Good Omens
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Welcome to the end of the world!
Or something close to it, anyway.
Well get there eventually.
Certainly, the series didnt follow a conventional route to television.
In the early aughts, it was apparentlythisclose to being a Terry Gilliam film.
Hence the series at hand, scripted and executive produced by Gaiman with each episode directed by Douglas Mackinnon.
As it turns out, Ussher got it right, apart from being 13 minutes off with the time.
That was all a joke.
Turns out God has a playful, if incomprehensible, sense of humor.
But it would be a mistake to take it as just a lark.
(Look no further thanAmerican Gods, currently playing on another web connection, for additional proof.)
The most significant additions go beyond these creative liberties, however.
Aziraphale and Crowley both wonder if theyve made mistakes.
Flash forward a few thousand years or so, and were only 11 years out from the apocalypse.
And both share an appreciation for earthly things.
And neither Aziraphale nor Crowley is particularly interested in seeing his good times on Earth come to an end.
That makes the presumed Antichrist, a.k.a.
After all, who can say for sure?
(Well, God, but Shes not saying any more than She has to.)
(And one in which Gaiman has free rein to include all the digressions and flourishes he likes.)
Where is the moral justice in a universe pushed and pulled by the whims of divine beings?
The great plan is ineffable, Aziraphale assures Crowley.
But is there really any difference between an ineffable plan and no plan at all?
Maybe, Aziraphale and Crowley figure, theres a third way.
As for the right kid, he seems … just fine, really.
A fun little dog hell just call Dog.
(Aziraphales enthusiastic but incompetent attempts at magic not real magic, the sleight-of-hand kind are particularly fun.)
But the pairs chemistry is what really puts the show over.
This episode goes to some silly extremes, but the friendship of these characters keeps it grounded.
(Gaimans early work also includesa quickie biography of Duran Duran, but that seems less relevant here.)
Apart from the stars, Hamm and Nick Offerman are the most recognizable names in the first episodes credits.
That will change with upcoming installments.
This is apparently one of those projects that had no trouble signing up guest stars.
