SO THE THING IS.
THE THING. IS.
A) A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square came out in 1940.
B) They clearly both KNOW the reference, they KNOW it’s their song, it MEANS something to them.
C) SOMETHING else happened in 1941 that we haven’t seen yet.
LISTEN.
I’ve seen everyone talk about how that final part of 1941 is going to give context to the “you go too fast for me” BUT have y’all thought about how much fucking context it’s going to give to “[perhaps we could] dine at the Ritz”????
If they heard that song and had a MomentTM that changed their relationship, and THEY BOTH KNEW what it meant, even though they wouldn’t say it out loud.
AND THEN AZIRAPHALE GOES AND SAYS THAT ?????
Hey, you know that song about angels falling in love while dining at the Ritz? DON’T LOOK SO DISAPPOINTED, PERHAPS ONE DAY WE COULD DINE AT THE RITZ.
AND CROWLEY KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS, he was THERE when that code was unwittingly established. He knows EXACTLY what Aziraphale is really saying here, AND AZIRAPHALE KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS, CAN ANYONE HEAR ME—