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What's your favourite Almighty Johnsons episode?
Or, which do you think is the 'best' by whatever standards you'd use?
That's what we'll find out with this double-elimination bracket!
Vote in each poll as we determine what TAJ episode reigns supreme in this current fandom circle, over a decade after the show ended :)
Round 2:
5 - S3.E10 "Playing God" vs S1.E8 "I Can Give You Frigg"
6 - S3.E5 "Unleash the Kracken!" vs S3.E2 "This Thing Inside"
7 - S3.E12 "Late to the Point of Knowledge" vs S3.E3 "Bergerbar"
8 - S1.E6 "Goddesses, Axl, Come in All Forms" vs S2.E6 "Folkmoot"
9 - S2.E10 "Magical Fluffy Bunny World" vs S2.E2 "Frigg Magnet"
10 - S2.E12 "You Call This the Real World?" vs S2.E4 "Death's Cleansing Embrace"
11 - S3.E4 "Like the Berserkers of Old" vs S3.E11 "A Bit Like Busses Really"
12 - S3.E8 "The Asparagus is Kicking In" vs S2.E7 "Effortless Manly Coolness"
13 - S3.E1 "An Orchard of Trees" vs S3.E6 "And Then on to Norsewood"
14 - S3.E9 vs S2.E9
15 - S1.E10 vs S2.E3
16 - S2.E5 vs S1.E9
17 - S3.E13 vs S2.E1
18 - S3.E7 vs S1.E5
19 - S2.E13 vs S1.E7
20 - S2.E8 vs S1.E3
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S3.E9 - "Mike in the Mirror"
S2.E9 - "Everything Starts with Gaia"
Voting ended onApr 8
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S3.E9 - Mike in the Mirror
Zeb awakens from a dream with a brilliant idea: a casting call for actresses to play Frigg in a beer commercial. Axl likes it, as Frigg would come to him. The auditions go poorly: Axl rejects all the candidates and gets a black eye from the boyfriend of one of them. Although blinded in one eye, Axl is granted extraordinary insight. He has a conversation with Mike in his bathroom mirror. Mike says that he, Ullr, is Odin and that he will find Frigg before Axl does. Zeb remembers the story of Mímir's well, in which Odin sacrifices his eye to gain wisdom. Meanwhile, Michele, with Ingrid as assistant, begins holding "Goddess Healing" sessions for women, to earn cash. Anders wangles his way in by threatening to tell Mike, then outlines a more profitable and discreet business plan. Dawn confronts Ty about her memories. At first reluctant, he follows the advice in an anonymous note (from Martin, who has also visited Dawn) and admits they were lovers. He explains he is a god. At a family meeting, Mike is livid that Axl, Ty and the goddesses are risking revealing the secret of the gods' presence among mortals in Auckland. Axl tells Mike he is not Odin and never will be.
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S2.E9 - Everything Starts with Gaia
Gaia is having strange dreams and behaving erratically. Bryn and Jacob arrive, insisting she leave with them immediately. Eggthér, a jötunn, also arrives, intent on killing her. After knocking him out, Axl takes Gaia and the others to Mike's bar. Olaf's sense of smell reveals Bryn to be a (short) giant and Jacob a (tall) dwarf. When Olaf, Mike and Axl identify themselves as gods, they run off, shocked. Later, they admit they had been sent to kill Gaia as an infant, to avert disaster for giants and dwarfs alike should she become Frigg, but instead had chosen to protect her. Eggthér takes Zeb hostage, threatening to kill him unless Axl hands over Frigg. The gods prepare for battle and call on Derrick (Thor), who hates giants, for help. Meanwhile, Anders drags Ty out drinking, and in the process meets his soul mate, Helen (Iðunn). Axl and Bryn tell Gaia that she is to become Frigg, but she just laughs.
