About Lucifer Season 1 – TV Series

Lucifer Season 1

Lucifer is an American urban fantasy television series developed by Tom Kapinos that began airing on January 25, 2016, and concluded on September 10, 2021. It revolves around Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis), an alternate version of the DC Comics character of the same name created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. In the series, Lucifer is the devil but abandons Hell to run a nightclub in Los Angeles, subsequently experiencing massive life changes when he becomes a consultant to the Los Angeles Police Department. The supporting cast includes Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D. B. Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Rachael Harris, and Aimee Garcia.

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television served as producers. Filming took place primarily in Vancouver before production was relocated entirely to Los Angeles at the start of the third season. The first season received mixed reviews from critics, and its original broadcaster Fox canceled it after three seasons in May 2018. One month later, Netflix picked up the show following the fanbase’s campaign to save it, and the series continued for a further three seasons; it consistently earned high viewership during its time on Netflix.

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STORY

Episodes 01

“Pilot”

Lucifer Morningstar, the retired ruler of Hell, owns a high-end night club named “Lux” in Los Angeles. When a pop star he had helped become successful is murdered in front of him by a drug dealer, he uses his powers of persuasion to assist Detective Chloe Decker in apprehending the true culprit behind the murder. All the while, he must deal with his brother, the dark-winged angel Amenadiel, who is putting pressure on him from their father to return to running Hell, after having abandoned the task for the past five years. Lucifer and Chloe investigate the murder of Lucifer’s friend Delilah, and they find out the murderer was Jimmy Barnes. Chloe gets shot but Lucifer shows Jimmy his devil face and terrifies Jimmy and Jimmy gets arrested. Chloe survives and Lucifer decides to keep working with Chloe.

Episodes 02

“Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.”

Lucifer undergoes the legal procedure to become an official civilian consultant. With Chloe recovering from their last adventure, Lucifer takes the initiative to get the truth about the death of an actor’s son from a paparazzo who has confessed to causing the car crash. During the case, Lucifer learns how Chloe abandoned acting due to the death of her father. The investigation reveals the paparazzo had a slightly disturbed intern, Josh; however, he took his boss’s motto of “always be first [to take a photo]” too far and began instigating events and causing murders. Lucifer attempts to give a “preview” of the punishment both would get in hell, but is convinced by Chloe that they will pay for their crimes in jail.

Episodes 03

“The Would-Be Prince of Darkness”

Lucifer attends the party of virgin football player Ty Huntley, convincing him to accept a girl’s invitation to sleep together. Lucifer is woken after a foursome by Ty, who asks for a favor; he calls in Chloe, revealing the girl was found dead. Her phone reveals footage of Ty and the victim having sex; Chloe arrests Ty on circumstantial evidence. His manager, Joe, bails him out and directs them to Ty’s ex Debra. However, she has an alibi; plus an attempt on her life is traced back to Ronnie Hillman, a professional “fixer”. Lucifer uses the sting to capture Ronnie to bring in a man ruining his reputation by using his name. Ronnie reveals the victim was her protégé, who was hired by Joe. Joe is arrested, revealing he accidentally choked the victim to death to get the footage to blackmail Ty into staying with his agency.

Episodes 04

“Manly Whatnots”

Chloe and Lucifer investigate a missing persons case involving a girl, Lindsay Jolson, who was involved with a pick-up artist. The investigation is complicated by Lucifer’s repeated attempts to seduce Chloe in an effort to better understand her. Meanwhile, Amenadiel confronts a reluctant Mazikeen about Lucifer. It’s revealed Lindsay had in fact faked her kidnapping with her brother. Lindsay had met the pickup artist in the past, but it was research for his book; to make matters worse, she lost her virginity to him. She romanced him as revenge, getting him to genuinely fall in love. Chloe stops Lucifer from punishing them, briefly seeing his devil face reflected. At Lucifer’s encouragement, Chloe shoots him in the leg. To Lucifer’s bewilderment, he feels pain and bleeds.

