After all, Lucifer lied to her about stashing her mother’s immortality in the ring he always wears.
And that’s where we pick up.
With their father in L.A., his angelic sons waste no time in reverting to form.
Dennis Haysbert and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
Lucifer gets all shouty, Michael whines, and Amenadiel tries to take responsibility for everything.
Now let’s dive right into the binge recap for the final eight episodes ofLuciferseason 5.
Chloe (Lauren German) practically sprains something trying so hard to be the chill girlfriend.
D.B. Woodside, Tom Ellis, and Lauren German in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
(Ella offers to point out which one she’s most attracted to.
Bless, and getcha some therapy, stat.)
And now we get to the heart of the episode: family dinner.
But hey, at least he’s there.
She comes to a flustered halt, and a supportive Amenadiel (D.B.
Woodside) tells her she did great.
Dinner goes as well as can be expected.
It’s your favorite.
That’s why everything tastes like chicken!"
A beat, then, “I’m sorry, I’m really uncomfortable.”
Lucifer storms out, leaving Amenadiel and God on dish duty.
“You have a futon, right?”
But when he caught her, they argued, and he hit his head and died.
He can only tell the truth, and saying “I love you” would be a lie.
Stray feathers
Episode 10: “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam”
Musical episode time!
Who’s ready to be delighted?
So that’s the headspace he’s in when God shows up to check on him.
That’s not the only thing God’s up to in this episode.
Even dead referee Steve gets up to bust a move before collapsing again.
When the song ends, Lucifer spots God on the sidelines, rocking socks with sandals, dad-style.
“It’s open floor plan, Dad,” Lucifer snaps.
Then God bumps into Dan and starts to mess with him about their shared connection with Charlotte.
It (rightfully) leaves Dan a quivering mess.
What a gift those two performers (and those two characters!)
Of course, God’s on hand to watch and enjoy, even though Lucifer begs him to stop.
Looks like he’s coming to terms with Charlie’s humanity after all.
Steve, it turns out, was a critical, controlling monster, and she’d had enough.
But that’s not the last song of the night.
“But you’re God,” Lucifer says, sounding almost childlike in his confusion and disappointment.
The hour starts innocently enough, with God fixing the plumbing and tightening the wobbly dancing poles at Lux.
God quickly puts Dan back together and nobody’s the wiser, mostly.
There’s a catch, though: he’s ditched his powers and made himself human.
Yep, God wants to follow in his son’s footsteps to better understand him.
“It hasn’t gone unnoticed.”
For some reason, this little moment really got me.
Loved seeing that little reminder of his hedonistic lifestyle!
Since Lucifer knows the only YSD dealer in town, they set up a sting, which God crashes.
But before long, God’s bragging about how well Lucifer’s doing on the sting.
That’s when the Colonel punches God in the mouth, activating Lucifer’s devil face.
Okay, let’s circle back to Trixie for a sec.
In fact, she tries to get Trixie to talk about what led to the school confrontation.
This leads Trixie to march into Lucifer’s penthouse and kick him in the shin.
Nice try, Trix.
Also, God’s passed out after drinking away his experience with the Colonel.
That’s the reason Lucifer’s kitchen is all scotch bottles!
Chloe tells Porter that pretending she’s okay is just hurting the people who depend on her.
This, naturally, has a double meaning for her.
Okay, now let’s hop over to Maze.
Um, uh oh.
But God’s missing, off to find his powers.
See, when he put them aside to work the case, he kinda forgot where he left them.
In the end, it’s actually Trixie who finds him, and they have a lovely heart-to-heart.
She’s mad at Lucifer for disappearing when he went to “Florida"a.k.a.
Helland for making her mom sad.
God and Trixie agree that parenting and being a kid are both tough jobs.
This helps God remember that he left his powers in Charlie’s silver rattle.
His suggestion leaves Maze fighting tears.
Then he bumps into Dan, who’s pretty sure he remembers God killing him earlier in the day.
After he spills his drink on God’s sweater, Dan begs him to get it over with already.
But God thanks Dan for giving his ex-wife the love she deserved.
And just like that, he vanishes.
(“It’s like being teased by Genghis Khan or Darth Vader,” Dan says.)
But the next morning, he wakes up naked in bed with a dead man.
It’s Luis' bookkeeper Benito, and Luis admits that he owes money to the L.A.-based Russian mob.
Just as Dan’s warning her that life has a way of blindsiding you, his car is T-boned.
They give him a ride to Lucifer’s, where Detective Daniel Espinoza asks the devil for a favor.
And oh, does Lucifer smile at that.
While he’s doing that, Lucifer strolls in the front and asks to buy their most expensive bike.
(They sell tricked-out bicycles, not anything motorized, for the record.)
He slips out with the box, only to be attacked by the shop’s guard dog.
To guarantee his cooperation, Luis injected Dan with a lethal toxin.
Dan’s got 10 hours to kill the Russian mob’s bookkeeper in exchange for the antidote.
Don’t worry; Dan’s got a plan.
He storms into Ella’s lab and asks her to spitball ideas for a perfect murder.
This is a new low point for Dan, who calls Amenadiel in desperation.
There, Dan finds Maze waiting for him.
He thanks her for helping him, and she’s actually pretty sweet about it all.
He struts back to the Russians and calls Linda his sidepiece who doesn’t know his real name.
But Linda’s not done and comes over to throw a drink in his face for good measure.
As always, she is the best.
Unfortunately, they’ve costumed themselves like a community theater mashup ofWest Side StoryandGuys and Dolls.
Maze shows up with Svetlana, alive, and tells Luis to kill her himself.
