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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Spoiler!

Episode 4 is the biggest addition to the source material yet. I think on the whole it was positive, though I'm sure people will bitch about Laura being an aerosol huffer. The whole WTFness of her being revenant in Audrey's house was comical but fitting considering the tone of the show writ large. We also got a bit of world building of the mythos as Fuller and Green are depicting it, with Laura being a pretty assured faithless (both in belief and in deed) yet still finding herself defiantly face to face with Anubis. Of course, she's aware of the concept of Anubis because of the casino as well as being a reader of history, so we don't have all the answers about how there gods exist without strict belief in said gods.

First a Muslim, now an atheist -nobody can escape death as it has been personified by Mr. Jacquel. Interesting stuff.

Beyond the spoiler-y bits, the big take away is that you have to think of this as a graphic novel adaptation of Gaiman's work... except that it's a graphic novel that is animated with live action.

It's a graphic novel based on how they've chosen to shoot the scenes, the verisimilitude of what we are seeing and hearing and the subject matter at hand. It's not going to make everyone who read the novel happy, nor will it be a typical viewing experience for those who prefer episodic dramas. The events of episode 3 are going to make a lot of people uneasy and that's okay. I just hope people give it at least a full season to appraise one way or the other.

So think of it as a comic book instead of Gaiman's work and it won't suck as bad?
I dunno man.