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S3.E1 - "An Orchard of Trees"
S3.E6 - "And Then on to Norsewood"
Voting ended onApr 27, 2025
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S3.E1 - An Orchard of Trees
Despite now being Iðunn, Gaia is still in love with Axl. Anders and Gaia both deny their destined attraction, and Axl is oblivious. Axl proposes to Gaia and she accepts: this alarms the other gods. Olaf and Ingrid separate Axl and Gaia and convince them that Gaia will always be drawn to Bragi (Anders), regardless of her actual feelings. Gaia later has sex with Anders. Meanwhile, Dawn visits Ty, ostensibly to learn a cupcake recipe. Things go well until she has a flashback of being trapped in his freezer, and hurriedly leaves.
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S3.E6 - And Then on to Norsewood
Axl and Johan travel aimlessly without reaching Norsewood. With Axl away and Amelia gone, Zeb's only housemate is Ingrid, who isn't paying. Anders begins work as Colin's campaign manager. Dawn is put in charge of hiring. Karen reveals to Mike that her father was the previous Ullr. Axl and Johan bond, with Johan continuing to avoid reaching Norsewood. Eventually, he sells the car to bribe their way onto a Korean fishing boat, but Axl baulks. Johan departs, and Axl is picked up by Martin, the man following them in the prior episode. Meanwhile, Michele is approached by one of the god-killers to heal his sister's arthritis. Colin tells Anders he has the money bequeathed by Agnetha, and will use it to pay Anders for a good campaign. Anders starts billing everything to the campaign fund and Dawn becomes head of policy. Olaf convinces Mike to go to a private club to raise money to pay for the bar, but they are almost killed as Mike gets caught up in the thrill of being Ullr. Martin abandons Axl at a bar, saying he "needs to be here, for now." Derrick is there, missing his hammer.
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S3.E8 - "The Asparagus Is Kicking In"
S2.E7 - "Effortless Manly Coolness"
Voting ended onApr 26, 2025
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S3.E8 - The Asparagus Is Kicking In
Axl and Mike return from Norsewood. Michele has finished the renovations and she and Mike move back in above the bar. Axl reveals the message from Norsewood: "Jormungand is stirring," which Olaf says means Ragnarok is coming. Olaf and Axl meet Tigilau, the sea god who attacked Axl. Lance breaks up with Dawn over a dress. Colin asks Anders to persuade Dawn to sleep with him, threatening him when he refuses. During the campaign launch, Dawn leads Colin to a back alley, where Anders and Ty appear. Dawn walks away, but looks back as Ty (who is a god again) freezes Colin's arm. More of Dawn's memories of Ty return. Colin confronts Mike and threatens the Johnsons, but makes the mistake of betting he will win: Mike immediately accepts and it becomes a game, which Mike will win. Meanwhile, Axl restarts his search for Frigg.
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S2.E7 - Effortless Manly Coolness
Ingrid picks up Danny - a former lover and nurse at the mental health facility where she was a patient - who has been in prison for selling stolen drugs. Axl and Ty disapprove of Danny, but Ingrid is devoted to him. Ty quizzes Michele, seeking a way to lose his godhood so he can be with Dawn without killing her. Mike learns he is executor of Agnetha's will, and must divide her estate between the goddesses. Ingrid wants to use her share to start a magic mushroom farm with Danny. Axl arranges an intervention to convince Ingrid she is appreciated and needed. It at first seems to backfire, until Ty asks her to help him in his quest to become mortal. Anders returns from his mission.
