Let’s dive in!
Also, she’s doing fine.
She just has bangs now, okay?
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), and she’s worried about her attraction to the bad boys.
Dr. Linda’s going way overboard in educating her very special child (STEM classes!
The rest will come.
Mr. Said Out Bitch from theprevious three season premieres.
And he’s correct!
Chloe’s next stop is a high-stakes poker game run by Dirty Doug Dargesian, where Lee lost big.
(Getcha a woman who can rock a silver minidressanddrop armed guards without breaking a sweat.)
The suspect runs into the road and gets creamed by trafficMeet Joe Black-style.
At the storage unit, they find Meg and an empty biometric safe, which explains the missing hand.
Meanwhile, things between Lucifer and Lee have broken down further.
Lucifer taunts Lee for choosing an eternity alone over disappointing his family again.
Oh, silly man.
Then a demon shows up with a newly arrived soul to warn Lucifer that Chloe’s in trouble.
And without warning, in strolls Lucifer, whistling the show’s theme song.
How great is an in-episode nod to a show’s theme song?)
Chloe freezes for a moment, and then they immediately pivot to taking out the rest of the goons.
This wasgood, good, good.
Except maybe not for Chloe.
She says Lucifer seems different, but he explains that for him, thousands of years have passed.
“The only thing that kept me going was thinking of you.”
(Is there any other kind with our favorite demon?)
So if that’s not Lucifer, then who’s hugging Chloe?
Stray feathers
Episode 2: “Lucifer!
Raise your hand if you feel personally victimized by Tom Ellis' American accent.
There’s nothing technically wrong with it.
It’s good, even!
And that’s entirely the point.
Chloe’s bothered by it too.
Lucifer explains that spending a few thousand years in hell changes a man.
At the precinct, the situation gets weirder for Chloe.
There’s nothing impulsive, inappropriate, or sinful, and it’s freaking her out.
Maze reluctantly agrees to his plans since she too would like the chance to get some Lucifer revenge.
And what better way to pass that time than staking out disgruntled Mars Project ex-employee Donovan Glover?
That was a spectacular shot.
Gotta say, this was hard to watch, even knowing it was actually Michael.
Seriously, poor Chloe.
This is so much for her to process.
But Michael-fer hits him with the “What do you fear?”
Billionaire peer pressure is theworst.
Still, he swears they made up and he’s not the killer.
Catching sight of their reflection in the vending machine glass (so romantic!)
His co-worker Mandy confesses that she killed Judy out of jealousy.
After all, the last time that happened, the demons kidnapped her baby.
But she has a different idea and shoots him to prove he’s not the devil she knows.
OH THANK GOD, SHEWASPLAYING HIM.
She swears she’ll never lose faith in Lucifer.
Then Michael tells one actual truth: Chloe is a gift, made explicitly for Lucifer by God himself.
She claims not to believe him but is clearly shaken.
(Remember, Remielisn’t a big fanof unsanctioned celestials.)
Episode 3: “Diablo!”
Lucifans, can youbelieveit took the show this long to do a Hollywood-spoof-of-Luciferepisode?
If Lucifer’s the only reason she’s on earth, where is her free will?
Is her whole life a lie?
Dancer replies earnestly, “There are strippers out there considering becoming detectives now.”
Hey, representation matters!
you might’t be what you don’t see.
Their next visit is with Matt’s No.
(Lucifer’s pleased at this on-brand action.)
And where do they find that bloody knife stashed?
In second-in-command Keri Belwood’s office.
Chloe swiftly slaps on the cuffs.
Meanwhile, Maze and Dr. Linda check outLieutenant Diablo!.
Maze issuuuperinto her depiction as a huge, buff bald man who makes out with a sexpot Dr. Linda.
(Linda is far less pleased with her portrayal.)
Oh, these two.
They’re my favorite powerhouse duo on the show!
Also, can we talk really quickly about the good doctor’s belief that she’s going to hell?
Linda, baby, no!
Okay, let’s solve this case.
But the battle ends with Lucifer grabbing one of Maze’s blades and slicing it across Michael’s face.Whoa.
Identical twins no more.
Chloe shoots back that this situation doesn’t compare in the least.
Boo hoo that his brother’s a jerk sometimes.
