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And Then She Will Come To You

Episode 2.01 (11)
NZ: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (8:30, TV3)
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Simon Bennett

Since we last saw the Johnsons, things haven't gone swimmingly with the Quest to find the Goddess Frigg. His marriage having fallen apart, Mike has taken over Gaia's old room at Axl and Zeb's place, but rather than turn his hunting powers to the search he seems way more intent on making up for lost time in terms of loose, hedonistic behaviour. Ty, meanwhile, is way too preoccupied with his distinctly dysfunctional and messed up marriage to Eva. And Anders, for his part, is being all weird and elusive, culminating in his departure for Norway, on some kind of top secret business mission. At least Axl has the trusty Zeb to aid him — even if, between them, they have absolutely no idea how to proceed.

Starring: Tim Balme as Mike, Dean O'Gorman as Anders, Jared Turner as Ty, Emmett Skilton as Axl

With: Brooke Williams as Eva, Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Ben Barrington as Olaf

Guest Cast: Hayden Frost as Zeb, Britta Brandt as Girlfriend, Chris Easley as Big Scary Guy, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Shane Cortese as Colin, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Jo Davison as Elisabet, Dominic Lydon as Gang Membee, Michael Hurst as Kvasir

Frigg Magnet

Episode 2.02 (12)
NZ: Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Simon Bennett

Agnetha is still trying to win the boys over to her side, by taking Ty and Axl out to dinner. But when Ty gets 'detained', Axl is left to face the dragon alone. When Axl decides to reacquaint himself with his building studies, it coincides with the appearance of Colin in his class, as the most depressing guest lecturer ever. Agnetha, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly worried about Ty — and the detrimental effect Eva is having on his health and welfare. Axl wakes up with a beautiful woman leaving his room and no recollection of events the night before. But whatever did take place that night takes a turn towards the dark side when Colin informs Axl that the woman is claiming that some non-consensual sex took place. Axl freaks out, but it is Mike and Olaf who take control of the situation. As Axl and Zeb celebrate the clearing of Axl's good name, they become aware of a new arrival at the flat.

With: Ben Barrington as Olaf, Shane Cortese as Colin, Hayden Frost as Zeb

Guest Cast: Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Brooke Williams as Eva, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Mike Probine as Tutor, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Astrid McLaren as Briana, Arthur Meek as Jacob, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia

Charlie Truman

Episode 2.03 (13)
NZ: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Ratings: 209, 310 viewers
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Murray Keane

A party is in the offing in the world of the Johnsons: allegedly just a few quiet drinks to celebrate Mike's new bar. Zeb is much keener than Axl on the idea of a Johnson party — but not as keen as Gaia, who seems a changed woman since her mysterious return. The next day, and Axl is rudely awoken by the arrival of Bryn, looking for his daughter. Unfortunately, for both Axl and Bryn, Gaia is has yet to return home from her night out. Thus he is forced to leave Zeb to mind an angry father while he heads off to the Thing — 'Thing' being the old term for an intervention, a family sit down, which in this case involves playing mini-golf while they try to counsel Ty out of his self-destructive downward spiral. Eva, however, does not take the interference of the brothers well, and takes out her frustrations on Stacey and Dawn.

With: Ben Barrington as Olaf, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Brooke Williams as Eva

Guest Cast: Hayden Frost as Zeb, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Shane Cortese as Colin, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Eve Gordon as Stacey, John Leigh as Bryn, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Jo Davidson as Elisabet, Harry Stanbridge as Young Ty, Arthur Meek as Jacob

Death's Cleansing Embrace

Episode 2.04 (14)
NZ: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Written by Ross Hastings and James Griffin
Directed by Murray Keane

We find Ty as we left him, with Eva's lifeless body. But he is very soon made aware of the fact he is not alone in the house. Agnetha is there; and she freely admits that she killed Eva — because "someone had to". The question, as far as Agnetha is concerned, is very much: what is Ty going to do about this situation? We he call the police on her? Or will he help her with the cover-up?

