'Good Omens' Sees All The Signs & Stars Align For A Great Series

Amazon's Good Omens has arrived, and the fates are smiling down on everyone.

Author Neil Gaiman is one of the U.K's more popular exports, with hit titles ranging from comics such as The Sandman series to books like American Gods. In between, his biggest cult hit came in the form of a collaboration with fellow author, the late Terry Pratchett, with the 1990 parody take on the apocalypse called Good Omens. In recent years, Gaiman has moved from having his work turned into films like Coraline to prestige TV series. American Gods was the first, arriving in 2017 on STARZ. Now comes an adaptation of Good Omens on Amazon, and the auguries are here to let you know, it's just about perfect.

The series is based on the Bible and Revelations, and sort of assumes, Christian culture being of the air in most western countries, that no real introduction on that score is necessary. Oh sure, there's a quick nod to apples and flaming swords, but that's all dispensed with early on so our protagonists, Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant) can get on with discovering the end of the world is nigh, and they're really not so down with that as they might have once been.