Eminently Impractical

She definitely definitely planned the fire

To get Crowley to realise just how much he cared now that Aziraphale was gone?? To force his hand?? So that they'd have to stay at Crowley's that night??

Or maybe for some completely unrelated reason

Who can say

It's ineffable

so what if crowley's involvement in this point of the story is to make job's life an absolute misery? bring him suffering because that's what he's been ordered to do? and aziraphale has to pretty much sit by and watch it happen? they just have to trust that this is god's plan and everything happens for a reason?

if this is the case, it would stand to reason that they both lament their roles on earth, having to watch humankind be tested in ways that are ultimately cruel and unnecessary. we know from the crowley clip that crowley later on ends up questioning the whole point of angels and demons and the structure of it all, what their purpose is... what crowley's (and by extension - aziraphale's) purpose is?

what if they realise that they can seek comfort from each other here? what if that line of thinking, and realising that only the other truly understands them, starts at this very moment?

people (understandably i guess) are getting vocal about crowley's aspect placement, but iirc mr g has said that the snake likes to be visible and therefore will move with his hairline. with that in mind, if we look at his sideburns (which btw, yum, dont @ me)

are way shorter here (and the aspect is just above his jawline), compared to:

plus his hair is shorter after the skip AND the glasses change

We know the below, along with the scene with Shax in the park, happen in episode one thanks to file naming conventions on Amazon’s part:

He also appears to have the short sideburns and old glasses while speeding through London at night with his plants - maybe after getting evicted? (Though snake is MIA!)

To add to this, there’s an Agent Fazuli character who only appears in the first episode, which to my American ears sounds like law enforcement, but that’s not generally used in the UK, right? Is it possible he’s the estate agent who kicks Crowley out of his flat for nonpayment, which is then how we get to car plants and ennui?

And then this (file names again) is episode 2 and episode 5 respectively- the new glasses and hair appear (so far) in the second episode and seem to remain for the rest of the season:

Which, per the sideburns in the jump scare scene, you're totally right - Crowley doesn't find out that Gabriel is in the shop until after that time jump. So the lightning rage is not about Gabriel. It's about something else entirely. After all they've been through, it would make sense that the one thing to send Crowley into such a rage would be Aziraphale going back to his tired, scared excuses and not letting Crowley in, both literally and emotionally, when he needs his best friend most.

It’s after the time jump, and Crowley is still in his car. The plants are noticeable bigger. And the Bond stickers are gone, so did something happen to the window? No wonder our boy is tense.

people (understandably i guess) are getting vocal about crowley's aspect placement, but iirc mr g has said that the snake likes to be visible and therefore will move with his hairline. with that in mind, if we look at his sideburns (which btw, yum, dont @ me)

are way shorter here (and the aspect is just above his jawline), compared to:

plus his hair is shorter after the skip AND the glasses change

We know the below, along with the scene with Shax in the park, happen in episode one thanks to file naming conventions on Amazon’s part:

He also appears to have the short sideburns and old glasses while speeding through London at night with his plants - maybe after getting evicted? (Though snake is MIA!)

To add to this, there’s an Agent Fazuli character who only appears in the first episode, which to my American ears sounds like law enforcement, but that’s not generally used in the UK, right? Is it possible he’s the estate agent who kicks Crowley out of his flat for nonpayment, which is then how we get to car plants and ennui?

And then this (file names again) is episode 2 and episode 5 respectively- the new glasses and hair appear (so far) in the second episode and seem to remain for the rest of the season:

Which, per the sideburns in the jump scare scene, you're totally right - Crowley doesn't find out that Gabriel is in the shop until after that time jump. So the lightning rage is not about Gabriel. It's about something else entirely. After all they've been through, it would make sense that the one thing to send Crowley into such a rage would be Aziraphale going back to his tired, scared excuses and not letting Crowley in, both literally and emotionally, when he needs his best friend most.