An Analysis of Good Omens Season 2 : The Last Scene

The whole point about Aziraphale being so excited to give Crowley the joy he lost by putting him back in heaven while Crowley was about to confess his feelings is SO poetically frustrating. Cause the only time we see him even remotely express that same amount of simple wonder and contentment are on the rare occasions he can find an excuse to spend leisure time on earth with Aziraphale. From day one he's been looking at Aziraphale with that same delight and possibility he had looking at the infant universe.

I interpreted the vicious “I forgive you” as “that was a cheap trick you just pulled to try and get me to stay, but I’m still hurt and angry at your rejection. So I forgive you because that’s what I do, but I’m still wounded.” Crowley should have known that wouldn’t have worked, that Aziraphale does not abandon his post no matter what and does what he thinks is right. But I also think that’s the metatron’s mistake too: he thinks Aziraphale is compliant and foolish like Uriel and Muriel and even Michael, but he’s learned so much in his time with Crowley that he can now make plans and decisions on his own and bend/break rules as needed (like when he went back to earth in Mme. Tracy). He’s not power-driven like Michael is or Gabriel was, he’s got his own internal regulator on right and wrong and is operating accordingly, and I suspect he somehow let Crowley know at the last he will need him and this isn’t the end. Crowley just has a lot of hurt to work through, the love of his eternity has just gone to his abuser and that’s a bitter pill to swallow.

One thing I noticed about the kiss: Aziraphael made no attempt to turn his face from Crowley or push him away... watch how his hands reach for Crowley, then falter, as if the gulf between Heaven one one side and his heart and body on the other are tearing him apart. The intimate contact between them only ended when Crowley stepped back, and then the "did I go too far?" look on our demon's face broke my heart.

I like to think that Aziraphale miracled the song to play for Crowley as a sign he still cared.

When Crowley rears back to register his hurt to "nothing lasts forever" and put his glasses back on I was one fingernail away from flipping my coffee table. It's a killer acting choice.

Aziraphel responded to the kiss like he responded to human food. It was a first~time tactile experience, and we all know what kind of drama queen they are. If they had kissed 5 seconds longer, or Crowley had softened the kiss to let them catch up to the sensations (prolly Crowley's first kiss as well, so they're not going to have any technique at all), then Aziraphel would have prolly jumped in and we would have had an "R" rating. LOL Instead, he was completely overwhelmed and responded by pulling back into 'angelic' mode.

My feeling about I forgive you — if you see just before, Aziraphale mouthed “I love..” and then said “I forgive you”… he knew it would push Crowley away. He’s still trying to protect him. He knows he’s in danger from both heaven and hell. If Crowley wasn’t going to come with him, he needed to protect him some way. He wanted, I believe, to kiss back. But could not let himself be persuaded, because it would put Crowley in mortal danger. Immortal danger. And at the last scene, when they look at each other, Aziraphale mouths something to Crowley before he gets on the elevator. I believe that something was “Trust me.” I think that creepy little smaile means the angel is getting ready to do some insider damage to heaven’s plans to end earth. Or, at least, that’s my hope. I don’t think the Metatron is at this point speaking for the Almighty. I think HER plans are something quite different.

I think Aziraphale certainly knows how awful heaven can be and is desperate to protect creation, especially Crowley, from it, as a being of love. He knows how Crowley suffered in falling. He knows Gabriel's memories were going to be erased. He knows about being erased from the book of life. I think that Az believes in the Heaven's POTENTIAL or IDEAL for heaven to be "the good guys," the same way I, as an American, while acknowledging that the US was founded on slavery and genocide, still at times believe we can live up to the ideals written in our founding documents.

Your sequence of argument scene also highlights how Crowley's reflexive response to trouble is to run away or hide. From the book we know he slept through most of the 19th century. When he argues or gets frustrated, he leaves. They both have unhealthy stress responses.

What kills me is that Crowley could have called out "Angel!" or come over at any point, but never did. It may or may not have worked, but with the love he has for Aziraphale, you'd think he'd at least try. Maybe he couldn't swallow his pride.

The “I forgive you” is all of that and more: I forgive you for being the way that you are and making this harder, but I wouldn’t have you any other way.

