The Greatest Story Ever Told 

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)

Stars:

Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ricky Whittle	...	Shadow Moon
Emily Browning	...	Laura Moon (credit only)
Crispin Glover	...	Mr. World
Orlando Jones	...	Mr. Nancy
Yetide Badaki	...	Bilquis
Bruce Langley	...	Technical Boy
Mousa Kraish	...	The Jinn (credit only)
Omid Abtahi	...	Salim (credit only)
Demore Barnes	...	Mr. Ibis
Pablo Schreiber	...	Mad Sweeney (credit only)
Ian McShane	...	Mr. Wednesday
Sakina Jaffrey	...	Mama-Ji
Kahyun Kim	...	New Media
Mouna Traoré	...	Ruby Goodchild (as Mouna Traore)
William Sanderson	...	The Bookkeeper

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

autopsy | gore | johann sebastian bach | dissecting a body | classical music lover | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Penny Scouts have a list of names, using a mix of money symbols as well as Latin and Cyrillic letters. One of them could be read as Balder, one of the Gods of Norse mythology.

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Goofs

Prior to the creation of Technical Boy, which was set in 1987 the son played on a game boy. The game boy was released in 1989.

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Quotes

Mr. World: You killed Argus.
Mr. Wednesday: And you killed Zorya.
Mr. World: I am sorry about Zorya. But when you strike with lightning, you should expect consequences.
Mr. Wednesday: Mess with my people, expect disproportionate consequences.
Mr. World: You got your man back.
Mr. Wednesday: It's the principle.

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Soundtracks

Partita for solo violin n.2 in d minor BWV. 1004: Ciaconna
(uncredited)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

Provocative Episode

Bilquis, Ibis, and Nancy get centre-stage for much of this episode - certainly more representation than we are used to seeing - and their already compelling characters gain immense depth. This episode is not for snowflakes.

Details

Release Date:

31 March 2019 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min