Good Omens
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I knew Gabriel was in love.
The mystery, as sparsely as it was addressed, ended in a satisfying way for me.
The situation with our boys, less so.
First of all, hats off to theGood Omensteam for coming up with something more blasphemous than season one.
The people who would get mad about that sort of thing would get really, really mad.
If they hadnt written the show off already for how it treated Revelations before.
Also, all the gays, theyd probably dislike all the gays.
But an archangel and a Duke of Hell getting amorous, thats some Anne Ricelevel horny nonsense right there.
But before the big reveal, there are several little reveals.
Muriel doesnt have clearance to fire up the files Crowley needs, but apparently he does.
Heaven never changes its passwords.
Anyone whos gone through security training at a large corporation must know that hell invented anti-phishing protocols.
Two-factor verification might be heavenly, though.
Crowley learns that Gabriel wasnt feeling the latest plan for Armageddon.
Thats a nah, he says.
We still dont know why, but its enough to get Gabriel shitcanned.
Not sure why the nudity was important to the plan, but thanks all the same.
The whole heavenly gang comes along as well.
Its good heaven is coming down to earth because hell is coming up.
Crowley figures out that Gabriel left a note to himself on the big empty box.
Im in the fly, it says.
Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, is able to locate the one fly in Aziraphales bookshop.
And by burrowing into Jims pupil (gross), we learn what set Gabriel on this path.
Now, the third romance of this season.
Gabriel and Beelzebub agree to their own arrangement in Edinburgh: No more attempts toimmanentize the eschaton.
They also find they both enjoy the song Everyday by Buddy Holly.
Gabriel and Beelzebub come to understand their feelings much sooner than Crowley and Aziraphale.
But its always easier for the second person to climb a mountain, you know?
They decide to fuck off to a nebula, and thats that on that.
Beelzebubs vacancy leaves a ducal vacancy in hell, so Shax is happy.
And Gabriels vacancy, thats TBD.
Derek Jacobi is a perfect angel, so know-it-all-y and uptight.
Also, I think hes the oldest person to ever order an oat-milk latte.
Time to say all the things youre feeling, Crowley!
Remember when I said it couldnt be more penultimate if Aziraphale got a job that sent him to Paris?
Well, hes getting a job that would send him to Paris.
Crowleys not biting, though.
Even if he didnt fall so much as saunter vaguely downward, he genuinely has beef with heaven.
Crowley wants to stay where there are nightingales, wine, and kissing.
Aziraphale wants to Make a Difference.
The classic separatist versus changing things from the inside debate that tears many a progressive couple asunder.
We get a Big Damn Kiss between our fellas, but it feels rushed.
In fact, this whole will-they-wont-they part of the finale feels very sequel hook and not self-supporting.
It feels (and I say this as disparagingly as possible) Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Always teeing up the next thing, never letting something stand on its own.
At least Crowley got his apartment back.
Aziraphale using the same discorporation method that got him last season; that was a nice touch.
If Id ever seen a Mason IRL, maybe I would have connected the dots a little sooner.
TheDoctor Whonods were coming thick and fast this episode.
We have David Tennant and Derek Jacobi, who both essentiallyJimrieled themselveson that show.
The Beelzebub said the fly was bigger on the inside.
That guy cant catch a break.
When Metatron says that hes consumed stuff before in his day, that made me giggle.
Very I was gay once, for a while, no big deal.
