The 'Good Omens' Season 2 Trailer Promises a Different Kind of Divine Mystery
It's probably fair to say that many fans were a bit apprehensive when the news broke that Prime Video had renewed its hit (allegedly) limited series Good Omens for a second season. After all, the first was both critically acclaimed and essentially perfect, not to mention it pretty much used all the material available in Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's beloved 1990 novel of the same name.
But, with the arrival of the Season 2 trailer, it seems safe to say that, if nothing else, the Good Omens vibes remain ineffable. Stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant are back as fussy angel Aziraphale and caustic demon Crowley and honestly, it feels like they never left. And, having thwarted the Apocalypse, they'll have to tackle a more immediate sort of mystery: The arrival of a very confused Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) in Aziraphale's rare bookshop, who seems to not only be missing several key pieces of his wardrobe but his memory as well.
To some extent, this makes a lot of sense — after all, Gaiman has said before that he and Pratchett discussed what further stories set in this universe might look like, and the Prime Video series drew on some of those ideas during the series' first season. It's where the existence of the Archangel Gabriel came from, and who knows, perhaps some element of this amnesia plot may have stemmed from those conversations as well. (I think it's definitely not an accident that this second season does seem to center on Hamm's character.)
