Lucifer must ignite the flaming sword when it’s found to be the only hope for the family returning home safely; a therapist and head of admissions at a prestigious private school turns up dead.

Lucifer delves into the relationship between Lucifer and Chloe after the last episode where it was revealed that Lucifer got “married.” That, added on top of his disappearing act, have made things a bit tense between the two of them.

Through the mystery of a murder (a decent case with some solid humor and twists and turns) the episode forces both Lucifer and Chloe to deal with their relationship and their positions. Part of that is with Chloe and her daughter and part of that is Lucifer and his father and mother. It gets things a bit back to the point of the series where Lucifer spent a lot of time on his psychiatrist’s couch. He does that here and comes to somewhat of a revelation.

There is some great humor here as Lucifer is tasked with making his sword flame up and the thought is he can do that through anger. So, Lucifer gets slapped, attacked, and more in some rather funny segments.

The episode is a good one in that it both focuses on the relationships between characters and the greater story including revealing Lucifer’s plan concerning his mother and father. It opens up a hell of a lot of questions and sets up some interesting things to come.

As always, the cast is fantastic and brings the episode together. It feels like they’re all having fun and due to that, we the viewers have fun. It’s one of the strongest aspects of the series and continues to bring me back week after week.

Overall Rating: 8.05

Two weeks after Chloe’s (Lauren German) near death, Lucifer (Tom Ellis) has gone off the grid, cutting off all contact from his family and the police department. He materializes just in time to help solve an up-and-coming guitarist’s murder and introduces the department to a ditzy stripper named Candy (guest star Lindsey Gort), a mysterious new woman in his life. While Lucifer’s mom (Tricia Helfer) desperately tries to contact her son, Chloe tries to push him away. Lucifer must find a way to prove himself in order to be invited back onto the team.

Lucifer returns from its winter break with a fun episode that has twists and turns and kept me guessing until the very end.

Where’s Lucifer been? Getting married apparently! Meet Candy, Lucifer’s new wife and the set up and antics after is absolutely amazing as everyone has to deal with this new individual. But, why did Lucifer get married? What’s his plan? Wait through the hour as it’s all explained and while 55 minutes will make you hate Lucifer (aren’t we supposed to?), those last five minutes will turn you around as all is revealed and makes what is an interesting episode a fantastic one. You enter the episode with one thought on Lucifer and leave it with a completely different perspective.

As always Tom Ellis delivers a performance that’s beyond entertaining where he balances being an ass and also being so charming. And this episode really shows it all off as he runs the spectrum. The cast is always wonderful too. Here it’s mostly anger towards Lucifer, a change from the exacerbation that generally is thrown his way. Everyone gets a bit of the spotlight as usual as this is a show where the entire cast delivers and it’s stronger with them all.

But, this episode is about the set up for the rest of the season. It’s a hard episode to review without ruining it, but fans of Lucifer will be beyond happy with the series return and I can’t wait to see where it goes. Things have been set up for quite some time and now we’re seeing a payoff.

Overall Rating: 8.65

Lucifer must find the antidote to the Professor’s poison, so he travels to hell to find the Professor’s soul. While he’s there, he is forced to confront his guilt about Uriel’s death. Mom heads to hell to get Lucifer back, but Lucifer still feels betrayed by his parents because of something he discovers.

Lucifer wraps up before its winter break in the second half of the two-part story which began in the previous episode.

Chloe is having issues due to the poison sending her to the hospital and without the antidote, she’ll die. The problem is, the only person who knows the formula for the antidote is dead. What’s Lucifer to do? Head to Hell to get the information!

The episode is a fascinating one as it brings everyone together to save Chloe working in a way we haven’t really seen, and it’s twisted how it goes down. Humorous, but twisted. The decisions everyone makes and how they all work together in their various roles is really entertaining.

This is an interesting episode in that it really sets up what the rest of the season will be like and also gives us a glimpse of exactly what Hell is like. But, what really strikes me is the examination of Lucifer and his mother… and their guilt. Once again, the show adds depth to its characters and moves along the meta-story. There’s been a fantastic balance of that this season and this episode is no exception.

Where do things go from here? Well, that’s a big question and we’re not quite sure as the episode leaves a big question mark at the end. All I know, no matter what it is, it’ll be impressive as the rest of this season has been any indication.

Overall Rating: 8.05

Lucifer and Chloe investigate a mysterious masked killer who is poisoning college students. They also try to make sense of their new relationship, after a long-awaited kiss. Meanwhile, Charlotte visits Linda for advice on a touchy subject.

Lucifer is an interesting episode in that it focuses on Lucifer and Chloe’s relationship explored in a murder mystery that’s a bit like Saw in a way. Individuals are being tested in impossible choices like letting someone die unless they cut off their hand.

The episode is fun in that it really focuses on Chloe and Lucifer and their budding relationship. But, the episode plays a lot with that faking out the viewers with teases and it’s a hell of a lot of fun.

