The Good Lord Bird (2020)

Comedy · Drama · War

Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (8,661 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

8.00 avg 7 episodes 7.8 → 8.4 48 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Meet the Lord	7.8	662
2	A Wicked Plot	8.0	520
3	Mister Fred	7.8	460
4	Smells Like Bear	7.8	432
5	Hiving the Bees	8.0	419
6	Jesus Is Walkin'	8.2	402
7	Last Words	8.4	398