David Tennant about Crowley: He's a bad boy with a heart of gold. Too much heart, actually. He's cuddly. He is kind.
Michael Sheen about Aziraphale: So he's a bit of a hoarder.
"Maybe you’ve kissed them so often in your mind, in your dreams, it becomes habit to lean in, to dip your eyes to their lips and bite yours. You don’t kiss them but you want to. You’ve never kissed them but your mouth would know what to do if you did."
Thinking about how Crowley kept his sunglasses on during the kiss, a barrier and a shield, reflecting his fear. Thinking about how raw and urgent that kiss was, a culmination of centuries of tension and stuff unsaid. Thinking about Aziraphale clutching at Crowley’s back, as if grounding himself in the reality of the moment, fighting himself not to pull him in. Thinking about Aziraphale wrestling with the idea that this might be just another one of Crowley’s temptations, like back in Job's time with the ox ribs. Thinking about how, in that kiss, Crowley conveyed his emotions in the most human way imaginable. Thinking about Aziraphale looking towards the door and touching his lips afterward, divided between going after Crowley or keeping the plan going. Thinking about how this single moment was a crescendo of their endless dance around each other, tiptoeing around the other and their emotions.
We will just have to trust him. And so will you, Crowley
Interviewer: We are getting another season.
And so what - how about that character of Crowley?
How would you like to see his story wrap up?
Like, what would you love to see happen?
David: Well, I know how it is. You want me to make up a different eding? Speculate on what might be?
Well, no, no, I know what's - I know where - I know where it's going,
and I defy anyone not to think that it's the perfect ending.
I'm not getting very much away, there.
I'm not saying whether that's good, bad or indifferent,
but it's definitely perfect.
Interviewer: Interpret that as you -
David: Exactly.
I was rewatching season 1 with that friend with whom im gonna eat crepes cosplaying as the Ineffables to get some referencea and you know what just fucking hit me?
When I heard Crowley say, "That's the point. No nightingales," for the first time, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Like a slap in the face. I had to stop and think – how did Crowley and Aziraphale know about the nightingale singing in Berkeley Square? As viewers, we’re clued in by God’s narration. Plus, we hear Tori Amos' version of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" during the end credits of Season 1. But how the fuck do they know?
I always thought that song during the credits was just for us, the audience, not something the characters were aware of. I mean, Crowley is away from all the Queen songs the Bentley plays, which is very much implied, but this song?
For us, the audience, "No nightingales," is a gut-wrenching moment. A punch. But Crowley and Aziraphale never acknowledged the bird in Season 1 nor Season 2 until the very end. They never mentioned it was special.
Oh, but it definitely is.
Ive seen some people confused by Crowley's line. The thing is, he wasn't just talking about the literal bird. If you rewatch Season 1, Episode 6, you’ll notice that when they sit down at the Ritz, there’s a pianist playing "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" This isn't background music for us; it’s in the scene – both Crowley and Aziraphale can hear it.
This makes "No nightingales" even more heartbreaking. It’s their equivalent of Beelzebub and Gabriel’s "Everyday." Crowley’s line hints that this song was their song. You know, like couples usually have? Aziraphale’s face says it all – he knows what Crowley is talking about.
And this becomes crystal clear when Crowley turns on the Bentley's radio, and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" plays. That song was their song. It’s the song that symbolized their bond, just like "Everyday" did for Gabriel and Beelzebub.
He was so ready to just take Aziraphale and their song back to the Ritz, but instead, he watches as the angel he has been in love with for centuries leaves and the Nightingales now hurt.
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