Miracle Workers (2019–2023) User Reviews (178)

Trust me - God has a sense of humor

[houtxnikki · 8/10 · 15 February 2019]

To all of those upset by this show's humorous take on all things Heavenly - lighten up. Do you really think the Lord doesn't have a sense of humor? In the first place, He created man in His own image (Gen. 1:27) - meaning if we are capable of humor, so is He. If Moses' word isn't definitive enough for you, let me tell you a little story. I used to have a Great Pyrenees, a 150 lb sheepdog, who was allergic to 21 different substances (I had him tested). Twenty of the 21 things were environmental; mostly plant-based. Want to take a guess what that 1 other thing was? What's the absolutely, positively, very last thing on the face of this tired old planet to which a sheepdog could possibly be allergic? Yep. You guessed it... Wool. Never let anyone tell you that God doesn't have a sense of humor.

Given the endless parade of mayhem, excess, zealotry, barbarism, bigotry, intolerance and atrocities invariably perpetrated by men who have historically claimed to be doing so in service to the Lord, and taking into account the feelings of displeasure, disappointment and anger in Him these must surely engender... do you still seriously think He's going to waste that much time getting upset about a silly half-hour sitcom?

Is it irreverent? Yes. Is it time to call up Torquemada out of retirement? No. If it offends you, there's a simple enough solution - change the channel.

Season 1: Good. Season 2: Huh? Season 3: Excellent. Season 4: Good

[cherold · 8/10 · 9 April 2019]

Season 1 Review - 8 stars: Funny and likable, yet dark, with perhaps a gnostic slant.

Season 1 of this anthology series involves some of heaven's drones attempting to save earth from destruction by a god who is not so much wrathful as just bored. Wagering the planet's future on their ability to use divine guidance to bring two shy people together, they find a constant set of obstacles to overcome.

Bringing the couple together often involves killing people, sometimes dozens of people, and I like that darkness in what is generally a silly, rather genial sitcom.

Steve Buscemi is amusing as earth's idiot god, whose story reminds me of a book I read part of which discussed a gnostic sect's belief that Earth was created by a mad god who was not, in fact, the ultimate god. I don't know if the writer had that in mind, though.

The writer, BTW, also did Man Seeking Woman. This isn't as funny and crazy as that series, but it's still lots of fun.

Season 2 Review - 6 stars Disappointing

I hadn't realized until season 2 that this was an anthology series rather than a miniseries, so it was a surprise when season 2 had all the same actors playing different characters in an entirely different and much less interesting premise.

Season 2 is a medieval tale about peasants and royalty that really isn't worth detailing. The cast is still good but it's not as funny as season 1 and 3 episodes in, which is as far as I got, there's no overarching story to keep you going. To be fair, I'm not big on medieval drama in general, so your mileage may vary.

Season 3 Review - 8 stars Possibly the best yet

Season 3 is a parody of westerns, and even though I'm not much more a fan of Westerns than of Medieval tales, and even though it's still not nearly as original as season 1, this is very charming, funny, and likeable, and possibly my favorite season. A great return to form for a series I was ready to drop after season 2.

Season 4 Review - 7 Stars Good though plotless

While seasons 1 and 3 had full stories (and maybe 2 developed one eventually?), the premise of season 4 seems to be "episodic sitcom in a post-apocalyptic hellscape." A Warlord and her main squeeze move into town and live what passes for suburban life while dealing with a scummy boss, a friendly killer robot, and some weird neighbors. Episodes are funny and for the most part stand-alone stories. There's some character development, but not much.

It's an enjoyable (apparently) final season.

This is a good dark show, and silly, we need these

[Lurker246813579 · 8/10 · 2 April 2020]

First off, I created an account just for this review. I have a fb and twitter and i have never touched them, just to lock up my name, I'd rather be in the mountains than be on fb. I like this show, season 1 was something unique, I think we're all looking for unique content these days. It was very Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxyish, the book, not the movie. You cannot successfully put multiple books into a movie, stop it. The character chemistry was great, I like that the show uses rated R language as well, it's not over the top, but realistic. People seem to hate season 2, I liked it. A complete flip from heaven, to shovellin'. There aren't too many shows that address the medieval time period in history, and who would hae thought such a unique job was out there. The Fred Armison episode was great. The father son tension was good. The love interest tension was good. There's always a moral point or two to an episode. I awaited each episode, it's a smart show. Big Bang is not a smart show, it debases intelligence. The only big network shows I watch is Brooklyn 99, and the Orville, when's that come back?. I liked the good place. Don't give me politics, give me a good story arc, smart dialogue, likeable/hateable characters. We need some of these shows in our lives to decompress. It's Always Sunny, why do we love it, because it's stupid, and we forget about things for 22 minutes without commercials. I want more of the jumping around timelines, with this same cast, they are great together, even the king. If American Horror Story can do it, why not a show like this? AMH, needs help though, maybe they need a dark ages season.

