‘Good Omens’: 20 Most Romantic Crowley & Aziraphale Moments
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Prime Video‘s Good Omens features the longest love story on TV (in terms of the time from their first meeting to where they are now) — and also one of our favorites!
They say that opposites attract, and such is the case for the angel (Michael Sheen‘s Aziraphale) and former demon (David Tennant‘s Crowley) at the heart of this series (based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s book). They should be on opposite sides, but really, it’s “our side,” with no one else for either of them. (And how can we not love every time Crowley calls Aziraphale “angel”?) Warning: Spoilers for Good Omens ahead!
The finale brought Aziraphale and Crowley’s love story to a close when they sacrificed themselves for a world in which there’s no God, Satan, angels, or demons. But Tennant and Sheen’s human characters, Professor Anthony Crowley and bookseller Asa, met, fell in love, and grew old together.
It’s about “the greatness of the eternity of love,” Rachel Talalay, who directed the finale, told TV Insider. “No matter what universe they will find each other and they will always be together, whether it’s limited in this universe or parallel universes, or they will always — that kind of love endures is the point of it.”
Below, we take a look at Crowley and Aziraphale’s most romantic moments.
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Crowley Miracles Away Paint From Aziraphale's Jacket (Season 1 Episode 2)
Who would’ve thought such a sweet moment between an angel and a demon would come as a result of walking into the middle of a paintball fight? Aziraphale frets about the state of his jacket with the blue paint on it: “I’ve kept this in tip-top condition for over 180 years. Now I’ll never get this stain out.” And when he won’t miracle it away because he’d still know it was there, Crowley pouts then does it for him. Aziraphale’s delighted, and Crowley looks at him fondly.
Crowley & Aziraphale Through the Years (Season 1 Episode 3)
It’s 28 minutes of key moments from Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationship — and we love them all. In Rome, Aziraphale offers to “tempt” Crowley to some oysters. At the Globe Theatre in London, they discuss The Arrangement (Aziraphale will take care of a blessing and temptation in Edinburgh), and Crowley will make sure people see Hamlet (“my treat”) for the angel. Crowley intervenes when Aziraphale’s in line for the guillotine in France in 1793, and they head off for crepes. Despite previously disagreeing about Aziraphale getting Crowley holy water as insurance, the demon intervenes in 1941 when the angel’s faced with Nazis — and performs a demonic miracle to save his books during a bombing. Then, after Aziraphale does get Crowley that holy water in 1967, the demon offers to drop him somewhere, and Aziraphale turns him down but says one day they can “go for a picnic, dine at the Ritz” before admitting, “You go too fast for me.”
"We're On Our Side!" (Season 1 Episode 3)
While still concerned about the Antichrist, Crowley suggests that Aziraphale kill the boy. The angel refuses, but stops the demon from walking away with, “There isn’t anywhere to go.” As Crowley sees it, “It’s a big universe. Even if this all ends up in a puddle of burning goo, we can go off together.” After all, they’ve been friends for 6000 years… or so he thinks. “We’re not friends,” Aziraphale insists. (Ouch!) “We are an angel and a demon. We have nothing whatsoever in common. I don’t even like you.” (Crowley knows he does.) Aziraphale wouldn’t tell him where the Antichrist was if he knew since they’re on opposite sides. “We’re on our side,” Crowley says. “There is no our side, Crowley. Not anymore. It’s over,” Aziraphale tells him, and the demon walks away.
Crowley Asks Aziraphale to Run Away Together (Season 1 Episode 4)
In another attemp to get Aziraphale to go off with him, Crowley apologizes, explaining, “The forces of Hell have figured out it as my fault, but we can run away together. Alpha Centauri, lots of spare planets up there, nobody will even notice us.” At this point, Aziraphale still thinks the Antichrist situation can be sorted. “You are so clever. How can someone as clever as you be so stupid?” Crowley wonders. Aziraphale forgives him, but Crowley leaves with, “I’m going home, angel. I’m getting my stuff and I’m leaving, and when I am off in the stars, I won’t even think about you!” A man walking by encourages Aziraphale, “I’ve been there. You’re better off without him.”
"I Lost My Best Friend" (Season 1 Episode 5)
Upon finding Aziraphale’s bookshop in flames and fearing the worst, Crowley loses it a bit, calling out, “For God’s — for Satan’s — for somebody’s sake, where are you? … Somebody killed my best friend! Bastards! All of you!” He leaves as “Somebody to Love” plays. Then, when Aziraphale, without a body, finds him drinking at a bar, he asks if the demon went to Alpha Centauri. “I changed my mind. Stuff happened. I lost my best friend,” Crowley laments, upset.
