Warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale ofLucifer.
Even though it was hard to say goodbye, Lucifer and Chloe went their separate paths.
Thankfully, though, they were eventually reunited.
Lauren German and Tom Ellis on ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
Indeed, as the series finale’s title indicated, they were partners to the endand beyond.
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What inspired that choice?
Brianna Hildebrand and Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’.JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX
ILDY MODROIVCH:Oh I will tell you.
My daughter discovered My Chemical Romance four years ago or something.
That’s the character of Lucifer."
And I always thought, “God, if we could end the series with that song.”
I thought maybe after the credits roll or something.
But when we were editing, and we actually found a moment for it, I cried.
Because I just think it’s his journey of this character who…
The lines, why am I blanking on the lines?
Help me, Chance.
The very first ones.
MODROVICH: “The broken, the beaten, and the damned.”
And it’s like, “Ah.”
And he’s the savior of the broken, defeated, and the damned [in the end].
I’m so happy it made it in, and I’m so happy they said yes.
That My Chem said yes.
She’s just beautiful.
She’s so talented and lovely and really understood her role.
And her whole thing is abandonment from her father.
And the way she played it was just so seamless and honest.
I met her on set, but the casting was just brilliant with her.
Hats off to Joe and Ildy, and all the writers, for just making that beautiful.
It’s such a beautiful arc.
TOM ELLIS:Yeah, it was the one area that we hadn’t really explored with Lucifer.
Because obviously Chloe is a parent and all those things, but Lucifer…
So having that kind of rich vein of things to mine still in season 6 was great.
I feel so much affection toward her.
I did feel like her dad by the end of it.
It was just kind of beautiful.
And we realized that the moment when we went, “Yes!
I mean, you’re suddenly, “Oh, right, I’m the parent.
That child is looking up to me and I want to protect them.
I want to do everything in my being to protect them.”
Did you feel it was earned?
GERMAN:I thought it was beautiful.
It’s just really sweet.
And I like that, that there’s this idea that we can all do better.
We can all change.
So how do we navigate that, and how do we make that as real and poignant as possible?
And single parents are awesome.
I just thought it was really fitting.
And the scene at the piano when they are… And all of those moments, they hit you because they’re real.
HENDERSON:Emotionally real.
And it was hard and it was wonderful and it was collaborative, and I love it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That piano scene was very emotional.
ELLIS:We had to laugh otherwise we’d cry, it was one of those moments.
We went through so many… Maybe three hours, Tom and I are just crying.
And we’re trying to be emotional, but it was the best!
We laughed so hard shooting.
It was emotional and it was also hysterical.
ELLIS:And also, it was weird, because that scene was so indicative of our team onLucifer.
MODROVICH:I was just going to say, what you think is the effects, is our people.
I was like, “No, everyone was working their butts off.
Everyone loves the show.
And everyone did and worked so hard until the final day because they cared so much.”
We were very lucky.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
