If you thought the pilot was a trip, "An American Werewolf in America" takes the supernatural bureaucracy of New York City to a whole new level. This week, our favorite social worker Mark Lilly learns the hard way that "saving" everyone isn’t as simple as it looks on a clipboard.
The heart of the episode follows Mark as he tries to counsel a newly bitten werewolf and its original victim. In a city where demons and zombies are just neighbors, Mark tries to instill a "lesson in trust" between the predator and the prey. However, as anyone who has seen a full moon in this show knows, trust is a hard sell when one party is literally growing fangs and claws. Episode 2 – An American Wolf in America
While Mark is busy dealing with shedding and street violence, Leonard is having a bit of a mid-life (or mid-century) crisis. Jealous of his famous magician brother, , Leonard decides it’s finally time to pursue his own dream of becoming a world-renowned magician. Watching Leonard attempt to conjure anything other than a headache is, as always, a highlight of the series' surreal humor. Why We’re Still Watching If you thought the pilot was a trip,
You can catch the full episode and the rest of Season 1 on Paramount+ . In a city where demons and zombies are
The episode perfectly skewers the idea of "undocumented" residents—though in this case, the undocumented status refers to the werewolf population.