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I wrote an essay about the ending of Good Omens, and you can read it now.
How I learned to love the finale of Good Omens for what it is (and maybe you can, too).
It got so long I had to find another home for it, but if you're feeling sad, confused, lonely or even ambiguous after the finale, maybe reading some hopeful analysis will ease the way. I haven't written an essay in 12 years but this is what this show has done to me so here we are.
You know who would love it if we became a fractured-beyond-repair fandom? If we became a fandom who harasses people?
That Fucking Man.
So. Hate the finale, love the finale, be somewhere in the middle about the finale, headcanon the finale awayā
But be kind to each other.
And be kind to the cast, crew, and other people who worked under VERY tough circumstances with what they were given. Or at the least, simply avoid interacting with those folks.
(The only one we donāt need to be kind to is That Man)
Please, please, speak kindly and respectfully to, and about, each other. Everyone whoās not harassing someone has some kind of valid point. Everyone feeling strong emotions is valid in those feelings. Avoid content that throws off your equilibrium, but comfort each other whenever you can.
The real Good Omens always were the friends we made along the way. Letās stay that way. To our world. š¤š„š¤
Just realized we have the proof Good Omens 3 still follows our real timeline (just like s1 and s2)
The meteor shower Anthony mentions and observes in the final scene is the Eta Aquariids, a meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet and visible in the Aquarius constellation. FYI, they were active from April 19 to May 28 with their peak around May 10 this year
The finale released on May 13, right during the peak
It's these kinds of lovely thoughtful details that makes me love Good Omens and rewatch it over and over again without getting tired of it. It's just perfect
Such observations are the cause why I love GO and the fandom
This phrase has already entered my vocabulary re: media criticism where like. The viewer has a concrete view of what they expect a story to be based on the tropes and cliches they're used to seeing together, and when that doesn't happen, they judge it as a failed depiction of what they assumed it was going to be instead of judging it as what it actually is.
"This show is problematic because the hero didn't kill the villain at the end": When does he steal the bread?
"These two characters who were close friends throughout the series don't kiss at the end! What the fuck?": When does he steal the bread?
"This feels like it's missing a conclusion! Like, the protagonist does bad stuff and because of a critical decision he makes as a result of his major character flaws, meets tragedy in the end! Where's the part where he learns better and brings is love back from the dead and becomes a good guy and gets a happy ending?": When does he steal the fucking bread??
I heard this out as "When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn't"
#this is why so many of us urge people to get a wider diet of stories
The power (and absurdity) of wordplay in Good Omens season 3
While I spend all of my sanity writing a follow up essay on the meaning of Job in relation to Good Omens (the first one about the meaning of Genesis is here), please allow me to take a break and have fun revealing some excellent wordplay you might have missed in season 3, what with all the wailing and gnashing of teeth. 1. Joy unbounded
Referring to the Gilbert and Sullivan satirical musical Trial by Jury where the the phrase "joy unbounded" appears at the absolute climax of the operetta. It is the very first line of the grand finale ensemble number, titled "Oh, joy unbounded, with wealth surrounded."
Oh, joy unbounded, With wealth surrounded, The knell is sounded Of grief and woe. COUNSEL: With love devoted On you heās doted To castle moated Away they go.
It is classic W.S. Gilbert irony: the phrase is deliberately over-the-top, celebrating a happy ending that is actually a total mockery of justice and an ending. But also more than likely Milton's Paradise Lost
When Milton describes the unfallen state of heaven and the worship of the angels, he uses "uninterrupted" to capture a sense of endless, seamless bliss:
"Then crown'd with Saints and Angels, and the place / Of his high Throne, with joy uninterrupted, and / Unrival'd Love."
Pitting the same nature of Good Omens dueling realities ā the deeply satirical and ironic farce, and serious discussion of religion and morality ā against each other in one line.
2. Harry Frish (the Fish)
Meaning of Harry To Harass, Annoy, or Torment (Modern Usage) In everyday modern English, to harry someone means to constantly pester, worry, or harass them, often making them feel rushed, stressed, or under pressure.
In Yiddish, the word פÖæ×Ø×ש (frish) directly means "fresh" or "new." It shares an immediate Germanic root with the modern German word frisch. Because of this, "Frish" (or "Frisch") frequently appears as an Ashkenazic Jewish nickname or artificial surname, historically given to someone noted for being energetic, cheerful, or newly arrived in a community.