Episodes 05

“Sweet Kicks”

Chloe begs Lucifer to help her in a case involving an artist/high-end shoe designer who was once in a street gang. In doing so, Lucifer knowingly puts himself in danger, finding it exciting to test his mortality. It turns out that the death at the shoe show was unintended; the designer intended to make his product seem more desired. However, this caused two LA gangs to nearly start a war. Chloe and Lucifer attempt to defuse the situation, but end up saved by Maze, who hospitalizes all the gangsters. Meanwhile, Amenadiel surprises Dr. Martin by showing up at her office after hours, stating he is a fellow psychotherapist, who has just moved into the office next door. The two agree to have drinks and openly discuss patients.

Episodes 06

“Favorite Son”

When a warehouse is robbed and the security guard murdered, it turns out that the stolen container belongs to Lucifer. He and Chloe then work to find the culprit, which Lucifer sees as protecting his reputation in the city; he vaguely also tells her that a gift from his father is inside, making it extremely valuable. Meanwhile, Lucifer continues to struggle with his identity and Amenadiel continues to try to use Dr. Martin to get to Lucifer. Lucifer and Chloe manage to track down the container, which Lucifer reveals contains a box filled with Russian dolls. However, the box is a bluff; on the other side is a secret compartment, which once contained Lucifer’s angel wings – the gift he spoke of. For Lucifer, the case is not over.

Episodes 07

“Wingman”

Lucifer continues the search for his wings and turns to Amenadiel for help. Amenadiel rejects his entreaty at first, so Lucifer enlists Chloe to assist him. Meanwhile, Chloe asks Dan for help in investigating the Palmetto case in the hopes that she can find something to confirm her suspicions against Malcolm, the cop who is in coma. The wings are apparently about to be sold at auction. Lucifer goes to the auction where Amenadiel shows up to help Lucifer. Lucifer regains his wings, realizing Amenadiel plotted the theft from the beginning. He invites him to the beach, where he lights the wings on fire. An anguished Amenadiel watches, now unable to trick Lucifer back. Meanwhile, Chloe and Dan find a new lead on the Palmetto case.

Episodes 08

“Et Tu, Doctor?”

Feeling reborn, Lucifer celebrates his “re-birthday” at the Lux. Malcolm, who also wakes up from his coma, also celebrates his coming back. Chloe and Lucifer investigate the murder of a controversial therapist who advocates adultery as a means of saving relationships. Meanwhile, Lucifer shoehorns his own therapist, Dr. Linda Martin, into the case in an attempt to “solve” Chloe’s issue with Dan. While solving the murder case, Lucifer realizes what is happening to him. Malcolm meets Chloe to explain that whoever shot him dead clearly does not have a problem shooting cops. Chloe and Lucifer then look for Malcolm’s partner but find him dead with a suicide note, while Dan mysteriously meets with Malcolm.

Episodes 09

“A Priest Walks into a Bar”

Lucifer is surprised when he is asked for a favor by a priest named Frank Lawrence, but he turns him away. Then they meet again when Chloe pulls Lucifer into a murder case involving Arietta, a youth counselor whom Frank said was trying to get Frank’s foster son Connor involved with drug trafficking. After an attempt on Frank’s life, Lucifer hides him at Lux, where they bond over the piano. Frank gets a call to meet Connor at the church, where new drug dealer Spider orders Connor to silence Frank. When he doesn’t, Spider shoots and Frank takes the bullet. A furious Lucifer nearly kills Spider, but stops to honor Frank’s memory. Meanwhile, Amenadiel reminds Malcolm of the reason he brought him back from Hell: to kill someone.

