Today on Prime Video, the conclusion of the best series from the creator of ‘The Sandman’ comes with a radical surprise in its duration

For three years millions of fans of ‘Good Omens‘ trapped in one of the cruelest cliffhangers on recent television, which concluded the second season. Now the conclusion of this story of friendship between heaven and hell comes back to Prime Video turned into a very different series… and for reasons that go far beyond creative decisions.

And the third season has been reduced to a single 97-minute episode. In December 2023, when Prime Video confirmed the renewal of the series, Neil Gaiman, creator of the adaptation and co-author with the late Terry Pratchett of the original 1990 novel, Gaiman had not yet been canceled by the industry after several accusations of sexual assault. In October 2024, Amazon confirmed that Gaiman was no longer part of the production team, and disappeared from the credits. The season originally intended to be six episodes was reduced to just one hour and a half.

The third installment picks up the narrative arc where season 2 left off: Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) is the Supreme Archangel and is entrusted with the supervision of the Second Cominga responsibility that surpasses him when Jesus disappears from the divine plan and begins to wander the streets of London. Crowley (David Tennant), for his part, has been wandering around Soho for months, sunken. Old acquaintances return, such as Jon Hamm as Archangel Gabriel, Derek Jacobi as Metatron and Doon Mackichan as Archangel Michael.

As always, critics have praised the extraordinary chemistry established between the two protagonists of the series, although many point out that the drastic reduction in footage is noticeable in a certain narrative haste. ‘Good Omens’, of course, is not the only series affected by the change in public perception of its creator: Netflix’s ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ was canceled in 2024 after a single season; ‘The Sandman’ on Netflix concluded in 2025 with its second season; Disney halted the adaptation of ‘The Graveyard Book’ in September 2024; and ‘Anansi Boys’, the Prime Video series with Delroy Lindo that had already finished filming, remains without a release date, and we may never see it.

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