The Almighty Johnsons 

Four brothers living in New Zealand are modern reincarnations of Norse gods.

Creators:

James Griffin, Rachel Lang

Stars:

Emmett Skilton, Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Emmett Skilton	...	Axl Johnson 36 episodes, 2011-2013
Timothy Balme	...	Mike Johnson 36 episodes, 2011-2013
Dean O'Gorman	...	Anders Johnson / ... 36 episodes, 2011-2013
Jared Turner	...	Ty Johnson 36 episodes, 2011-2013
Ben Barrington	...	Olaf Johnson / ... 33 episodes, 2011-2013
Hayden Frost	...	Zeb 30 episodes, 2011-2013
Fern Sutherland	...	Dawn 30 episodes, 2011-2013
Rachel Nash	...	Ingrid / ... 29 episodes, 2011-2013
Eve Gordon	...	Stacey / ... 28 episodes, 2011-2013
Michelle Langstone	...	Michele Brock / ... 27 episodes, 2011-2013
Keisha Castle-Hughes	...	Gaia 21 episodes, 2011-2013
Shane Cortese	...	Colin Gunderson / ... 16 episodes, 2011-2013

Storyline

The Almighty Johnsons is a new South Pacific Pictures comedy-drama series about four brothers, raised in heartland New Zealand, who also happen to be the living incarnations of Norse Gods. They even have their own super-god-powers. Sort of - it's just that their powers aren't actually all that powerful. Well, not yet - but that could all change soon.

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Plot Keywords:

norse | brother brother relationship | reference to god | supernatural power | norse god | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Всемогущие Джонсоны

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company Credits

Production Co:

South Pacific Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Dean O'Gorman (Anders) and Michael Hurst (Kvasir) have portrayed incarnations of the character Iolaus, Hurst as the adult Iolaus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995), and O'Gorman as a young Iolaus in Young Hercules (1998).

User Reviews

New Zealand family burdened with semi-godlike powers - not suitable for kids or prudes

Other reviewers have compared it with several other shows - I think the most relevant comparisons are with Misfits and Northern Exposure. Don't expect a Heroes style epic adventure, the stories are on a smaller (more human) scale, but very engaging.

The character development is nicely handled and by the end of the season I was really interested in all the characters - even the ones that annoyed me at first.

Some of the acting is a bit soapy hence my lower rating but it's a great concept, well executed and the story gets better and better as it develops. I can't wait to see where they take it next season!

UPDATE: Having watched and re-watched all the episodes of the first 2 seasons and having just finished and digested watching season 3, I felt I really needed to update my review, written after watching season 1. I have upgraded my vote from a 7 to a 9. I only marked it down (from an 8) originally because I thought some of the acting a bit soapy, but on reflection it wasn't the acting, it was the lighting, and this improved by season 2. The stories are creative and compelling and human; the actors play their parts really well. It just gets better and better as the seasons progress. I was worried at the end of season 2 that it would jump the shark if it continued, but season three was just utterly AWESOME! That is what pulled it up to a 9. There are very, very few shows out there as good as this one. It ended beautifully, but with a sneaky little something to leave a door open to continue and I really, really hope they do.