Episodes 10

“Pops”

Chloe and Lucifer investigate the poisoning death of Javier Aries, the chef/owner of an upscale Mexican restaurant whom Lucifer admires. Suspicion falls on Javier’s son Junior, a recovering drug addict, and the sous-chef, Anne, who would inherit the restaurant if Junior was out of the picture. Things are complicated by the surprise arrival of Chloe’s mother, Penelope Decker, whom Lucifer also really admires. At home, Chloe and Penelope argue about Trixie, causing Trixie to run away to find Lucifer, but she ends up making friends with Maze. Meanwhile, Malcolm reveals his plan to kill Lucifer to Dan, and Maze starts visiting Dr. Martin as a patient. Dan meets with Malcolm again, saying that he could not let Malcolm kill Lucifer, so they end up fighting and Dan is knocked unconscious.

Episodes 11

“St. Lucifer”

After refusing to sleep with a drunk Chloe, much to both their surprise, Lucifer experiences a strange “high”. Believing benevolence and charity can give highs equal to drugs, Lucifer uses their current case in investigating the death of Tim Dunlear, a highly charitable man. Lucifer discovers Tim’s wife embezzled funds from a charity to build a school in a third world country, and killed Tim to keep it secret; he hosts Tim’s charity at Lux and outs her to the crowd. At the end, Lucifer discovers the “high” doesn’t work unless he genuinely wanted to help someone. Amenadiel finds unlikely companionship. Meanwhile, Dan, held captive by Malcolm, tries to escape and warn Lucifer before Malcolm gets to him.

Episodes 12

“#TeamLucifer”

When a member of a satanic church is killed, Lucifer is greatly disturbed that anyone would kill in his name. When it turns out that Malcolm is the one killing those people to honor him, Lucifer threatens torment but then he is interrupted by Amenadiel, who allows Malcolm to run away. They start fighting each other until they are stopped by Maze. Later, Chloe stops by the Lux to talk to Lucifer, but instead finds the dead body of the street preacher who was seen arguing with Lucifer on TV. Elsewhere, Lucifer’s realization that Chloe makes him physically vulnerable leads to him becoming paranoid.

Episodes 12

“Take Me Back to Hell”

Amenadiel saves Lucifer from being arrested by Chloe and they go to Amenadiel’s office to talk. Dr. Martin shows up and advises the brothers. They go looking for Malcolm while Maze helps Chloe hunt for Lucifer. Amenadiel finds Malcolm, they fight and Malcolm wounds Amenadiel with one of Maze’s daggers. Maze saves a dying Amenadiel with the feather she kept from Lucifer’s wings. Dan turns himself in for helping Malcolm, clearing Lucifer of the murder. Chloe seizes Malcolm’s money and he kidnaps Trixie to force her to give it back. At the exchange, Lucifer is fatally shot when he intervenes to try and save Chloe and Trixie. Lucifer prays to God offering to return to work for him if he saves Chloe. God restores Lucifer’s powers and Chloe kills Malcolm. A worried Lucifer tells Amenadiel that God has asked him to hunt for a soul who has escaped from Hell, their mother.

