Lucifer Season 5 Part 2 Review: Lightbringer is back in all his glory

Minor hiccups aside, Netflix’s Lucifer season 5 flies high as a good display of a good television show

Bhuvanesh Chandar

Originally written on 30th May 2021

Our favourite Devil is back, and oh god – God is here too. Part 2 of Lucifer picks up right where it left and so here’s a quick recap: Lucifer’s twin Michael creates nuisance while masquerading as Lucifer, and just as Lucy is about to confess his love to Detective Chloe Decker in the precinct, Amenadiel freezes time and Michael annoys everyone. Lucifer and Amenadiel are against Michael and our not-friendly-anymore demon Mazikeen, when they are interrupted by their father – God himself.

Much of the ninth episode (1st in Part 2) banks on Lucifer’s holy father issues that were well-established in four seasons. There are moments to provide levity and to learn where some characters are. For example, out of the blue, God decides to throw a family dinner and Linda says grace – in the presence of the god. Mazikeen, a demon, stands before God and pleads with him to give her a soul.

In the midst of it all, Chloe and Lucy get back to working on a homicide case, the result of which provides a revelation to Lucy on how to deal with a personal issue. A celestial story overarching some good detective narratives – all, a reminder of an engaging tone and structure that Lucifer has mastered all these years.

However, the celestials’ story isn’t flawless. The unimaginable has…

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