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.
Did it help you enjoy it more, or were you feeling defensive while watching it? In hindsight, I might have had my defences up high when watching series 2, that was why I couldn’t go with the flow
I was very frustrated with it when I started it, and had to put it aside for a while. Got myself into the mindset that it was “fan fiction” and then was able to watch it.
I certainly didn’t enjoy it. I tolerated it. I watched the acting skills: Hamm getting to really run with his character was a treat. I admired the costuming and sets.