Remember when Fox canceled Lucifer, and Netflix saved it. Turns out, that is the best that ever happened to the devilishly good drama. Season four was good on the streaming service, but the first half of season five, that is streaming now, is even better.
When we last saw Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis), he left Earth and went back to home to Hell to protect his nephew Charlie, who is half angel/half human. It has been thousands of years for him, and just a blink of an eye for all of the mortals in his life. Therefore, he has probably changed in all of that time for him.
That is why his twin brother, Michael, thinks it is a good time to get revenge on his brothers, Luci and Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside). Michael, is going to try to ruin everything for Lucifer with the Detective (Lauren German), Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt), and Dan (Kevin Alejandro). He also messes with Amenadiel’s mind when it comes to Charlie. Will Michael succeed in taking them down?
This show is also a police procedural, and crime goes on. In episode three, the Detective has to look into a murder on a show that is based on her and Lucifer. Can you say awkward when the actors want to be just like her? Then, in episode four, they go back to 1946, and we meet Maze’s mom Lillith. In the next episode, the writers had a lot of fun when they poked fun of Katy Perry’s past of trying to buy a monastery in Los Angeles. From Pop music, they go to the world of DJ’s as the Detective has to protect her ex-boyfriend ( the one before Dan), who is a DJ. Someone is out to kill him but who?
All of this leads up to an OMG moment you don’t want to miss. It is even bigger than when the Detective saw Lucifer’s true face for the first time. On that note, someone else is going to see that face for the first time, and it is going to change things between them.
Meanwhile, Ella (Aimee Garcia) finds love, and Maze finds a way to copy her style and attitude. Imagine a happy Maze. It is even odder than you would think. Maze is still dealing with losing her Eve, Adam’s Eve; and Linda (Rachael Harris) is there for her. That is when Linda is not too busy taking care of her special son Charlie.
You can tell that they had lot of fun this season. Esepcially Ellis, who shows off his American accent. Everytime he talks in it, it makes me smile. Not as much as when he sings, but they make up for his lack of singing by giving us a full naked body shot.
Maze goes through a lot of changes this season, and that causes her to grow as a demon. So much so, I really hope Netflix gives her own spinoff, Maze the Bounty Hunter. You know because next season will be its last.
Why does it have to end? However, that is still many episodes away. Spend this weekend, a few others binging and re-binging Lucifer. If you don’t, then the Devil is going to get you.
