The best episode of the season so far. Finally.
Let’s dive in!
1. Happy Birthday Chloe!
The episode begins with Dan being a sweetheart and getting Chloe a cake for her birthday, while Ella brings in a stripper who jumps out of a cake. Its a fun moment and a fun dichotomy, and honestly probably only happened cause I guess Tom Welling is still in the hospital cause getting shot is bad? Honestly it’s a funny open that I thought would be typical crazy Lucifer not thinking about what people need, but instead it’s Ella.
It’s also really sad seeing Chloe react to Lucifer and Ella having to run to Vegas since Candy Morningstar is missing. This continues a trend of Chloe saying “But, it’s my birthday,” all episode and is really derivative of her character, but it gets marginally better. Also how do Lucifer and Ella drive to Vegas, solve a murder investigation, and get back to LA all in a few hours…Anyway you remember Candy right?
2. Remember Candy Morningstar?
Ahhh yes Lucifer’s one episode wife from the bad parts of season two when Lucifer thinks God put Chloe in his path so they can’t date. Dumbest. Reason. Ever.
Anyway we get the Candy backstory none of us wanted, but actually really needed this episode as we see how her and Lucifer met and she conned him and stole money from him to try to keep her father’s club open. Lucifer and her have a ton in common, both extremely attractive morally ambiguous people. They end up trading back and forth wine and ice cream, and it’s actually really cool to see Lucifer have a connection with someone without trying to bone them. Also her explanation of compartmentalizing and bluffing is really interesting as this whole episode is about lying and lies of omission. As the case goes on and gets to sort of typical territory, Candy is definitely a stand out, and the mirror scene at the end of the episode is a fun touch. She should have, you know, just called the cops, but this is more fun. Hopefully we see more of Candy, even though her and Lucifer are now (finally) divorced.
3. They teach you how to pick locks in forensics school?
I’ve stated before that Ella is not at all my favorite character on this show, but she gets some nuance and some intrigue in this episode, definitely in ways that make her more of an enigma. She picks locks, high kicks, shoots people, flirts with a detective, and counts cards all in the span of 45 minutes, which is way more than she’s been doing. I think mostly what I hate is the very one-dimensional religiosity she has which gets recast here and I hope is explored in the future. As her and Lucifer are thrown out of the casino she tells him ciunting cards has been an alternative to “hearing the voices.” I hope this is followed up on, because if it turns out Ella has some fancy mystical, devil-y stuff going on too, that’d be really cool and would lean into the direction I really want the show to go. Less ridiculousness and detective stuff and more nuanced religious concepts along with the investigations.
4. Someone Radish-y
So the other fun subplot in this episode involves Chloe’s continued sadness about her birthday and her trying to find Lucifer all over town to celebrate with her, before getting drunk with Linda at his penthouse. Again, how do they get into his house so easily?
The pair get drunk and try to crack his safe (which at the end contains her gift) and then Linda provides some pro-bono therapy and Chloe reveals basically that she still has feelings and is drawn to Lucifer. It’s a little bit odd because Chloe has always seemed so strong and to see her pining over Lucifer like this is a little odd. Also she hasn’t had a ton to do all season yet and that’s really frustrating. Her and Lucifer’s scene at the end though where he gives her a necklace with the bullet she shot him with is rally sweet and maybe provides the beginning of a new step in their relationship. Just show her the wings already dammit.
Continued below5. Musical numbers FTW
This is less a fleshed out thought and more just the comment that I love it when Tom Ellis sings or plays the piano. Do more of that. That’s all.
Other Thoughts:
– Linda finding a signed copy of Hamlet is hilarious and sort of a “Sandman” reference I think.
– Lucifer telling Candy “I like the Bette Page” look is a fun comic book tidbit.
– I just am still confused where Amenadiel and Maze are this season. What are they doing? Why are all the supporting characters dropping like flies.
We’re 6 episodes in and this is the best so far. Sound off in the comments and come back next week!
