And no, that’s not a joke.
It’s just Chloe (Lauren German) and Lucifer (Tom Ellis) on a date.
Wonder-chaser Lucifer’s gotten cold feet (cold wings?)
Lauren German and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
But first, callback alert!
On to the magician’s club to catch the final performance of Magnar the Magnificent!
Naturally, she’s delighted to be running into Chlucifer after six weeks.
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Where better to get clarity than the special purgatory he’s created for Dan (Kevin Alejandro)?
We open on the wreckage of Lucifer’s apartment after he and superpowered Chloe romped all night long.
Good for the lovebirds!
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Lucifer’s horrified to learn that he’s been without sex for fifteen months and vows to help him.
There’s one secret uncovered, anyway.
But hey, let’s talk about the murder of the episode.
Tom Ellis on ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
Then Carol mouths “Supercop” at her, and they take the bad guy down Yeoh and Chan-style.
Afterward, Ella admits that she stole Carol’s file and broke into his house.
He, in turn, confides that he went to rehab during his dark year.
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RUH ROH, SCOOBY.
Things are happening in Hell, too.
If this final season tarnishes Dan’s personal growth, so help me… ## Episode 3: “Yabba Dabba Do Me”
Who’s ready for cartoon Lucifer?
Kevin Alejandro and D.B. Woodside in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
Trick question; nobody’s evertrulyprepared for cartoon Lucifer.
Unfortunately, Barnes died after losing his mind when Lucifer revealed his devil face to him in the pilot.
Off to Hell Lucifer and Chloe go, with the latter clutching Amenadiel’s necklace.
Brianna Hildebrand and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
Oh, and the exit disappears, taking Lucifer’s powers with it.
So they’re stuck in Jimmy’s broken loop.
After engaging in a cartoonish brawl, Chloe suggests that Lucifer fix Jimmy’s brain to get them out.
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We’ve got break dancers, aerobics fanatics, a DeLorean, and the first band Jimmy ever managed.
The group fires him, and Lucifer, whose powers are back, hits Jimmy with the desire whammy.
All little Jimmy had for company were the cartoons on the motel TV.
And hey presto, here’s an important step toward becoming God.
If Lucifer can grow to care about Jimmy, maybe he’s ready to help the rest of humanity.
Yep, Dan’s back on Earth as a ghost with the razor-wing angel.
Thankfully, Dan had no intention of betraying Lucifer.
Then she shocks all of us by announcing that she’s Lucifer’s wait for it!
Episode 4: “Pin the Tail on the Baddie”
Lucifer, a dad?
The angel eventually pulls an “I never asked to be born” huff and storms off.
Of his 36 partners, four gave birth nine months later.
All the women agree that he’s not the sticking-around key in.
Offended, he declares that he’s about to be the world’s best dad to seven million people.
She turns out to be a Bostonian who became a rabbi following her transformative encounter with Lucifer.
Their investigations take them to an avocado commune, where they find young runaways being held captive.
Not gonna lie, I got a little thrill seeing Lucifer growing into this new godly role.
Flashback to Lucifer staring down at razor-angel and experiencing a similar bone-deep knowing.
Too bad she’s still in the wind.
Back in L.A., Dan’s struggling to communicate.
First, he visits Maze, who’s in the middle of a clothes fitting.
on his way out the door.
It turns out Maze actuallycouldsee Dan; she just liked messing with him, of course.
Oh, but that’s not the last surprise of the episode.
The razor-angel shows up at Chloe’s apartment and rushes to hug her, calling her “Mom.”
Episode 5: “The Murder of Lucifer Morningstar”
Meet Rory, everyone!
Gotta say, Chloe takes this news far better than I would’ve in her shoes.
Furthermore, she announces, Lucifer’s going to disappear from an intersection in Van Nuys in three weeks.
He doesn’t spare a thought for what it would mean to Chloe to lose her super-strength, though.
Thinking quickly, Chloe suggests they solve his future murder, so off to Van Nuys they go.
