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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Chapter 1: The Arrival
    8.6/10(77 votes)

    S2:E1

    Retired angel Aziraphale and retired demon Crowley's lives are upended when a visitor arrives on the doorstep of Aziraphale's bookshop, bringing chaos. Local shopkeepers Maggie and Nina get locked in to Nina's coffee shop when Crowley loses his temper. Heaven and Hell are suspicious, and Crowley and Aziraphale have a disagreement.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives
    8.3/10(71 votes)

    S1:E6

    Can Adam, Crowley and Aziraphale work together to fight the powers of Heaven and Hell and prevent the apocalypse? And what fate awaits them if they do? The story reaches its conclusion, and it might just be the end of the world.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Chapter 2: The Clue featuring the minisode A Companion to Owls
    8.3/10(57 votes)

    S2:E2

    Heaven and Hell are determined to find the missing angel. An overheard song provides Aziraphale with a Clue. Crowley and Aziraphale visit the pub to discuss ways that humans fall in love. While almost 5,000 years ago Crowley is sent to inflict punishments on the righteous Job, God's favourite person, as Aziraphale learns at first hand about temptation, and what Gabriel will and won't believe.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Chapter 6: Every Day
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    S2:E6

    Crowley becomes a Heavenly bee and learns the truth about the Armageddon sequel. Aziraphale defends his bookshop from Shax's army and reveals his halo, Maggie and Nina become warriors, and Jim the assistant bookseller gets some hot chocolate. Crowley and Aziraphale get to the bottom of the mystery of the Matchbox. The Metatron brings an oatmilk latte, along with a final offer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  5. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - The Doctor's Wife
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    S6:E4

    The Doctor receives a distress signal from an old friend. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? Hopes raised, he follows the signal to a junkyard planet sitting upon a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble universe, populated by a very strange family, as the time-travelling drama continues. The Doctor, Amy and Rory are given the warmest of welcomes by Auntie, Uncle and Nephew. But the beautiful and insane Idris greets them in a more unusual fashion – what is she trying to tell the Doctor? As the Doctor investigates, he unwittingly puts his friends in the gravest danger.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Doomsday Option
    8.1/10(69 votes)

    S1:E5

    Aziraphale and Crowley race towards Tadfield airbase as they attempt to prevent Adam and the Four Horsemen from beginning the apocalypse. But one has been discorporated and the other is trapped in a flaming motorway. Will they get there in time?

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Chapter 3: I Know Where I'm Going featuring the minisode The Resurrectionists
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    S2:E3

    Heaven sends the angel Muriel in disguise to spy on Aziraphale and Crowley. Aziraphale drives to Edinburgh in pursuit of his Clue, and learns a little about a lot. The couple's visit to Edinburgh in 1827 involves graverobbery, a statue and an unfortunate encounter with a vial of laudanum. In the present, Crowley is in charge of the bookshop, and is disappointed by human beings and the weather.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Chapter 4: The Hitchhiker featuring the minisode Nazi Zombie Flesheaters
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    S2:E4

    Aziraphale's good deed of picking up a hitchhiker on his way back to Soho, proves to be a serious mistake. In 1941 Crowley and Aziraphale encounter some surprising adversaries, old and new, as the Nazi spies who almost entrapped Aziraphale return as Zombies from the dead, intent on preventing him from attempting a Bullet Catch on the West End Stage.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Hard Times
    8.0/10(74 votes)

    S1:E3

    We follow Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship across the ages. Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter's descendant Anathema arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - The Finale
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    S3:E1

    Aziraphale, now Supreme Archangel, seeks Crowley's help as plans for the Second Coming take a surprising yet dangerous turn. Can the angel and demon reconcile their differences before it's too late?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - In the Beginning
    7.9/10(108 votes)

    S1:E1

    In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Saturday Morning Funtime
    7.9/10(71 votes)

    S1:E4

    Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship is tested to the limit as their superiors catch up with them. Armageddon starts in earnest, with the Antichrist's powers wreaking havoc across the globe.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Chapter 5: The Ball
    7.9/10(57 votes)

    S2:E5

    Aziraphale tries to bring Maggie and Nina together by organizing a meeting of the Whickber Street Shopkeepers and Street Traders Association. In Hell, Shax is determined to launch a full scale attack on the bookshop, with a legion of demons at her command. Nina's heart is broken, as is a bookshop window. Gabriel has a close encounter with Mrs Sandwich and a small plate of cakes.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Book
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    S1:E2

    Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Sleep of the Just
    7.7/10(214 votes)

    S1:E1

    While searching for an escaped nightmare in the waking world, Morpheus falls prey to Roderick Burgess, an occultist looking to summon and imprison Death.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  16. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Day of the Dead
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    S5:E8

    The Brakiri buy a part of Babylon 5 for a religious ceremony where the dead are supposed to return. Comedians Rebo and Zooty arrive to do a show on the station.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  17. undefined Season 7 Episode 12 - Nightmare in Silver
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    S7:E12

    Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out - and ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - A Special Episode - Death: The High Cost of Living
    6.8/10(39 votes)

    S2:E12

    In this standalone episode, a journalist overwhelmed by hopelessness has a life-altering 24 hours after crossing paths with Death on her day off.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - House on the Rock
    6.7/10(34 votes)

    S2:E1

    Following the epic showdown at Easter's party, Mr. Wednesday continues his quest to pitch the case for war to the Old Gods. Meanwhile, Mr. World plans revenge and Technical Boy goes on the hunt for Media.

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    Writer:Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman Ratings Summary

"Chapter 1: The Arrival" is the best rated episode written by Neil Gaiman. It scored 8.6/10 based on 77 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 7/28/2023 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives".