Lucifer season 1, episode 11, “St. Lucifer,” just finished airing, and tonight we got a major answer to one of our biggest questions.
Last week ended on Chloe falling asleep on Lucifer’s shoulder, but this week had her waking up in his bed. But no worries, nothing happened. Except now Lucifer is riding a saintly high. I have a very strong feeling this episode isn’t going to go according to anyone’s plans.
After a philanthropist dies right before his big charity gala, Lucifer offers up Lux as the venue for the function. It was a nice gesture, but he doesn’t get quite the same high from the act. He’ll need to go bigger, and that’s bound to lead down a rocky road.
But of course this isn’t just about doing the right thing for the right reasons. Lucifer wants to use it to improve his self-image, but no matter how hard he tries, helping others did not feel as great as helping Chloe. Perhaps because refuting Chloe’s advantages was genuine?
Luckily for us, Lucifer does still like making a spectacle of himself, and we get another song from him. He’s not playing the piano this time, but we do get a little dance instead, and you know what? I’m totally okay with that. And so are all the other women in the room.
Despite Lucifer’s usually impeccable gaydar, he didn’t realize the philanthropist had recently come to accept his sexuality off camera. He made an arrangement with his wife so everyone could continue to live the lives they’d become accustomed to, but obviously something went wrong along the way.
Interestingly, Chloe begs Lucifer to do his eye voodoo trick on a myriad of witnesses, despite not really believing he’s the Lord of Hell, but Lucifer refuses. I’m still wondering how long it’ll be until she believes Lucifer is who he says he is. She’s seen too much to continually deny the evidence, but even when she gives into the truth, she won’t say what it actually means.
Regardless, she misses the old Lucifer, which is delightful to hear. Chloe isn’t an easy person to get close to, but when she’s ready to let you in, she’s fiercely loyal about it. I’m still not sure if I want these two to get together romantically — there are a lot of pros and cons for each option — but I do support their continued friendship 100%, and hearing lines like this just makes my heart flutter.
Malcolm ties up Dan and plans to frame him for Lucifer’s murder. It should be easy to sell the jealous ex-lover act. Luckily for Detective Douche, he’s not an idiot. Some quick thinking and a little bit of creative stretching, and Dan gets free.
But it may be too late. Malcolm confronts Lucifer, but as always, Lucifer’s silver tongue is his sharpest weapon. Malcolm doesn’t want to return to Hell, but Lucifer informs him that angels can’t take a life. Lucifer, on the other hand, has a one-way-ticket out of Hell that he was going to use himself, but he wants to stay alive right now and Malcolm is more than eager to take the deal.
Lucifer isn’t out of trouble just yet, though. The philanthropist’s wife, who totally is the murderer by the way, shows up and also aims a gun at Lucifer. The only difference is she actually pulls the trigger. That commercial break has never felt so long.
Dan rushes to Lucifer’s side, fearing he’s dead, and is that actual regret on his face? It’s a good look for him. Luckily for Lucifer (and us), he’s completely unharmed. Yep, he’s alive. No blood or anything. Interesting doesn’t even cut it.
Lucifer heads down to the gala to call out the wife in front of the crowd, and as Chloe thanks him and whisks the murderer away, Lucifer feels another rush of emotion for doing the right thing for someone other than himself.
As Lucifer plays with the pointy end of a knife without drawing a single drop of blood, Maze walks in with some serious bedhead. Earlier that evening she had crashed Amenadiel’s dinner. They’re both lonely, but find common ground in Lucifer (and being delighted by driving him crazy). That twinkle in Amenadiel’s eye? It’s a dangerous thing, and it looks like the angel isn’t so saintly after all. (But wait, how is this going to work? Amenadiel wouldn’t touch the wine, but he has no problem getting biblical with Maze? Can you say complication?)
A light bulb goes off in Lucifer’s mind and he heads over to Chloe’s place. He let’s her speak first, and she admits that she likes being around him because she opens up. It makes her vulnerable, but that’s not always a bad thing. Lucifer disagrees, though. He purposefully slices his hand open with the knife, and the proof is in the blood. Chloe makes him mortal.
But why?
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