Favorite Son
- Episode aired Feb 29, 2016
- TV-14
- 43m
A robbery gone bad leads to Lucifer and Chloe working together. Dan has an unusual encounter with Mazikeen. Chloe suspects Lucifer might be a criminal. Linda chooses to play Lucifer's game.A robbery gone bad leads to Lucifer and Chloe working together. Dan has an unusual encounter with Mazikeen. Chloe suspects Lucifer might be a criminal. Linda chooses to play Lucifer's game.A robbery gone bad leads to Lucifer and Chloe working together. Dan has an unusual encounter with Mazikeen. Chloe suspects Lucifer might be a criminal. Linda chooses to play Lucifer's game.
- Amenadiel
- (as DB Woodside)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song that Lucifer sings at the beginning is Sinner Man - an African American traditional spiritual song about a sinner attempting to hide from divine justice on Judgment Day.
- GoofsWhen Linda is discussing Lucifer's names, she brings up "Samael" which she implies means "light bringer". Samael actually means "God's poison" meaning he's the one that deals out God's punishments. The name "Lucifer" is the name that means "light bringer".
- Quotes
Linda Martin: God cast you out because He needed you to do the most difficult of jobs. It was a gift.
Lucifer Morningstar: Gift? He shunned me. He vilified me. He made me a torturer! Can you even begin to fathom what it was like? Eons spent providing a place for dead mortals to punish themselves? I mean, why do they blame me for all their little failings? As if I'd spent my days sitting on their shoulder, forcing them to commit acts they'd otherwise find repulsive. "Oh, the Devil made me do it." I HAVE NEVER MADE ANY ONE OF THEM DO ANYTHING. Never.
- ConnectionsReferences Get Smart (1965)
- SoundtracksThe Day Is My Enemy
Written by Liam Howlett, Olly Burden and Cole Porter
Performed by The Prodigy feat. Martina Topley-Bird
It's more than obvious that these fans are driven solely by the name of the show and not its actual artistic, technical or entertaining characteristics.
Don't get me wrong. Exactly the opposite is also happening. People who think that this is a series about Satan, the source of all evil according to Christianity are also wrong.
This simple low budget TV show isn't about the devil at all.
The depiction of Lucifer is (increasingly) that of a nice guy. A guy who cares. Who wants justice and he doesn't lie. And he is misunderstood. Someone who forced by the hand of his father to take a job he didn't wanted...
So, again, this is not a series about Satan. It doesn't involve killing, bloody sacrifices and rituals, deception and lies... Lucifer doesn't want to take over the throne of God and rule in his place.
So, why people are so willing to defend it in IMDb's boards, and insult people who see it for what it actually is, a buddy cop show with a twist? Honestly other than the name I can't think of anything else. It has a few somehow fun yet very simple moments: a cute kid with his face covered with chocolate denies she ate any, Nina Simone's Sinnerman is sang by the lead actor...but not to justify the continuous 10 out of 10, I'm reading. It might be a little justified by the young audience who lacks experience on TV series and movies.
In this 6th episode you get some more insight about the things I mention earlier: The Devil is a good guy, truthful and caring, heartbroken by the injustice of a cruel father. And the buddy-cop relationship gets even stronger. And something of value is stolen by an actual bad guy that will monopolize the interest of the young fans.
Overall: If you want to make a show and call it Lucifer or Satan or Master of all evil or ...whatever... you must also be willing to stand up to the hype of what you are doing. Lucifer isn't a thriller, or a horror show, and it doesn't promote to be evil at all. Quite the contrary...
- Dr_Sagan
- Feb 29, 2016
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD