Well everyone, tonight, I have another surprise for all of you! Remember how I reviewed a TV show just a couple months ago? Guess what! We are doing that once again! This time, we go into a more adult show that aired on CBS from the fall of 2018 through late April of this year. Surprisingly, the reason this particular show has such a short run was likely because of the second season not receiving as much viewers as the first. What a pity! Well, without further ado, let’s talk about God Friended Me!
Seasons 1 & 2 Plot: A devout atheist named Miles Finer (Brandon Micheal Hall) runs a podcast by the name of The Millennial Prophet. Sometime, along the way, Miles receives a friend request on Facebook from someone claiming to be God. Miles accepts, followed by asking to help plenty of people along the way. With the help of some new friends such as a hacker named Rakesh Singh (Suraj Sharma), and a journalist named Cara Bloom (Violett Beane), can they help prevent dangers from occurring to certain people, as well as eventually discover who the mysterious person is that’s behind the God Account?
Hmmmm! I must say that this was a very interesting show. I say that in a mostly good way too. Now, I say mostly because of there being one, or two areas where the writing on this show could have probably been a little better. But let’s talk about the good things first. To begin, the show does a superb job of showing how difficulties, and hardships in life could turn Christians (or at least people who call themselves Christians) away from their faith in God. In addition to this, God Friended Me is great at showing that even if you are a Christian, you’re not perfect. Of course we only know if one human who was perfect, and that was Jesus (which still remains the case today). Anyway, when it comes to Miles helping people, even if Miles might not realize the existence of God right away, one can tell that he might possibly head in that direction sooner or later. Not to mention that it’s cool that some of the people that Miles helps along the way may likely recognize God’s existence, even if they may not always say so. Oh, and how about the fact that Miles and Ali’s (Ali is Miles’ sister) Dad is a Pastor of Harlem Episcopal and eventually Bishop of New York? What’s more is that the show is fantastic at portraying how complicated relationships may get in life, whether they be family relationships, romantic ones, and other types. Hardly anything is sugarcoated in this area, due to this show portraying the realism of friendships, and/or serious relationships. Oh, and the show can really tug at your heartstrings sometimes. When it’s funny, more often than not, it knows when to be. Same goes for when this show has it’s serious and/or sad moments. One other thing to mention is that it’s amazing how there were own or two Bible verses brought up in this show as well.
But are there any downsides to God Friended Me? Well, I have to tell you that there is for sure one thing that keeps this show from getting a perfect A+ grade. It’s the ending for the show. Or at least certain aspects of the ending! I mean for one, there were some things that could have been fully resolved. Yes, a good majority of events from this show were fulfilled and/or resolved. However, you do want to find yourself wanting a little more. Also, there were one or two cliffhangers on this show that we never see come to complete fruition. Honestly, there should have been at least one or two additional episodes before God Friended Me decided to come to a complete close. Now that the show’s over, we may never see what happens s after Season 2 if this show. Will there be a Season 3 that ends up being Netflix exclusive like with Designated Survivor? It’s doubtful. Because of that, you may wish that there ended up being a little more before the show ended for good.
And that’s my review for God Friended Me. Despite the show not having quite everything resolved before the end, at least we get to see most of what happens. The show acts very realistic, knows what it’s tone is at different points, and has a very excellent premise. If you haven’t seen this show yet, definitely check it out either on Amazon, or some other place where you can watch all of Season One and Two of that show. It may yet make one think about the world in a very interesting way.
Final Grade: A
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