Good Omens is on the path toward season three, and fans are cooking up some theories.
Good Omens is likely to be renewed for a season three, and fans are already jumping out of their seats in joy. This television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Pratchett’s novel has risen in popularity since the first season debut. After the second season ended in July 2023, fans have been aching to see more of Crowley and Aziraphale. After their kiss to confirm their feelings, Aziraphale left for Heaven while Crowley remained on Earth. What will happen to their relationship in the third season? Is God’s plan for the Second Coming more sinister than we are led to believe? Will other characters like Muriel, Nina, or Maggie return? Will past characters from the first season make a comeback?
Fans were quick to theorize what could happen in the third season. Not just in terms of how the plot could go but what could be revealed about the Fallen and their pasts as angels. This is especially the case for Crowley. Or that Aziraphale may have been the cause of Crowley’s fall and that the true villain of the show was right in front of us this whole time. There is so much to be revealed, and season 3 could prove to bring these theories to life.
The Metatron Is the True Villain
This has been a running theory since the first season. It’s even more apparent in the second. The Metatron is the voice of God, which means he’s the one confronting the angels and passing along God’s messages as needed, which would technically also make him the face of God until the character gets revealed.
It’s likely that the Metatron will be the final person that Crowley and Aziraphale face off against to protect the human world they have come to love. But also to protect each other. This also follows the coffee theory, in which Metatron did something to Aziraphale’s coffee in the finale to make him more compliant about his offer to return to Heaven as a high-ranking angel. Plus, the Metatron has a very obvious dislike of Crowley. This is especially apparent when Aziraphale looks to Crowley for comfort or confirmation. The Metatron can also challenge the strength of Crowley’s and Aziraphale’s love for one another. Whatever happens in the third season, the Metatron will surely be a force to be reckoned with.
Crowley Was the Archangel Raphael
Not much is known about Crowley during his time as an angel. That’s because he doesn’t remember much himself. When angels are cast out of Heaven, their memories get erased. It was hinted in season one (and proven in season 2) that Crowley could have been a higher-up angel before his Fall, meaning he could have been one of the four archangels. He was the one who created the whole universe and was able to open up a file that only higher angel status, like archangels, can open.
One potential theory could suggest that Crowley was the archangel Raphael. Raphael is the archangel associated with love and marriage. When thinking about it, it makes more sense why Crowley’s deep love for Aziraphale was far more obvious than Aziraphale’s love for him. Crowley is far more the hopeless romantic between the two. And that’s not just because Aziraphale is oblivious. It was Crowley who first instigated the idea for Nina and Maggie to fall in love under a canopy in the rain, which is the most cliché but romantic way of discovering those intense feelings.
Aziraphale Caused Crowley’s Banishment
It’s one of the sadder theories, but it makes so much sense after the events of the second season. Aziraphale was there when Crowley created the Nebula and witnessed the ex-angel’s disappointment that his hard work would just be a wallpaper for Earth. Crowley then mentions his slight bitterness about the lack of a suggestion box and the ability to ask questions.
Aziraphale is a firm believer in God’s plan and that asking questions could result in something terrible. It was hinted that Crowley was cast out of Heaven for “hanging with the wrong crowd” like Lucifer and/or asking questions about God’s plan. What if it was Aziraphale who reported Crowley to the Metatron or someone else higher up than himself?
Now, this is Aziraphale we’re talking about here. If this theory proves to be true, he more than likely did it with good intentions. In the hopes that Crowley would not be cast out of Heaven if Aziraphale warned somebody before it happened. Which would ultimately cause Crowley’s banishment and have his memories erased.
Adam Could Make His Return
Adam Young, the antichrist himself, hasn’t appeared in Good Omens since the first season. He started and ended the apocalypse on the same day, confronting his satanic father with assistance from Crowley and Aziraphale. Adam stated that Satan was not his father, making it true and saving the world. But at the end of season one, the young boy still retains some of his demonic powers.
In the second season’s finale, the Metatron reveals Heaven is preparing for the Second Coming. In Christian mythology, the Second Coming refers to the return of Jesus Christ to Earth. The antichrist is also involved in the Second Coming, but their role is to be cast in the Lake of Fire, and Satan will be bound for a thousand years. This is Good Omens, however. It’s unlikely that the show’s Second Coming will be exactly like the biblical version. Still, even though he is technically no longer Satan’s child, Adam could very much make his return.
The plot for season three hasn’t been revealed yet, but that’s not stopping anyone from creating some great theories. It proves their love for the authors, the characters, and the work behind Good Omens. Not to mention that Gaiman supported the Writers Guild of America strike, which delayed writing for the third season. But the wait will be worth it to see if these theories come to fruition.
