Tom Kapinos

A TV series starring Tom Ellis and Lauren German (Netflix, Sep. 2021)

The Devil puts off becoming God.

B (Good).

This is easily the strongest season. Of course it wouldn't be Lucifer if they didn't spend most of the season stalling and backpedaling to try to avoid the previous season's developments. But there aren't enough episodes to slip into a formula, they focus on having fun most of the time, and there are even a number of strong emotional scenes. The ending is disappointing and show more frustratingly dumb, though.

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The Devil lives in L.A. and solves crimes.

3/4 (Good).

Over the course of the season they transition out of the murder-of-the-week formula, throw out the reset button, and focus on telling the story and developing the characters.

The Devil lives in L.A. and solves crimes.

3/4 (Good).

It backpedals so far it manages to get even more formulaic than the first season. But then near the end, out of nowhere, there are a handful of really great episodes. So... I guess I'm optimistic about season four?

This series is entertaining me so much, I love the sharp banter (though sometimes Lucifer is a bit much). My favourite episode was God Johnson, it was so well done. Lucifer's mother was well done and interesting as well and it looks like the actors had a blast playing their roles.
It will be very interesting to see how Maze copes with living with humans and what's going to happen to Dr Linda.