God Friended Me

If God wanted to reach a modern prophet in 2018, would he send a burning bush? Not likely. In this age of social media, with everyone seeking an emotional connection, what if God reached out on Facebook? Questions of faith, existence and science are explored in this comedic, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he is “friended” by God. Unwittingly, he becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him. The son of an Episcopalian minister, Miles Finer (Brandon Micheal Hall) is intelligent, hopeful and optimistic. But he doesn’t believe in God, which puts him at odds with his father, Reverend Arthur (Joe Morton), a pillar in the Harlem community for his faith and his followers. Searching for his purpose in life, Miles feels he might have found it in his podcast, which is just starting to take off. But all that changes when he’s mysteriously “friended” by “God.” Following repeated, insistent friend suggestions, Miles soon encounters Cara Bloom (Violett Beane), an online journalist undergoing something of a life crisis (if not a crisis of faith). Brought together by the “God Account,” the two soon find themselves on a journey with no real roadmap, investigating God’s friend suggestions and inadvertently helping others in need. Also pulled into these unexpected encounters are Miles’s sister, Ali, a bartender/doctoral psych student, as well as Miles’s best friend, Rakesh, who works alongside him. An aspirational series about faith, family and humanity, God Friended Me is a lighthearted story about hope, connection and a celebration of all our differences.