Lucifer was a series that aired from 2016 to 2021, starting on FOX and finishing its run on Netflix after being canceled by Fox. It is mostly a case-of-the-week procedural show (especially early on) in which Lucifer Morningstar (played by Tom Ellis), the DC Universe's version of the Devil, abandons Hell for Los Angeles where he runs his own nightclub named Lux. He becomes a consultant to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) working with Detective Chloe Decker (played by Chicago Fire's Lauren German), whom he becomes enthralled with. Lucifer uses his powers of persuasion to help Chole solve crimes, while his older brother, Amenadiel, played by Buffy's D. B. Woodside, and his demon confidant Mazikeen, played by Lesley-Ann Brandt, try to get Lucifer to return to Hell. The rest of the cast is rounded out by Kevin Alejandro who plays Chloe's ex-husband and current co-worker, Detective Daniel "Dan" Espinoza, Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin, Lucifer's psychologist and occasional fling, and Scarlett Estevez who plays Beatrice "Trixie" Espinoza, Chloe and Dan's daughter, who befriends Lucifer and Mazikeen and steals nearly every scene she is in.
As I said above, the show is pretty much a case-of-the-week crime drama, with a lot of snarky humor mixed in. It is not a superhero show per-se, but of course, Lucifer does have powers that he uses in a very morally ambiguous (at best) way. There are story arcs that play out over the course of the season, the big one being that Lucifer is trying to hide his real identity from Chole, and always close to getting caught for something illegal he is doing. The season ends on a quasi cliffhanger, definitely setting up what is to come in season two.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the show looks and sounds great in HD. The 13 episodes are spread across three discs, and there are a handful of extras. The extras include about six minutes worth of deleted scenes, a handful of very short character profiles, and a 13-minute portion of the 2015 Comic-Con panel. What was included was good, but there is not a ton of material.
Overall, the show is very good. It is definitely not what I would call family-friendly as it definitely pushes the bounds with violence and sexual content that they could get away with on broadcast TV. While there are certainly religious themes in the show, it is more a buddy-cop procedural than a show with in-your-face religious dogma. It is well-written and very well-acted, and definitely worth checking out.
As I said above, the show is pretty much a case-of-the-week crime drama, with a lot of snarky humor mixed in. It is not a superhero show per-se, but of course, Lucifer does have powers that he uses in a very morally ambiguous (at best) way. There are story arcs that play out over the course of the season, the big one being that Lucifer is trying to hide his real identity from Chole, and always close to getting caught for something illegal he is doing. The season ends on a quasi cliffhanger, definitely setting up what is to come in season two.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the show looks and sounds great in HD. The 13 episodes are spread across three discs, and there are a handful of extras. The extras include about six minutes worth of deleted scenes, a handful of very short character profiles, and a 13-minute portion of the 2015 Comic-Con panel. What was included was good, but there is not a ton of material.
Overall, the show is very good. It is definitely not what I would call family-friendly as it definitely pushes the bounds with violence and sexual content that they could get away with on broadcast TV. While there are certainly religious themes in the show, it is more a buddy-cop procedural than a show with in-your-face religious dogma. It is well-written and very well-acted, and definitely worth checking out.
