American Gods The Greatest Story Ever Told (Season 2, Episode 4)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

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American Gods

The Greatest Story Ever Told (Season 2, Episode 4)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

While Shadow and Mr. Wednesday take a secret meeting in St. Louis, Bilquis arrives at the funeral home in Cairo, where she engages in a debate with Mr. Nancy and Mr. Ibis; Laura rejoins Mad Sweeney.

Director

Stacie Passon

Writers

Neil Gaiman (based on the novel by) | Bryan Fuller (developed for television by) | Michael Green (developed for television by) | Peter Calloway (teleplay by) & 2 more

Composers

Danny Bensi | Saunder Jurriaans

Cinematographer

David Greene

Editor

Wendy Hallam Martin

Casting Directors

Jason Knight | Debra Zane

Production Designer

Rory Cheyne

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 31, 2019

Release date

Mar 31, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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Cast	+ Add Cast
27 cast members

Name	Known for
Ricky Whittle Shadow Moon Shadow Moon See fewer	Austenland (2013)
Emily Browning Laura Moon (credit only) Laura Moon (credit only) See fewer	A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Crispin Glover Mr. World Mr. World See fewer	What Is It? (2005)
Orlando Jones Mr. Nancy Mr. Nancy See fewer	Evolution (2001)
Yetide Badaki Bilquis Bilquis See fewer	Rise (II) (2022)
Bruce Langley Technical Boy Technical Boy See fewer	American Gods (2017)
Mousa Hussein Kraish The Jinn (credit only) (as Mousa Kraish) The Jinn (credit only) (as Mousa Kraish) See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Omid Abtahi Salim (credit only) Salim (credit only) See fewer	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
Demore Barnes Mr. Ibis Mr. Ibis See fewer	Hannibal (2013)
Pablo Schreiber Mad Sweeney (credit only) Mad Sweeney (credit only) See fewer	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Ian McShane Mr. Wednesday Mr. Wednesday See fewer	Deadwood (2004)
Sakina Jaffrey Mama-Ji Mama-Ji See fewer	Raising Helen (2004)
Kahyun Kim New Media New Media See fewer	Cocaine Bear (2023)
Mouna Traoré Ruby Goodchild (as Mouna Traore) Ruby Goodchild (as Mouna Traore) See fewer	The Porter (2022)
William Sanderson The Bookkeeper The Bookkeeper See fewer	Blade Runner (1982)
Andrew Koji CEO CEO See fewer	Bullet Train (2022)
Eric Peterson The Caretaker The Caretaker See fewer	Corner Gas (2004)
Sana Asad Bast Bast See fewer	Get Up, Aisha (2024)
André Dae Kim The Son (1987) The Son (1987) See fewer	Vampire Academy (2022)
William Sun The Son (1977) The Son (1977) See fewer	Designated Survivor (2016)
Chil Kong The Father (1977) The Father (1977) See fewer	The Mikado Project (2010)
Sadie Munroe Penny Scout #1 Penny Scout #1 See fewer	Workin' Moms (2017)
Ava Preston Penny Scout #2 Penny Scout #2 See fewer	Odd Squad (2014)
Evlyn O'Toole Penny Scout #3 Penny Scout #3 See fewer	Christmas at Home: An Online Christmas Concert (2020)
Patricia Wright-Domingue Lila Goodchild Lila Goodchild See fewer	American Gods (2017)
Sheree Spencer Frustrated Violin Girl Frustrated Violin Girl See fewer	American Gods (2017)
Jonathan Malen Chuck (uncredited) Chuck (uncredited) See fewer	The Mist (2017)