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Good Omens S2E4 - "The Hitchhiker" - Questions! (Patreon)

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2024-08-29 19:32:36
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Post your questions for me to answer at the end of the episode!!

Let me know if you would NOT like your name included with the question during the episode!

NO SPOILERS PAST S2E4 PLEASE!!!

WHAT IS QUESTION TIME?: Here you can ask me ANY questions related to the episode or show as a whole. I will read and answer them at the end of the episode so they will be included within the reaction itself! Because I only read them after finishing the episode, feel free to include any spoilers relating to episode, just no spoilers after this point!!!

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Cole

In episode one of this season, Aziraphale mentioned that he did the “I was wrong” dance in 1941. In episode four, we now see the two of them in 1941 (at least, more than we did in season one) after Shax says that sometime in the last eighty or ninety years she heard Aziraphale and Crowley were an item. I think it is interesting to note that the song “A Nightingale Sang at Berkley Square” that played at the end of the last season was originally released in 1940. What do you think of the possible connection this could all have, regarding Aziraphale and Crowley’s relationship? (Also, just a note that the Good Omens book was published in 1990)

Cole

(This is a reminder about the lockdown phone call that was linked on the last question time post, in case you forgot)

Elizabeth Gates

One of my fav moments of this season is when Shax says that Aziraphale didn't seem like Crowley's type, Aziraphale raises a very smug eyebrow. I hadn't been 100% sure up until this point if he knew how Crowley felt about him. Given that confidence, why do you think he and Crowley haven't openly discussed it?

Elizabeth Gates

So bit of info. Shax has always been able to just appear in Crowley's car because it's demon property, but here she had to get AZ to invite her in. According to the author, this is because when Crowley/Aziraphale redefined the Bentley as "our car" it partially became AZ's property hence other demons need an invitation.

Elizabeth Gates

Do you think God ever thought Crowley was bad? Or is he like Job just being tested because he's so inherently good?

Helmi

I already posted this as a comment under your reaction to the last episode, but I decided to include it here too since you said you wanted to hear other people's opinions on it: My thoughts on Aziraphale and Crowley's clothing choices are that while Crowley likes to keep his clothing to the current style of the era they're in, Aziraphale very much likes to stick to what's most familiar to him. He found a style that he likes and feels the most comfortable in, so he doesn't feel any need to change it despite it having gone out of style decades ago. I think it also ties into the line he said to Crowley in season one: “you go too fast for me Crowley”. While he technically meant it in the context of driving too fast, there's also an underlying subtextual meaning in the context of their relationship. Aziraphale doesn't like change and if he's found something that works for him, whether it be clothes or something else, he wants to keep it that way. I think this is also one of the reasons he hasn't outwardly expressed his feelings for Crowley despite being aware of them. He's scared of the fact that actually saying it out loud will inevitably change the nature of their relationship that he's grown so used to over the centuries.

Oz
>>148000385

The thing about the story of Job is that it isn't about Good or Evil, it's about Faith. Job wasn't being tested because he was Good, he was being tested on whether his faith in God would remain intact when he was no longer in God's favor and his life was no longer easy and plentiful. There is no test of faith for Crowley because he's already lost faith in God. I do think you could make an argument for Crowley's faith being tested, but it wouldn't be related to God and unfortunately any real discussion on that possibility makes the most sense to wait on until later episodes of the season. I always kind of assumed that the parallel was between Job and Aziraphale, both being characters with seemingly unwavering faith in God throughout hardship. The amusing part of that is that it makes Crowley's role acting as Bildad fitting, because in the actual biblical story, Bildad is one of the people who is trying to convince Job to abandon his faith in God which is what we see Crowley doing in this episode, but at the same time, Crowley spends the majority of the episode also playing the same role to Aziraphale. However, unlike with Job, you could make the argument that Crowley succeeded slightly in making Aziraphale's faith in Heaven waver. The trouble is that Aziraphale just assumes that the problem is poor management on the part of the other angels and his faith in God remains unshaken.

Oz

A few little notes and trivia to start: Firstly, The actor who plays Furfur in this episode was also in season one. He played Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre flashback in S1 ep3 and stole the "Age does not wither" line from Crowley. That line shows up in the play Antony and Cleopatra. Secondly, The nice gentleman running the magic shop in this episode is Pete Firman and he's actually a professional magician There's a behind the scenes video of him performing the rope trick from this episode in more detail. Third, another bit of trivia in the magic shop: the store owner refers to selling the bullet catch trick to a Chinese gentleman. This is an actual bit of Magician history. The gentleman he's referring to was known on stage as Ching Ling Foo, but he was actually an American man by the name of William Ellsworth Robinson. He is mostly known now for the blatant use of yellowface and for the fact that he died unsuccessfully performing the Bullet Catch Trick. Fourth and lastly, I didn't see anyone mention this during S1 ep3, but there's a falcon statue behind Aziraphale after the church bombing in 1941. It's on fire and the placement of it makes Aziraphale look like he has burning wings in that episode - which is pretty symbolic in itself. That lectern belongs to Terry Pratchett, the co-author of Good Omens. It's also in Crowley's modern day apartment in S1, which means that at some point Crowley came back and took it home with him as a souvenir.

Oz
>>148000385

Sitis really was the one who had it all together in that scenario. She's even the one to curse God.

Oz

And for the actual episode: This one seems to be hit or miss with people when it comes to the actual zombies part of the episode - which makes sense as zombies may not be everyone's proverbial cup of tea. I personally love the return to 1941, which I think is the only time period we've ever returned to more than once on the show - minus the Garden of Eden. I personally feel like Aziraphale, having just had his breakthrough on his feelings toward Crowley, is actually trying to test the waters a bit here and is thus being more forward in offering to do something for Crowley in return. If I recall correctly this is also the earliest time period - up until this point at least - where we see them having a dinner that has such a romantic framing. The two of them drinking together in Aziraphale's shop is very reminiscent of their later scenes at the Ritz. In case it's not immediately obvious - and clearly wasn't for most people as the author actually posted about it later - Aziraphale mouths the words "trust me" right before Crowley pulls the trigger during the bullet catch. This is what Crowley is referring to when he says "You said 'trust me'." I love the payoff of the lip reading joke at the end of the 1941 scene, where we find out that "banana fish gorilla snowflake with a dash of nutmeg" really IS what Aziraphale was saying when the Nazi was reading his lips. It's such an absurd and fun little callback. Questions: 1) If you had to live in any of the historical periods we've seen on the show, which one would you pick and why? 2) Would you rather work in Heaven or Hell in the Good Omens universe? They're both pretty awful but in very different ways.