Review: Good Omens finale sticks the landing

Aziraphale wants to make the Second Coming a bit more upbeat. Prime Video Aziraphale wants to make the Second Coming a bit more upbeat. Prime Video Muriel is hot on the case of the missing Book of Life. Prime Video Muriel is hot on the case of the missing Book of Life. Prime Video The archangels of heaven are unimpressed with Muriel’s efforts thus far. Prime VIdeo The archangels of heaven are unimpressed with Muriel’s efforts thus far. Prime VIdeo Muriel is hot on the case of the missing Book of Life. Prime Video The archangels of heaven are unimpressed with Muriel’s efforts thus far. Prime VIdeo The original plan for the third and final season called for six episodes, but production was delayed first by the 2023 writer’s strike and then by multiple allegations of sexual assault against Gaiman. (Gaiman has vehemently denied allegations of any nonconsensual sex or abuse, but admitted to being selfish and “careless with people’s hearts and feelings” in a January 2025 blog post .) The fallout led to Gaiman withdrawing from the project and Prime Video opting for a 90-minute finale rather than a full season. And here we are. The Second Coming hits a snag The finale picks up a few years after the S2 cliffhanger. Aziraphale is now Supreme Archangel, with plans for the Second Coming well underway—except he’s tweaked them to be a bit more upbeat, bringing peace on Earth and universal happiness rather than the rampant death and destruction of Armageddon. …