Looking forward to season three, yes we're getting season three. This is one of the best reviews of Good Omens I've seen so far. Thanks. ❤ seeing that season two is getting us from season one to three hopeful we're be getting answers to some of your questions in season three. So far this show has been fantastic and I'm sure season three will be just as good if not even better

The way i see this playing out in season 3 is Aziraphale is under the control by the Metatron, like you say he sees how powerful he and Crowley are together and decides that he needs to keep them apart. And Muriel chooses to help Crowley find him and bring him back with the knowledge she knows but Crowley being heartbroken takes a lot of convincing until he finds out that Azi was tricked. As you can see, season 2 left me with some wishful thinking😅

oh boy here we go. i know exactly what i’ll be doing for the next 65 minutes

The thing about “the jurisdiction of a supreme archangel to appoint a demon as an angel (or restore it)” if we go back to Gabriel and Beelzebub they could do the same, from the dialogue between Crowley and Beelzebub about extreme sanctions Beelzebub was an angel too, so, even if Crowley accepted to go to heaven… the principal thing is to start armageddon and if you refuse (supreme archangel or not) you will be punished

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My opinion on the whole 'Aziraphale was out of character 'or the 'Coffee theory' is it basically coming down to the 5 stages of Grief. It was the Denial phase, we rejected reality at the immediate end of the season and we weren't able to cope until later. I think it was the strangeness with the Laudanum and that the Almond flavor discrepancy would maybe point towards Cyanide. For the Threat Theory is plausible, but at the same time Aziraphale looked so confused during the fight to fake it. We know Aziraphale cannot fake it very well and especially not to Crowley. Also another note is on how in this Season Crowley tried to protect Aziraphale from Heaven. Its assumed that Crowley hasn't told him at least everything about the trial. Crowley also never told him about the Extreme Sanctions threat when Beelzebub had taken him to Hell. And he also hadn't mentioned that that all that happened Gabriel because of them going against the Plan and not just because of the relationship. Even during the argument as a point against Heaven, which is strange to me. Aziraphale hadn't had the first hand experience of seeing how awful Heaven in this Season. Another strange thing I had noticed is Crowley just letting Aziraphale go alone with the Metatron, and it looked like that Nasty look Metatron gave Crowley... did Crowley see it and still let him go? Crowley is normally so protective and he just let him go and talk alone.

Love this analysis. And I think we share mostly the same thoughts on the whole scene. Even though I've seen it a million times and instantly picked up on Crowley's "you can't leave this bookstore" insert ME. And Azi completely missing that mark and heartwrenchingly taking it literally so basically shooting Crowley straight through the heart with "nothing last forever" Before that when Aziraphale's saying "You could come back to Heaven and to [PAUSE]... everything" I never picked up on it before but was that Pause also a silent ME. Was their relationship in Heaven longer and deeper that we've been shown so far. I mean there are hints in both s1 and s2 that that might be the case. And he/we still don't really fully understand how the fall affected Crowley. If that's the case then all these Millenia Azi might've been grappling with his love for the Angel "Crowley" he knew before the fall - which Heaven prob had no issue with and the newer love for the Demon Crowley he now knows - which Heaven will punish him for. While Crowley only it seems remembers them as Angel and Demon. And if they were a couple in Heaven, The Metaton probably knew that as well which might be one reason he made the offer to restore Crowley in the 1st place. He clearly knew he'd say no, he likely cast Crowley out. But if he knew Azi loved Angel "Crowley", he'd know it'd be a sweet enough offer to tempt Azi back to Heaven. And for Azi he's just been given the answer to all his millenia of inner turmoil, only to have his Love snatch it right back away from him. I mean I can't I'm just too impatient s3 can't come quick!

I was thinking the other day... I agree that Crowley as an angel was pretty high up, but maybe not an Archangel, but knew the powers of the supreme Archangel, in the scene when he is drinking at the French establishment, he says "He could smite me... when Gabriel smites you, you've been... smited? Smote?" he was aware of the power of the Archangel

Aziraphale is a cypher for indoctrination. His journey to enlightenment. is probably the sub-plot of season 3. We will see...