American Gods: episode by episode

This week, we learn that leprechauns blow both ways – and who was responsible for Laura Moon’s death. But will we get the face-off between gods we’ve been promised in next week’s finale? I wouldn’t bet a gold coin on it

Death by bullets and swords abounds in Vulcan, Virginia – the home turf of the god of weapons. It’s infectious, too: even Wednesday shows his violent side

Another brave, creative episode, with new god Gillian Anderson morphing into Ziggy Stardust and old god Ian McShane giving it his best Widow Twankey

What a bravura hour of television – a fascinating study of one unflappable, deplorable and yet somehow heroic woman

The small-screen saga continues to buck convention with shock resurrections, Shadow making it snow – and sensual love scenes set in the heavens

The bloody, spangly adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel gets ever stranger, with magic fingers, a reincarnated Lucille Ball – and possible death by checkers match

The TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s surreal mythological saga began in eye-bursting fashion, with lynchings, infidelity and facehugging boxes