Episode 2 of Good Omens season 2, titled "Chapter 2: The Clue," featuring the minisode "A Companion to Owls," begins with Demon Crowley being dispatched to the Land of Uz to destroy Job's lambs. Aziraphale appears, ready to intervene, and they catch up as he is surprised to see Crowley. As they return to business, Crowley refuses to halt the destruction, as he has a permit from God!
Aziraphale is shocked and rushes to Heaven to verify. He is aghast to learn that God has made a bet with Satan. Satan claims that Job, God's favorite human, is a strong believer because God is kind to him. So God has allowed Satan to take away his prized possessions, i.e., Job's trials. If Job's faith doesn't waver, he will be rewarded twofold, including double the children. However, his existing children that he loves will remain deceased.
Back in present-day London, Gabriel is attempting to help by arranging the books in order of the first letter of the book's sentence. Tired, Aziraphale lets him be until he hears Gabriel singing a song. Elsewhere, Shax appears and threatens Crowley unless he helps Hell. She also reveals that an archangel-scale miracle occurred at the bookshop, and Crowley must know something.
At the bookshop, Aziraphale decides to ask Maggie about the song but she is too busy crying over Nina. She narrates how she made a fool of herself the other day and that she is in love with Nina. Aziraphale hopes to help but has run out of miracles, and she further beats herself up for telling him about her tragic love life.
Regarding the song, she says it's the 1957 song "Everyday" by Buddy Holly. Aziraphale requests a record, and she pulls out tons of them. It turns out she has a tie-up with an Edinburgh pub, The Resurrectionist (the very same pub whose name is written on the matchbox found by Muriel). Unfortunately, every single record she has sent has ended up magically playing "Everyday," so they have all been sent back to her.
Before Aziraphale can investigate further, he senses archangels on Earth. He rushes back in time to see Saraqael, Uriel, and Michael in front of his bookshop. As they ask about Gabriel, the amnesiac archangel welcomes them and introduces himself as Jim, the book-seller assistant who is also sometimes called Gabriel.
But they don't find anything amiss as Crowley and Aziraphale's miracle holds – they don't recognize Gabriel. They declare that an archangel-worthy miracle took place, and Aziraphale tries to cover up by saying it was just him helping Maggie and Nina fall in love. They state that they will send someone to verify the love miracle and leave.
After some research, Aziraphale calls Crowley to a pub next door. He immediately regrets it as he is swept into hosting a monthly get-together for the local traders and shopkeepers association. Crowley wonders why they couldn't just meet at the cafe, and Aziraphale explains that the cafe owner is part of the problem. He explains how he needs to get Nina to fall in love with Maggie, and Crowley fails to see how it's their problem.
Aziraphale reveals his mishap, and the archangels are about to send a representative to verify his "love miracle." As they discuss how to rectify the situation, Crowley suggests a Richard Curtis-inspired scenario where two individuals find shelter under a torrential rain and fall in love. Conversely, Aziraphale envisions a Jane Austen-esque moment. Surprised to learn that the iconic female thief he knew in the past is the same person as Crowley, they head back to the bookshop to inquire about the song. Gabriel, initially unable to recall, accesses a distant memory when pushed further, his eyes turning purple as he utters a phrase before panicking and stating that he should not remember those memories. As he rests, Crowley points out that Gabriel has just said the same phrase that God told Job.
We are finally shown the true events during Job's trial. Crowley heads to the mansion to kill Job's children, while Aziraphale tries to stop him and notices that the crows are bleating. It turns out that Crowley never killed the goats but disguised them as crows.
Aziraphale is elated upon learning that Crowley is on his side. When they finally meet the children, the eldest two are annoying, and Aziraphale worries that Crowley may go back on his word. But he simply turns them all into lizards.
The next day, God finally speaks to Job, asking him if he knew how God made the world, ostriches, and whales. When he returns, his wife, Sitis, is confused by the turn of events. At that moment, Gabriel, Michael, and the other angels appear before them and reward them with double the cattle. The couple only cares about their children, and the angels say they will get new children.
Before Sitis can curse them all, Crowley shows up, pretending to be an old acquaintance, Bildad the Shuhite, and claims he is a midwife. He and Aziraphale tell her to play along and declare that she is ready to give birth. With Gabriel having only seen Eve's birth, they pretend that Sitis has pulled out three of Job's ribs. As they hug, the fake bones disappear, and Crowley turns the children back into humans.
Michael wonders why they are not babies, and Gabriel claims kids come in all shapes and sizes like Eve. Of course, the annoying son, Ennon, keeps insisting that they are all the old children. Michael and Gabriel almost catch on and turn to Aziraphale for an answer. Crowley looks at him knowingly, and after much hesitation, Aziraphale swears that the kids are the new children. The matter is solved, and the archangels are satisfied.
Back in the present, Crowley leaves while Aziraphale ponders the record. Outside, Crowley runs into Nina who asks him about his powers and he brushes it off. He asks her how she feels about sheltering under torrential rain and looks at Maggie. Nina thinks he is insinuating that she and Maggie are a couple, and she vehemently refuses, going as far as to say that getting locked together was a terrible day for her. Ouch.
They move along only for Crowley to be interrupted by Aziraphale. With his 90-year-old driving license, the angel wants to take "their" Bentley to an Edinburgh pub to investigate while Crowley looks after "their" bookshop and Gabriel. The demon tries to refuse but who can refuse Aziraphale?
We get one last flashback to explain why Crowley has such a strong bond with him. After Job's trial, a tearful Aziraphale goes to Crowley and says he is ready to go to Hell. Crowley doesn't understand and thinks Aziraphale is going to hell for lying.
Crowley says he won't tell anyone if Aziraphale doesn't. Aziraphale is just an angel who goes along with Heaven as far as he can, just like Crowley listens to Hell as long as it works for him. They accept that it can get lonely and sit together while looking at the horizon.
