Good Omens‘ Third and Final Season Is Now… a 90-Minute Special

There’s good Good Omens news and bad Good Omens news. Creator Neil Gaiman, recently accused of sexual assault by multiple women (he has denied the allegations), has officially departed the series—ostensibly making a way for fans to watch its upcoming third season with a clear conscience. But instead of a full slate of episodes, Prime Video will bid farewell to Michael Sheen’s Aziraphale and David Tennant’s Crowley in a single, 90-minute special.

This news comes from Deadline, which explains plans for a full third season are off the table with Gaiman “exiting after allegations were made against him by a slew of women.” The trade describes the Good Omens special as a “one-off television movie,” and notes it’ll begin filming early next year in Scotland “after pre-production was paused due to the allegations [against Gaiman].”

Gaiman had served as writer, producer, and showrunner on Good Omens; Deadline reports that “Gaiman contributed to the writing of the series finale but will not be working on the production and his production company the Blank Corporation is no longer involved. A new writer is expected to finish up the work, although insiders said that deal has not been closed.” The series is adapted from Gaiman’s 1990 novel co-written with the late Terry Pratchett.

Gaiman’s departure is not exactly a surprise. The assault allegations came to light in July via a podcast series, as well as coverage in other media including Rolling Stone, and in September, the author—despite denying the claims—was said to have offered to step back from working on Good Omens.

Controversy behind the scenes notwithstanding, that any version of Good Omens season three is moving forward at all is good news for fans of the show. At the end of season two, the odd-couple main characters—having just smooched for the first time—were once again separated thanks to their pesky cosmic conflict of one being an angel, and the other being a demon. Perhaps a 90-minute special will be an ideal way to let Aziraphale and Crowley have one final adventure together; they definitely need to do some work on their relationship, but can probably also prevent yet another apocalypse along the way if necessary.

What do you think of this new development for Good Omens? There’s no word yet on when it might arrive on Prime Video, but if it’s filming in early 2025, later that year or even 2026 seems most likely.

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