‘Good Omens’ Season 3 review: An ending, if you want it

Good Omens Season 3 is a season in name only. Instead, it is more of a feature-length wrap-up. It is necessary, given the season 2 cliffhanger. Given the production was put in a bad situation, it’s kind of a miracle Amazon even released this. Often, cliffhangers can be loathsome, but with the amount of payoff this finale has, it might have been best to leave things there.

Good Omens Season 3 gets crazy quickly.

Season 3 picks up a few years after the charming duo Crowley (David Tennant) and Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) have gone their separate ways. Aziraphale is stumbling forward in his new role as an Archangel, charged with preparing for the second coming of Jesus. Meanwhile, Crowley seems to be down on his luck, on the streets of London, without a home or his beloved Bentley.

Similar to last season, Heaven is once again scrambling with the disappearance of the Metatron, Jesus going to Earth without the appointed angel to assist, the book of life going missing, and more. These events bring Aziraphale back to Earth to locate the rogue Jesus and properly start his second coming, eventually reconnecting with Crowley.

By the time Crowley and Aziraphale catch up, everything is in disarray: their will-they, won’t-they relationship is still contentious, and the constant changes to their home reach critical mass. There are plenty of stories that could easily expand into a complete final season. But that’s not what the audience or these two get.

No time to take it all in.

What Good Omens season 3 does contain may not be completely satisfying, but there are bright spots. Moments such as Aziraphale returning to his bookshop, finding it dustier than he left it because all Crowley could do was preserve it, go straight for the heartstrings.

Some jokes are truly enjoyable, particularly Aziraphale cosplaying as a discount KISS member in an attempt to pass as a demon. These moments are fleeting because there’s no air between for breathing. We are not really able to sit and enjoy the build-up to actually build to a Helter-skelter of the end (times).

Archangel Michael (Doon Mackichan) goes mad, becoming the villain for the finale by burning the Book of Life. Eventually, the known universe is destroyed, leaving the bookshop, Crowley, and Aziraphale as the only remaining things left with Satan and God, to propose something new. All within a single hour and a half. It’s overwhelming with everything that happens.

Some satisfaction despite the circumstances.

However, I can take comfort that what survives the end of the universe is not gods or devils, but two men who still find each other again and again, this time for good. It is a kind tribute to Terry Pratchett, the author of the original novel worth mentioning, along with his portrait.

Perhaps in the kinder universe that Aziraphale and Crowley create, he’s the one who gets to adapt. Regardless, it is commendable that the writers, cast, and others are providing Good Omens season 3 as a means for fans to get some kind of ending, even if there’s not enough time to savor it.

Good Omens Season 3 is available now on Amazon Prime.

Drea H.

A medical student who has unhealthy obsessions with games, art and energy drinks. Resident Baldur’s Gate fanatic.