God's Favorite Idiot

Name: God's Favorite Idiot
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: June 15, 2022
Rating: 45

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Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: June 15, 2022

Summary: Mid-level tech support employee Clark Thompson (Ben Falcone) suddenly begins to glow and learns needs to get his co-workers to help him save mankind from Satan (Leslie Bibb) in this comedy created by Falcone nd Melissa McCarthy.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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S1:E8. Quitters Never Win, But Winners Sometimes Quit
Air Date: June 15, 2022
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S1:E7. Episode 07
Air Date: June 15, 2022
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S1:E6. Episode 06
Air Date: June 15, 2022

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Jun 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: It’s broad-brush stuff for the most part – especially when it comes to Gene and the co-workers, who are allocated about one and a half characteristics each and not given much to do with them. But Falcone and McCarthy are great to watch, and the central relationship between their alter egos gives the whole thing enough charm, warmth and heart to get by. Read full review

William Hughes

Jun 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: The irony is that it’s actually a pretty solid B in terms of most of its individual aspects, and it’s only when it tries to jam all of them together into a cohesive whole that the seams start to show. ... As is, the show ends less on a dramatic question mark about the grand nature of the War In Heaven and more on what the whole series, ultimately feels like: a slightly sweet, not especially eventful shrug. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jun 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: We’re still not sure of God’s Favorite Idiot will right itself or just become a train wreck. The second episode definitely gave us signs that it will try to make McCarthy’s character more than an ad-lib machine. Read full review

Al Shipley

Jun 16, 2022

Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, this introductory batch ends with such a shrug that it’s hard to imagine that anyone will be eagerly waiting to see whether Clark saves the world. Read full review

The Playlist Marya E. Gates

Jun 16, 2022

Season 1 Review: There is a sweetness here and naiveté. Falcone’s heart is clearly in the right place, but all his goodwill is undone by a narrative that is both too simple and overly convoluted, underdeveloped characters, and chintzy production design. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jun 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: For every witty move there is a terrible attempt at getting laughs, such as a running joke about Clark’s bowel movements. I suspect this will be no one’s favourite show. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jun 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: So many moments in “God’s Favorite Idiot” feel brutally underconsidered. ... “God’s Favorite Idiot” is just sad. What a waste of precious time in the career of a talented performer. Read full review

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I8yourreviews

Aug 30, 2022

It’s so heavy handed that it actually works. Silly, stupid and sweet but with an actual message that may need to be heavy handed right now. That message short hand essentially being we should strive to not harm. I’m personally a fan of the shows religious/spiritual notion of many pathsIt’s so heavy handed that it actually works. Silly, stupid and sweet but with an actual message that may need to be heavy handed right now. That message short hand essentially being we should strive to not harm. I’m personally a fan of the shows religious/spiritual notion of many paths leading to the same destination—and I’m saying that as an agnostic who tries his best to do no harm and wants to leave this mortal coil better than he found it regardless of what’s next (even if it’s nothing). Peace be upon you metacritic.… Expand

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Cynthiajoy

Jul 1, 2022

Episode One was very funny. The characters in the office are delightful. I'm interested enough to keep going. Peculiar premise!

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tyler_

Jun 29, 2022

It's definitely not a good series, but it's not horrible either. I like some things and playing sign of the times makes me happy. the script is not good, but it has a lightness.

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OlivierPiel

Jun 15, 2022

It's an algo turd + money grab by Melissa McCarthy. Period. The inanity of the dialogues are what young people call cringe.

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Seasons & Episodes

45

Series Overview
Season 1

45
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E8. Quitters Never Win, But Winners Sometimes Quit
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E7. Episode 07
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E6. Episode 06
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E5. Episode 05
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E4. Episode 04
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  S1:E3. Episode 03
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  S1:E2. Episode 02
  Air Date: June 15, 2022
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  S1:E1. Episode 01
  Air Date: June 15, 2022