Shout by Andrew Bloom

Moral Orel: Season 1

1x07 God-Fearing

One of the funniest episodes of the show so far. Orel's kid logic after the cop tells him that he's not afraid when he has God and Jesus with him, and Orel's subsequent commitment to break each of the ten commandments (and the ensuing montage) to be truly scared on Halloween (and repent the day after) are comic gold. But the icing on the cake is Reverend Putty's speech, where he paints God as the "scariest monster of all," in a delightfully satirical take on the way that folks can twist religion out of shape. One of the cleverest and most laugh-worthy uses of the show's "Orel misunderstands a lesson and takes it to an absurd conclusion" framework so far.

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This shows is freaking amazing, glad you are making reviews for it. And i'm sure you heard that it hits its peak during its last 2 seasons especially the last one,and what you heard is right.Your gonna see the most amazing depressing shit ever on tv. It was so good at being depressing that it was cancelled because of it.

Thanks, @TheBingeAddict! I've definitely heard some superb things about the show, and the fact that it's created by one of the writer and performers from Community and features songs from The Mountain Goats (one of my all-time favorite bands) was enough motivation to get me to start watching it! I'll probably be making my way through it pretty slowly and steadily, but I'm excited to get into what fans consider the peak of the show.

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