The fish symbolātraditionally known as the Ichthys (from the ancient Greek word for fish, ikhthĆ½s)āis one of the oldest and most clever visual codes in history. Long before the cross became the universal visual shorthand for Christianity, early Christians living under the hostility of the Roman Empire used this simple design to identify one another and mark safe spaces. "Fishers of Men": Several of Jesus' core disciples (like Peter, Andrew, James, and John) were professional fishermen. When Jesus called them to follow him in the Gospels, he used a direct occupational metaphor: "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19). The ironic inversion is that Jesus' new safe space, his disciple, isn't fresh, he's harried, and he's not a fisherman, he's already a fisher (cheat) of men.
3. I never thought you'd be back to gloat.
Mrs. Sandwich roundly chews out Aziraphale for abandoning "Whickber Street". Her final parting jab seems almost cruel, "I never thought you'd be be back to gloat." Bet you didn't know there was once a second meaning of the word.
4. Give em a bit of Pater
In Harry's cockney dialect, "You know, a bit of patter" sounds remarkably like Pater in latin. The Pater Noster (Latin for "Our Father") is the traditional Latin name for the Lord's Prayer, the central prayer in Christianity. According to the New Testament, Jesus taught this prayer to his disciples when they asked him how to pray. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. 5. Light of the world. Yes, Jesus. Mary's Bloody boy child.
Referring to Jesus: In the Gospel of John (John 8:12), Jesus applies the title to himself:
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
In this context, it signifies divine truth, spiritual illumination, and salvation breaking through human ignorance, like Crowley not even recognizing he met Jesus already while drunk.
But also, The Light of the World, a celebrated 1853 allegorical painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt, illustratingĀ RevelationĀ 3:20:
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me".
The door in the painting has no handle, and can therefore be opened only from the inside, representing the human mind or soul that has never been opened to the divine. The weeds and brambles show a long period of neglect. The painting was considered by many to be the most important and culturally influential rendering of Christ of its time. And also just illustration the literal meaning, to sup with each other, or to eat a meal together. As a bonus we get an ironic inversion wordplay in "Yes Jesus. Mary's bloody boy child". Both Jesus and Bloody Mary's (boy child) can be used as swear words or an accurate depiction of the physical Jesus, and Bloody Mary is a cocktail you would order with brunch or lunch. 6. "I ordered you enormous amounts of Dim Sum"
Literal Meaning: The characters é»åæ (diĒn xÄ«n) literally translate to "touch the heart". The portions were originally intended to "touch the heart" rather than fully satisfy the appetite, acting as light snacks served in tea houses. But also kind of an appropriate explanation for what is happening in season 3 as a whole: Enormous amounts of emotions, without a feeling of satisfying fullness. 7. "Hell is not mocked" I'm not gonna lie, this one is crazy, and took me a while.
On the surface level, we get this exchange. "Hell is not mocked." In a standard or biblical sense (such as Galatians 6:7, "God is not mocked"), this means "I am not someone to be taken lightly, fooled, laughed at, or treated with disrespect." Eric is asserting absolute a semblance of inverted dominance. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Idiomatically, to "rib" someone means to tease them, joke around, or engage in good-natured mockery. By offering a "gentle ribbing," Crowley is attempting to deflate the first speaker's intense seriousness with casual, playful banter. If you go one level foodier, you get this: "Hell is not mocked." Mock Duck is traditional fare in British dim-sum restaurants, replacing more expensive real duck. Eric is literally a fake duck, or an imitation threat. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Slow steamed black bean ribs are a classic Cantonese dim sum dish, but British "chinese" cuisine often substitues them or mixes them up with for the popular takeaway dish "spare ribs". He's calling Eric an uncultured idiot. If you go one level more religious, you get this: "Hell is not mocked." If you look at the archaic or highly literal roots of mockery, to "mock up" or create a "mockery" of a body can imply altering, or manipulating flesh. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Taken literally, a "ribbing" means striking, breaking, or driving an object into someone's ribs, as Jesus was pierced through the ribs by the Roman soldier's spear at the crucifixion. 8. "Potato, Po-tart-o"
The literal reading The classic phrase "Potato, Pot-ah-to" (originally from the 1937 George and Ira Gershwin song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off") usually has a very straightforward meaning: "We are saying the exact same thing, it's just a matter of perspective." But If used in a relationship context, it can be a passive-aggressive swipeāMichael is using the phrase to dismiss uriel, while subtly calling Aziraphale dull (a literal "potato").
The historical reading While we use it today to mean "it's all the same," the original double meaning of the song was about stark socio-economic and class differences that threaten to tear a couple apart.
"Po-tay-to" represents the working-class, everyday American accent.