As news of Eva’s death does the rounds, there are others who also have cause for doubt. Dawn can’t help but feel this is a little bit too much like her own near-death hypothermic experiences; while Mike knows his brother well and gets the feeling he’s not being told the truth and nothing but the truth.

With: Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Shane Cortese as Colin, Ben Barrington as Olaf

Guest Cast: Brooke Williams as Eva, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Shane Cortese as Colin, Aleni Tufuga as Policeman, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Eve Gordon as Stacey

A Damn Fine Woman

Episode 2.05 (15)
NZ: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Charlie Haskell

Axl, Zeb and Gaia stumble in, drunk, returning home from a Pimps 'n' Ho's party. Gaia is dressed as a pimp, while Axl and Zeb are her ho's, in dresses. After putting Gaia to bed, Axl retreats to his room, where he falls asleep still wearing the dress. The next morning 'Axl' awakes to find that 'he' is still wearing the dress, but some kind of Godly transformation has taken place and 'he' is now a she: a tall, blonde, very attractive woman.

With: Siobhan Marshall as Mia, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia

Guest Cast: Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Shane Cortese as Colin, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Craig Wilson as Huginn

Folkmoot

Episode 2.06 (16)
NZ: Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Written by Tim Balme
Directed by Charlie Haskell

As Ty sleeps soundly in his bed, Colin stands over him, speaking in Old Norse. As Colin walks round Ty's bed, flames spring up behind him, and by the time his work is done, Ty sleeps on, surrounded by walls of fire. Later, to a panicked Ingrid, Ty — singed but very much alive — reveals one of the benefits of running cold — the ability to fight fire with ice. And Ty most definitely knows this was an attempt on his life — one he's been expecting.

Michele, meanwhile, is looking to move on from Colin — and in the direction of Mike. Mike loves the flirty thing they've got going but needs proof that she is a Goddess worthy of his attention. He wants to check out the powers she claims to have — the ability to bring couples together. He challenges her to hook Zeb up with a woman — any woman.

With: Shane Cortese as Colin, Alison Bruce as Agnetha, Michelle Langstone as Michele

Guest Cast: Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia Eve Gordon as Stacey, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Brooke Williams as Eva

Effortless Manly Coolness

Episode 2.07 (17)
NZ: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Written by Fiona Samuel
Directed by Geoffrey Cawthorne

Axl's good nature is being taken advantage of as Ty palms Ingrid off on him. Ingrid needs someone to take her to pick up someone named Danny. Despite her assurances it won't take long, Axl then finds himself, with Ingrid, waiting in the middle of nowhere, where it transpires that Danny — an ex-psych nurse/lover of Ingrid's — is just being released from prison.

Mike, meanwhile learns from Michele that Ty is researching ways to kill himself then come back to life. This leads him to Ty, who confesses he wants to find a way his Hod-spirit can leave his body in the way he saw Eva's Hel-spirit leave hers — but then coming back to life, unlike Eva. Mike refuses to help him in this near-suicidal quest, causing a rift between the brothers.

With: Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Errol Shand as Danny

Guest Cast: Ben Barrington as Olaf, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Alex Davidson as Man in Suit, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Fern Sutherland as Dawn

Man-Flu

Episode 2.08 (18)
NZ: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Written by Ross Hastings and James Griffin
Directed by Geoffrey Cawthorne

Not exactly a lot of happiness in God-world, as both Axl and Michele are suffering from some kind of lurgi, while Anders is just generally unhappy with the lot of them — Axl for abandoning his Quest in favour of the ‘be a man’ approach; Mike for hooking up with the enemy (i.e. Michele); and the lot of them for everything that happened regarding Agnetha. When Mike finally punches Anders he seems to speak for all of them.

Axl’s flu worsens but he gets no sympathy from his flatmates, as he takes to his bed. Michele, meanwhile, is the world’s worst patient, as Mike looks after her as best he can, whilst also dealing with the Agnetha bequest — Stacey wants to buy the cycle courier business she works for. Mike has no problem with this, but suspects Anders might.

