The only thing weirder than the story in Miracle Workers’ first season is the fact that the show overall is an anthology, and Season 2 has nothing to do with Season 1. That’s kind of a shame, because Season 1 sets up some interesting mechanics that would have been fun to further explore. Like The Good Place, though, it’s probably better to end when it’s meant to rather than unnecessarily drag a story out. And yes, I’m deliberately name-dropping The Good Place, because Miracle Workers shares a lot in common with it. They both paint a somewhat cynical view of heaven and have a similar sense of humor. The difference is that Miracle Workers’ version of heaven is run by sheer incompetence. I mean, God is played by Steve Buscemi; do I really need to say more?
It actually kind of bugged me how heaven used the same (albeit outdated) tech that we have on Earth, and the angels still had to sleep and eat like normal people. They didn’t play with the concept of celestial beings in the same way that The Good Place did. But then there’s an episode near the end where God’s family ridicules him for making Earth and lazily populating it with creatures that are just like him, and that one conversation cleverly explained/excused the show’s whole gimmick. The thing about Miracle Workers is that it has some really funny ideas. It’s the execution that comes across as a little cheesy. The Good Place could be cheesy, too, but made up for it with heart. Miracle Workers isn’t as sentimental but is just as funny… if you can look past some of the sillier effects and dialogue.
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