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Good things come to those who wait, or so everyone says. That is doubly true in the streaming era, where years passing between seasons of popular shows isn\u2019t just commonplace but now an unfortunate norm<\/a>. If we\u2019re honest, Good Omens<\/em> fans have been suffering more than most. It\u2019s pushing three years since season two aired in the summer of 2023. The finale episode finally allowed its long-pining leads to kiss, only to break them up in heartbreaking fashion mere seconds later. The angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) chose to return to Heaven, leaving his demon soulmate Crowley (David Tennant) behind on Earth and subsequently emotionally destroying viewers. And until recently, the show and its fandom were stuck in an increasingly frustrating limbo, waiting for a happy ending that felt like it might never come.<\/p>\n RELATED ARTICLE<\/p>\n GOOD OMENS Sets Season 3 Release Date With New Teaser Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n Season two\u2019s ending was a shocking plot twist that went firmly against the tone of the episodes that came before it, which were sweet, gentle, and deeply romantic. Absolutely no one had \u201csurprise, everyone ends up in tears\u201d on their Good Omens <\/em>bingo card. To add anxiety to angst, the second season cliffhanger arrived with the show\u2019s larger fate still uncertain. In fact, a renewal announcement<\/a> wouldn\u2019t arrive for nearly six months.<\/p>\n But that wasn\u2019t the end of a string of increasingly cursed events surrounding the series\u2019 conclusion. Good Omens <\/em>was originally meant to end with a six-episode third season. But following the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct <\/a>against Neil Gaiman, the series\u2019 showrunner and one-half of the pair who wrote the book the series is based on, things were looking pretty bleak indeed. Gaiman has repeatedly denied the claims<\/a>, but several of his other projects were outright buried or canceled<\/a> in the wake of the news. Production on Good Omens\u2019 <\/em>final season was paused,<\/a> and for a good long while, it seemed all too likely that such a bleak fate might be in its future, too.<\/p>\n But the Ineffable Plan moves in mysterious ways. Gaiman stepped down from the production, and Prime Video ultimately pulled something of a King Solomon on the whole situation, giving the series a 90-minute feature-length episode to wrap things up. Is this special likely to be everything that fans and folks involved with the show wanted? Of course not. But the fact that we\u2019re getting an ending at all feels fairly miraculous in the face of everything else. That is, of course, Good Omens<\/em>\u2019s <\/em>entire brand. Few stories deserve the chance to end on their own terms as much as this one does. And even fewer onscreen relationships\u2014particularly queer ones\u2014that deserve the happily ever after that\u2019s surely headed their way.<\/p>\n