There’s some great humor as usual and the episode does a fantastic job of deepening the story between Lucifer and Chloe and revealing even more than we knew before. It’s interesting in how it plays out and builds on the world building in many ways. So many episodes in it’s kind of amazing how it plays out, works, and fits so well. Even with an unknown as to whether there’d be a second season it’s clear the creators have planned really well.

Another fantastic episode that’s more focused on the meta story than the murder of the week, but even that is entertaining too.

Overall Rating: 8.85

The tension between Lucifer and Chloe makes it difficult for them to investigate the murder of two victims who happen to be Lucifer’s old flames.

Lucifer lays it all out there in this return episode after its winter break. Let me start by saying, hells yes. This episode is fantastic in so many ways. There’s the fun performances of the characters, the interesting case, and the focus on Lucifer and Chloe… especially Lucifer.

For its two seasons the series has hinted that Lucifer is at least bi-sexual (though could be something else), basically he’s not hetero. This episode throws that in front of us with Lucifer having to deal with past lovers, both female and male. It’s fantastic to see and to see his, and Chloe’s reaction, shows how far some have come when sexuality is involved. His mentioning his having been with men and Chloe’s reaction is very modern and in the end feels as natural as anything else.

But, in all of that there’s a greater focus on Lucifer and the fact that in the end few people really care about him. There’s an obsessed individual who feels like a cultish stand-in representing those who say the worship the devil, but even that is fairly shallow. We get to see more of Lucifer the person and in that we feel a bit bad for him.

The episode isn’t all “awe,” there’s lots of humor, especially when it comes to Maze and Detective Douche. Their “buddy cop” relationship is fantastic and seeing Maze finally taking center stage is beyond welcome. It brings a levity to it all.

The episode is absolutely fantastic showing off all of the strengths of the characters and actors delivering one of the most fun hours I’ve had watching tv in a while. Lucifer remains my favorite comic television adaptation right now and this episode is a prime example why.

Overall Rating: 9.45

Charlotte is determined to get Lucifer to leave Earth by turning Chloe against him. Meanwhile, Amenadiel has begun working as Charlotte’s soldier, which makes Maze question his loyalty.

Lucifer has finally left me speechless with an episode full of reveals to things that have been teased out since the first season and it’s a twist I didn’t see coming at all.

The episode mainly focuses on the trial of the murder of Chloe’s father. Charlotte is the accused’s lawyer and she uses that opportunity to drive a wedge between Lucifer and Chloe as the trial goes on and on.

But, the episode isn’t so much about the trial as it is the reveals throughout.

Amenadiel through his actions reveals to Maze that he’s working for Charlotte and Maze of course has some issues with that, threatening them both if something were to happen to Chloe. Battle to come? I know I want to see Amenadiel and Maze duke it out.

But there’s a lot more reveals. Detective Douche’s relationship with Charlotte is revealed to Lucifer and with that some great laughs. It’s the lighthearted aspect of the episode along with a fun sequence of Maze getting to kick some ass.

And then there’s a scene at the end involving Detective Douche… well I’ll just leave that one to be seen.

But the biggest aspect of the episode of the final reveal as we get the truth about Chloe. The series up to this point has been hinting there’s something going on with her… something almost divine and we get all the answers. It’s a hell of a twist and flows really nicely. It’s not over the top or feels forced, instead like a lot of the series things just seem like they fit together.

This is an episode that had me entertained from start to finish with a fantastic mix of everything. There’s some solid acting, fun writing, and a lot of reveals throughout that really ups the drama a ton. Easily the best episode of the season and one of the strongest of the entire series.

Overall Rating: 9.45

Following the murder of the owner of the building in which Lux is located, Lucifer and Chloe search for the killer, while Lucifer also deals with the fact that the new owner wants to evict him and demolish the place. Lucifer goes to great lengths to protect his home, and is entirely shocked when Chloe is supportive of him. Meanwhile, Maze and Amenadiel follow Charlotte around, as she comes up with a plan to upset Lucifer enough to want to leave earth and go back to Heaven.

Lucifer is a bit of a downer tonight as it doesn’t quite capture the usual magic, but I found myself laughing out loud more throughout the episode than I have in the past.

The episode is a bit serious as Lucifer fights to keep his bar and his mother really schemes against him. It would seem as the episode dives deeper and deeper into where ever the story with his mother is going, things are taking a turn for the more serious. That’s not a horrible thing, but the show usually does a good balance between that and the humorous moments.

The humor is still there, but the episode has a seriousness about it that feels rather odd. Plus, there’s his mother’s plotting which puts a dark cloud above it all.

Still, actor Tom Ellis in the lead role steals the show as usual. The hurt he shows off that his home might be taken away from him, you feel that. It’s great they’re giving Ellis more to do, but something doesn’t quite click here for me. It’s not his fault though.

The episode is an interesting one in that it shifts the tone a bit and sets up what should be a rocky rest of the season. Not every episode can be a winner, and it’s still an entertaining hour.

Overall Rating: 7.45

Lucifer links Azrael’s stolen blade to a string of violent stabbings and enlists Ella’s help in locating the sword.

