After a lengthy wait, Prime Video’s charming British fantasy series has reached its End Times. It’s a time of Revelations for the series, which will end its three-season run with a single, feature-length episode. However, before it premieres on the Amazon streaming service, the critics have passed judgment on the series’ final act.
The critics have spoken, and the omens are good (mostly) for Good Omens. The series finale garnered a Fresh score of 70%, with However, that is a contrast with seasons past: the first season scored an 85% Fresh rating, while the second earned an even-stronger 88%. The critical consensus seems to be that the finale attempts to cram a season’s worth of plot into its ninety-minute length, which leads to an unsatisfying finale. However, the performances of leads Michael Sheen and David Tennant salvage it. MovieWeb’s Melody McCune disliked the finale’s “frenetic pace,” and even found that the show’s visual elements seemed rushed. ScreenRant’s Nick Bythrow was more favorable; while he found it messy, he deemed the writing to have “the flair of the first two seasons.” In her own review, Collider’s Therese Lacson found that “the final moments of the episode are some of the sweetest of the entire series,” although she too gave the finale a middling review.
What Is ‘Good Omens’ About?
Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by fantasy writers Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens centers around the sweet-natured angel Aziraphale (Sheen) and his demonic frenemy, Crowley (Tennant); despite their diametrically opposed natures and natural enmity, the two are unlikely friends. The first season, which largely followed the book, saw the two join forces to stave off the end of the world by mentoring the alleged Antichrist. Having saved the world, the second season saw them conceal an amnesiac Gabriel (Jon Hamm) from the forces of Heaven and Hell. That season also saw Crowley and Aziraphale confess their long-simmering feelings for each other; however, the season concluded with Aziraphale being summoned, sans Crowley, to Heaven to arrange the Second Coming. The third season will see the two separated by Heaven and Earth; will they finally get to enjoy the love they’ve seen so many mortals experience?
Gaiman was originally set to write a six-episode third season of Good Omens. However, after several women came forward with troubling accusations of sexual assault, the embattled Gaiman left the project, which was then reduced to a single 90-minute episode. Gaiman is credited with writing the episode with Michael Marshall Smith and Peter Atkins. The episode was directed by Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl).
Good Omens‘ third season, which consists of a single feature-length episode, is now streaming on Prime Video. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
- Release Date
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2019 – 2026-00-00
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Neil Gaiman, Douglas Mackinnon
- Directors
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Rachel Talalay, Douglas Mackinnon
- Writers
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Neil Gaiman, John Finnemore, Andy Nyman, Cat Clarke, Jeremy Dyson
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