Good Omens
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It was always going to end this way, of course.
Its a variation on the classic Would you kill baby Hitler?
thought problem and plays out tellingly.
For all their elective affinities with humanity, Crowley and Aziraphale ultimately remain apart from it.
Hes not going away, but Adam soon has bigger problems anyway.
Arriving in tandem, Gabriel and Beelzebub are not happy about recent developments.
No answer, though Gabriel does offer this rebuttal: God does not play games with the universe.
Crowleys response: Where have you been?
The final boss, however, has yet to show his face.
But Adams ready for it.
Or at least the threat of ending the Earth has abated.
Our protagonists, however, have a bit more ahead of them.
Shadwell and Madame Tracy similarly find a connection, now that he can classify her as a retired Jezebel.
Or they would be, were it not for a clever switch inspired by Agness last prophecy.
Its a nice bit of parallelism to whats going on in Adams neck of England.
Fun stuff, right?
It also benefits from Neil Gaimans direct involvement.
more or less as it was.
If it werent so clever and full of delightful characters, it might feel like a waste of time.
Instead, it makes the end of the world seem weirdly life-affirming.
Welcome to the End Times
Ah, so thats where the flaming sword ended up.
It has a checkered legacy, doesnt it?
Hopefully itll be put to better use, or no use at all, back in Heaven.
We finally learn why Pulsifers car is called Dick Turpin.
Its not worth repeating.
Both sides are going to use this a breathing space before the big one.
Thats an ominous suggestion, but it also raises the possibility of a sequel.
Gabriel, delightfully played here by Jon Hamm, would have figured into it.
(Hes merely referenced in the original novel.)
