just the two of us

[Image description: Six screencaps from the American Gods episode “Come to Jesus”. In order: a finger dipping into a bowl of dark liquid; a dark-haired woman dancing; dozens of writhing bodies from above; Bilquis smiling slightly at the Technical Boy; the hem of a white jacket; Bilquis painting a kneeling woman’s forehead with dark liquid. The images each have various quotes in white text: “she withholds, she returns”, “dead gets a bad rap”, “does anybody pray in your name? do they say it in worship?”, “wanna play?”, “tell the believers and the nonbelievers:”, “i’m thirsty all the time, fucking parched. and cold. cold in my bones”. End image description.]

[Image description: Seven screencaps from the American Gods episode “A Prayer for Mad Sweeney”. In order: Essie McGowan in the background holding up Mad Sweeney’s coin; cream being poured into a wood bowl; popsicles flying through the air; a closeup of a tear on Essie’s cheek; Essie placing a bit of moldy bread in the window of her jail cell; Essie’s hair wrapped around Mad Sweeney’s coin and a loaf of bread; a bit of Mad Sweeney’s face through car wreckage. The images each have various quotes in white text: "from here is from nowhere”, “i can show you”, “i was a king, once. then they made me a bird”, “-- or are you in love with God?”, “someone kind enough to be by me”, “talking to the birds?”, “my future just passed me by”. End image description.]

[Image description: Six warm-toned screencaps from the American Gods episode “A Prayer for Mad Sweeney”. In order: the shoulder and red curly hair of Essie McGowan in front of her window; Mad Sweeney’s fist clenched; two dark kittens under Essie’s bed; two dishes on a table; Mr. Jacquel from the shoulder up; Essie setting the dishes on the table. The images each have various quotes in white text: “ come on and get under the spell, turn on that red-hot heat”, “for she is my dream”, “it was she who kept alive the old practice and she who told the tales”, “i’m your only one”, “here’s the moral and the story --”, “i can see it in your fingers”. End image description.]

[Image description: Seven screencaps from the American Gods episode “Murder of Gods”. In order: a hazy silhouette of a woman dropping a rosary into water; the teeth of Crocodile Jack’s bar surrounding Laura Moon, who is standing facing away from camera; a close-up of Shadow Moon’s left eye and part of his nose; a hand in red fabric, illuminated by sunlight; a woman with curly dark hair standing with her face toward the setting sun; bullet casings falling to the sidewalk among a crowd of black leather shoes; Shadow Moon turning towards camera and away from a withered tree, disgusted. The images each have various quotes in white text: “the one they all flock to”, “because you’re mine”, “THY KINGDOM COME”, “ a whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin' ”, “not God. but God-like”, “i was on the bus before you painted it yellow”, “there's always been a God-shaped hole in man's head. trees were the first to fill it”. End image description.]