Thank Goodness it's Thursday!

"Thank Goodness it's Thursday!" (Sx101) thumbnail featuring Ashley Johnson, Will Friedle, Jodie Sweetin, Matthew Mercer, Staci Keanan, Rider Strong, and Christine Lakin

Episode

Specials, Episode 101
(AU1x08a)

Airdate

2025-09-18 19:00 PST

Running time

4:45:31

Episode link

VOD

Game system

Daggerheart

Starring
Will Friedle – Joey "Squack" Powers Ashley Johnson – Karen Marie Thomas Staci Keanan – Paloma Pallinski Christine Lakin – Sam "Samantha" Stone Rider Strong – Lucas Belutchi Jodie Sweetin – Kasey aka K.C. and Matthew Mercer as the Game Master

Order
Previous	Next
"Oaths & Ash – Indianapolis Live Show 2025" (Sx100)	Planning the Perfect Wedding with Jester and Fjord

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"Oaths & Ash – Indianapolis Live Show 2025" (Sx100)	"The Fall of Thjazi Fang" (4x01)

"Thank Goodness it's Thursday!" (Sx101) is a special '90s‑themed Daggerheart one‑shot, streamed live while auctioning off Critical Role merch, memorabilia, and signed art, benefiting NCWIT, the National Center for Women & Information Technology, Critical Role Foundation's new charity partner. Join Game Master Matthew Mercer and CRF President Ashley Johnson as they invite 90s stars Stacy Keanan (My Two Dads) (Boy Meets World), Will Friedle (Boy Meets World), Christine Lakin (Step by Step), Rider Strong (Boy Meets World) and Jodie Sweetin (Full House) to the table for our Daggerheart Charity One-Shot: TGiT (Thank Goodness It's Thursday)!

Synopsis[]

Pre-show[]

Introduction[]

Part I[]

Break[]

Part II[]

Featured characters[]

Player characters[]

Joey "Squack" Powers
Karen Marie Thomas
Kasey aka K.C.
Lucas Belutchi
Paloma Pallinski
Sam "Samantha" Stone

Non-player characters[]

Quotations[]

Trivia[]

This special raised over $80,000 for the National Center for Women & Information Technology.^[1]

References[]

↑ See "On the Scent" (4x07) at 0:13:02.

Art:

Specials

Set in Exandria

Canon	"The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) • "CelebriD&D with Joe Manganiello" (semi-canon) • "Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36) • "The Search For Grog" (Sx42) • "The Search For Bob" (Sx45) • "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47) • "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49) • "Exandria: An Intimate History" (Sx61) • "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 1" (Sx73) • "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 2" (Sx74) • "Exandria: An Intimate Appendix - Ruidus and the Gods" (Sx75) • "The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice" (Sx79) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – The Misty Ascent" (Sx97) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – Beyond the Shroud" (Sx98) • "Oaths & Ash – Indianapolis Live Show 2025" (Sx100) • "Jester and Fjord's Wedding - Live from Radio City Music Hall" (Sx103)

Battle royales	"Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10) • "Critical Role – Level 17 Battle Royale!" (Sx19) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale" (Sx30) • "Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein" (Sx57) • "Guest Battle Royale" (Sx64)

Other	"Critical Trolls for Extra Life" (Sx02) • "D&Diesel" (Sx03) (semi-canon) • "Critical Role Extra – The Return of Liam!" (Sx15) • "CelebriD&D with Game of Thrones' John Bradley" (semi-canon) • "Critical Role: Bar Room Blitz" (Sx21) • "Critical Role: Grog's One-Shot" (Sx26) • "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27) • "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35) • "Honey Heist 3: Tova’s Honeys" (Sx39) • "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43) • "Dignity: An Adventure with Stephen Colbert" (Sx67) • "A Familiar Problem: Sprinkle's Incredible Journey" (Sx68) • "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) • "Freaky Thursday: A Bells Hells Charity One Shot" (Sx91) • "Total Party Kill: Chicago Live 2025" (Sx95)