Then the Russians arrive and hear Luis call Dan by his real name.
Guns are drawn, and Danlosesit.
And wouldn’t it be best for nobody to die today?
The mobsters all put their weapons down… until the Los X gang also show up looking for payback.
One of the improv goofs pulls his gun like a tough guy, and the shooting begins in earnest.
Meanwhile Dan’s scrambling for the antidote, and Maze takes a bullet meant for him.
She dies in his arms, and Dan’s left surrounded by corpses.
It took over $5 million, countless hours, meticulous planning, and dozens of favors called in.
The only people not in on it were Amenadiel, Linda, Ella, and Chloe.
Lucifer, though, is disappointed to hear that this experience was a positive one.
After all, he set this up as a punishment.
Nobody believes her, of course.
Then Adriana turns up to confess to the murder.
Like mother, like daughter!
So it’s off to investigate… and engage in some romance.
Lucifer’s decided to stop overthinking things and tells Chloe he’s all in on their relationship.
Maze, meanwhile, gets shot with a beanbag round when she enters a suspect’s house.
She survives, but now Maze is terrified of losing her and offers Eve her mother’s immortality ring.
Maze leaves with the heartbroken vibe of “I self-actualized a soul forthis?”
Lucifer understands as he’s scared that he’s not worthy of Chloe’s love.
But that night, Adriana knocks on Linda’s door.
Her mother’s treatment center received an anonymous donation, and she correctly guesses that Linda’s her mom.
It’s a lovely moment, particularly when she gets to meet her half-brother Charlie.
Amenadiel urges her to take that faith in God and put it in herself.
No worries, though.
Lucifer has a plan: “I’m going to be God.”
Episode 14: “Nothing Lasts Forever”
Lucifer as God.
It takes a little getting used to, no?
This revelation leads the police to a restaurant that serves rare and illegal animals.
We’re talking panda meat here, people.
Her delivery made me howl.
Okay, now to the heavenly shuffle.
So Lucifer’s obsessed with finding God the perfect home and companion to retire with.
Oh man, is Michael gaslighting God and causing him to self-actualize his power problems?
Amenadiel suggests she get Lucifer to name her Hell’s ruler once he’s God.
Lucifer agrees, so let’s hear it for Maziqueen!
And then there’s Ella.
This is the darkness she keeps referring to.
But he tells her he can see her goodness all the way from Heaven.
I love what an Ella-fan God is!
Speaking of Heaven, Lucifer figures out how to send ol' Dad off into retirement.
Lucifer’s shaken to learn that God won’t be around to annoy him anymore.
We love a supportive ex-husband!
An angel war is brewing.
Episode 15: “Is This Really How It’s Going to End?!”
How do you do it,Lucifer?
After seasons of corruption followed by buffoonery and anger, Daniel Espinoza died an optimist.
Jophiel, who pops his pecs and loves Tito’s vodka.
Saraquel, who drools overTop Chefchampion Michael Voltaggio.
Zadkiel, with his exquisitely styled hair.
And Chloe’s giving up her job for her man.
Plus, she’s got tons of questions about working as Lucifer’s consultant.
Can she pick her own hours?
Does she have to pull Trixie out of school?
Does she have todie?
I mean, even Lucifer suggests that she not quit, given how much she loves the work.
But she’s adamant.
I beg you, don’t do this.
But hey, we’ve got a crime to investigate.
But in the end, head merc Vincent Le Mec guns him down.
The police arrive in time to find Dan clinging to life.
Chloe cradles him in her arms and pleads with him to hold on.
And then he dies.
But he also gave them the information they need.
Caleb Mayfield is theboy who was wrongfully arrested for murder and then killed in season 4, episode 8.
Amenadiel grieved his death and placed his divine God-gifted necklace on Caleb’s body.
The necklace is presumably with TJ now, giving him super strength.
And if Michael gets it first, Lucifer won’t be able to win any war against him.
Except Amenadiel went to visit Dan in heaven and, well… he wasn’t there.
As Ella and Lucifer duet toBoys II Men, we cut to him and Maze absolutely murdering the mercenaries.
But not Le Mec.
Lucifer whispers something that brings the man to his knees.
Later, Lucifer unpacks all of this on Dr. Linda’s couch.
He rages about this broken, unjust existence.
But unlike the rest of us, there’s something he can do about it.
He wanted to be God for the wrong reasons before, but now hehasto be God.
(Looking ahead to next season, it’s time for Ella to find out the truth.
They can’t keep telling her Lucifer ran over an emu forever.)
That night, Lucifer, Amenadiel, Chloe, and Maze bury Remiel.
This couple is so wonderful.
But in the end, he only persuades two others to join his side.
The votes cast, Michael loudly declares himself God.
Nothing happens, so he shouts it again.
Gabriel suggests that it has to be unanimous, and Michael’s fine killing his opposition.
), Lucifer and Michael decide to settle this,mano a mano.
Michael has the Flaming Sword, and Zadkiel tosses Lucifer his staff made from the Tree of Life.
In the confusion, Chloe grabs the necklace and deactivates the flaming part of the sword.
Then Azrael the angel of death appears and mournfully tells Lucifer that she’s sorry.
Michael runs Chloe through with the broken end of the staff.
Lucifer knows he can’t follow her to Heaven.
He does it anyway.
(Remember episode 1?
But its power is running out, so he races to find Chloe.
Then there’s Lucifer, alive, stopping her as she holds the knife to his brother’s throat.
Rather than executing Michael, Lucifer slices off his wings and declares that everyone deserves a second chance.
