Everything's Coming Up Lucifer

Idea of bringing a mother to devil is so annoying and not helping the show I skipping the idea of this mysterious creature to like the show again Hope she will disappear soon

Brothers Lucifer Morningstar and Amenadiel are on high alert on a special mission, to return their mother to her residence in hell. And they are urgently trying to track her down, before she can manage to get to either of them first.

Murder case of a young woman Gillian found with devils horns planted into her cranium.

Detective Dan Espinoza is back on duty after his suspension but only on an advisory attachment, working alongside detective Chloe Decker.

Detective Chloe Decker still has the bee in her bonnet regarding Lucifer Morningstar origins, and has decided to find out once and for all, by submitting a sample of his blood for analysis in the police laboratory.

Amenadiel decided to head Detective Decker off by telling her a preposterous tale of who both he and Lucifer 'really are' and she shows just how bad a true judge of, character she is by deciding to believe him.

Or did she really, does she even know her own mind, or what she wants out of life?

Mazikeen and Amenadiel both appear at a complete loss, as to even hope to ascertain where they truly fit in, let alone what there futures hold for them.

When, in my initial review, I stated that this show is "A light supernatural action Comedy", lots of people (including ...actual Devil worshipers!) argue that this is a serious TV show based on Milton's book "Paradise Lost" and it would be showing the power and the charm of true evil! Well, I hate to disappoint them again but in this 2nd season 1st episode, you get what it was obvious from the beginning...

So! There is a lot of humor in this episode. Most of it is based on the formula where Lucifer keeps telling everyone he meets that he is the Devil and his Daddy issues, but here and there, there was some clever joke that made some difference.

The main story and the connection between Chloe and Luci advances but slowly. Why he gets vulnerable if she is near him, is still a mystery! And there are a few songs and music beats into the mix.

If you watch for what it is (again a "A light supernatural action Comedy") you might actually find yourself enjoying the light humor and the music.

For this episode: 7.5/10

P.S. When I saw Amenadiel and Chloe together at the Lux, couldn't help thinking a joke myself: How do you call Amenadiel and Chloe together? ....Black & Decker !!!

As a teen, I had to study the Christian Bible (King James Version) every single night. We went chapter by chapter, as a group, from Genesis to Revelations and then started over. So there isn't much I don't know about what is in there and what isn't, and this series, Lucifer, shows that the writers have done their homework!

They are taking poetic license to flesh it out in this storyline of the devil taking a vacation on Earth, and it's a lot of fun if you aren't superstitious about it! I am sure the title alone is terrifying for some! But for me, well, I have always felt sympathy for the fallen angels because, according to biblical scholars, there is no redemption for them. It just doesn't seem fair. Why are humans eligible for salvation up to their last minute of death--all they have to do is cry out to Jesus for mercy, right? Not so for Lucifer and the fallen ones.

And besides the eternal punishment, why is there no mention at all in the Bible of the heavenly mother? Is God a hermaphrodite?

Anyway, I am really laughing my guts out at this series because this concept of Lucifer in modern times is truly hilarious and very well done! But I'll warn you, there is a whole lot of shaking' going on, so brace yourself for a little guilty pleasure!

Lucifer is a peculiar show. I don't think there are many elements of the episode that particularly bad, per se, but it is nevertheless bland. For such an intriguing subject - the psychology and mythology of the devil!! - Lucifer continues to deliver disposable week to week homicide cases which are unfortunately unimaginative and unoriginal. There's no denying that Tom Ellis is an amazing actor, but the source material he's provided with give him little to showcase his skills. This also brings me to another qualm I have with this series. There is no character or story development. The series is still beating the dead 'Chloe doesn't know Lucifer is the devil' horse, Lucifer's therapy sessions repeat the same cycle of 'Lucifer refuses to address his problems', and the same repetitive family issues between 'dad', 'mum'and Lucifer's 'brothers and sisters' are shamelessly recycled. At the end of season one, we were left with the knowledge that Lucifer's mother had escaped from hell. This episode took forty minutes of forgettable police jargon and predictable conversation and interactions between the characters to deliver a five second punchline (I call this a punchline, despite the fact the episode could have opened on this moment without a hitch because there was no real meaningful lead up to such a moment). Personally, I think that this may stem from the writers's unclear vision of 'Mum' as a character, or even a vision for the series's direction this season, which is unfortunate. As a comedic, fantasy cop-drama, the show is growing to be boring and unoriginal. As a show stemming from the genius of Neil Gaiman, not to mention the host of religious and cultural mythology surrounding the devil, episodes such as this, which have begun to comprise nearly the whole of the series, are almost unforgivable.