# Good Omens 2 is coming (It is here and all episodes are available 2023-07-28) season 3 coming

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** amazon-prime, tv-shows-scripted, books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [June 29, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257 "2021-06-29T16:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/21 "2021-06-29T21:26:56Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I’m not familiar with John Finnemore, but I’m excited about revisiting some of the characters.

You MUST listen to Cabin Pressure. It’s such a funny show, I wish someone would animate all of them so I could watch them on TV with my wife.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/22 "2021-06-29T21:28:21Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> You MUST listen to Cabin Pressure. It’s such a funny show, I wish someone would animate all of them so I could watch them on TV with my wife

Another vote for Cabin Pressure. Seriously, you will not regret it.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/23 "2023-07-20T00:25:09Z")

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9 days. Just 9 more days.

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/24 "2023-07-20T01:13:49Z")

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Wow, I wouldn’t have thought 2 years since season 1.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/25 "2023-07-28T16:51:52Z")

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I didn’t see this thread at all, but I happened to be watching something on Amazon Prime yesterday and season 2 is apparently up.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/26 "2023-07-28T17:00:37Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> I didn’t see this thread at all, but I happened to be watching something on Amazon Prime yesterday and season 2 is apparently up

And they dropped the whole season at once? Rare for Prime.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/27 "2023-07-29T00:38:35Z")

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Such a good start.

“the Clarinet makes such beautiful music”

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**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/28 "2023-07-29T01:55:07Z")

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We just watched the first ep and I’m glad to see Michael Sheen and David Tennant bringing the same energy as the first season.

Apology dance indeed!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/29 "2023-07-29T02:14:31Z")

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In second episode watch for another Doctor and the son of the Doctor who is the Grandson of a different Doctor and the Son of the Doctor’s Daughter twice over and a Doctor’s wife.

> **explaining above a little.**
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> Not sure how many Who fans are here,  
> So David Tennant ended up marrying Georgia Moffet, the Actress from the Doctor’s Daughter episode. Now she is actually Peter Davidson’s daughter. Davidson being his stage name. Moffet his actual name. More importantly Peter was the 5th Doctor.

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**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/30 "2023-07-29T20:44:32Z")

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I binged them last night. First 5 episodes were pretty good with a bit of meandering in the story telling. All to be expected.

The last episode totally destroyed me. A real emotional rollercoaster and there better be a season 3.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/31 "2023-08-01T02:41:24Z")

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I just watched the second episode and I like this more than the first season so far. Mind you, I read Good Omens a few years ago and I found it to be good, but overpacked and complicated. I felt the same with the adaptation that made up season 1.

In just the first two episodes, it feels like the focus is squarely on the relationship and interaction between Crowley and Aziraphale. Which is the best stuff.

I absolutely loved the Job episode. Probably my favorite episode of new TV this year. I’ve always hated the story of Job, specifically because of the fact they wiped out Job’s kids. I’m glad I’m not the only one.

Anyway, loving it so far.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/32 "2023-08-01T03:08:27Z")

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Just heard about this, and want to jump right in. Do I _have_ to watch Season One first?

For anyone who doesn’t know John Finnemore, you _need_ to listen to _Cabin Pressure_ (his BBC radio sitcom with Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam). Also, check out _Double Acts_, and _John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme_ (sketch ensemble).

I’ve spent over a half century in love with comedy, and he’s my favorite writer.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/33 "2023-08-01T03:33:28Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Do I _have_ to watch Season One first?

No, but if you’re only going to watch one season, there isn’t really any reason to watch 2 instead of 1.

I rewatched season 1 before binging the second season. They’re both only 6 episodes long, ~50 minutes per episode, so 5 hours total per season. I made a weekend out of it, watching season 1 Saturday and season 2 yesterday.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/34 "2023-08-01T09:07:07Z")

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My main problem with this season is, why is Aziraphale so stupid? I mean, sure, all of the supernatural beings on the show other than Crowely are idiots - that’s like 90% of the show’s humor - but Aziraphale is just so, so dumb. He never understands what’s happening and he always makes the wrong decision. It’s wearying. What does Crowely even see in him?

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/35 "2023-08-05T19:46:24Z")

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It’s ineffable.

Aziraphale isnt stupid, he’s brainwashed. And stupid. But that is the nature of Angels in this universe. And of the Demons. They’re equally stupid, uncreative, and ill-informed.

I believe Crowley, who, like Satan, was one of the smarter Angels who were denied access to the Silver City for “asking questions”. And I think he’s attracted to Aziraphale because he sees an earlier version of himself in him. And theres nothing Crowley loves more than himself.

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/36 "2023-08-05T20:43:34Z")

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> [@Hamlet](#):
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> Aziraphale isnt stupid, he’s brainwashed. And stupid.

No, not stupid. Just naive.

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/37 "2023-08-05T20:52:23Z")

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Willingly (for millennium) naive. Which is another fascinating facet of his and Crowley’s relationship.

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/38 "2023-08-05T20:52:50Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> No, not stupid. Just naive.

He’s at least six thousand years old. He’s been on Earth for most of that time, and he’s been friend with a demon for centuries. If he hasn’t wised up by now, he never will.

In the first season, and in the book, Aziraphele and Crowly were intellectual equals. That was the whole point: two opposites who find out that they’re more similar than they thought, that their side is far from perfect, and that the other side may have a point. The Aziraphele of the first season would have understood why Crowley might not want to become an angel again. He might not have agreed, but he wouldn’t have been surprised by Crowley’s objection - not after everything he’d seen and done.

Season 2 Aziraphele is just a moron.

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/39 "2023-08-05T20:55:27Z")

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> [@Hamlet](#):
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> Willingly (for millennium) naive. Which is another fascinating facet of his and Crowley’s relationship.

I wish there had been some evidence of that in the show - if we’d seen his denial slip for an instant. It would have made his character much more interesting.

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-omens-2-is-coming-it-is-here-and-all-episodes-are-available-2023-07-28-season-3-coming/945257/40 "2023-08-06T01:30:54Z")

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I finished it tonight and found Crowley’s profession of love(?) to be out of nowhere, at least for me. I thought he was upset that their friendship on earth wouldn’t continue, but dropping the pretense that the two of them are enemies.

I guess I’m dense. This felt out of left field to me.

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