‘God Friended Me’ Season 1 Episode 9 Photos: “King’s Gambit” Plot and Cast

CBS’s first season of the hit drama series God Friended Me continues with a new episode airing on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Season one episode nine is titled “King’s Gambit” and was directed by Tricia Brock from a script by Richard Lowe.

Season one’s cast includes Brandon Micheal Hall as Miles Finer, The Flash‘s Violett Beane as Cara Bloom, Suraj Sharma as Rakesh, Javicia Leslie as Ali Finer, and Joe Morton as Reverend Arthur Finer. Victoria Janicki plays Nia, Kyle Harris is Eli, Erica Gimpel is Trish, and Abby Awe plays Lucy.

The first season’s recurring cast members include Victoria Janicki as Nia, Brent Sexton as Ray, and Francesca Ling as Parker. Guest starring are Jeremie Harris as Graham Harper, Daniel London as Aleksander Leff, Jordana Rose as Annabelle, Chuck Cooper as Larry, Christine Cartell as Aleksander’s wife, and Colton Osorio as Matty.

The “King’s Gambit” Plot – The team reunites with private detective Ray Nicolette (Brent Sexton) when Miles is sent a friend suggestion for a chess star who vanished after losing a huge match to his rival 10 years ago.

The God Friended Me Season One Plot Description:

God Friended Me is about an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from “God” and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him. Miles Finer is intelligent, hopeful and optimistic, but he doesn’t believe in God. This puts him at odds with his father, Reverend Arthur Finer, a beloved preacher at Harlem’s Trinity Church for 25 years who is stung by his son’s strong rejection of his faith. Miles feels he’s found his purpose in life hosting a podcast where he’s free to speak his mind, but that changes when he receives the ultimate friend request.

After repeated pokes by “God,” Miles’ curiosity takes over, and he accepts the request and follows the signs to Cara Bloom, an online journalist suffering from writer’s block. Brought together by the “God” account, the two find themselves investigating “God’s” friend suggestions and inadvertently helping others in need. Joining them on their journey are Miles’s supportive sister, Ali, a doctoral psych student by day and bartender by night, and his best friend, Rakesh, a sometime hacker who helps Miles and Cara research the enigmatic account. Miles is set on getting to the bottom of what he believes is an elaborate hoax, but in the meantime he’ll play along and, in the process, change his life forever.

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