"The Good Book" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American dark comedy television series Vice Principals.
The series follows the co-vice principals of North Jackson High School, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, both of which are disliked for their personalities.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.620 million household viewers and gained a 0.3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Brown (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) assigns Gamby (Danny McBride) to fix multiple leaks in the school's ceilings.
Gamby joins Snodgrass in lunch, where he defends her from insults from Hayden (Mike O'Gorman) and Abbott (Edi Patterson) for a book she was writing.
He finds Brown, who is also struggling with his ex's re-appearance, revealing that he was caught having sex with a woman, an event that was witnessed by their children.
"[4] Andrew Lapin of Vulture gave the episode a 2 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "The problem with isolating all the major characters in the school together, each with their cute little story lines, is that it reveals just how fundamentally uninteresting most of them are.
A series that began with a thousand think pieces accusing it of pushing bad-taste comedy too far has somehow, by its seventh episode, become a milquetoast affair.
"[5] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "This week, Vice Principals played several moments straight, and tonight the show seemed to transcend the label of a comedy series, instead presenting itself like some sort of adult version of a Coming-of-Age John Hughes movie.
The humiliations of last week still sting in the opening scenes of "The Good Book," with Gamby returning a few of his daughter's homemade gifts because surely her stepfather will appreciate them more.