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S3.E4 - "Like the Berserkers of Old"
S3.E11 - "A Bit Like Buses Really"
Voting ended onApr 16, 2025
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S3.E4 - Like the Berserkers of Old
Axl causes major damage to the bar, and Mike and Michele move in with Michele's mother, Karen. Anders receives a lucrative offer for the use of his recently expanded powers to help Colin run for Mayor of Auckland. Olaf and Stacey locate the god-hunters: not in Norway, but Auckland, hiding within a church congregation. The gods discuss what to do. Axl tries to assert his authority as Odin - by agreeing with Mike about not involving Colin - only to be left out of the action himself. The others collect Anders and confront the group. Nathalie's widower recognises the gods. Michele breaks his arm and then heals it. He explains that the pagan gods in Norway were thought to have fled to America, until Anders had given away his identity and the family's location. Anders uses his power to make the group forget about god-hunting. Meanwhile, Axl bunks off with Tanzie, a young woman who comes to the bar. He ends up saving her from drowning when the sea seems to attack them. Ingrid realises that they missed one god-hunter, who had gone out that day to kill a god. She tells Mike, who confirms that all the gods are accounted for except Axl. He rushes to the flat, to find Axl being gently dumped by Tanzie. Axl reminds him that the god-hunters don't know Ty isn't a god, and Mike calls Ty just as the last god-hunter tries to run him over. Ty fights him off, and Lance arrives late to jump on him. Anders accepts Colin's offer, on condition that he leave the Johnsons alone. Later, Mike and Michele discover that Karen's one-night stand is the Johnsons' long absent father Johan.
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S3.E11 - A Bit Like Buses Really
Time is running out for Axl. Mike has enough clues to find Frigg himself, and intends to become Odin. Axl tries to unite the others behind him. Michele is determined to sabotage the meeting of Odin and Frigg, believing that when the gods get their powers, she will be relegated to minor goddess status. Dawn is also reluctant to see the quest end. Mike goes looking for Frigg at Martin's house. Martin, Olaf reveals, is the god Heimdall, who sees and hears all and can teleport himself and others as they pass through doorways. Despite Olaf's warning, Mike tries to trick him into leading him to Frigg. Axl and Anders find Martin's room in a home for the mentally disturbed. Though Martin is not there, there are Norse runes on the wall and Scrabble tiles ("VILIVE") on a dresser. Later, Stacey realizes that the letters spell the name of a bridalwear shop, one of her clients. Axl and Mike arrive at the shop at almost the same time, and meet Hanna, who is undoubtedly Frigg. She now has to choose between the two Odins.
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S2.E12 - "You Call This the Real World?"
S2.E4 - "Death's Cleansing Embrace"
Voting ended onApr 8, 2025
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S2.E12 - You Call This the Real World?
Axl and Gaia find "Brigadoon", a sanctuary away from the debate over competing prophecies. They work through their feelings and gradually acknowledge that they care for one another. Meanwhile, members of the Māori pantheon camp out in the bar, awaiting Gaia's return. Helen increasingly influences Anders' decisions, persuading him to let Dawn go. Olaf reveals that, through Kvasir, he has discovered that Colin has bugged the bar. Olaf has Kvasir tell Ty how he can relinquish his god abilities so as to pursue a relationship with Dawn: Ty must drink tea made from Yggdrasil bark, and must die and come back to life. Mike tracks Axl and Gaia down and brings them home, whereupon Gaia dismisses the Māori squatters until it is certain which deity she will become. Ty drinks the tea; he dies and his god spirit leaves his body, then Michele taps power from the Yggdrasil cutting to bring him back to life.
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S2.E4 - Death's Cleansing Embrace
Agnetha admits to Ty that she killed Eva, saying that someone had to. She persuades Ty, reluctant and still in shock, to help make the death look accidental or like a suicide. Colin believes Ty responsible and threatens him. He steals Eva's body from the coffin and stores it in Ty's freezer, planning a hilltop Norse funeral. Ty tells Mike (and later Olaf) that he was present when Eva died; Mike puts two and two together and confronts Agnetha. At the Norse ceremony, Colin ignites the pyre with a flamethrower. Ty contemplates throwing himself on the pyre, as Colin had demanded, but doesn't. Colin remains intent on vengeance.
What's your favourite Almighty Johnsons episode?
Or, which do you think is the 'best' by whatever standards you'd use?
That's what we'll find out with this double-elimination bracket!
