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**SEASON ONE REVIEW:** !only watched two episodes! Not for me. I'm evidently in the minority, but I found this a disappointing watch; even after only two episodes. First off, it's nothing to do with the (amusing) religion outcry about 'Good Omens'. If anything, I applaud them for having fun with it. However, I found everything about it from a television show perspective a chore to sit throu…

I loved the book, so much so that in college I was the dork that knew what classical composers the demon attributed to which rock songs. I thought it was one of the most hilarious books I ever read. And it has been a while since I picked it up again, but I don't remember the book being pretentious. Yet the show feels pretentious, the humor isn't really fun, it isn't a hysterical satire that …

The Omens are not good for the second season of this series. Whilst the first season was funny, satirical, wryly insightful and witty, season two falls from grace. Predictably, "the message" is shoved in your face in episode one and doesn't go away. Alternative lifestyles/sexuality, feminism, diversity, blah blah blah. When it gets round to the actual story its a timid and muted affair, that…