Lucifer Morningstar, the retired ruler of Hell, owns a high-end night club named "Lux" in Los Angeles. When a pop star he had helped become successful is murdered in front of him by a drug dealer, he uses his powers of persuasion to assist Detective Chloe Decker in apprehending the true culprit behind the murder. All the while, he must deal with his brother, the dark-winged angel Amenadiel, who is putting pressure on him from their father to return to running Hell, after having abandoned the task for the past five years. Lucifer and Chloe investigate the murder of Lucifer's friend Delilah, and they find out the murderer was Jimmy Barnes. Chloe gets shot but Lucifer shows Jimmy his devil face and terrifies Jimmy and Jimmy gets arrested. Chloe survives and Lucifer decides to keep working with Chloe.