So Stacey heads off to berate Anders, who is having his own problems. It transpires that the top secret mission he was on for Agnetha was to find and retrieve a branch from Yggdrasil, the World Tree from which all life flows. He duly did this, but now MAF have confiscated The Stick (as it comes to be named) and are going to fumigate it – and not even Anders powers of persuasion can get them to release it. Olaf agrees that fumigating the Tree of Life is a bad thing and it must be stopped. But Olaf is also, strangely, getting older...

With: Ben Barrington as Olaf, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Eve Gordon as Stacey

Guest Cast: Michelle Langstone as Michele, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Bree Peters as Shona, Rachel Nash as Ingrid

Everything Starts With Gaia

Episode 2.09 (19)
NZ: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Written by Tiffany Zehnal and James Griffin
Directed by Charlie Haskell

The day gets off to a strange beginning, as Axl wakes to find Gaia shifting furniture, in response to a dream she had about the perfect furniture arrangement for the flat. She has also phoned in to quit her job, for reasons even she's not entirely clear of. But before Axl can get to the bottom of this Bryn and Jacob barge in, demanding that Gaia come with them now. Gaia refuses, and goes to her room. Then, before Axl can get to the bottom of that a very large man kicks the door down, demanding to know where 'the girl' is...

Anders, meanwhile, is in a funk. He decides to abandon his failing business in favour of a day out drinking with Ty. Across the course of this day Anders blames Mike for every bad thing that has happened to the family, then shows Ty The Stick, which has now been deemed the Stick of Uselessness, and then indulges in drunken discussions about the nature of destiny. A fun day out for the boys.

With: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, John Leigh as Bryn, Arthur Meek as Jacob, Oliver Driver as Eggther

Guest Cast: Hayden Frost as Zeb, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Geoff Dolan as Derrick, Sara Wiseman as Helen

Magical Fluffy Bunny World

Episode 2.10 (20)
NZ: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Charlie Haskell

Gaia is still not getting her head round the idea that she is Frigg. In fact, she is openly mocking Axl and Bryn. Axl realises Gaia is still stoned, so he takes her back to the house, where the devastation wrought by Eggther rather takes the edge off her happy buzz. Axl tries again to convince Gaia, this time on a personal level, but the arrival of Thor/Derrick at the house does not help matters. As Axl has to deal with Derrick trying to kill Bryn, Gaia takes her opportunity to slip out her bedroom window (again) and make a bid for freedom.

This leads her to Mike’s bar, where she expresses her concerns that Axl and Bryn have gone barking mad. Mike can understand why she might feel this, but the fact is she is who they say she is. And Mike introduces himself to Gaia, as Ullr. Then he introduces her to the Goddesses and suggests that maybe they will help Gaia transition into her new world. Michele and the Goddesses are only too happy to whisk Gaia from the building, to welcome her to their ranks. Olaf is dubious that Mike has done the right thing, letting the Frigg out of their grasp like that.

Meanwhile, Anders and Ty are still on their drinking spree, with Helen as their new companion. Ty is watching Helen and Anders carefully and what he is seeing is not the Bragi/Idun hell that Olaf foretold, but Anders actually getting on with a woman and not being such a dick for once in his life.

With: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Hayden Frost as Zeb, John Leigh as Bryn, Oliver Driver as Eggther

Guest Cast: Geoff Dolan as Derrick, Sara Wiseman as Helen, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Fern Sutherland as Dawn

The House of Jerome

Episode 2.11 (21)
NZ: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Written by Ross Hastings, Tim Balme & James Griffin
Directed by Murray Keane

Outside Mike's bar, Gaia has been kidnapped and another posse sets out on another rescues mission. The trail leads to an unremarkable suburban house, where they find that Gaia is far from being in danger or even held against her will. In fact, Gaia is feeling right at home because it transpires that the bad men who kidnapped her — and who go by the names Jerome, George and Leon — are actually Gods, Maori Gods: Maui, Punga and Rongo. In this way the Johnson learn they are not the only deities in town.

