Good Omens

Six Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “Every Day”

By Mel Lake | Sep 4, 2023 | Television

Every day, the end has been getting closer … and it’s finally here! The sixth installment of Good Omens 2, in which Crowley goes to Heaven, demons get foamed, and, well, there’s a kiss. The end of this season marks a major turning point in the relationship between our main angel and demon. 1. The […]

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Six Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “The Ball”

By Mel Lake | Aug 28, 2023 | Television

Put on your fancy pants and dancing shoes, because we’re having a ball this week on Good Omens 2! It’s actually supposed to be the “Whickber Street Traders and Shopkeepers” monthly meeting, but don’t let little details like reality—or a horde of snarling demons—stop you from enjoying yourself. Note: Each episode recap will include spoilers […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “The Hitchhiker”

By Mel Lake | Aug 21, 2023 | Television

Do you believe in magic? After this week’s episode of Good Omens 2, you just might! Well, maybe not, but after watching him fail to pull a dove out of his coat in season one, fans should know that what he lacks in skill, Aziraphale makes up for in enthusiasm. In addition to a magic […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “I Know Where I’m Going”

By Mel Lake | Aug 14, 2023 | Television

It’s road trip time! This week on Good Omens 2, we’re headed to Scotland to dig up some graves. And possibly, a Clue! Inkslinger Aziraphale is on the road, hot on the tails of information about Gabriel’s mysterious jukebox. In the flashback part of the episode, Crowley goes full Alice in Wonderland. Note: Each episode […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “The Clue”

By Mel Lake | Aug 7, 2023 | Television

Hark back to your bible study classes if you had them, because the second episode of Good Omens 2 is taking on the Book of Job! The ethical case study has inspired many types of creators, from George Frideric Handel to Dostoevsky to Terrence Malick and the Coen brothers. This week it’s Aziraphale and Crowley’s […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens‘ “The Arrival”

By Mel Lake | Jul 31, 2023 | Television

After a four-year wait and many questions as to what exactly a new season would consist of, Good Omens is back for a sophomore season. The first one was a self-contained adaptation of the original novel, co-written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett back in the late 1980s. The six episodes of the first TV […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives”

By Mel Lake | Oct 14, 2021 | Television

Armageddon is here! Since in Good Omens, doomsday means Queen songs, a trip to The Ritz, and an adorable hellhound instead of, well, all the things we have in the real world, I’m ready for it. 1. War and Peace All the players have entered the stage, which in this case is the tarmac of […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “The Doomsday Option”

By Mel Lake | Oct 7, 2021 | Television

Armageddon has arrived! Only seventeen minutes to go until the end of the world. In the second-to-last episode of Good Omens, all our many characters have to make it to an American air force base, where the actual apocalypse part of the apocalypse will take place. 1. You’re My Best Friend Last week, Aziraphale’s beloved […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “Saturday Morning Funtime”

By Mel Lake | Sep 30, 2021 | Television

Welcome back to Armageddon! This week on Good Omens, we have the not-so-lost city of Atlantis, some climate change hand-wringing from 1990 that’s depressingly relevant today, a misguided exorcism, and a trio of very bad angels. 1. The Postman Always Rings Twice In the last episode, we met Famine, the second horseperson of the apocalypse. […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “Hard Times”

By Mel Lake | Sep 23, 2021 | Television

This week on Good Omens, we’re taking a trip down memory lane. And angels and demons happen to have very long memories, so we’re going all the way back to 4004 B.C. When we left off last week, Aziraphale had just figured out the identity of the real antichrist. Although he’d promised to tell Crowley, […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “The Book”

By Mel Lake | Sep 16, 2021 | Television

Welcome back to Armageddon! Or, rather, welcome back to the handful of days leading up to armageddon. We’re not quite there yet, but it’s fast approaching. This week, we’re introduced to the rest of the strange people who will play starring roles in the final act of the show (and possibly the world). 1. Burn […]

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Five Thoughts on Good Omens’ “In the Beginning”

By Mel Lake | Sep 9, 2021 | Television

Welcome to the End Times! Uh, no, sorry, not the global pandemic. Not political unrest around the world, the capitol insurrection, or anything else remotely political. Or, you know, that ship that got stuck in the Panama Canal. (Though that seems like something that would fit right in with the world of Good Omens.) Rather, […]

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