Four men on horses, i.e., 'the Four Horsemen', walk on a scenic beach with the sun rising at the start of episode 7 of God's Favorite Idiot. They're coming for Clark and bring with them a signal that the war is getting serious up there.
Meanwhile, the group is at work and no points for guessing, they're not working - again. They do everything there except work. Tom and Amily's small play, based on some fictional folklore, plays in the background. Clark gets a phone call from his father, still in the hospital. Although he is recovering =, Gene requests Clark for something: the clincher chicken made from his mother's recipe. The filial son is foremost in saying that he will make it. Tom is still buoyant from the last episode where is tear brought Gene back from the coma. His happiness, though, cannot explain the reason behind why he was able to do it. To get an explanation, he goes to the bathroom, again, and spots Mohsin sitting in one of the stalls. After seating himself in the stall next to his, Tom begins his questioning. Despite the "compromising" position and being flustered, Mohsin comes up with a beautiful answer. He says that because Tom was pure and honest at that moment, and that he had a purpose, he was able to do it. It wouldn't have truly wanted Gene to come back from the coma, it wouldn't have happened. Satisfied with the answer, he vanishes, but not before peeking into another occupied stall like a creep. Episode seven of 'God's Favorite Idiot' is a marginal improvement over the previous episode. In some respects only. Overall, the energy is much more positive and streamlined. The story too moves forward as the battle between Lucifer and God comes to its Twilight. But there is tension in the air as Satan is not letting up on killing the group of co-workers. Her resolve is so strong that she is prepared to be among mortals to fulfill her goal. I keep trying to pick up the good instances from the pack but can't find anything to write about. Being a sitcom, this episode also features a more decent level of humor compared to the series gone by. That was until the focus was again on the Wendy-Tom dynamic. At that juncture, it fell again to the low standard Falcone has set to make us laugh. One thing that I do not understand is why make all the characters so cartoonish? To extract humor? Well, if that is the intention, this has been a grand failure. Even when one looks at it from an absurdist comedy lens, the scenes are just too bad to have any sort of connection. Now with just the finale left, thankfully, this journey is coming to an end.