The first season covered the entire story of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett‘s Good Omen but Gaiman has hinted that this second season is based on unused story ideas from a planned sequel to the original book. Michael Sheen (The Sandman, The Prodigal Son), David Tennant (Des), John Hamm (Invincible), Nina Sosanya (His Dark Material, Killing Eve S2), Miranda Richardson, and Maggie Service are – among others – returning.

Previously: The demon Crowley and the angel Aziraphale, longtime acquaintances who have grown accustomed to each other’s company, and to a pleasant life on Earth as representatives of Heaven and Hell, and who have agreed not to let the conflict between their sides prevent their friendship. They teamed up to prevent the coming of the Antichrist and the end of the pleasant existence they enjoy on Earth.

Premise: Now exiled from Heaven and Hell, Aziraphale and Crowley must team up once again after the mysterious arrival of a familiar face.

Review: The writing is clever, funny, and sweet for a great chunk of the season, it gets bittersweet but that’s more of a little surprise than anything. This second entry focuses a lot more on Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationships and the subtext that permeated season one. We learn more about their past and how they’ve developed their unlikely friendship. It sort of turns into an education in the shades of gray, since they’re both from opposite camps – Heaven and Hell – having any type of relationship requires them to be in the gray area.

The dialogues in this show are great, for example, the whole conversation around the “Get humans wet and staring into each other’s eyes, vavoom sorted.” has so many layers and I love it. The show has a lot of lines like that with different meanings and references that are easy to pick up on. The subtext between Crowley and Aziraphale, and the tension that is built throughout the season is exciting even though they are breadcrumbs reminiscent of an era when that’s all we had.

So when that subtext is no longer implied that’s when reality sets in and the characters remain who they are, a demon and an angel. It should go without saying that Tennant and Sheen killed it. The season was fun and a little surprising.

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