Season 3, Episode 1
A Winter's Tale
After months apart, Wednesday reappears in Shadow's life, resolved to drag him back into his war effort. A meeting with the god Wisakedjak leaves Shadow with a prophecy about his destiny.
Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
- All for Nothing: Laura rips out Sweeney's coin from her body in order to resurrect him, but it falls from his hand as she turns to dust, leaving him dead.
- Black Metal: Between the end of Season Two and this episode, Wednesday has since become associated with a Viking Metal band Blood Death, Wednesday playing himself (Odin) as the band and their fans chant his name.
- Establishing Character Moment: Downplayed. While Ms. World is just another form Mr. World takes, Ms. World is portrayed differently from Mr. when she speaks much more plainly in regards to Project SHARD and Wednesday and then caves one of her minions' heads in when they downplay Wednesday as a threat.
- Foreshadowing: When Shadow meets Hinzelmann, a scene from Nosferatu is playing on a television next to her, showing Orlok hunting an innocent girl. This is meant to imply that Hinzelmann is not as sweet as she acts.
- It's Personal: Much like with other gods, Whiskey Jack is not happy to see Wednesday in his neck of the woods. In his case, he has it out for Wednesday ever since Vikings came and massacred the Lakota.
- Mistaken for Thief: When Shadow tries opening his new apartment, the key breaks in the lock. When he tries getting in through the back, he meets his landlady at the end of a shotgun, thinking he was a burglar.
- Runic Magic: When Shadow and Wednesday encounter a roadblock, Wednesday has Shadow take the wheel while he covers Betty in runes, magically transporting them Backstage.
- You Can't Fight Fate: When Wednesday tries sending Shadow on a mission to Lakeside, Shadow refuses. While it seems that Wednesday respects Shadow's wishes and leaves him at a bus stop, Shadow finds that every bus trip in their catalogue other than Lakeside had been cancelled.
