The original plan for the third and final season called for six episodes, but production was delayed first by the 2023 writer’s strike and then by multiple allegations of sexual assault against Gaiman. (Gaiman has vehemently denied allegations of any nonconsensual sex or abuse, but admitted to being selfish and “careless with people’s hearts and feelings” in a January 2025 blog post.) The fallout led to Gaiman withdrawing from the project and Prime Video opting for a 90-minute finale rather than a full season. And here we are.

The Second Coming hits a snag

The finale picks up a few years after the S2 cliffhanger. Aziraphale is now Supreme Archangel, with plans for the Second Coming well underway—except he’s tweaked them to be a bit more upbeat, bringing peace on Earth and universal happiness rather than the rampant death and destruction of Armageddon. This doesn’t go down well with some of his fellow angels, who prefer the original plan. A heartbroken Crowley, meanwhile, is spending his time drinking heavily and passing out in a Soho alley, having lost his sense of purpose when Aziraphale refused him.

The Second Coming rollout soon hits a snag. First, the Metatron mysteriously vanishes, removed completely from reality by someone who has stolen the Book of Life. In the ensuing panic, Jesus (Bilal Hasna) wanders off down to Earth and is befriended by a former street hustler named Harry the Fish (Mark Addy). The Archangel Michael (Doon Mackichan) and plucky assistant Muriel (Quelin Sepulveda) focus on solving the Metatron’s murder, while Aziraphale heads down to Earth to hunt for the missing Jesus, lest the demons of Hell find him first. He enlists a reluctant Crowley’s help.

Good Omens has always embraced the colorfully comic side quest; it’s part of what makes this such a rich fictional universe. But you need time to flesh it all out for those subplots to really work, and time is what the finale just doesn’t have. Hell and its demons, in particular, seem little more than an afterthought here; they’re not even particularly effective as comic relief. The beats just don’t quite land.