Having read the book and watched the series, I assumed that was all we were going to get from "Good Omens". I liked that first series, though more due to the chemistry between Tennant and Sheen, rather than the story, which was rather rushed through in the final couple of episodes. This second season is a bit more balanced, and all the better for it.
Having averted the end of the world, Aziraphale (Micheal Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant) return to their lives. A few years later, Gabriel (Jon Hamm) walks into Aziraphale's bookshop, naked and having no memory of who he is. Crowley and Aziraphale conspire to hide Gabriel from both heaven and hell, for whom he would be a valuable asset. They try to encourage love to form between Café owner Nina ( Nina Sosanya) and record shop owner Maggie (Maggie Service) as cover for a concealing miracle they've cast and find out what's happened to Gabriel. We see moments from the history of the pair, and their lives together spanning back centuries.
As I say, whilst not as bad as in the first season this run too can feel a bit like a collection of almost unrelated moments and storylines, but it does come together again at the conclusion. That wild feel is enhanced in this season by three of the instalments having a mini episode built into them. One of those "Nazi Zombie Flesh-eaters" is written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman and operates as something of a League of Gentlemen reunion, with all other three members of the troupe appearing in the episode. Indeed, Reece Shearsmith appears in several episodes as a character central to the plot. There's also a little cameo in the run for two other members of the Tennant Household.
Key again to the whole endeavour are the central performances from David Tennant and Michael Sheen. There's a warmth between them that comes across in the characters that is then turned in it's head in the final moments of the season as the paradigm shifts ahead of what would be the plot of season three, should that be forthcoming.
I hope they do get a chance to do it and the story that Gaiman and Pratchett planned so many decades ago can be told.