Lucifer

*This is a review for the entire series*

The first couple seasons of Lucifer were amazing. The show had a gripping formula of (good) procedural storytelling intermixed with an entertaining heaven/hell mythology. Tom Ellis is a massive reason for the success of the show. His portrayal of Lucifer is spot on. The charisma just jumps right off the screen and he also displayed the ability to create emotional moments that resonate with the viewer. The character feels real and Tom's ability to carry a complicated show on his shoulders with ease can't be understated.

You can definitely see why Netflix picked up the show when it was cancelled because the show didn't deserve to be cancelled at all.

While the first couple seasons of the show were tight, engaging and well written, the latter half of the show's run suffered from poor writing. Of course this is just my opinion, but I think the writers struggled with Lucifer and Chloe's relationship, the side characters being removed from the central action and the balance between the procedural and mythology aspects of the show.

The first couple of seasons would have gotten an 8 from me but since I have to judge the entire show on a whole, my rating is being reduced to a 6.

I am 2 series in and just love this show.

I would say that this is (so far at least) on par with another series that I love, Grimm.

Tom Ellis as Lucifer is just brilliant!

Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) is the devil. He's tired of Hell and takes a break in L.A. He's running his nightclub Lux with demon disciple Mazikeen (Lesley-Ann Brandt). His brother Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside) demands that he returns to Hell. When a celebrity is killed in a drive-by, police detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) investigates. He finds himself strangely attached to her and becomes a police consultant. He has the power to draw out a person's inner desires. She's divorced from fellow detective Dan Espinoza (Kevin Alejandro) and single mom to Trixie. Psychiatrist Linda Martin (Rachael Harris) can't keep her hands off of him. In the second season, his mother Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) arrives with an agenda against his father and Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia) is the new forensics investigator.

This network show is based on a DC comic. It is fun supernatural police thriller. Most of the fun comes directly from Tom Ellis. He is utterly devilish fun. It's all him. Tricia Helfer is a terrific addition but this show really centers around Ellis. He's got the charm, and the playful irreverence. He's perfect for the character. The show manages to add upon the police procedural format by bringing in some great story development. It's a lot daddy issues. It's rather disappointing to have the show canceled after 3 seasons.

ADDITION: There's a 4th season and maybe more after the show gets picked up by Netflix. It gets a little darker with more work on the serial aspect. A little more is asked from Lauren German and she does her best. It's an interesting redirection.

No spoilers. Watch the show, seriously, you'll love it. Just stop at season four ending. Loved so much about Lucifer until the last two seasons. Completionism is the only reason I made it past season five and three episodes into season six I want to quit.

Prior to that, the show had a good character arc for all of the characters. The banter, the storyline, Tom Ellis, all of it was intriguing and amazing to me through season four. There were some annoying parts in the original series, but no deal breakers. I think the show ended on the perfect moment before moving the series to Netflix. After that, it seems like it lost a directed arc and it's just whatever the show runner can throw at the wall and make it stick.

Thank you Netflix. Just as "Serenity" gave us back our "Firefly", and the SyFy Channel gives us back our Sci-Fi, Netflix has given us back our "Lucifer" ,True to the original concept but with some real added value in mythological story-telling. Eve was an interesting charachter. I had her pegged at being Lillith until named as Eve. Lauren German as gorgeous as ever. But mein gott did she look absolutely stunning in the masquerade party sequence with the dark eyeliner egyptian eye of Ra Schwarzze Sonne sequence. Lucy is at his glorious best and worst demon and daemon self. A true Lokian trickster. Eye candy for all the future mother mary's rocking and rolling around on molly in a meaningless existence. The Norse Vikings had a concept of the biblical "End of Days" termed "Ragnarok". Our world will be destroyed at the end of time, but the world will be reborn and a new time will be birthed. Lets hope "Lucifer" will be reborn into the New World of Netflix. Season Five. It does have a devilish symmetry to it. It takes 5 to make a pentagram. A Glorious Gesture to Netflix is to keep giving the love, so they keep giving the love back to us. The Gods of Hollywood abandoned us decades ago. Netflix is the better devil I know.