To quote another popular genre series: The universe is vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen, and we call them miracles. That’s a line from Doctor Who, but the sentiment basically applies to the third and final season of Prime Good Omens, a project that many of its most ardent fans feared might never actually see the light of day.
Sexual misconduct and assault allegations against creator Neil Gaiman, one-half of the writing duo who penned the original novel, paused early production on the series’ third season, and all signs indicated that Good Omens could well join the ranks of several other cancelled shelved projects connected to the author (see also: Dead Boy Detectives, The Graveyard Book, and Anansi Boys). Gaiman has repeatedly denied the allegations, but behind-the-scenes scuttlebutt definitely hinted that the show came within a hairsbreadth of being cancelled entirely.
Gaiman eventually did step back from the production to allow its final outing to go forward, though in a somewhat truncated fashion: Its original six-episode runtime was cut down to just a single 90-minute movie. But as recently as June 2025, even star Michael Sheen admitted he wasn’t sure that anyone would ever actually see it.
The good news is that Good Omens will get its proper ending this May, though there’s almost no way to completely separate the project’s conclusion from the dark, uncomfortable cloud that has surrounded the finale’s creation. It’s been almost three years since the season 2 finale dropped its devastating cliffhanger, so on some level, it’s a comfort to know that our last glimpse of Sheen’s angel Aziraphale and David Tennant’s demon Crowley won’t be that heartrending break-up that saw them finally kiss before seemingly being separated forever. Will the feature be everything that fans wanted? Of course not. But given that it seemed pretty likely for a good long while that they wouldn’t get anything, the Ineffable Plan probably deserves some credit for achieving this much.
The trailer indicates that the finale will most likely speedrun through many of the plot points that had been previously hinted at: Aziraphale and Crowley must overcome their estrangement to thwart yet another apocalypse, this time in the form of the Second Coming. Extraordinary stand-out Bilal Hasna has been cast as Jesus, who appears to have gone missing from the heavenly realm. And something called the Book of Life also appears to have vanished.
Many of these plot beats echo the madcap romp feel of the show’s first season, which saw our favorite celestial duo attempting to track down the Antichrist. Maybe everything really does come full circle in the end. And, of course, we’re all assuming that Aziraphale and Crowley will finally have to confront their feelings for one another (and probably kiss again, if the series’ love of rom-com tropes are anything to go by). That’s a lot to cram into 90 minutes. But, heck, maybe the show can actually pull it off. It’s done the seemingly impossible before.