It’s safe to say this isn’t the reunion Lucifer spent thousands of years in hell imagining.
Then again, Chloe’s feeling something similar.
“I thought what we had was real,” she says before walking out.
But… let themkissssssssssalready.
She starts to apologize and says he wasn’t the one she was upset with when she attacked him.
Her topic of choice: the origin of his ring.
From here, the action jumps to 1946 New York, rendered in gorgeously lush black and white.
“The Devil solving crime.
It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” he muses.
His first stop is P.I.
For purposes of the story, though, let’s stick with a male pronoun.
A nearby patron invites Jack to meet him in the alley, where they’re set on by toughs.
Fisticuffs ensue until a shadow dramatically appears at the end of the alley, holding a gun.
Lily is Stompanato’s girl, and Stompanato doesn’t want them poking around the club anymore.
That night, we follow Jack home and witness his strained marriage to Shirley (Charlotte!
So good to see Tricia Helfer again!).
Poor sweet Shirley tries to keep up a conversation over dinner, but Jack is surly and unpleasant.
Then Lucky Larry shows up to expire on their doorstep with a knife in his back.
Cue the 1940s music crescendo!
She was glad to be exiled, but “I sure did love that garden.”
Lucifer and Jack have a new lead: Willy the Sausage Prince argued with Lucky Larry the day before.
(We see you, parallels.)
(The economy option includes a presacrificed chicken heart and the mask from Stompanato’s murder scene.)
So that ends the trail.
Naturally she survived, but her escapades were recorded on a stone tablet, and the legend began.
Jack will lie in wait to catch the person who tries to steal it.
Lilith watches them talk and asks Lucifer if he’s ever made an emotional connection with a human.
He shudders and says it’d take a literal miracle.
(We see you, winking reference to the present!)
It wasGertiewho hired Larry to steal the ring to save her beloved husband’s life.
With that, she places her immortality into her ring and gives it to Lucifer.
Then she walks off to start the process of aging and dying.
Clever, clever, clever.
This leads Maze to Reno, where she finds an aged Lilith.
“I can see you don’t need anyone.”
Episode 5: “Detective Amenadiel”
Hey, how about a little character growth this hour?
Maze is disgusted and correctly guesses it’s why Linda assumes she’s going to hell.
“I think about her every single day,” Linda whispers.
Then Maze shocks her by announcing that she knows exactly where her daughter, Adriana, is.
No chance to say, “I hate you.”
No chance to say, “I forgive you.”
She’s just gone.
The women hug, and wow, these two are both really going through it this season.
Okay, now let’s hit the crime of the episode.
Chloe (hair check: back to messy bangs!)
Alas, the murder victim is nun-in-training Victoria Reynard.
Chloe’s crossing her fingers that he’ll have a gift similar to Lucifer’s desire mojo.
Angelica readily turns herself in (hi, Ivonne Coll/Abuela fromJane the Virgin!)
Then she gives Chloe a pep talk about faith and free will.
“You have more control than you think, my child,” she says kindly.
Lucifer, meanwhile, isn’t thrilled to see Amenadiel taking his place with Chloe.
Worse, he ends up paired with Dan doing the grunt work of background checks and witness statements.
First, is Amenadiel her actual father?
That gets a swift no.
Second, does she have any cool powers like laser beam hands?
Again, no, she’s just the perfect Mrs. Morningstar.
“I’m not even a person.
I’m just a thing, created for someone else.”
Instead, she shrieks for help.
But Victoria fell in love with the life and planned to join for real.
(Based on what I know of goats, this all tracks.)
Guess who ends up going through goat poop?
Dan, of course!
Because of that work, he was able to recognize a description of Destiny’s disguise.
So who’s the murderous fiance?
They get an answer when Sister Francine shows up to talk to Amenadiel and plants a kiss on him.
Chloe says she’s never seen her desire in Lucifer, which means thatsheisn’t the gift.
The gift is that she’s the one mortal who sees Lucifer for who he truly is.
By that logic, everything they shared is real.
Is it… is it happening?Is it finally happening?
I’m fine now, mostly.
Let’s do this.
She knows Karnal better as Jed, her first love.
Chloe says no, right in front of Lucifer.
COME ON, CHLOE.
it’s possible for you to just say, “I’m at the beginning of something promising”?
