Production for the third and final season of Good Omens had already started when showrunner Neil Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. He stepped down from the show, though he is credited with co-writing the finale. It’s a big reason why we’re now presented this scaled-back 90-minute finale instead of a six-episode final season.

GOOD OMENS SERIES FINALE: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? 

Opening Shot: “THE WAR IN HEAVEN”. We see angels Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), Michael (Doon Mackichan) and Uriel (Gloria Obianyo) celebrating their victory and protecting the Eternal Flame. When Aziraphale standing at the flame by himself, he meets an injured angel that was on the other side of the battle. His name is Crowley (David Tennant); Aziraphale ties off Crowley’s leg injury, and you can see something between them.

The Gist:  “LONDON. PRESENT DAY.” Years after Aziraphale chose becoming Supreme Archangel, even after the now demonic Crowley expressed his feelings, Crowley is in a bad way. He’s not really working for Satan anymore, but spends most of his days gambling, drinking and sleeping in an alleyway next to Aziraphale’s bookstore. He even lost his Bentley to a local crime boss named Brian Cameron (Sean Pertwee) in a round of three-card monte.

In the meantime, Aziraphale and his staff are preparing for the Second Coming, but Aziraphale is planning for it to happen in a different way than the scriptures have described. He doesn’t want the return of Jesus, now in the body of a young Brit (Bilal Hasna), to mean the End Times; he wants Jesus to bring the world together with a message of love and hope. Some of his staff, like the young Muriel (Quelin Sepulveda), are all for it. But Michael and the equally-doubtful Sandalphon (Paul Chahidi) are against it.

For his part, Jesus wants to hear from the red-headed angel with the yellow eyes who showed him all the cities of the world right before the crucifixion. That would be Crawley.

Suddenly, the red alert alarm goes off in heaven. God’s spokesperson Metatron (Derek Jacobi) has disappeared, along with the Book of Life, which has not moved from its spot since the dawn of creation. While the staff gathers to figure out a plan of action, Jesus decides to take the elevator down to Earth. He manages to find Crowley, who brushes him off. Then Jesus encounters Harry the Fish (Mark Adday), who teaches him how to “find the lady”, which is what the drunken Crowley told him to do.

On Muriel’s suggestion, Aziraphale reluctantly agrees to go to London and find Crowley to help him search for Jesus. The reunion is eventful but full of hurt feelings; Crowley does eventually agree to help, though. More angels start disappearing, and Aziraphale disguises himself and goes to Hell to find out what they might know.

What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Good Omens Seasons 1 and 2. It’s hard to compare Good Omens to other shows because its arch tone is pretty specific to the original novel’s authors, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, as well as how Gaiman wrote or co-wrote most of the episodes.

Our Take: Don’t get us wrong; writers Michael Marshall Smith and Peter Atkins, along with director Rachel Talalay, did the best they could to bring Good Omens to a conclusion under such trying circumstances. Parts of the finale, especially when Aziraphale and Crowley get honest about their feelings for each other, work well. And the story, culled from already-shot footage as well as footage that was shot after Gaiman left, feels cohesive and complete enough. But it certainly feels rushed, with pieces of story missing that a six-episode season would have explored with Gaiman’s usual sense of whimsy.

As the story rockets to a conclusion, it feels like the return of Jesus got the short end of the story stick, as it feels like the End Times came as more of a result of a “whodunit” kind of story rather than anything the resurrected Jesus might have done. And a lot of time is spent with Aziraphale and Crowley in the ultimate negotiation with God (Tanya Moodie) and Satan (Toby Jones), which leads to a more down-to-earth conclusion that we won’t spoil, except to say that Aziraphale and Crowley definitely figure some things out.

That concluding scene is satisfying for fans who have followed this angel and demon who both seemed to revel in the pleasures of being on Earth for so many millennia, but we’re not sure how earned it is, given the rush to get there.

Performance Worth Watching: There is no doubt that Sheen and Tennant’s chemistry with each other is fantastic, and they play the emotional intimacy of their relationship well.

Sex And Skin: None.

Parting Shot: A more earthbound Aziraphale and Crowley look at the stars together.

Sleeper Star: Quelin Sepulveda is fun as the somewhat naive but helpful angel Muriel.

Most Pilot-y Line: The storyline with Crowley’s interaction with Brian Cameron and his daughter Misty (Poppy Lee Friar) most definitely could have been explored more in a full season, and might have even given some good insight into Crowley’s weaknesses and his loyalty to Aziraphale. Alas, that part of the story just ended without much resolution.

Our Call: STREAM IT. The finale of Good Omens is certainly watchable, and will provide at least some closure to fans of the show. But it’s just too bad that Gaiman’s legal troubles deprived fans of a more complete-feeling ending.

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Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.