God's Favorite Idiot

6.3
2022

Clark Thompson, a midlevel tech-support employee, finds love with co-worker Amily Luck at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there's rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.

Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. B-Minus

4.9

Clark's simple life of cats and music takes a mystical turn after he's hit by lightning. Even his hard-partying crush Amily notices his eerie glow.

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2. The Angel

5.0

Now glowing up on social media, a shaken Clark learns that shining brightly can be really stressful. A winged visitor swings by to say, "Be yourself."

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3. The Preacher

4.1

End times, good times. Clark acquires his first follower, Tom, and enemy, the Rev. Throp. Pop sees the light. Chamuel spills the news about Satan.

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4. God, Satan and All the Good Smells

4.2

Hell's belles: Satan kills Clark and Amily's vibe. The Rev. Throp stirs the pot, Wendy and Mohsin reconnect, and God calls a meeting in the men's room.

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5. The Word (It's Love)

4.4

Clark pops the L word, Amily matches with a trucker on Tinder, Satan pulls out all the stops to tantalize, and the push to spread God's word heats up.

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6. Tom the Baptist

4.2

The Council of Clark convenes at the hospital. Moving in together — and home cooking — seems scarier than Satan. Now all we need is a miracle.

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7. The Four Horsemen

4.4

The gang does some soul searching, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse turn up in the produce aisle. Clark's mom materializes. Is all hope lost?

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8. Quitters Never Win, But Winners Sometimes Quit

4.4

God speaks, Satan FaceTimes: Clark and Amily run for their lives amid fireballs, chaos, dreaded riders and tighty-whities. Love must save the day.

Cast

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Ben Falcone

Clark Thompson

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Kevin Dunn

Gene Thompson

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Usman Ally

Mohsin Raza

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Reviews

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Peter McGinn

6/10

I decided to watch this despite seeing a bunch of negative reviews because I like Melissa McCarthy. She is so good at comedy she can sometimes make me want to watch something that is not very good.

This show is not great. The first two episodes left me hoped as there were laugh out loud moments and just enough good writing to keep me interested. The next two episodes undid all that good work, and I am not even quite sure exactly why. It lost its edge a bit, trying to expand the plot too much, I believe. I won’t go into details now, as at east one of them as a sort of plot twist and it won’t help you enjoy the show if I give stuff away.

It went downhill enough that I have decided to pause watching the show for the moment. Perhaps I will go back to it, perhaps not.

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