"Po-tah-to" represents the affected, upper-class, high-society British or "Mid-Atlantic" accent.
The double meaning is that they aren't just arguing over pronunciation; they are realizing they come from two completely different social classes, highlighting a deeper cultural divide. The "Burying" pun reading In darker comedic writing or crime fiction, writers sometimes use the phrase as a chilling pun regarding death or murder. Potatoes grow underground and have to be dug up. sĆ¹aying "Potato, pot-ah-to" during a dispute over a crime can be a veiled threat implying that no matter how the argument ends, someone is going to end up "planted in the dirt". The British slang reading Historically and traditionally, calling someone a "tart" is a derogatory slang term for someone who is perceived as promiscuous, or who dresses in a sexually provocative or flamboyant manner. This is both a callback to season 1/slap in the face to Uriel, who bullied Aziraphale about flaunting his "demon boyfriend", while also smearing Aziraphale for being queer-coded.
9. A two week holiday in Marbella?
Marbella, located on Spain's Costa del Sol, developed a reputation in the UK as a playground for the rich & famous, while also symbolizing the criminal underworld (earning parts of the coast the nickname "Costa del Crime"). In modern contemporary fiction or satire, sending a character there for two weeks is a way for an author to signal a very specific type of lifestyle of superficial luxury. It's also a British class dig: For a working-class or middle-class character, saving up for a two-week block in Marbella represents the absolute pinnacle of luxuryāthe ultimate escape from grey, rainy domestic life to guaranteed sun, English breakfasts abroad, and nightlife.
In British drama, soap operas, and psychological thrillers, a "two-week holiday" to Marbella is a classic narrative device used to disrupt the status quo: Because itās a place associated with letting your hair down, itās often used as the setting of a turning point in the story, where a character goes to become a different person, disappear, or hide money. Satan is asking Crowley (and by extension us,) to choose: was it a vain and worthless attempt, or the catalyst fpr the entire rest of our story? After all, Crowley would have never become a demon without the struggle, and thus would never have ended up with Aziraphale, or there at the end.
Aaaahhh, I can't believe I'm finally finding another meta blog dealing with the wordplay within the show! I've always found it to be a sorely overlooked element of the show richness. Do you have any takes on s1 and s2?
@lanzadeperla you're very welcome! Seeing as I got onto tumblr after season 2 already aired, I can only point you to the fun I was having after that season. In any case, I thought the S1 wordplay was pretty well picked over by sleuths already?
Here's a link to my master list, including all the other word games posts I've made.
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The power (and absurdity) of wordplay in Good Omens season 3
While I spend all of my sanity writing a follow up essay on the meaning of Job in relation to Good Omens (the first one about the meaning of Genesis is here), please allow me to take a break and have fun revealing some excellent wordplay you might have missed in season 3, what with all the wailing and gnashing of teeth. 1. Joy unbounded
Referring to the Gilbert and Sullivan satirical musical Trial by Jury where the the phrase "joy unbounded" appears at the absolute climax of the operetta. It is the very first line of the grand finale ensemble number, titled "Oh, joy unbounded, with wealth surrounded."
Oh, joy unbounded, With wealth surrounded, The knell is sounded Of grief and woe. COUNSEL: With love devoted On you heās doted To castle moated Away they go.
It is classic W.S. Gilbert irony: the phrase is deliberately over-the-top, celebrating a happy ending that is actually a total mockery of justice and an ending. But also more than likely Milton's Paradise Lost
When Milton describes the unfallen state of heaven and the worship of the angels, he uses "uninterrupted" to capture a sense of endless, seamless bliss:
"Then crown'd with Saints and Angels, and the place / Of his high Throne, with joy uninterrupted, and / Unrival'd Love."
Pitting the same nature of Good Omens dueling realities ā the deeply satirical and ironic farce, and serious discussion of religion and morality ā against each other in one line.
2. Harry Frish (the Fish)
Meaning of Harry To Harass, Annoy, or Torment (Modern Usage) In everyday modern English, to harry someone means to constantly pester, worry, or harass them, often making them feel rushed, stressed, or under pressure.
In Yiddish, the word פÖæ×Ø×ש (frish) directly means "fresh" or "new." It shares an immediate Germanic root with the modern German word frisch. Because of this, "Frish" (or "Frisch") frequently appears as an Ashkenazic Jewish nickname or artificial surname, historically given to someone noted for being energetic, cheerful, or newly arrived in a community.