I mean, you have to know that Lucifer’s going to spin out about this!
After all, those were his headphones Pexxa borrowed.
Chloe goes in the other direction and wonders if Jed’s the actual target.
Moments later, the studio explodes, knocking Chloe and Lucifer to the ground.
Ugh, jealous Lucifer is just too delicious!
Dan’s also having a hard time with Jed’s reappearance.
I LOVE THIS FRIENDSHIP, Y’ALL.
Back on the case, Chloe found the woman who broke into Jed’s studio.
Then Maze rolls in dressed in Ella’s quirky-girl clothes, channeling her innate niceness.
It’s… weird.
Lucifer’s not involved in the plans because Chloe’s not seeing him that night.
And why would he do that?
Jed, of course!
Sadly, he doesn’t listen to me and starts screening Chloe’s calls so that be mysterious.
Elsewhere, Chloe and Linda have anamazingconversation about the Lucifer sexual experience.
(His penis is non-forked, well above average, and generally perfect.)
Chloe tries calling Lucifer again, but he’s tossed his phone out the window to preserve the mystery.
), and they both realize that Jed’s disappeared, presumably to head to the rave.
Dan steps out to look for him, and Lucifer’s so enraged that he goes full devil face.
Weirdly, that stops Charlie from crying.
Amenadiel begs Uncle Lucifer to do it again.
He complies, and Charlielovesit, so he sticks around to help out his brother and his nephew.
Yep, Jed slept with Karen (he didn’t know she was married!
Good guy, Jed!
I hope he finds his Cherry Jody or a Cherry Joanna someday.
Meanwhile, Ella bumps into Pete, and, thinking about Maze’s words, asks him out.
He stammers an excited yes.
Lean into that, and she’ll find her soulmate.
Wrong thing to say, Ella!
Then Dan heads out, but he gets a call from Lucifer asking him to come right back.
He turns around and spots Lucifer rocking baby Charlie in full devil face with Amenadiel right next to him.
YES, GIMME THAT ANGST OVER LUCIFER’S SECRET!
Okay, brace yourselves, Deckerstar fans.
Chloe arrives at the penthouse, and she and Lucifer both apologize.
(Chloe hair check: down and flowy.)
Instead, they fall into each other’s arms, and Chloe silences her phone when it rings.
She silences her phone!
You know what that means?
And then Lucifer takes Chloe’s hand and leads her to his bedroom.
At first their morning-after talk is sweet and giggly and genuinely intimate.
She assumes he’s messing with her, but he isn’t, and it’s amajorproblem for him.
He heads straight to Linda’s, breezing right past the sex-having to fret about losing his power.
If Chloe can do what he used to do, what does he bring to the relationship?
Chloe (hair check: sleek with partially controlled bangs, a happy medium!)
Sure, but like… that’s his superpower, and he’s an egomaniac!
Of course he’s rattled!
She takes a pass, as she’s not into sex with an agenda.
Next he suggests couples therapy, which Chloe thinks is a touch soon, but she agrees.
As always, stellar advice from the good doctor!
Dan could probably use a little of that, to be honest.
None of us likes the sound of that, yeah?
Back at the precinct, the show has shifted into fairly standard crime procedural tracking-a-serial-killer territory.
You know, it’s the standard “We must stop him before he kills again!”
Ugh, why are serial killer apartments always investigated in the dark?
Flip on a light switch already!
Ella finds a darkroom full of hanging photo negative strips, which is insanely creepy.
When Lucifer steps into a unit with the door ajar, the killer injects him with a paralytic.
Lucifer grabs him by the neck and growls, “How does it feel to be powerless?”
Blah blah those women were all strong, blah blah they have to listen now.
You know, just serial killer stuff.
Instead, he has to signal her with his eyes to look behind her.
Thankfully, she’s able to fight Klumpsky off and shoot him in the shoulder.
Best practices are typically not to have a journalist report on a crime he helped solve, ya know?
It gives Lucifer something to chew over.
At the end of the day, Lucifer finds Chloe going over the Klumpsky case photos at the penthouse.
Lucifer’s into it, particularly when he coaxes her out to the balcony for a drink.
He tells Chloe that he has no choice and fires.
Episode 8: “Spoiler Alert”
Oh my God!
