Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Ricky Whittle | ... | Shadow Moon | |
Emily Browning | ... | Laura Moon | |
Crispin Glover | ... | Mr. World (credit only) | |
Bruce Langley | ... | Technical Boy (credit only) | |
Yetide Badaki | ... | Bilquis (credit only) | |
Pablo Schreiber | ... | Mad Sweeney (credit only) | |
Ian McShane | ... | Mr. Wednesday (credit only) | |
Chris Obi | ... | Anubis | |
Demore Barnes | ... | Mr. Ibis | |
Betty Gilpin | ... | Audrey | |
Dane Cook | ... | Robbie | |
Sonja Smits | ... | Laura's Mother | |
Michael Greyeyes | ... | Pit Boss |
The story of Laura's life and death is explored, including her first encounter with Shadow and how exactly she came to be sitting on the edge of his motel room bed.
This was the first episode to tell a story that is (mostly) not adapted from the book. And as a huge book fan - this is my favorite episode so far. Seeing everything from Laura's perspective was wonderful and brought a fresh point of view, and many more layers to Shadow and Laura's relationship. The episode was riddled with brilliant dark humor (First time I actually laughed out loud), great dialogue and wonderful acting (that, just this once, wasn't overshadowed by Ian McShane's brilliance). I also believe that, if you haven't read the book, this is an episode where some pieces will start falling into place.
Overall, a definite 10/10 in my book