In Good Omens, Heaven and Hell are about to engage in the war to end all wars, and all that’s required is for the demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) to make sure the Antichrist is at the right place at the right time. As fate would have it, though, this doesn’t go according to plan, and the two decide to take matters into their own hands to keep the Apocalypse from happening. By the end, the two are ultimately successful, and they toast to the world. However, even though a neat bow was tied around Gaiman’s story, there are hints in the finale that the Apocalypse was just the beginning.
Good Omens Had An Unmade Sequel
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett published Good Omens back in 1990, amassing a strong following from both of the writers’ devoted fanbases, and the novel has a complete beginning, middle, and end. That said, Gaiman and Pratchett had discussed the possibilities of a sequel, going so far as to come up with a title and some story elements. According to Gaiman’s aforementioned statement, the planned sequel would have featured the bureaucratic angels that he added to season 1 of the TV series. Gaiman also added, “There are so many questions people have asked about what happened next (and also, what happened before) to our favourite Angel and Demon,” which the sequel would have addressed.
Good Omens Season 2 Renewal & Release Date
Good Omens Season 2 Story Details
In the Good Omens season 1 finale, after Crowley and Aziraphale make their sneaky escape from the clutches of Heaven and Hell, they sit in a park and chat about what’s to come. And, though the Apocalypse might have seemed like the worst of their problems, Crowley reminds Aziraphale that this is likely just the beginning, that their post-Apocalypse downtime is “breathing space before the big one.” Aziraphale isn’t entirely convinced, believing the Apocalypse they just prevented to be the final attempt at ending the world, but Crowley believes that the next war will be “all of us against all of them;” or, in other words, Heaven and Hell versus Earth.
More: Good Omens Review: Neil Gaiman Conjures Up A Lightweight Apocalypse