Lucifer is an interesting episode in that it really shakes things up and sets some characters in fascinating directions.

The episode revolves around Azrael’s blade which was used to kill Uriel and it apparently calls out to people and forces them into a murder frenzy that gets worse and worse. The motion of it all is put in place by an interesting person and I’m not going to say who, but the episode really starts pitting various members against God.

We saw that a bit in past episodes and the season seems to be delving more and more into what happened between everyone and where exactly is God through all of this.

But, there’s so much in this episode to unpack. We learn more about this celestial item. We get to see Lucifer interact more with his shrink. There’s some great moments around team Luci. But, I think what’s interesting is we see Lucifer panicking that the knife is out there. And we see him show compassion too.

But, there’s that knife. Who was behind it getting loose and why is interesting and really sets things up in the future as to where the season goes. There’s been a lot of references to Death for example and I’m predicting we’ll see her show up at some point.

The series continues to impress me with fantastic acting and some solid plotting and banter. It’s a show that really entertains, but this season has also delved more into the philosophical end of things. It’s a show you can enjoy as an entertaining show and it’s also a show that looks to challenge our beliefs.

Out of all of the comic adaptations on television currently, Lucifer continuously shows off why it’s one of the best.

Overall Rating: 9.45

After the man convicted of killing Chloe’s father is murdered, new clues suggest he was framed; Maze looks for a job; Lucifer tries to learn how to be normal by watching Dan.

Lucifer focuses heavily on Chloe in this episode diving into her history and specifically her father. We’ve gotten some teasers about him in the past but I believe this is the first time we actually get some information as to what happened to him and especially how that impacted Chloe.

It’s a good one as it’s not quite the normal murder that needs to be solved, instead it feels a bit more personal and not quite a way to get us from a to b. Instead, this adds depth to Chloe and fleshes out her character a bunch.

But, the episode isn’t totally about Chloe. The show does an excellent job of mixing that storyline with some humor and a bit of feels. The humor comes from Lucifer who has decided he wants to figure out how to be a better person and decides to follow Dan. What ensues is something I don’t want to ruin, but this is an episode where I laughed out loud the most this season. It’s solid stuff and as usual Tom Ellis is absolutely amazing in the title role. He just nails every scene he’s in and deserves to go huge in entertainment based on his performance here.

The episode also focuses a bunch on Maze who needs to figure out what she wants to do. She attempts to figure out what her career should be and it’s entertaining and touching too. You realize that Maze doesn’t really have friends and we feel really bad for her. It’s touching in a hell of a lot of ways and it’s great that they’re going to be and have been using the character more than just Lucifer’s lackey.

Another solid episode of a solid series. I can’t complain at all and found myself smiling throughout the hour. Just beyond entertaining and such a fun series.

Overall Rating: 8.9

Guilty and self-destructive, Lucifer clashes with Chloe during an investigation, leading her to team up with Dan instead.  Meanwhile, Amenadiel bonds with Charlotte, and Maze takes Trixie trick-or-treating.

Lucifer is an interesting episode in that we get to see some real ramifications and catharsis regarding events of the previous episode. Lucifer is filled with guilt and acting out because he feels guilty over being forced to kill his brother Uriel.

It’s an interesting episode in that Lucifer wants to be the one who’s punished for his actions but there’s no one to do so. So, but his acting out he’s hoping someone will fill that role. This is the most devilish we’ve seen the character and Tom Ellis shines as usual as the character playing both asshole, but someone we actually feel for. There’s also the interesting question as to how you punish the Devil himself?

But, the biggest question is whether Lucifer’s actions were forced or if he committed them willfully. It’s pointed out this is a character and person who never does anything he doesn’t want to, but is that the case here? It’s left unanswered and for us viewers to decide.

All of that is given the backdrop of a vengeful individual looking to make others pay. As usual the episode’s crime of the week reflects the theme of the episode, an interesting play on things that I wish was more prevelant at times and it’d be interesting to explore Lucifer more that way, think of the show with a Se7en twist to it.

It’s also not just Lucifer who is dealing with Uriel’s death. Amendiel is also realing from the action and has some very interesting moments with his mother Charlotte. This leads to a fantastic scene where D.B. Woodside shines in his role giving a speach about God and his presence and absence. It’s a very interesting moment that is as much about setting up that aspect as it is asking us about our own views and God’s role in every day occurences.

But, the entire episode is weighty as that. Maze has to get used to being around Trixie and rooming with Chloe. The jokes are all there as Maze is beyond awkward with children and her sexual oppeness isn’t something Chloe is used to either. That all culminates in some trick-or-treating that’s beyond awesome and actually gives Maze the character some growth.

This is definitely the most dramatic of episode so far, but is a nice break from the humor we’ve seen. We get to see Ellis and Woodside expand their acting chops a bit and all the characters add some depth. A solid episode that mixes the dramatic, humor, and some philisophical ruminations.

Overall Rating: 9.45