Good Omens Season 2: The Meaning Behind [SPOILER]'s Kiss

Good Omens Season 2 explores the deeper connection between the show's protagonists, and explicitly confirms just how deep their relationship truly is.

Since Good Omens first premiered on Prime Video in 2019, there's been a lot of speculation about the relationship between the series' angelic and demonic leads. It started out as subtext with the demon Crowley even denying there was any sort of friendship between himself and the angel Aziraphale. Yet, as Season 1 progressed, it became clear that Michael Sheen's divine bookshop owner had long desired more from David Tennant's infernal never-do-well.

Prime Video dropped all six episodes of Good Omens, Season 2 on July 28, 2023, giving fans the opportunity to binge-watch the entire second chapter. While the stakes turned out to be considerably less dire for the Earth, the emotional stakes for Good Omens' outcast angel and demon couldn't have been higher. After millennia of denying even a simple friendship with Aziraphale, Crowley was forced to confront just how deep his affection for the angel truly is. But the situation turned desperate, and the demon -i unable to say whatever it was he was feeling -- resorted to a physical demonstration instead, leading to the question of what his actions meant.

Aziraphale and Crowley’s Connection Goes Back to the Beginning of Time

Good Omens, Season 2, Episode 1, "The Arrival" revealed that Aziraphale and Crowley's association went back further than the Garden of Eden, all the way back to before the latter's fall from grace. They'd met briefly as Crowley -- then an angel whose name was never disclosed -- was creating a nebula that would give birth to stars, only to learn that their sole purpose would be to create pretty lights for humans to look up at. He questioned the point of all of his hard work and would go on to doubt The Divine Plan, leading to his damnation. After he became Hell's representative on Earth, Crowley crossed paths with Aziraphale over the centuries.

Crowley -- then going by the more demonic name Crawley -- met Aziraphale for the second time in the Garden of Eden as Adam and Eve were being kicked out thanks to the demon tempting Eve as the serpent in the Garden. Back then, they were working from opposing sides, but they managed to keep their interactions civil. As the angel was also assigned to Earth, their paths would continue to cross over the millennia. They met again just before the Great Flood as Noah was loading the animals on the Ark, when Crawley started to plant seeds of doubt into Aziraphale's mind as to the goodness of the Divine Plan. Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship started to evolve, however, when the angel realized the demon was a soft touch.

Instead of killing Job's children and livestock, he transformed them, exposing his sense of mercy. Knowing that Crawley wasn't pure evil -- as he pretended to be -- allowed Aziraphale to trust him, and even develop feelings for him. Crowley, on the other hand, would scarcely acknowledge their friendship, let alone something more. This remained true even when each saved the other's lives and reputations, like during the Blitz in 1941, when Crowley saved Aziraphale from Nazi spies. Crowley would continue to feign indifference for another eighty years in direct contrast to Aziraphale's awkward attempts to declare his own feelings, until things took a serious turn in the early 21st century.

For Crowley and Aziraphale, a Kiss is Considerably More Than Just a Kiss

One revelation in Season 2 saw the Archangel Gabriel and the Archduke Beelzebub abandoning Heaven and Hell to be together. Continuing that thread, Crowley was confronted by shop owners Maggie and Nina, whose lives he and Aziraphale had been meddling. This seemingly poised the demon to confess the depths of his feelings for his divine companion. Heaven, however, had other plans for Aziraphale. He told his friend that he'd accepted the Metatron's offer to take over Gabriel's position as Archangel, and offered him the chance to return to Heaven with him. After running out of ways to say no while attempting to dissuade his companion, Crowley grabbed Aziraphale and kissed him passionately.

For anyone else, the gesture might have been a romantic declaration, but for Crowley, there was much more to it. This was a last ditch effort to keep Aziraphale with him on Earth, to control him with the earthly temptations of love and desire. Of course, there was an expression of love there, too. At least, there was as much love as the fallen angel is capable of feeling. Good Omens star David Tennant has cautioned the audience that the relationship between his character Crowley and Michael Sheen's Aziraphale was far more complicated than a human one.

That idea became clear as Aziraphale chose to forgive Crowley for his indiscretion rather than accept him or attempt to let him down easy. He could not have hurt his companion more if he had struck him physically. Good Omens, Season 2 left the one-time allies and friends -- and potentially more -- with a greater divide between them than ever before. If Season 3 moves forward, that rift and some ominous words from the Metatron could have serious consequences -- not just for the series' protagonists, but for the world.

Good Omens, Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.