What is more, they have their own prophecy regarding Gaia; that she will become their Papatuanuku, their Earth Mother. In this way Gaia's history of being the offspring of a Norse God and a Maori Goddess is revealed to one and all. What is also revealed is that Bryn not only stole her from her parents, he killed them first. This is news to everyone — especially Gaia.

With: Kirk Torrance as George (Punga), Tainui Tukiwaho as Leon (Rongo), Matariki Whatarau as Jerome (Maui)

Guest Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Michelle Langstone as Michele, John Leigh as Bryn, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Natalie Medlock as Natalie, Sara Wiseman as Helen, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Michael Hurst as Kvasir, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Eve Gordon as Stacey

You Call This The Real World?

Episode 2.12 (22)
NZ: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Canada: December 03, 2012
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Murray Keane

Since doing their impromptu runner, Axl and Gaia have been sleeping rough, in the car, without any of the necessities of life. Axl is getting tired of this lifestyle, but Gaia isn’t ready to go back to the surreal version of reality she is hiding from. She’s still got stuff to figure out, and is awaiting some kind of sign as to which path she will head down — the Frigg path or the Papatuanuku path. But the first sign Gaia takes any notice of, as they’re driving along a country road, is that advertising Brigadoon, a B&B in the middle of nowhere. The owners freak Axl out, but over his protests Gaia insists that they will stay here for the foreseeable future.

Back in the city, there are various unhappy campers. Dawn is unhappy with (and suspicious of) Natalie’s lack of progress on the business front; Jerome and his Maori God off-siders are unhappy that Gaia has taken off and that Mike is unwilling to go hunt her out; and Dawn is made even more unhappy because Helen seems to be part of the management structure at jpr these days. And when Helen persuades Anders to use his powers to avoid paying a huge restaurant bill, it seems that Dawn’s concerns are entirely apt.

With: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Natalie Medlock as Natalie Mather, Peter Elliott as Tom, Tania Anderson as Beth

Guest Cast: Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Natalie Medlock as Natalie, Sara Wiseman as Helen, Kirk Torrance as George, Tainui Tukiwaho as Leon, Matariki Whatarau as Jerome, Michelle Langstone as Michele, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Michael Hurst as Kvasir, Shane Cortese as Colin, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Eve Gordon as Stacey

Does This Look Like Asgard?

Episode 2.13 (23)
NZ: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Written by James Griffin
Directed by Murray Keane

It is the day of Gaia’s actual 21st and, therefore, the day of her attainment. Will she become Frigg? Or is Papatuanuku her destiny? Axl and Gaia wake up together, in Axl’s bed, to face whatever the day brings – though the first thing it brings is Zeb, who is one step ahead of Axl in that he has actually bought Gaia a birthday present.

If Axl thought he was going to spend a pleasant day with his girl that thought is dashed as a gaggle of Goddesses, led by Ingrid, descends on the flat and removes Gaia to a secret location to prepare her for the ceremony. And as soon as Gaia is out the door, a phalanx of Maori Gods arrive, looking for their future Goddess. When they’re told she has gone they are not pleased, and resolve to stay until she is returned to them.

As Axl bonds with the Maori Gods over video games, Gaia is wooed by Goddesses at a beauty parlour. Olaf, meanwhile, is worried about Mike, who is getting more and more obsessed with killing Loki. And then Ty makes his big move on Dawn, turning up on her doorstep to profess his love. Except that he is stunned to find that she has no idea who he is, before shutting the door in his face.

With: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Gaia, Fern Sutherland as Dawn, Sara Wiseman as Helen

Guest Cast: Michelle Langstone as Michele, Eve Gordon as Stacey, Ben Barrington as Olaf, Hayden Frost as Zeb, Rachel Nash as Ingrid, Michael Hurst as Kvasir, Tainui Tukiwaho as Leon, Matariki Whatarau as Jerome, Kirk Torrance as George, Natalie Medlock as Natalie, Shane Cortese as Colin