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Rating: 8/10 | Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Seasons: 3 | Episodes: 13 | Status: Ended
Starring: Michael Sheen, David Tennant
Good Omens is one of those shows that lives up to the hype, which honestly surprised me. I went in expecting it to be good but maybe overpraised by the internet, and instead I found myself completely hooked. It’s funny, weird, and genuinely heartfelt in a way that shouldn’t work but absolutely does. If you like fantasy that doesn’t take itself too seriously, you need to watch this.
Season 1
The first season is basically perfect. It sets up this wild premise: an angel and a demon have been stationed on Earth for thousands of years, and they’ve become friends. Now the apocalypse is actually happening, but they don’t want it to because they like Earth and their life together. So they team up to find the Antichrist before he can bring about the end times.
The show jumps around in time a lot, showing how Aziraphale and Crowley met throughout history. Some of these flashbacks are hilarious. Watching them constantly run into each other across centuries and slowly warm up to each other is charming as hell. The present-day plot in the first season is tight and moves fast without feeling rushed. By the end of the six episodes, everything wraps up in a satisfying way that also leaves room for more.
Michael Sheen and David Tennant are the heart of this whole thing. Sheen plays Aziraphale as this fussy, sweet angel who actually cares about humanity. Tennant’s Crowley is cooler, more detached, but clearly deeply invested in Aziraphale. Their dynamic is what makes you keep watching. The chemistry between them feels real, and you genuinely want them to succeed.
Season 2
Season 2 takes a while to get going. Instead of jumping straight into a big plot, it spends time dealing with fallout from the first season. A mysterious angel shows up with no memory, and Aziraphale and Crowley have to figure out what’s happening while Heaven and Hell are breathing down their necks.
The problem is that this season feels slower. There are minisodes mixed in that are cute but also kind of feel like filler when you’re trying to binge the main story. The central mystery of who this angel is and what’s going on takes forever to unfold. I found myself getting impatient in the middle episodes.
That said, the character stuff is still great. We get more time with Aziraphale and Crowley just existing together, which is nice. Some of the side characters get development too. But honestly, season 2 doesn’t hit quite as hard as the first one. It’s still good, but it feels like the show is spinning its wheels a little bit before getting to the actual conflict.
Season 3
And then season 3 shows up. One episode. That’s it. I’m not going to spoil what happens, but I will say it’s a choice. The final episode tries to wrap everything up while also being dramatic and emotional, but one episode for a whole season feels cheap. You spend time with these characters, and then suddenly everything moves really fast and the show ends before you’re ready.
Without spoiling anything, the ending makes sense for the characters, but the execution feels rushed. It feels like the show either needed two or three more episodes to breathe, or they should have known where the story was going and paced things differently in season 2. As it stands, season 3 is more of a brief epilogue than an actual season.
Look, I still loved this show overall. If you’re on the fence about starting it, go ahead and watch it. The first season alone is worth your time. Sheen and Tennant are so good together that even when the plot is spinning its wheels, you’re still entertained. Just go in knowing that the ending might not hit as hard as you want it to, and that’s okay.
Have you watched Good Omens yet, or are you thinking about starting it? What did you think of how it wrapped up?
Episode Guide
Season 1 (6 Episodes)
Episode 1: In the Beginning (7.8/10)
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse.
Episode 2: The Book (7.6/10)
Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?
Episode 3: Hard Times (7.9/10)
We follow Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship across the ages. Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter's descendant Anathema arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.
Episode 4: Saturday Morning Funtime (7.9/10)
Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship is tested to the limit as their superiors catch up with them. Armageddon starts in earnest, with the Antichrist's powers wreaking havoc across the globe.
Episode 5: The Doomsday Option (8/10)
Aziraphale and Crowley race towards Tadfield airbase as they attempt to prevent Adam and the Four Horsemen from beginning the apocalypse. But one has been discorporated and the other is trapped in a flaming motorway. Will they get there in time?
Episode 6: The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives (8.2/10)
Can Adam, Crowley and Aziraphale work together to fight the powers of Heaven and Hell and prevent the apocalypse? And what fate awaits them if they do? The story reaches its conclusion, and it might just be the end of the world.
Season 2 (6 Episodes)
Episode 1: Chapter 1: The Arrival (8.8/10)
Retired angel Aziraphale and retired demon Crowley's lives are upended when a visitor arrives on the doorstep of Aziraphale's bookshop, bringing chaos. Local shopkeepers Maggie and Nina get locked in to Nina's coffee shop when Crowley loses his temper. Heaven and Hell are suspicious, and Crowley and Aziraphale have a disagreement.
Episode 2: Chapter 2: The Clue featuring the minisode A Companion to Owls (8.4/10)
Heaven and Hell are determined to find the missing angel. An overheard song provides Aziraphale with a Clue. Crowley and Aziraphale visit the pub to discuss ways that humans fall in love. While almost 5,000 years ago Crowley is sent to inflict punishments on the righteous Job, God's favourite person, as Aziraphale learns at first hand about temptation, and what Gabriel will and won't believe.
Episode 3: Chapter 3: I Know Where I'm Going featuring the minisode The Resurrectionists (8.2/10)
Heaven sends the angel Muriel in disguise to spy on Aziraphale and Crowley. Aziraphale drives to Edinburgh in pursuit of his Clue, and learns a little about a lot. The couple's visit to Edinburgh in 1827 involves graverobbery, a statue and an unfortunate encounter with a vial of laudanum. In the present, Crowley is in charge of the bookshop, and is disappointed by human beings and the weather.
Episode 4: Chapter 4: The Hitchhiker featuring the minisode Nazi Zombie Flesheaters (8.3/10)
Aziraphale's good deed of picking up a hitchhiker on his way back to Soho, proves to be a serious mistake. In 1941 Crowley and Aziraphale encounter some surprising adversaries, old and new, as the Nazi spies who almost entrapped Aziraphale return as Zombies from the dead, intent on preventing him from attempting a Bullet Catch on the West End Stage.
Episode 5: Chapter 5: The Ball (8.2/10)
Aziraphale tries to bring Maggie and Nina together by organizing a meeting of the Whickber Street Shopkeepers and Street Traders Association. In Hell, Shax is determined to launch a full scale attack on the bookshop, with a legion of demons at her command. Nina's heart is broken, as is a bookshop window. Gabriel has a close encounter with Mrs Sandwich and a small plate of cakes.
Episode 6: Chapter 6: Every Day (8.4/10)
Crowley becomes a Heavenly bee and learns the truth about the Armageddon sequel. Aziraphale defends his bookshop from Shax's army and reveals his halo, Maggie and Nina become warriors, and Jim the assistant bookseller gets some hot chocolate. Crowley and Aziraphale get to the bottom of the mystery of the Matchbox. The Metatron brings an oatmilk latte, along with a final offer.
Season 3 (1 Episodes)
Episode 1: The Finale (9.1/10)
Aziraphale, now Supreme Archangel, seeks Crowley's help as plans for the Second Coming take a surprising yet dangerous turn. Can the angel and demon reconcile their differences before it's too late?
Where to Watch
Stream on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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