What if the apocalypse were less a dramatic showdown and more a bureaucratic nightmare? That's the delicious premise of Good Omens, Prime Video's fantasy comedy that feels like Supernatural crossed with What We Do in the Shadows. It's a show where the end of the world is scheduled, but the two beings tasked with stopping it would rather keep their lunch plans.
Michael Sheen plays Aziraphale, an angel who runs a cozy Soho bookshop, while David Tennant is Crowley, a demon with a wardrobe that could make fashion icons jealous. They've been quietly covering for each other since the Garden of Eden, and they're not thrilled that Heaven and Hell want to destroy the world they've grown comfortable in. The series adapts Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's beloved 1990 novel, blending genres most shows wouldn't dare touch. It's an odd-couple tale with a supernatural twist and just enough dark comedy to give it all a vibrant color.
The entire run is a compact 13 episodes split into two seasons, plus a 90-minute finale that dropped this past May. You can easily finish it in a weekend, and it's so good, you'll want to. For fans of near-perfect storytelling, this is a binge-worthy treat.
The Apocalypse, But Make It Office Comedy
If you spent years with the Winchesters, the setup will feel familiar. Heaven and Hell are treating Earth like a chessboard, prophecies keep getting botched, and the whole apocalypse hinges on one kid. In Season 1, that kid is the Antichrist, Adam Young (Sam Taylor Buck), an 11-year-old in a sleepy English village who has no idea what he is and just wants to hang out with his friends. Aziraphale and Crowley were supposed to be keeping an eye on him but lost track of him at birth—which is pretty much the level of competence everyone in this show operates at.
While Supernatural played its story as a road-trip drama, Good Omens treats it like an office comedy. Heaven looks like a sterile corporate headquarters with awful management, and Hell is a damp basement where nobody can find the right form. Even the Four Horsemen show up on motorcycles. Most of the jokes come from the fact that the people in charge of ending the world aren't very good at their jobs.
Tennant and Sheen: The Heart of the Show
The plot is fun, but you're really here for the vibes. Tennant gives Crowley sunglasses he almost never takes off and a habit of loudly not caring about anything or anyone. Sheen's Aziraphale is fussy, polite, and very into his first editions. The show knows their scenes together are the main event and gives them plenty of room to chew the scenery. Some of the best moments are just the two of them on a bench in St. James's Park, feeding ducks and arguing about whose side is worse.
Season 2 leans into that even more, with a mystery that starts when the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) turns up at the bookshop with no memory of who he is. Hamm is clearly having a great time playing someone that dim. Without spoiling anything, the end of Season 2 will ruin your week.
The Other Great Supernatural Comedy
What We Do in the Shadows rightly gets a lot of credit for proving a supernatural comedy can keep going for years without running out of steam. Good Omens premiered a couple of months after it in 2019 and has always been the quieter one of the pair. Its humor comes straight out of the books, where Pratchett and Gaiman described the end of the world in the same tone you'd use to complain about a parking ticket. A lot of the jokes go by so fast you'll only catch them on a rewatch, so put your phone down.
Pratchett died in 2015, and Gaiman stepped back from the show before Season 3, which ended up as one 90-minute episode instead of a full season. Still, Aziraphale and Crowley got an actual ending, one that's strangely heartfelt but still filled with divine hijinks. It's more than worth your time, especially if you like your genre television a bit ridiculous.
If you're looking for more supernatural comedy, check out Over the Garden Wall on Prime Video, or dive into great science fantasy books for more otherworldly adventures.