Vote in each poll as we determine what TAJ episode reigns supreme in this current fandom circle, over a decade after the show ended :)
Round 2:
5 - S3.E10 "Playing God" vs S1.E8 "I Can Give You Frigg"
6 - S3.E5 "Unleash the Kracken!" vs S3.E2 "This Thing Inside"
7 - S3.E12 "Late to the Point of Knowledge" vs S3.E3 "Bergerbar"
8 - S1.E6 "Goddesses, Axl, Come in All Forms" vs S2.E6 "Folkmoot"
9 - S2.E10 "Magical Fluffy Bunny World" vs S2.E2 "Frigg Magnet"
10 - S2.E12 vs S2.E4
11 - S3.E4 vs S3.E11
12 - S3.E8 vs S2.E7
13 - S3.E1 va S3.E6
14 - S3.E9 vs S2.E9
15 - S1.E10 vs S2.E3
16 - S2.E5 vs S1.E9
17 - S3.E13 vs S2.E1
18 - S3.E7 vs S1.E5
19 - S2.E13 vs S1.E7
20 - S2.E8 vs S1.E3
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S2.E10 - "Magical Fluffy Bunny World"
S2.E2 - "Frigg Magnet"
Voting ended onOct 13, 2024
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S2.E10 - Magical Fluffy Bunny World
Axl and Bryn cannot convince Gaia she will become a goddess. She confronts Mike, who has the goddesses explain things more gently. With Eggther still threatening to kill Zeb, Gaia insists on joining Mike, Olaf, Axl, Derrick and Bryn in facing him. Events almost get out of hand, but it turns out Zeb has been using amateur psychology on the giant to pacify him. Meanwhile, Anders and Helen get acquainted. Michele steals the Yggdrasil cutting and taps its power to heal Mike's injured back. Repeated mention is made of the importance of apples. Gaia is kidnapped by hooded men in a van.
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S2.E2 - Frigg Magnet
Agnetha and Eva trade barbs. Eva delays Ty from a meeting with Agnetha and Axl. Agnetha encourages Axl to give up his quest. Colin takes Axl out drinking, promising to help him in the quest: the next day, Axl faces an accusation of rape, engineered by Colin. Mike settles the problem by winning a wager with Colin, in the process taking ownership of a bar, although Colin seems unperturbed by the loss. Mike realizes he can move out of Axl's house. Agnetha sends Dawn home to try out some wine, then gets Ty to check on her, saying she is depressed because of him. Later, Ty and Eva brand each other with an iron designed by Eva. Jacob tries to break into Axl's house, looking for Gaia, and Axl forcibly ejects him. Axl and Zeb then discover Gaia hiding in a closet: she asks to move back in.
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S2.E10 - "Magical Fluffy Bunny World"
S2.E2 - "Frigg Magnet"
Voting ended onOct 13, 2024
Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)
Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S2.E10 - Magical Fluffy Bunny World
Axl and Bryn cannot convince Gaia she will become a goddess. She confronts Mike, who has the goddesses explain things more gently. With Eggther still threatening to kill Zeb, Gaia insists on joining Mike, Olaf, Axl, Derrick and Bryn in facing him. Events almost get out of hand, but it turns out Zeb has been using amateur psychology on the giant to pacify him. Meanwhile, Anders and Helen get acquainted. Michele steals the Yggdrasil cutting and taps its power to heal Mike's injured back. Repeated mention is made of the importance of apples. Gaia is kidnapped by hooded men in a van.
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S2.E2 - Frigg Magnet
Agnetha and Eva trade barbs. Eva delays Ty from a meeting with Agnetha and Axl. Agnetha encourages Axl to give up his quest. Colin takes Axl out drinking, promising to help him in the quest: the next day, Axl faces an accusation of rape, engineered by Colin. Mike settles the problem by winning a wager with Colin, in the process taking ownership of a bar, although Colin seems unperturbed by the loss. Mike realizes he can move out of Axl's house. Agnetha sends Dawn home to try out some wine, then gets Ty to check on her, saying she is depressed because of him. Later, Ty and Eva brand each other with an iron designed by Eva. Jacob tries to break into Axl's house, looking for Gaia, and Axl forcibly ejects him. Axl and Zeb then discover Gaia hiding in a closet: she asks to move back in.
