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Carol & the End of the World

TV·2023–2023·1 season, 10 episodes·Netflix·Animation, Comedy, Drama·7.3·Created by Dan Guterman

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As a planetary apocalypse looms, a woman struggling to embrace end-times chaos searches for meaning in her last months on Earth.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Carol & the End of the World S01E10The InvestigationS01E10 · 8.5Strange new behaviors have begun to threaten the day-to-day operations of The Distraction — and one agent is determined to find out who's responsible.
  2. 02Carol & the End of the World S01E01PilotS01E01 · 8.4Feeling adrift with seven months to go until doomsday, Carol visits her parents, runs some errands and hits it off with a mild-mannered stranger.
  3. 03Carol & the End of the World S01E03ThroupleS01E03 · 8.3Banana bread builds bridges between Carol and her new colleagues. Michael gets to know the Grand Coda's captain.

Cast

Martha KellyMartha KellyCarol (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2023Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Carol & the End of the World S01E01PilotDecember 15, 2023 8.4Feeling adrift with seven months to go until doomsday, Carol visits her parents, runs some errands and hits it off with a mild-mannered stra
  2. S01E02Carol & the End of the World S01E02The DistractionDecember 15, 2023 8.0After getting oriented at the office, Carol embarks on a quest for printer toner and goes to a party at her friend Janette's house.
  3. S01E03Carol & the End of the World S01E03ThroupleDecember 15, 2023 8.3Banana bread builds bridges between Carol and her new colleagues. Michael gets to know the Grand Coda's captain.
  4. S01E04Carol & the End of the World S01E04SistersDecember 15, 2023 5.0On an overnight hiking trip, Carol starts to see her exuberant, adventurous sister Elena — and herself — a little differently.
  5. S01E05Carol & the End of the World S01E05DavidDecember 15, 2023 7.3Carol decides to learn every one of her coworkers' names and makes a discovery that sends her, Luis and Donna on a perplexing odyssey.
  6. S01E06Carol & the End of the World S01E06HolidaysDecember 15, 2023 7.0While Donna celebrates April Christmas with her kids, a tipsy Carol decides to chaperone a mysterious young trick-or-treater.
  7. S01E07Carol & the End of the World S01E07The Beetle BroachDecember 15, 2023 7.5Luis recruits Carol and Donna to look for a lost piece of jewelry, sending them deep into the recesses of the office's lost and found.
  8. S01E08Carol & the End of the World S01E08The Life & Times of Bashiir HassanDecember 15, 2023 7.5A father-son road trip to Niagara Falls gives Eric and Steven some much-needed bonding time. Meanwhile, the Grand Coda's passengers face cat
  9. S01E09Carol & the End of the World S01E09Saltwater Lullaby: A Surf OdysseyDecember 15, 2023 6.0Carol narrates her spiritual surfing journey around the world, from Mavericks to Michigan, in search of the perfect wave.
  10. S01E10Carol & the End of the World S01E10Season's bestThe InvestigationDecember 15, 2023 8.5Strange new behaviors have begun to threaten the day-to-day operations of The Distraction — and one agent is determined to find out who's re

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