The fish symbolātraditionally known as the Ichthys (from the ancient Greek word for fish, ikhthĆ½s)āis one of the oldest and most clever visual codes in history. Long before the cross became the universal visual shorthand for Christianity, early Christians living under the hostility of the Roman Empire used this simple design to identify one another and mark safe spaces. "Fishers of Men": Several of Jesus' core disciples (like Peter, Andrew, James, and John) were professional fishermen. When Jesus called them to follow him in the Gospels, he used a direct occupational metaphor: "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19). The ironic inversion is that Jesus' new safe space, his disciple, isn't fresh, he's harried, and he's not a fisherman, he's already a fisher (cheat) of men.
3. I never thought you'd be back to gloat.
Mrs. Sandwich roundly chews out Aziraphale for abandoning "Whickber Street". Her final parting jab seems almost cruel, "I never thought you'd be be back to gloat." Bet you didn't know there was once a second meaning of the word.
4. Give em a bit of Pater
In Harry's cockney dialect, "You know, a bit of patter" sounds remarkably like Pater in latin. The Pater Noster (Latin for "Our Father") is the traditional Latin name for the Lord's Prayer, the central prayer in Christianity. According to the New Testament, Jesus taught this prayer to his disciples when they asked him how to pray. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. 5. Light of the world. Yes, Jesus. Mary's Bloody boy child.
Referring to Jesus: In the Gospel of John (John 8:12), Jesus applies the title to himself:
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
In this context, it signifies divine truth, spiritual illumination, and salvation breaking through human ignorance, like Crowley not even recognizing he met Jesus already while drunk.
But also, The Light of the World, a celebrated 1853 allegorical painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt, illustratingĀ RevelationĀ 3:20:
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me".
The door in the painting has no handle, and can therefore be opened only from the inside, representing the human mind or soul that has never been opened to the divine. The weeds and brambles show a long period of neglect. The painting was considered by many to be the most important and culturally influential rendering of Christ of its time. And also just illustration the literal meaning, to sup with each other, or to eat a meal together. As a bonus we get an ironic inversion wordplay in "Yes Jesus. Mary's bloody boy child". Both Jesus and Bloody Mary's (boy child) can be used as swear words or an accurate depiction of the physical Jesus, and Bloody Mary is a cocktail you would order with brunch or lunch. 6. "I ordered you enormous amounts of Dim Sum"
Literal Meaning: The characters é»åæ (diĒn xÄ«n) literally translate to "touch the heart". The portions were originally intended to "touch the heart" rather than fully satisfy the appetite, acting as light snacks served in tea houses. But also kind of an appropriate explanation for what is happening in season 3 as a whole: Enormous amounts of emotions, without a feeling of satisfying fullness. 7. "Hell is not mocked" I'm not gonna lie, this one is crazy, and took me a while.
On the surface level, we get this exchange. "Hell is not mocked." In a standard or biblical sense (such as Galatians 6:7, "God is not mocked"), this means "I am not someone to be taken lightly, fooled, laughed at, or treated with disrespect." Eric is asserting absolute a semblance of inverted dominance. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Idiomatically, to "rib" someone means to tease them, joke around, or engage in good-natured mockery. By offering a "gentle ribbing," Crowley is attempting to deflate the first speaker's intense seriousness with casual, playful banter. If you go one level foodier, you get this: "Hell is not mocked." Mock Duck is traditional fare in British dim-sum restaurants, replacing more expensive real duck. Eric is literally a fake duck, or an imitation threat. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Slow steamed black bean ribs are a classic Cantonese dim sum dish, but British "chinese" cuisine often substitues them or mixes them up with for the popular takeaway dish "spare ribs". He's calling Eric an uncultured idiot. If you go one level more religious, you get this: "Hell is not mocked." If you look at the archaic or highly literal roots of mockery, to "mock up" or create a "mockery" of a body can imply altering, or manipulating flesh. "How about a gentle ribbing?" Taken literally, a "ribbing" means striking, breaking, or driving an object into someone's ribs, as Jesus was pierced through the ribs by the Roman soldier's spear at the crucifixion. 8. "Potato, Po-tart-o"
The literal reading The classic phrase "Potato, Pot-ah-to" (originally from the 1937 George and Ira Gershwin song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off") usually has a very straightforward meaning: "We are saying the exact same thing, it's just a matter of perspective." But If used in a relationship context, it can be a passive-aggressive swipeāMichael is using the phrase to dismiss uriel, while subtly calling Aziraphale dull (a literal "potato").
The historical reading While we use it today to mean "it's all the same," the original double meaning of the song was about stark socio-economic and class differences that threaten to tear a couple apart.