CAST

Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: Bored with his life as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer abandons his throne to run his own high-end nightclub in Los Angeles while working as a civilian consultant for the local police. In season 5, Ellis also portrays Lucifer’s twin brother Michael, who briefly takes over his brother’s identity after Lucifer returns to Hell.
Lauren German as Detective Chloe Decker: A homicide detective and former actress whose late father was an LAPD officer. She solves crimes with Lucifer, who takes an interest in her upon noticing that she seems to be the first human he has ever encountered who is immune to his charms.
Kevin Alejandro as Detective Daniel “Dan” Espinoza: An LAPD homicide detective and Chloe’s ex-husband. He develops a complicated friendship with Lucifer as they often clash and insult each other, partly due to the fact that Lucifer and Chloe slowly become romantically involved.
D. B. Woodside as Amenadiel: Lucifer’s older brother, he is an angel and the eldest of all their siblings. He arrives in Los Angeles to encourage Lucifer to go back to Hell, and failing that, he attempts to force Lucifer back in different ways. He later becomes the father of the first half-angel/half-human baby in history with Linda.
Lesley-Ann Brandt as Mazikeen: A confidante and devoted ally of Lucifer who goes by “Maze” for short. She is a demon who, having served as Lucifer’s head torturer, joins him in Los Angeles to act as a bartender and bodyguard at his club. In the second season, Maze looks for a new direction on Earth and becomes a bounty hunter. She marries Eve in the final season. In season 5, Brandt also portrays the demon Lilith, who is Maze’s mother and Lucifer’s ex-lover.
Scarlett Estevez as Beatrice “Trixie” Espinoza (seasons 1–4, recurring seasons 5–6): Chloe and Dan’s young daughter who befriends Lucifer and Mazikeen, initially to their chagrin.
Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin: Lucifer’s Stanford-educated psychotherapist. In season 4, she and Amenadiel welcome their son Charlie, who is considered the first half-angel/half-human baby in history.
Kevin Rankin as Detective Malcolm Graham (season 1): A crooked police officer who was shot prior to the beginning of the series. He briefly died but then is brought back from Hell by Amenadiel to kill Lucifer.
Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez (seasons 2–6): A forensic scientist for the LAPD from Detroit. In season 3, it is revealed that Ella had been regularly visited by Lucifer’s sister “Rae-Rae” Azrael, the Angel of Death, after surviving a car crash in her youth. She is known for her bubbly personality and almost endless optimism and enthusiasm.
Tricia Helfer as Mum / Goddess (season 2; guest season 5) and Charlotte Richards (seasons 2–3; guest season 6) and as Shirley Monroe (guest season 5/episode 4): Lucifer and Amenadiel’s mother and exiled wife of God, who has escaped her prison in Hell. She is described as “the goddess of all creation”. On Earth, her soul occupies the body of Charlotte Richards, a murdered lawyer. After she leaves the universe at the end of the second season, the human Charlotte is resurrected. Having lived in Hell during this short time for defending several criminals, Charlotte seeks the redemption she finds by helping Lucifer and Chloe on two cases, then gets a prosecutor job and abandons her law firm. She is the 2nd person in total to whom Lucifer reveals his angel wings, and she helps Amenadiel on an investigation on Marcus Pierce. Charlotte is murdered at the end of season 3 by Marcus/Cain after saving Amenadiel. In season 5, Goddess briefly returns from her universe to reunite with God, who chooses to retire with Goddess to her universe. In the series finale, Charlotte briefly returns, sharing a meal in Heaven with Dan, with whom she had a romantic history prior to her murder.
Tom Welling as Lieutenant Marcus Pierce / Cain (season 3): A highly respected police lieutenant who oversees the work of Chloe, Dan, and Ella at the LAPD. He is revealed to be the immortal Cain, Adam and Eve’s son and Abel’s brother. He is the world’s first murderer, condemned to wander the Earth forever with the Mark of Cain.
Inbar Lavi as Eve (season 4; guest season 5; recurring season 6): The world’s first female human who recently left Heaven, Cain’s mother and former lover of Lucifer. She eventually becomes a bounty hunter and marries Maze.
Brianna Hildebrand as Aurora, aka Rory (season 6): A half-human-half-angel (Nephilim) who shows up in Hell and then on Earth seeking vengeance on Lucifer. She absconds to Earth with Dan’s soul in an attempt to learn how to kill Lucifer. She is later revealed to be Chloe’s and Lucifer’s daughter from the future, who is enraged with Lucifer for his apparent abandonment of her before she was even born. She has blades instead of feathers in her wings, which can hurt Lucifer.

PRODUCTION

Development

In September 2014, DC and Fox were developing a television series based on the Sandman character Lucifer, as originally written by Neil Gaiman. The series is a “loose adaptation” of the original comic book. In May 2015, the series was officially picked up for 13 episodes for the 2015–16 season. Fox then hired Almost Human alum Joe Henderson as showrunner, with Kapinos remaining on the series in a lesser capacity.

In an interview, actress Lesley-Ann Brandt stated that production for the fifth season was “99% finished”, with production all completed except for half of the final episode before suspending production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production resumed on September 24, 2020, to finish the final episode of the fifth season and begin production of the sixth season.