Unfortunately, he’s married to the dentist, who kicks him out.
But she’s just teasing, having learned torture skills from Auntie Maze herself.
Still, she’s not about to give up the goods on what happens to anyone in the future.
It’s Time Travel 101, don’t you know?
Back at the penthouse, Chloe admits that she’s the one who hid the blade.
He reaches to take the blade from her, but Chloe fights back.
This turns into an all-out brawl that’s honestly upsetting to watch.
Chloe admits that she’d lost control before she touched the blade.
And okay, the show kiiiiind of hinted at this before, but wow, Chloe’s devolution happenedfast.
Then again, Lucifer was incredibly blase about yanking her powers away, so no wonder she reacted badly.
Yes, Auntie Maze!
Finally, before the blade leaves Earth, Lucifer brings Dan to see Chloe while they can still interact.
They reminisce about their past, and Chloe says she’s felt powerless since he’s been gone.
Dan tells her that she doesn’t need Amenadiel’s necklace to be strong.
Episode 6: “A Lot Dirtier Than That”
This episode was inevitable.
And Reiben hasn’t changed his stripes post-promotion, dismissing the case as nothing more than a gang hit.
It’s a familiar cycle of excuses, inaction, and apologies.
With her help, Amenadiel tracks down the girlfriend, Michaela, who’s gone into hiding.
But the real killer opens fire on them, and backup arrives as they scramble for cover.
Reiben settles for arresting both Michaela and the killer.
However, it still offers no solutions and little comfort.
Amenadiel’s still there, as is Harris.
But so is Reiben.
Episode 7: “My Best Fiend”
What wedding doesn’t have a little drama?
And what drama can’t be fixed by popping a few demons into some freshly dead bodies?
A distraught Maze calls Lucifer for help.
And just like that, the wedding’s back on!
Things aren’t working so well for Lucifer, though.
In his defense, Rory said she wasn’t going to show up.
When she does anyway, she’s crushed that her father’s not there.
And now it’s time for a wedding, on the Walt Disney Concert Hall grounds, no less!
Maze is walked down the aisle by Linda and looks smashing in a demonic black gown.
Dr. Linda crushes the ceremony, and the women exchange the vows they wrote.
At the reception, things fall apart quickly.
Then Ella gets drunk and reads them all for filth.
That’s the assignment, and this episode pulls it off.
One thing they all agree on is that it’s time for Lucifer to become God.
But his wings won’t cooperate.
So Amenadiel heads to Heaven to check things out, wowing Ella with her first visible proof of angels.
Her delighted awe is spectacular.
), and she pulls out her book manuscript to help them sort it all out.
Instead of being angry, Lucifer’s delighted to be the focus of a doorstop of a novel.
(Honestly, I should’ve known.)
He summons the Scooby gang to scour the book for clues, including Maze in some wild wedding-night gear.
But it’s not just Lucifer.
Then there’s Ella, who’s still wounded by everyone’s silence.
Score one for Ms. Lopez.
To cut through the riot of memories, Lucifer demands that Linda show him the last chapter.
When she hesitates, he realizes that she doesn’t think he can become God.
Linda hates that this means her five years of therapy have failed.
That means his conscious and subconscious minds are acting in concert.
His wings don’t control him; he controlsthem.
She also assures Chloe that the razor wings are a reminder of how tough her mother is.
They kiss, and it’s adorable.
Also, Maze offers to torture Dan until he figures out what guilt is keeping him out of Heaven.
What a good friend!
Aaaand the episode concludes with Amenadiel flapping in to say that he knows why the world is ending.
Then Chloe leaves to run errands, and girl, wut?
Stay with your man!
Splitting up is bananas.
Since she’s still in the past, it means she’s still mad at him in the future.
They’re locked in a time loop, and it’s unchangeable.
So why not enjoy his last day?
He even introduces her toBones, but mostly he just soaks in time with her.
It’s daddy-daughter adorableness.
Chloe’s frustrated, though.
