Miracle Workers
2019
Original language: English
- comedy
- drama
The story
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.
What it’s like
Bright, flat, sitcom-clear light fills these half-hour episodes: heaven rendered as a sun-washed bureaucratic office, pastel-tinted sets, plain medium shots that let the jokes land without fuss. The sound is light and bouncy, with quick comic cuts and small musical stings that punctuate each absurd turn. Vibe-wise it reads as playful, goofy and warm, a Saturday-morning-cartoon sensibility with grown-up irreverence, good for an easy evening, a laugh while folding laundry, or a lazy afternoon when you want something amiable. Pacing is brisk and episodic, each installment a self-contained vignette that turns a big human question (love, faith, what lies beyond) into a gag-driven comedy with a warm undercurrent. The emotional register stays hopeful and affectionate, following misfit characters who are bumbling and sincere rather than cynical. Intensity is mild: some crude jokes and irreverent language, a few brief cartoonish mishaps, no gore and nothing frightening. It suits viewers who want gentle, silly comedy with heart, and anyone who enjoys offbeat, irreverent takes on religion and the afterlife without bitterness.
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