This time though, answers come much quicker when Odin reveals that his death was simply part of a larger plan. And once again, Shadow doesn't know what's going on.

a plane ride?įollowing Shadow's 'death', we're back in first class with a scene that's reminiscent of Shadow's very first meeting with Wednesday, long before he knew the truth about his father's identity. Cue a trippy sacrifice, lots of male cleavage, and then. Unfortunately, Ricky Whittle's character doesn't survive, even though he's the hero of the story. While Shadow foregoes the vengeance, letting his ex-wife, Laura Moon, roam free, he does decide to hold vigil over Odin's corpse for nine days and nine nights. Wednesday, who offers Shadow a job as his bodyguard. Little does he know his life is about to change after he meets a crafty, charismatic con man named Mr. Once the Old Gods retrieved Wednesday's body, Shadow was supposed to avenge his father first before watching vigil over his corpse on Yggdrasil, the sacred Norse tree which roots existence itself. Ex-convict Shadow Moon roams a world he doesn't understand, left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife. well, shadow, by forcing him down the same path. After casually killing off Odin last week, the writers pushed Shadow into his father's.

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