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But it is inevitable.
Both shows imagine a version of heaven that is dysfunctional.
Both reveal that the leaders in charge of the great beyond have no real idea what theyre doing.
ButMiracle Workershas a problem thats all the more glaring when considered in the context ofThe Good Place.
That problem is a lack of thorough world-building.
If she does it within two weeks, God agrees he will not destroy Earth after all.
That sets up the core conflict ofMiracle Workers, based on Richs 2012 novelWhat in Gods Name.
Yet every detail in this TV adaptation of that book tends to raise additional questions.
Its a little fuzzy.
Is it the same TV we watch on Earth?
Thats not an easy thing to do.
The cast ofMiracle Workersis certainly strong.
Buscemi infuses his omniscient being with an underlying sweetness that makes his ineptitude partly forgivable.
(God constantly says I love you to Sanjay, clearly hungry for the sentiment to be returned.)
Presenting a scenario in which God decides he must destroy the famously agnostic Bill Maher is clever.
Having God insist that Mahers death must be delivered by blowing up his penis is less so.
Miracle Workersgoes in so many tonal directions that its hard to narrow it down to a single genre.
By trying to be so many things in just seven episodes, the show doesnt land.
By the end,Miracle Workersalmost gets there.
Its last two episodes are definitely its best.