Q&As

"How to Score a Massive Hit" (Sx01) • "Wizard World Gaming Portland Panel" (Sx07) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10) • "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12) • "Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016" (Sx13) • "Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC!" (Sx14) • "Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer" (Sx17) • "Talks Machina Live With Brian W. Foster And Critical Role! (SDCC 2017)" (Sx20) • "Talks Machina: Campaign Wrap-up" (Sx31) • "Talks Machina Fireside Special: Q&A with the Critical Role Cast" (Sx33) • "Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer" (Sx34) • "Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel" (Sx40) • "End of 2019 Fireside Chat" (Sx50) • "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) • "Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up" (Sx56) • "Exandria Unlimited Wrap-Up" (Sx59) • "Kith & Kin Fireside Chat Q&A" (Sx63) • "Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable" (Sx69) • "Exandria Unlimited: Calamity Wrap Up" (Sx70) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2022 - Critical Role Q&A Panel" (Sx71) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2023 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx77) • "Critical Role: Sick Day" (Sx82) • "Candela Obscura: Game Master Roundtable" (Sx86) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx87) • "Anime NYC 2024 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx88) • "Wrap Up: Campaign 3 and the Era of Reclamation" (Sx94) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2025 - Critical Role: 10 Years and Still Rolling" (Sx99)

Live Tours

10th Anniversary Live Tour	"Critical Role Presents: A Daggerheart Critmas Story Live Show" (Sx89) • "Total Party Kill: Chicago Live 2025" (Sx95) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – The Misty Ascent" (Sx97) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – Beyond the Shroud" (Sx98) • "Oaths & Ash – Indianapolis Live Show 2025" (Sx100)

Echoes of Exandria Live Tour	TBA

Sponsored

"Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 1" (Sx22) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 2" (Sx23) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!)" (Sx29) • "Feast of Legends" (Sx48) • "Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52) • "Diablo One Shot" (Sx54) • "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part I: Death & Taxes" (Sx55) • "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part II: A Faulty Foundation" (Sx58) • "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part III: The Golden Goose" (Sx62) • "Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith" (Sx65) • "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands One-Shot" (Sx66) • "Generation Nord" (Sx72) • "The Legend of Zelda One-Shot: Lookout, Here We Come!" (Sx76) • "Mortal Kombat 1 One-Shot: Sindel vs. The Realms" (Sx78) • "Persona 5 Tactica One-Shot" (Sx80) • "Assassin's Creed Shadows One-Shot" (Sx90) • "Avowed One-Shot" (Sx92) • "Suikoden One-Shot" (Sx93) • "The Elder Scrolls Online One-Shot" (Sx96) • "Dispatch One-Shot" (Sx102)

Other

"November 2015 Critmas" (Sx04) • "December 2015 Critmas" (Sx05) • "To the Poop! Goblins: A Critical Role Pathfinder One-Shot" (Sx09) • "Deadlands One-Shot for MDA Charity!" (Sx11) • "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12) • "Liam's Quest: Full Circle" (Sx16) • "Talks Machina – Pants Optional Critmas" (Sx18) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night" (Sx24) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night – Part 2" (Sx25) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Once Upon a Fairytale Cruise" (Sx28) • "Critmas!" (Sx32) • "Crash Pandas: Too Trashed, Too Curious" (Sx37) • "Critical Role and the Club of Misfits" (Sx38) • "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) • "Tails of Equestria One-Shot" (Sx44) • "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) • "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51) • "The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey" (Sx60) • "Critical Role plays Daggerheart" (Sx83) • "The Menagerie Returns!" (Sx84) • "Ménagerie a Trois" (Sx85) • "Critical Role Presents: A Daggerheart Critmas Story Live Show" (Sx89) • "Thank Goodness it's Thursday!" (Sx101)