I finished the second series yesterday and I'm ready to share what I thought of it.
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The cold openings, the mini episodes within the episodes are not as interconnected as Gaiman might have thought. Why does Crowley seemed to know everything and Aziraphale flutters like a leaf for telling a lie. Didn't he, against God's will, give his flaming sword to humans, which inadvertently became humans' first weapon, and then became War's sword? And where was the Crowley that changed the paintball guns into real guns? Why is he always so nice all of a sudden?
It's a shame that it was filmed under Covid restrictions, but then why produce what was basically a "bridge" series? A little bird told me that the storyline Pterry and Gaiman discussed back in the days was about The Second Coming, that was teased in the final moment in the final episode of this series. Well. I wish that was what we'd had gotten instead.
This series is the Aziraphale & Crowley show and that's okay. So why on earth were they separated for whole episodes midway through? And I like the kiss, though I found the way it was cut was cheesy.
This is not to say I didn't like series 2, I laughed a lot, it's entertaining enough, but to me it's no where near as good as the first series.
If I have to give it a rating out of ten, ten being perfect, one being not only technically bad but also morally offensive, this is a 6,9. I liked it enough, but series 1 was an 8,8.
I agree with you, I was so excited to have a second season but after a couple of episodes I realized that what I mainly enjoyed was the complicity between Tennant and Sheen. ::: spoiler And I wonder if the purpose of that season is to develop the relation between the two main characters (like the episode in Scotland). :::
Overall it was really fun, actors are again fantastic, plenty of laughs, and a very British atmosphere. Even without season 1 I believe that I would have really enjoyed it. I want more!
The actors are fantastic! At times, I did have the sinking feeling that the actors were too good for the script.
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And that maybe Shelley Conn as Lord Beelzebub wasn't very comfortable with the material?I forgot which episode it was, perhaps the Scotland episode? Where I suddenly thought, hmm, if only this had been directed by Edgar Wright.
I missed Pterry's voice in this more than I thought I would.