No, seriously, that’s God in that cuddly cardigan, and he’sperfect!
Lucifer shakes off Dan’s bullet without a hitch because he’s suddenly invulnerable around Chloe.
(Great misdirect with the Carpenters' “The End of the World,” though!)
He hightails it out of the penthouse, leaving Chloe worried about… well, everything, really.
Ella’s worried too.
I don’t kill whispers.”
Afterward, she and Lucifer split up to pursue different tasks.
She has an intense dark-web session, while Lucifer throws himself into elaborate Dan revenge plotting.
When Lucifer finally surfaces, he finds a distressing voicemail from Chloe.
He flies straight to her place and kicks down the door, but she’s gone.
Ella scans them and notices lots of references to LilyMan85.
Chillingly, all his posts on the murder site are firsthand accounts of Whisper Killer murders with non-public details.
Klumpsky’s a copycat, and LilyMan85 is still out there.
So, uh, that’s not good.
Amenadiel points out that Lucifer has no idea that Maze is freezing him out and suggests she pick up.
She does, and her anger disappears when Lucifer explains that Chloe’s missing.
Meanwhile, Scotty’s nerd squad traced IP addresses and found an address for LilyMan85.
Lucifer kicks the door down, and inside they find a woman’s body in a chair.
Both Lucifer and Ella assume the worst, and then are relieved it’s not Chloe.
RIP to that other woman, though.
She kisses him and assures him that it’s all good.
Then he offers her a box of Whisper Killer research that’s at his apartment.
FOR REAL IS HE THE KILLER?
Desperate, Lucifer turns to Amenadiel and begs him to slow time, but he can’t anymore.
He does assure Lucifer that he learned from Chloe and can use his Detective Morningstar skills to find her.
It’s not good, but let’s just tuck that away for now.
This energizes Lucifer to find LilyMan85.
Maze tortured Klumpsky into telling her that LilyMan85 hunted for “windbag” women in restaurants.
Lucifer had cross-referenced victim credit card statements (thanks for the lesson, Dan!)
and suddenly has new leads.
Maze takes the opportunity to ask if she could ever get a soul.
After all, the Devil fell in love and Amenadiel had a half-human baby.
Lucifer dismissively says that they’re angels, and Maze is just a demon.
Wrong answer, pally!
She’s already angrily eyeballing her mother’s ring on his finger, and now this?
I know he’s out of his mind with worry about Chloe, but this is not good.
And here’s where we discover that Pete has committed way more crimes than the ones against journalism.
OH GEEZ I DIDN’T ACTUALLY THINK I’D BE RIGHT!
Pete, we were rooting for you!We were all rooting for you!
She hastily puts everything back into place and turns around to find him in the living room.
She fights valiantly and manages to stab him with the hypodermic needle of paralyzing agent, and he collapses.
At the precinct, she demands answers about Chloe’s whereabouts.
Okay, seriously, are Chloe and Dan the only two detectives in this precinct?
Because somebody else should really be handling this interrogation.
Ella forces herself to ask if he was planning to kill her too.
Also, he swears he didn’t take Chloe.
Yep, that points to Michael.
He scores a direct hit with all that, for sure.
His description leads them to an abandoned zoo, where Lucifer, Maze, and Dan rescue Chloe.
When she kisses Lucifer, even Dan can see how much he cares for her.
Maze, meanwhile, burns with fury that Lucifer is with his soulmate.
At the precinct, Chloe thanks her co-workers for never giving up on finding her.
But did they…doanything?
Our heroes seemed to be the only ones working the case.
She congratulates him on catching a serial killer, and he brags that his mojo’s back.
It’s complicated, he says.
He calls her Chloe and starts to say “I lo” when suddenly time freezes.
Looks like Lucifer’s not the only one with his mojo back.
Hint: It’s not the devil who’s trying to get Amenadiel to explode.
Then Maze arrives to stand with Michael, who promised her a soul.
From there, the epic brawl is on.
(Fair point, honestly.)
Meanwhile, Amenadiel accuses Michael of purposely giving Charlie a cold.
For real, what a monster.
It’s God (Dennis Haysbert, perhaps the best possible casting choice).
And that’s all she wrote on the first half of season 5, Lucifans!
