Every episode of Good Omens season 2, ranked worst to best

Close to ineffability: Episode 202, “The Clue”

My favorite of the flashback episodes is “The Clue,” which features an Aziraphale who’s torn over whether to follow the will of God after the almighty makes up His mind to smite the saintly Job, mostly just because he can. That would cause a crisis of faith.

As usual, Crowley is around to stir up trouble on the sidelines, but it’s Aziraphale who goes through the big growth arc here, as he does the unthinkable and undermines his heavenly father to help a family of mere mortals. Also he discovers that he loves the taste of meat; see Sheen’s hilarious expression above.

Job’s haughty kids are also a highlight, as is a pre-amnesiac Gabriel. And at the end, we see Aziraphale and Crowley bond over their shared understanding of the imperfection of creation, a moment that will ring down through the ages.

There just seems to be more going on in this flashback than in the other ones. We get some movement in the present, too, as Aziraphale and Crowley team up to repel the suspicions of angels sniffing to investigate Gabriel’s disappearance. Finally, I crack up whenever Sheen enthusiastically declares that he’s found “a clue!”

Ineffably marvelous: Episode 206, “Every Day”

This was a pretty easy pick. The season 2 finale is divided into two halves. First, we get the resolution of Shax’s attack on the bookshop, which despite sounding crazier is actually the less interesting of the two. The special effects are a little underwhelming and everyone kind of looks like they’re shuffling around. Still fun, though.

The episode really starts singing once the battle is over. There’s a long cooling off period where the forces of heaven and hell argue over what this all means and we finally find out why Gabriel has no memory: he lost it for love. He and the demon lord Beelzebub run off to the far reaches of the galaxy together, a heartwarming end that has Crowley considering his own eternal life.

The best scene of the season comes right at the end, when Crowley tries to take his relationship with Aziraphale to the next level, but meets resistance from his life partner, who has just been offered a cushy new job in heaven. The show has kept things very light and fluffy up to this point, but their breakup hurts. I hope these

kids

eternal beings make it.

I hope we get a third season at all. Until we hear something, what were your favorite episodes?

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