I hope the right people see this and make a season 3, I like this show.

I don't want it to end

[brittni-71113 · 9/10 · 17 February 2019]

I was on the fence about watching this but i always enjoy Steve Buscemi's work, My only dislike is i wish the episodes would be a little longer since it will be a short series i'm already dreading the last episode. The cast is great and the underlining dark humor is wonderful. I'm sure if God is really out there he might find this amusing.

The Passable Cousin of 'The Good Place'

[DylanSMPhillips · 7/10 · 27 March 2019]

Miracle Workers is a quirky comedic concept that never finds itself fully formed. The story, themes and comedy never quite hit the absurdist levels they hope to push. Thankfully, the cast is extremely charismatic and fun surrounded by an entertaining premise and some thought-provoking themes. It ends up becoming a run-of-the-mill, ordinary comedy that is saved by the hilarious and layered performances of Buscemi and Radcliffe. From its fun inventive premise to its half-baked idea, Miracle Workers ends up being the passable distant cousin of The Good Place.

You need to keep going...

[johan-magnuseriksson-185-97383 · 8/10 · 11 May 2019]

At ep 3 it starts to be better and at ep 4 it's very good.

It's a slow starter, but it needs to be, we need to get to know the characters better. And since you know the characters you will like the show much more and the comedy will make sense.

Absolutely loved the first season; I'd rate it 10.... But 2nd?!?

[goldengirl911 · 7/10 · 14 July 2021]

I just binged the first season and absolutely loved it. It was hilarious. I was so excited to see what season 2 had to offer until.... I watched the first couple episodes and realized it was a whole different story. The whole themed changed; and though dumb funny and a silly laugh.... It didn't hold up to the awesome concept of the first season. I curious how season 3 will be with the theme Oregon Trail. But I won't finish season 2.

(Not Religious), I love this show already!!

[annaelizabeth-37981 · 10/10 · 14 February 2019]

This was super funny. I can see why some are scoring this low, due to the satire and dark humor that may seem a little sacrilegious. If are realistic and you actually have a sense of humor, regardless of how cynical, you will love this show.

If the others didn't feel like they would go to hell for laughing and could relax and laugh a little,.. I'm sure they would too.

10/10. I'm looking forward to the next episode. No spoilers. Just remove the stick and watch it. Lol😜

Worth watching

[iamdrumil · 7/10 · 11 February 2020]

It's lighthearted, hilarious and it's fun watching. I loved watching this show the episodes are on the smaller side and none of the episodes are boring. I started watching this only only because of Daniel Radcliffe but after the end of the first episode I loved every single character in Heaven Inc. The only complaint I have from the show is that the characters on earth just weren't that interesting for the most part.

SUCH a disconnect between Season 1 and Season 2!

[niceguy-737-812940 · 8/10 · 10 March 2020]

Looking at reviews on here, it looks like this premiered SOMEWHERE maybe a year ago, but around here it premiered only a few months ago, with maybe a week between seasons, so it's rather easy to compare. The title nicely fits the premise of season 1, Heaven is an office with departments, with Buscemi's God being the goofball CEO. Fun. And loved seeing Radcliffe in something else. We mainly follow two angels trying to pull off a miracle (where they're limited to techniques that don't automatically prove there's a heaven). I found it fun and funny, and as someone gleefully without religion, religious topics usually don't interest me, but that wasn't a problem here.

Cut to season 2, subtitled The Dark Ages. The subtitle likewise neatly explains the setup. But EVERYTHING from season 1 is gone! No god, no angels, no heaven, no divine influence... The only thing in common is the majority of the cast, all in completely different roles! Now, while it's cute that their experimental human from season 1 now gets to interact with the others in season 2 (though we're missing the female experimental human, I found her cute and would like to see more of her. Pity), that isn't anything, really. This is essentially a completely new show! Plus it betrays the title, there's no miracles going on, nobody is "working" on miracles. Plus I miss the magical elements, the Heaven way of doing things here and there.

I can't take off TOO many stars for this weird shift in tone and setting, the new season is still enjoyable (though unquestionably less so, with less and more subtle humour). Radcliffe becomes the new goofball. Buscemi and the female lead become downtrodden peasants (a SIGNIFICANT step down for Buscemi, LOL!). Of course, the focus changing to downtrodden peasants in a backward time has an unpleasant undertone of their sad bleak existence. One cute thing is frequent somewhat subtle references to modern life, converted to Dark Ages, like someone asking Alexa to play music and skip tracks becomes telling a minion the same things and having him sing things for entertainment. It's a cute gimmick, but it inspires a smile at best.