Lunch at the Ritz (Season 1 Episode 6)
After switching faces is a success to fool their home offices, Crowley offers, “Let me tempt you to a spot of lunch?” to which Aziraphale agrees, miracling them a table for two at the Ritz. There, over champagne, the angel remarks, “I like to think none of this would’ve worked out if you weren’t, at heart, just a little bit a good person,” whereas the demon sees it as, “if you weren’t, deep down, just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing.” With a toast “to the world,” the first season ends with the two of them happy and talking and God (Frances McDormand) remarking on a nightingale, for the first time, actually singing in Berkeley Square.
The Meet Cute (Season 2 Episode 1)
Before the Beginning… Aziraphale joins angel(!) Crowley (well, he wasn’t Crowley yet, to be fair) as the latter gets it all started. “Look at you, you’re gorgeous,” the one who would come to be known as Crawly, then Crowley, remarks, and Aziraphale reacts, only to realize the other angel isn’t looking at him. Upon learning that it’s going to be shut down in 6000 years, well, the future demon is offended and wondering about a suggestion box, and really, how much trouble can he get into for just asking a few questions? (A parallel we love? The above image, like Aziraphale used his wing to cover Crowley when it rained in Season 1.)
That One Person Who Makes Everything Better (Season 2 Episode 1)
An amnesiac Gabriel (Jon Hamm) has a simple explanation for why he’s come to Aziraphale’s shop: “I just thought I should. You know what it’s like when you don’t know anything at all, and yet you’re totally certain that everything would be better if you were just near one particular person?” Aziraphale starts smiling, then goes, “No, certainly not. I have no idea what that feels like. What makes you say that?” Oh, but we know he does.
A Life "Carved Out for Ourselves" (Season 2 Episode 1)
Don’t you just hate it when an amnesiac archangel’s presence threatens to destroy everything you’ve built for yourself? Such is the case for Crowley, when he discovers Gabriel’s presence in Aziraphale’s shop; he remembers that Gabriel tried to cast Aziraphale into hellfire and destroy him (in the Season 1 finale, when the two switched faces). “What I need is for him to be nowhere near me and the precious, peaceful, fragile existence that I have carved out for myself here,” Crowley explains, but “I thought we carved it out for ourselves,” Aziraphale corrects him. “So did I!” Crowley agrees.
Crowley Lets Aziraphale Drive His Bentley (Season 2 Episode 3)
Nothing says love like Crowley actually letting Aziraphale drive his Bentley because everyone knows what that car means to him.
Aziraphale Trusts Crowley for Bullet Catch (Season 2 Episode 4)
When Aziraphale needs “someone [he] can really trust” to aid him in the bullet catch magic trick, of course he turns to Crowley. And sure, at the time, they think they can just use a miracle, but when that’s no longer the case, they have to pull it off themselves (which they do). “I knew you’d come through for me. You always do,” Aziraphale remarks much later. “You could’ve walked away. If you were truly as evil as you like to paint yourself, you would’ve done.” Crowley thinks that’s the trouble with his side, seeing things in black and white. “Sometimes, you just gotta blur the edges,” he says, and Aziraphale does allow that “maybe there is something to be said for shades of gray.”
Nina Gives Crowley Something to Think About (Season 2 Episode 5)
Sometimes it takes an outsider to make you realize what’s right in front of you, and Nina (Nina Sosanya) does just that for Crowley after watching him and Aziraphale (“just enjoying the show,” as we all do). “It’s not like that,” the demon insists when she asks if they’ve been together long. “It certainly looks like that from here. So you’ve just recently hooked up?” she asks, followed by, “You got a husband or a boyfriend? Is the bookseller your bit on the side?” He tells her, “He’s not my bit on the side. He’s far too pure of heart to be anybody’s bit on the side. He’s just an angel I know.” But Nina leaves him with something to think about with, “Other people’s love lives always seem so much more straightforward than our own.” (We should probably all thank Nina.)
