6.9/10399 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/15/2023
Feeling adrift with seven months to go until doomsday, Carol visits her parents, runs some errands and hits it off with a mild-mannered stranger.
Director: Erica Hayes
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.1/10330 votes#2 - The Distraction
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2023
After getting oriented at the office, Carol embarks on a quest for printer toner and goes to a party at her friend Janette's house.
Director: Mollie Helms
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.1/10304 votes#3 - Throuple
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/15/2023
Banana bread builds bridges between Carol and her new colleagues. Michael gets to know the Grand Coda's captain.
Director: Bert Youn
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.3/10346 votes#4 - Sisters
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/15/2023
On an overnight hiking trip, Carol starts to see her exuberant, adventurous sister Elena — and herself — a little differently.
Director: Erica Hayes
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.7/10318 votes#5 - David
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2023
Carol decides to learn every one of her coworkers' names and makes a discovery that sends her, Luis and Donna on a perplexing odyssey.
Director: Mollie Helms
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.2/10273 votes#6 - Holidays
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2023
While Donna celebrates April Christmas with her kids, a tipsy Carol decides to chaperone a mysterious young trick-or-treater.
Director: Erica Hayes
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta
7.2/10294 votes#7 - The Beetle Broach
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/2023
Luis 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.
Director: Bert Youn
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta, Noah Prestwich
7.5/10310 votes#8 - The Life & Times of Bashiir Hassan
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2023
A father-son road trip to Niagara Falls gives Eric and Steven some much-needed bonding time. Meanwhile, the Grand Coda's passengers face catastrophe.
Director: Mollie Helms
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta, Noah Prestwich
6.8/10355 votes#9 - Saltwater Lullaby: A Surf Odyssey
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/2023
Carol narrates her spiritual surfing journey around the world, from Mavericks to Michigan, in search of the perfect wave.
Director: Erica Hayes
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta, Noah Prestwich
8.1/10332 votes#10 - The Investigation
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2023
Strange 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.
Director: Bert Youn
Writer: Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta, Noah Prestwich
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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.
Genres:AnimationComedy
Network:Netflix
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Carol & the End of the World" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 399 votes. Directed by Erica Hayes and written by Dan Guterman, Kevin Arrieta, it aired on 12/15/2023. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Distraction".