Hopefully if this gets to a Season 3 they'll remember the "Miracle Workers" part of the title "Miracle Workers", LOL!

The first season is really fantastic, the others, meh...

[sj7075-292-151006 · 6/10 · 2 January 2022]

Ok, the first season has a really intersting premise.

God (Buscemi) decides to end the world after the dawning reality, its not going too well on Earth.

Down in the "answered prayers" department in heaven, Radcliffe's character sits, and answers little prayers, mostly lost keys, lost gloves, things like that.

An employee who was working in another department makes an arugment to be promoted, to which her boss agrees, and she joins Radcliffe's character answering prayers, until they all learn of God deciding to end the world.

She decides to make a bet with him, to answer one "impossible" class prayer that only god handles (but has given up, just like he's given up with Earth) to make two people who are unlucky in love, kiss within 2 weeks. God sets the bet, and on a timing device that once expired, Earth goes boom.

So the episodes run along really nicely to work for these two unlucky citizens of Earth to fall for each other with subtle/not so subtle hints from heaven trying to steer each other into each other.

It's a really nice comedy, that isn't too technical, too religious, or particularly hard to digest. It'd make for really nice dinner TV. Nothing to laugh too hard at to choke on, and nothing X-rated if the kids over hear. The jokes are clever and subtle though, and require some attention not to miss them, as they're not shouted at you like an American comedy sometimes only insists on. It's not a futuristic sci-fi, nor is it old fashioned, it really just set in todays time with a little bit of comedy fantasy added in. It's fantastic series, 9/10 worthy.

The second season?! Meeeeeeeh, I'm just so bored of it. The premise is completely new, only the actors are the same, and everyone has become new characters. It really has no relation to the first season in anyway, and I don't know why it goes under the same title. The season has a lot less story to it, and it really feels quite plodding and like its going nowhere. Because of its diverse cast (fine for the heavens) it looks really woke in the medievil times, as all these people of colour exist in a land where continental travel didn't really exist just to settle anywhere. The second season really throws a lot of talent and acting skill onto the scene of pantomime, and it just feels stale. The jokes can't be as sharp and edgy, so they're really too soft to remember.

Not bad but not great.

[Aesafern · 5/10 · 30 March 2019]

When I heard Buscemi was playing God it definitely raised my expectations. Maybe my expectation were a bit too high. The humour is a little basic and juvenile. There were no laugh out loud moments, and the ideas were cliche. Watchable but will not be my "go-to" for something funny to watch.

It's just a quirk, weird little show with great writing and humor

[bjjao · 9/10 · 19 August 2021]

I have no idea why i love this show. Love the writing, actors and the different settings for each season.

Its just weird, quirky, and fun.

It's decent.

[LegendaryFang56 · 7/10 · 13 July 2021]

Good show. It had an interesting concept, one I've never seen anything similar to. The comedy was pretty decent but nothing I'd consider really, really funny. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way. I'd still say you should at least give the show a shot. For most of you, you'll probably consider it absolutely horrible or not your cup of tea, which is completely fine. That's what I think.

And upon watching and finishing the second season, my thoughts are that the first season was a nice introduction to the show, but the second season is where it's at. There was more of a budget, though, to be fair, would a show like this need a bigger budget to be better? I don't think that's specifically the case, but the bigger budget did play a part in the greater overall enjoyment in comparison to the first season.

It felt like there was more of a story, which contributed to the level of enjoyment as well. I don't know, it just felt better. I'm not very good at writing something out in regards to a show in some cases, and this is one of them, so that's all that comes to mind, so to speak, and came of letting my fingers do their thing rather than thinking of what to write, word by word.

Funny as hell

[tabletopwarrior-84137 · 10/10 · 17 March 2020]

I don't need it to be anything more than what it is. It's funny without being gross.

A hit and a miss

[Krissz · 6/10 · 5 June 2020]

I don't know what to say about this show. Or, yes, I can say a lot about the show, but I get to feel like Jekyll & Hyde. This is because of the massive difference between Season 1 and 2. They are like night and day,

Season 1: The idea behind the season makes sense. A goofball God and his helpers that get everything done behind the scenes.The world they created and the whole miracle work made sense.

The jokes was great and Steve...well...he was perfect as God.

I like the idea of God who has personal problems, and his relation to his own creatin: Earth. The whole shows is centered around this, and I love how they both portray other gods and worlds, as they also portray the whole idea behind "miracles".

Season 2: The show is horrible! The creators clearly thought that changing the world and settings would be great, and they could be creative....THEY ARE NOT!

Its clear that the creators had a great idea with Season 1, but Season 2 is a horrible cliche and shows their lack of creativity. The basic idea is that the world is dumb and the characters is somehow aware of this. If you had seen "A Million Ways To Die In The West", you get the picture. Yeah haha, the doctor doesn't know anything about medicine haha he is dumb.

