Lucifer is a peculiar show. I don't think there are many elements of the episode that particularly bad, per se, but it is nevertheless bland. For such an intriguing subject - the psychology and mythology of the devil!! - Lucifer continues to deliver disposable week to week homicide cases which are unfortunately unimaginative and unoriginal. There's no denying that Tom Ellis is an amazing actor, but the source material he's provided with give him little to showcase his skills. This also brings me to another qualm I have with this series. There is no character or story development. The series is still beating the dead 'Chloe doesn't know Lucifer is the devil' horse, Lucifer's therapy sessions repeat the same cycle of 'Lucifer refuses to address his problems', and the same repetitive family issues between 'dad', 'mum'and Lucifer's 'brothers and sisters' are shamelessly recycled. At the end of season one, we were left with the knowledge that Lucifer's mother had escaped from hell. This episode took forty minutes of forgettable police jargon and predictable conversation and interactions between the characters to deliver a five second punchline (I call this a punchline, despite the fact the episode could have opened on this moment without a hitch because there was no real meaningful lead up to such a moment). Personally, I think that this may stem from the writers's unclear vision of 'Mum' as a character, or even a vision for the series's direction this season, which is unfortunate. As a comedic, fantasy cop-drama, the show is growing to be boring and unoriginal. As a show stemming from the genius of Neil Gaiman, not to mention the host of religious and cultural mythology surrounding the devil, episodes such as this, which have begun to comprise nearly the whole of the series, are almost unforgivable.
