‘Good Omens’ Eyes Season 3 Renewal By Amazon, Douglas Mackinnon Not Returning As Co-Showrunner
‘Good Omens’ Eyes Season 3 Renewal By Amazon, Douglas Mackinnon Not Returning As Co-Showrunner
Neil Gaiman fantasy series Good Omens is looking good to land a Season 3 renewal by Amazon and the BBC, I hear. In anticipation of the order for what will likely be the show’s last chapter, t…
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I haven't watched S2 yet, but I S1 was really enjoyable!
I didn’t like S2. S1 was much better.
Yeah, the stakes in S2 were not as serious, and it had that “we got the gang back together with a flimsy plot because S1 was so popular” feel. Kinda slapdash like a lot of Prime series.
Neil Gaiman is on Tumblr and has answered A LOT of fan questions about season 2.
I'm going from memory and heavily paraphrasing, so look this up for yourself if you're still interested.
There was going to be a sequel to the Good Omens book, Gaiman and Pratchett had written a bunch of outlines and stuff for it, and it was going to be called 666 The Neighbour Of The Beast. Stuff happened and it was put on the back burner and never actually written, and then Sir Terry died and it couldn't ever be.
After GO got picked up for a tv adaptation of the og book, Neils' plan for if it was renewed, was always for GO to be 3 seasons, and to keep all of Pratchett's input.
Season 2 needed to happen the way it did as it's the world/character building and exposition necessary to set up the originally planned sequel- plus some incredibly well crafted fan service to keep it fresh. Neil told us it was going to be a gentle and romantic interlude (the bastard).
Season 3 apparently is going to be a lot more like season 1 as it's armageddon all over again, and this time they're serious. I think they're even bringing back jesus, who probably has more issues with god than Crowley by now.
Thanks for the breakdown.
I liked season 2, but nowhere near as much as season 1.
I liked both for what they were. Season 1 was exactly what you’d expect given the authors and as a huge fan of discworld I’m very happy with it. Season 2 was a cozy love interlude and as someone who wants more good cozy gay content and watched it with her wife I’m very happy with it. Also the Job episode was wonderful