The Time to Read Is Always

Disclaimer: Fuck Neil. Always.

Did I enjoy the finale? I believe it had its moments, I liked some scenes and characters that got a laugh out of me. It's always a delight to see David and Michael play off each other and they truly have such a wonderful chemistry. But, honestly, I think the ending undoes a lot of what really makes Good Omens what it is.

This isn't about shipping. This isn't about Aziracrow or whether they should have kissed.

It's about humanity.

At its core, Good Omens, both the book and the show, is about humanity, humans being fundamentally human in a world where we are all just trying to get by. The first season recognized this, that there was something about humanity that ensnared two metaphysical beings to the point where they would do anything to protect it. Where we saw humans rising above fate and destiny and carving out their own paths despite what was written.

Season 2 had elements of this, not as much due to the more divine heavy plot, but humans were still a part of the story.

In Season 3, humanity felt utterly inconsequential. We practically had no human influence, the Jesus subplot went absolutely nowhere, and Crowley and Aziraphale didn't even engage with humans other than the absolutely unnecessary mafia subplot. They were still out to protect humanity, but it felt like there was nothing really tying them to the world anymore.

What really got me were those last ten minutes, the old sit down with God and deciding to chuck this universe in the bin so that they can make a new one without divinity or gods or angels or demons. The thing is.....Aziraphale and Crowley choosing to do away with this world is taking a page out of God's own book: they didn't give humanity a choice. There was no counseling of what was truly best for humanity from a human's point of view. They were doing EXACTLY what they were calling out God for: giving humans no free will with their own world.

The humanity they fought so hard to protect is gone, and they are willing to be done with it. They LOVED this world, they made CONNECTIONS in this world, and oh well, we can just make a new one that we won't even see to prove if humanity is actually better off.

I was waiting for them to bring Jesus back. To have him be the deciding factor as he is literally God made human. Wouldn't HE be the ideal human representative? Since he saw humanity recently, saw that he could STILL do good and be a positive influence, wouldn't that make a case for a world worth saving if given the right direction?

But no. New world, new people that we don't even know, not even the satisfaction of knowing if anyone's lives are TRULY better.