"Po-tay-to" represents the working-class, everyday American accent.
"Po-tah-to" represents the affected, upper-class, high-society British or "Mid-Atlantic" accent.
The double meaning is that they aren't just arguing over pronunciation; they are realizing they come from two completely different social classes, highlighting a deeper cultural divide. The "Burying" pun reading In darker comedic writing or crime fiction, writers sometimes use the phrase as a chilling pun regarding death or murder. Potatoes grow underground and have to be dug up. sĆ¹aying "Potato, pot-ah-to" during a dispute over a crime can be a veiled threat implying that no matter how the argument ends, someone is going to end up "planted in the dirt". The British slang reading Historically and traditionally, calling someone a "tart" is a derogatory slang term for someone who is perceived as promiscuous, or who dresses in a sexually provocative or flamboyant manner. This is both a callback to season 1/slap in the face to Uriel, who bullied Aziraphale about flaunting his "demon boyfriend", while also smearing Aziraphale for being queer-coded.
9. A two week holiday in Marbella?
Marbella, located on Spain's Costa del Sol, developed a reputation in the UK as a playground for the rich & famous, while also symbolizing the criminal underworld (earning parts of the coast the nickname "Costa del Crime"). In modern contemporary fiction or satire, sending a character there for two weeks is a way for an author to signal a very specific type of lifestyle of superficial luxury. It's also a British class dig: For a working-class or middle-class character, saving up for a two-week block in Marbella represents the absolute pinnacle of luxuryāthe ultimate escape from grey, rainy domestic life to guaranteed sun, English breakfasts abroad, and nightlife.
In British drama, soap operas, and psychological thrillers, a "two-week holiday" to Marbella is a classic narrative device used to disrupt the status quo: Because itās a place associated with letting your hair down, itās often used as the setting of a turning point in the story, where a character goes to become a different person, disappear, or hide money. Satan is asking Crowley (and by extension us,) to choose: was it a vain and worthless attempt, or the catalyst fpr the entire rest of our story? After all, Crowley would have never become a demon without the struggle, and thus would never have ended up with Aziraphale, or there at the end.
Crowley and Aziraphale in the Tardis!
No, but can you imagine Crowley DRIVING TARDIS? š
And Doctor's reaction to it š
Damn, I need this crossover!
Weāve just come back from our little vacation to Scotland and now I understand all Scottish poets completely. Can confirm Tills bookshop is one of the most charming little shops in all of Edinburgh. So glad Asa & Anthony met there.
The Good Omens season 3 managed to pull an emotion I've never before experienced while watching media.
This movie needs more Jesus.
Hahaha you're so right š
imagine being an angel and realizing the most beautiful thing in creation is sitting next to you complaining about nebulae
MERCY
from one, two
commission me on kofi
You know who would love it if we became a fractured-beyond-repair fandom? If we became a fandom who harasses people?
That Fucking Man.
So. Hate the finale, love the finale, be somewhere in the middle about the finale, headcanon the finale awayā
But be kind to each other.
And be kind to the cast, crew, and other people who worked under VERY tough circumstances with what they were given. Or at the least, simply avoid interacting with those folks.
(The only one we donāt need to be kind to is That Man)
Please, please, speak kindly and respectfully to, and about, each other. Everyone whoās not harassing someone has some kind of valid point. Everyone feeling strong emotions is valid in those feelings. Avoid content that throws off your equilibrium, but comfort each other whenever you can.
The real Good Omens always were the friends we made along the way. Letās stay that way. To our world. š¤š„š¤
crowley spoke of his feelings = lost every single thing he cared for
aziraphale spoke of his feelings = wiped off the face of earth
i think the message good omens wants to pass on is that None is worth it and we should Keep the Pining Forward
(im obvs joking)
give me pining or give me death š¬š¬š¬
So glad to know Iām worth it š¤©
I wrote an essay about the ending of Good Omens, and you can read it now.
How I learned to love the finale of Good Omens for what it is (and maybe you can, too).
It got so long I had to find another home for it, but if you're feeling sad, confused, lonely or even ambiguous after the finale, maybe reading some hopeful analysis will ease the way. I haven't written an essay in 12 years but this is what this show has done to me so here we are.
This is one of the most interesting and insightful things Iāve read about Good Omens, period.
Even if I didnāt agree with all the conclusions, it was a fascinating read and well worth the time. Content warning for mentions of Neil Gaiman (nothing positive, of course).
Iām glad you took the time to read, even if you donāt agree. Thanks so much for giving it a try š