They part ways again, and Lucifer seeks out Dr. Linda.
This is the first of many tear-producing moments in the episode.
Lucifer’s next stop is Ella.
He apologizes for not making sure she knew the real truth, and she forgives him.
Then he presents her with a pencil stamped with the words “Miss Lopez STEM Initiative.”
Yep, he set up a foundation in her name to encourage young women to follow in her footsteps.
I’m crying again.
At Lux, Lucifer tells Amenadiel that he’s his favorite brother and signs Lux over to him.
But Amenadiel has bigger things on his mind.
Thanks to a heart-to-heart with Chloe, he’s decided to become God.
The sibling thing’s a problem, you see.
Off Amena-god goes to reign them in… but at this point, it’s too late.
“Since when dowedo that?”
The next encounter Lucifer has is with Le Mec, the man who murdered Dan.
Remember those prayer-answering angels?
Dude-bro Jophiel answers a prayer from a death-row inmate to see his pet lion one more time.
And that pet lion causes so much chaos in the prison that Le Mec’s able to escape.
AHHHAHAHA, now I understand why Rob Benedict was cast for this role!
So Le Dan finds Trixie at summer camp.
Is this still stranger danger for Trixie?
She rejects that immediately, insisting that her father was the best person ever.
Guilt gone, he’s lifted to Heaven, and it’s such a lovely ending for him.
But it’s the best possible conclusion for this storyline.
Except, of course, that it leaves Le Mec free again.
Lucifer has one set of goodbyes left, so he collects his family and takes them to the beach.
While Chloe soaks up the sun, he and Rory talk.
And that’s when Lucifer gets a call from Le Mec using Rory’s phone.
He’s holding her hostage at 10th and Swanson.
Episode 10: “Partners ‘til the End”
Let go of your guilt.
Well, that and the hedonistic joy of a wall of scotch.
They can harm Lucifer.
Then Chloe’s stabbed in the chest, but since Rory exists, she clearly survives this wound.
So she kisses Lucifer and begs him to save Rory.
Now,thisis a good reason to split up.
The perfect torture, therefore, is to kill him while Rory and Chloe go on with their lives.
Then her fury takes over, and she starts to manifest a devil face.
Lucifer pleads with her not to commit murder because there’s no going back from that.
“hey be better than me,” he begs.
She listens and lets Le Mec go, her devil face receding.
They hug, and Lucifer’s overwhelmed that she called him “dad.”
But they clearly forgot the rules of horror movies because Le Mec isn’t dead, of course.
He pops up for one more murder attempt, but Chloe steps into the room and shoots him.
But all Le Mec sees is darkness.
And that’s how Lucifer finds his calling.
As his father said, Hell no longer needs a keeper.
It needs a healer.
This, Rory realizes, is why Lucifer leaves.
Saving the lost souls in Hell is a full-time job, the most important one he could do.
She’s not angry anymore, and she wants him to start his work immediately.
And that’s when a white light appears to take her back to her time.
After that, we check in on all our favorites.
There’s Ella and Carol greeting girls involved in the Ms. Lopez foundation.
There’s Dan in Heaven with Charlotte.
She’s having waffles, and he gets his beloved Pudding Plus.
There’s Dr. Linda celebrating a birthday with Charlie, who sprouts wings to the great delight of Amenadiel.
There’s Maze and Eve delightedly chasing bounties and kissing up a storm.
There’s newborn Rory coming home from the hospital to be greeted by her whole found family.
As Chloe dies, Rory says she’ll see her on the other side.
In a white-lit afterlife, Amenadiel greets Chloe and offers to show her to her home.
She takes his hand, wearing Lucifer’s ring, and follows him.
Le Mec’s there too, working toward salvation in his own way.
Lucifer assures them all that if the devil can be redeemed, anyone can.
He talks to them about fate versus free will, and how to find true meaning in life.
Then there’s a knock on the door, and he opens it to see Chloe.
“Hello, detective,” he says.
She replies, “I thought you could use a partner.”
