What does corporate heaven, the Dark Ages, the Oregon Trail, and a post-apocalyptic world have in common? Nothing, except that they are all settings for each season of Miracle Workers. The eccentric comedy anthology series plays out somewhat like a set of extended Saturday Night Live skits, with one of its youngest writers Simon Rich running the show, but the absurd humor works as Rich juxtaposes today’s modern behavior in these novel settings each season. It’s quirky and light on its feet, focusing on silly situations, but through these short episodes, Miracle Workers do create miracles in the way Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, and Geraldine Viswanathan’s characters resolve to make a meaningful change, despite terrible circumstances. It’s not as in-depth and profound as The Good Place, but it’s funny and surprisingly witty, dealing with ideas about what’s good and how to get the will to do it.
"For all its tickling blips of farce and droll bits of drive-by theology, Miracle Workers is fundamentally corny, which may be a proof of its sincerity. It's a meaningfully honest response to a senseless universe."
— Troy Patterson
"Ultimately, the small miracle of "Miracle Workers" is that it launches past any obvious gimmicks to favor incisive punchlines that find humor and warmth in the most unusual - and undeniably fascinating - places."
— Caroline Framke
An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.
Across four different stories, worlds, and time periods, two people, portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe and Geraldine Viswanathan, meet and resolve to make a change somehow.
The cast. Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, and Geraldine Viswanathan are a surprising combination, but they all work well together, and mesh well with the bizarre material.
Whoever decided to cast Radcliffe and Buscemi together… Thank you.
