Good Omens

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Season 2
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16

Critic Reviews

  1. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Lacy Baugher
    Jul 26, 2023
    97
    Be not afraid. I doubted that a second season of this show could work, or that it was even something any of us necessarily needed to see. But after basking in its soft, warm joy—a true rarity in our current bleak television landscape—I cannot deny that its existence feels like nothing so much as divine providence.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jul 28, 2023
    80
    Good Omens returns after a four-year hiatus with a good story and the same funny chemistry between its stars.
  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Jul 28, 2023
    80
    Good Omens season two might be all questions and no answers, but, all the same, it’s a scriptural spectacular.
  5. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jul 26, 2023
    80
    With season two, Good Omens carries on into the afterlife with glorious chutzpah and an absurdity that sinks its hooks in with glee.
  6. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Louise Griffin
    Jul 26, 2023
    80
    It's hard to sense that Aziraphale and Crowley are ever truly in danger, unlike our last outing with them. But, instead, we're given deeper insight into our dysfunctional pair of heroes, a beautiful tale, and an ending that might ask more questions than it answers. In other words, ineffable. Just how we like it.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    Jul 27, 2023
    76
    Even if Good Omens 2 doesn't suggest any reason the story has to be continued, this second outing proves that it probably should.
  8. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 28, 2023
    70
    A mostly delightful little diversion with an amusingly irreverent tone. That’s not to say there was a pressing need for another season, only that it’s nice to have one with a show that, to borrow from the band that sang about sympathy for the Devil, really does have time on its side.
  9. IGN
    Reviewed by: Samantha Nelson
    Jul 26, 2023
    70
    The series can get a bit bogged down in cosmology and plots involving its less-developed supporting cast, but it’s absolutely electrifying when David Tennant and Michael Sheen are sharing the screen together as a duo willing to break all the rules of the universe to help each other.
  10. Collider
    Reviewed by: Therese Lacson
    Jul 27, 2023
    67
    This is a season that digs deep into Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship. Perhaps if it was only focusing on that, cutting out some of the other bizarre plots — such as a story with zombies — maybe there would be a bit more cohesion.

Awards & Rankings

19
#19 Most Discussed TV Season of 2023

User Reviews

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 40
  3. Negative: 10 out of 40
  1. aldo1953
    Jul 29, 2023
    5
    First series was good, from the book written by Neil Gaiman AND late great Terry Pratchett. Then S2 is out, and looks like the whole scriptFirst series was good, from the book written by Neil Gaiman AND late great Terry Pratchett. Then S2 is out, and looks like the whole script came from fanfictions, memes and all type of craps from Twitter and other social networks. NG gathered them and this is the result. Mediocre. Plus nepotism at its best/worst as Davis Tennant's father-in-law and stepson got a role in the series.… Full Review »
  2. Kzix
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I could not get passed the first episode. I am not anti gay or anti lgbt but this series seems to me to make a point to show as many gayI could not get passed the first episode. I am not anti gay or anti lgbt but this series seems to me to make a point to show as many gay scenes as they possibly can. And that is an issue for me as I kind of like the first season, the second is a wokefest… Full Review »
  3. Lefarien
    Jul 29, 2023
    10
    Continues to be a joy, extending the strengths of the first series by prominently featuring Tennant and Sheen. Snappily written, funny andContinues to be a joy, extending the strengths of the first series by prominently featuring Tennant and Sheen. Snappily written, funny and played expertly by the cast. Nobody can replace Terry Pratchett but the writing partnership of Neil Gaiman and John Finnemore has borne a new and wonderful fruit of its own.… Full Review »
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