)
Orlando Jones Mr. Nancy Mr. Nancy See fewer	Evolution (2001)
Peter Stormare Czernobog Czernobog See fewer	Fargo (1996)
Mousa Hussein Kraish The Jinn (as Mousa Kraish) The Jinn (as Mousa Kraish) See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Martha Kelly Zorya Utrennyaya Zorya Utrennyaya See fewer	Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Vivien Endicott-Douglas Pizza Delivery Woman Pizza Delivery Woman See fewer	Women Talking (2022)
Murray Oliver Doctor Doctor See fewer	Hollywoodland (2006)
Conphidance Okoye Okoye See fewer	Little America (2020)
Don Mike Slave Slave See fewer	Hotel Cocaine (2024)
Jane Smythe Bilquis Conquest 1 Bilquis Conquest 1 See fewer	Phobophobia (2019)
Kris Babcock Bilquis Conquest 2 Bilquis Conquest 2 See fewer	So That Happened (2017)
Pastel Supernova Bilquis Conquest 4 Bilquis Conquest 4 See fewer	Polar (I) (2019)
Lucan Andre Francis Bilquis Conquest 5 Bilquis Conquest 5 See fewer	American Gods (2017)
Michael Scratch ESPN Anchor (uncredited) ESPN Anchor (uncredited) See fewer	Suicide Squad (2016)
Juvon Taylor Slave (uncredited) Slave (uncredited) See fewer	Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)