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Oh whelp this show gets a lot of hate! Its a dr Who spin-off staring the horniest gay captain to ever grace the telly screen, what did you expect??

First two season are very Dr Who style - monster of the week, the scooby doo gang out on a mission to defeat the monster and they do so gracefully and like champions. Each character brings their own set of dorkness to the table, and who can ever look John Barrowman in the eye and tell the man that he's not the most charismatic chisseled-jawline-with-great-humour to ever star in a sci fi show?

Seasons three and four however... Had their moments but weren't exactly great. Torchwood was at its best with the banter, fun monsters, bisexual tension throughout and just the overall vibe of the Hub.

Torchwood is good, ligthearted, tongue-in-cheek sci fi fun that still manages to invoke all the feels at the right moments. If you are looking for arthouse material, you came to the wrong place.

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get existential dread and everything and everything all of the time.

But seriously. All this is, is a man in a messy room with some fancy lighting and a camera. This man took those facilities and WENT with it... at some point you don't know what is staged and what isn't. The surrealism of this whole godfosaken pandemic is captured in very personal detail, up close, raw, sometimes a bit unsettling, but nothing short of genius.

Just watch this. And take care of your mental health. It's more important than ever.

So once in a while I completely hyperfocus on something and ir becomes the greatest thing in my universe. The last time that happened was with Lord of the Rings. I guess that speaks volumes on how high the bar is for me to be completely blown away by something to such an extend.

The only thing that keeps me from giving this a solid 10 is the okay-ish plot and the one-dimensional side characters. But that is not what you watch Good Omens for. The reasons to watch it are the absolute wonderfull, lovable, utter DELIGHTS called Aziraphale and Crowley. Micheal Sheen and David Tennant have outdone themselves on this fantastic supernatural duo. An Angel and a Demon, who both suck at their jobs because they love living among humans too much. Their love for the earth and all it inhabits is the driving force to flip the bird to their respective head-offices, telling them to shove their plans to end the world so they can have a war up their asses. But above all, it's not-so-secretly and mostly their love for each other that makes them suffer through literall hell itself in order to save the other. Call it what you want, but as it was confirmed by the actors and writers alike, Good Omens is first and foremost, a lovestory. And it shows!

Good Omens is in one word, a delight. Witty, smart, filled with brilliant actors, hilarious naration and two of the best-written (and acted) characters that have ever graced the small screen. Aziraphale and Crowley will make you love this show as much as they love each other!