He might not have been the focus of the show, but Jon Hamm's smug, officious Angel Gabriel was certainly a fun element of Good Omens' first season. Good (Omens) news, then: he'll be back for the second run of episodes.
With Neil Gaiman and director/co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon back making the new season, David Tennant's demon Crowley and Michael Sheen's angel Aziraphale dealing with more apocalyptic weirdness.
Gabriel (who is second in command in Heaven) will be aided and abetted by fellow Angels Michael (Doon Mackichan) and Uriel (Gloria Obianyo). They will be joined by new angels, Saraqael (Liz Carr) and Muriel (Quelin Sepulveda).
"Good Omens 2 just would not be the same without the astonishing Jon Hamm as Gabriel, everyone's worst boss," says Gaiman. "The story that Terry Pratchett and I created all those years ago continues to take us from London's Soho into Heaven and Hell. It's a delight for me to bring back characters we loved (or hated) and bring in new characters, from the shiniest top floors of Heaven to the dankest basements of Hell, to love (or to hate, or to love to hate or hate to love). All of them are part of the strange and unusually beloved family of Good Omens.”
"I couldn’t be happier that Jon has come back to do more Good Omens as the Archangel Gabriel," adds Mackinnon. "He joins us nearly halfway through production, when we have already welcomed to the Good Omens 2 family familiar faces in familiar roles, familiar faces in unfamiliar roles, and unfamiliar faces in unfamiliar roles. We also have an unfamiliar face in a familiar role."
The show doesn't have an announced return date just yet.