They thought they could be as funny as Seth McFarlane, but they are not. The jokes doesn't work, and the actors just goof around. They are great actors, but the manuscript is so poorly written, that they have nothing to do. The whole point is to make fun of "The Dark Ages" and how dumb they were, as seen with someone with knowledge from the 20th century. There is no story arch with God and his wish to destroy earth or anything. No, its a a guy who shovels poop (apparently duing the day and not by night, as it was usually) and his daugther who wants to be a doctor. It feels like the jokes and the story was made by teenagers, for teenagers without any clue about the Dark Ages. I hate this, as people back then was not "dumb", nor were the people who lived in the Stone Age or any other age. its only "stupid" if you see the world from our modern perspective and put our own norms into it. Yeah, then everything seems stupid. it seems stupid that everyone hated Charles Darwin for his new theory, it seems dumb that they invented the tin can before the tin opener (one of the two people know by now as a tin opener). Yeah, everything seems dumb this way.

The problem is that the writers are not good at making meta-jokes. Seth MacFarlane is a master at this, and Family Guy is mostly based on these sort of jokes. Thats why his western worked. He already knew how to make a movie, in which a character (him) is set in a world he finds dumb and deadly - but everyone else is unaware of this. The writers of Miracle Workers are not. The world seems flat, there is no real story to tell.

For me, they missed out on a great idea about God and his miracles set in a time when religion was way more serious than it is now. They had a created a great universe to play with, but failed completely.

I Give it 6 stars. 8 for Season 1, but Season 2 is so horrible i have to retract two stars.

The best episode of the whole three seasons

[cortiano-57223 · 10/10 · 5 September 2021]

I've just watched episode 4 of season 3 and the scene where Daniel Radcliffe sings and dances made me fall off the couch laughing!

I had more hope for this show

[slummydump · 6/10 · 8 July 2021]

It's not a bad show but it's not that great either. The jokes are just kind of okay at best, some good enough for a chuckle. Also, where's the connection to season1 in season 2? You can't just start a different show but still call it Miracle Workers. I don't know what they're going for or if I'm missing something but I have a feeling it's because it's a show on TBS they're not going to give it more to hang its hat on.

Season 1 was worth watching.

[fergusonsamuel-26414 · 5/10 · 31 October 2022]

Season one was worth watching. The rest of the seasons go downhill from there. They have nothing to do with the original story from season one. Why is the show called miracle workers if they are no longer a miracle workers? The concept of the original show was great I don't know why they felt the need to change it. They were called miracle workers because they were angels who performed miracles from heaven. Now season two has nothing to do with season one. They use all the same actors with all of the same names. Nobody is performing miracles. There is no fantasy element left for any of the other seasons. Now it's just a medieval sitcom.

The first season was excellent

[joetulgan · 8/10 · 20 August 2021]

The first season was excellent, unfortunately, the second season did not follow the same formula.

I was looking forward to seeing God and his minions again, but instead we got a poop-shoveler.

I love Buschemi and Radcliffe, so I will continue to watch. But dam...

What happened?

[atandowski · 7/10 · 25 September 2020]

LOVED the first season, but what happened? The second season was just not funny. Let's hope the next season is more like the first!

Some odd choices were made

[sapha · 5/10 · 22 January 2022]

I really enjoyed the first season, they set up a good world, with an entertaining premise... and then they just ditched the whole thing for season 2? The cast is the same, but the story is completely unrelated. And not in an anthology, American Horror Story kind of way, there's no connecting theme or tone here! It's just a completely different show, the title doesn't even make sense anymore??

Ridiculous but I like it

[a_mobbs · 8/10 · 5 February 2020]

Steve Buscemi as God slaps Daniel Radcliffe - a reservoir dog hitting Harry Potter? The whole thing is odd, but funny. Watched it all and didn't feel I was wasting my time. After all, who would invent a dog with a leg for a neck?

season 1 was great, stopped watching afterwards

[themightyamerica · 6/10 · 1 March 2024]

I was drawn into this show from seeing the trailers around the time season 1 had come out. The concept was intriguing, and the idea of Steve Buscemi as God and Daniel Radcliffe as an angel made it all the more interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 8 episodes and was thrilled to see what they were going to do next. So when I got to Season 2 and it had absolutely nothing to do with the previous episodes, I was understandably disappointed. Usually with an anthology series, there is some sort of throughline that connects the individual episodes or seasons, whether it be all set in the same universe, based around similar subjects, or any form of joining theme. This show does not seem to have that, the only similarities between seasons being all the same people working on it. I say all of that to ask this: what is the point of this show? It is evident from the title that they were not planning on this being the way the show was presented, so what happened that made it this way?