Crowley Threatens Jim (Season 2 Episode 5)
Oh, protective Crowley certainly comes out around Jim, and we love it! First, in Season 2 Episode 3, he warns, “if any harm comes to Aziraphale because of this, I will…” Then, two episodes later, he makes it clear he hasn’t forgotten that Gabriel tried to destroy Aziraphale. “I was there, and I do remember very clearly the look on your face, archangel Gabriel, when you told my only friend to shut his stupid mouth and die,” Crowley says, removing his sunglasses. “And I did not care for it.”
Dance at the Ball (Season 2 Episode 5)
Aziraphale turns the Street Association Meeting into a Jane Austen ball to make Nina and Maggie (Maggie Service) fall in love, and while Crowley’s worried about the demons outside, the angel is more focused on what he deems the matter at hand — and suggests, “you can tell me while we dance.” Crowley’s confused because “we don’t dance,” but Aziraphale takes his hand and pulls him out onto the dance floor.
Nina & Maggie Encourage Crowley to Talk to Aziraphale (Season 2 Episode 6)
With the Gabriel problem dealt with, Crowley is ready for a little “us time” with Aziraphale, consisting of an extremely alcoholic breakfast at the Ritz. But while he waits, Nina and Maggie give him a bit of a talking to regarding the interference in their love lives — and problems in his own. He and Aziraphale don’t talk to each other, Maggie notes. Crowley doesn’t see it, since they’ve “been talking for millions of years. I say something brilliant, he says something unintentionally funny back, it’s great.” But they never say what they’re really thinking, which is what they need, the record shop owner corrects him, leading to…
"We Could Have Been Us" and Crowley & Aziraphale's Kiss (Season 2 Episode 6)
Just as Crowley’s finally about to talk to Aziraphale about them, the angel tells him about the Metatron (Derek Jacobi) offering him Gabriel’s job — and that he can restore his friend to full angelic status so the two can continue working together. That doesn’t go over so well with Crowley, who moves forward with his original plan: ”We’ve known each other a long time. We’ve been on this planet for a long time. … I could always rely on you, you could always rely on me. We’re a team, a group, a group of the two of us, and we’ve spent our existence pretending that we aren’t. … If Gabriel and Beelzebub can do it, go off together, then we can. Just the two of us. We don’t need heaven, we don’t need hell, they’re toxic. We need to get away from then, just be an us, you and me. What do you say?”
But Aziraphale won’t let go of the picture in his head, of the two of them together in heaven, and so Crowley, putting his sunglasses on, goes to leave. But “you idiot, we could have been us,” he says before kissing Aziraphale. “I forgive you,” the angel says after. “Don’t bother,” Crowley tells him before walking out. (We’re not going to be over this entire scene for a long time.)
"Why Give Me Crowley?" (Season 3)
After Aziraphale says Crowley was the best of the angels, explaining, “you cared so much about everything,” he asks God (Tanya Moodie) the question she gives him: “Why give me Crowley? Why make me complete? And then take it away?” God explains, “Because you were able to value what most people never even know they have. Your love for him was the messiest, silliest, most predictable thing in the universe. And it always made me smile.” With Crowley the one to push for them to run away together throughout the series up to this point, it’s a nice touch to have the word “love” associated with Aziraphale’s feelings for him.
Aziraphale and Crowley's Goodbye (Season 3)
After God leaves it up to Crowley and Aziraphale, they decide there should be another universe where humans have free will — so one without God, Satan, angels, and demons. That means they cease to exist, and so God gives them a moment to say goodbye. Aziraphale kisses his fingers and puts them to Crowley’s lips, and the former demon then kisses his fingers. And with that, they turn to dust.
Asa and Anthony's Meet-Cute (Season 3)
In the new universe, Professor Anthony Crowley goes into Asa’s bookstore looking for a book on astrophysics. Asa unknowingly shows him his book, even offering a discount since it had been there for years. After, Derek Jacobi’s character encourages Asa to ask Anthony out, and the bookseller does, asking him to sign a copy of his book and include his number. He expects Anthony to say no when he asks him out, but Anthony instead says he’ll wait for him and asks where they’re having dinner. It’s a sweet moment.
Anthony and Asa's Life in the South Downs (Season 3)
After their first date goes extremely well, the finale jumps forward 20 years later to Asa and Anthony married and living in a cottage in the South Downs. While watching a meteor shower and with the sound of a nightingale in the night, Anthony says, “I don’t need anything more than this. I have the universe out there, and I have you. I have everything I’ve ever wanted.” The series ends on them together.
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Great play by play of things I totally missed! Such a good show ❤️
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