Lucifer Review: Lucifer deals with his Daddy Issues and Maze makes new friends.

We all know that Lucifer has Daddy Issues, as Detective Decker so aptly phrased it, given that he is miffed every time someone says the word “God”. Though he’s not going to be the only one who dislikes their father with a fiery passion when a local Mexican restaurateur is found dead at a local farmer’s market in this week’s episode of Lucifer.

The opening scene with the market lady was amusing. Lucifer told her about the way to pick out a perfect strawberry only to have the moment ruined when the lady breathed out “Oh, God”. I thought that he would throw the half eaten strawberry away in disgust instead of eating it himself but hey, waste not, want not.

It seems that our favourite Devil has food on the brain when it was revealed that his favourite Mexican chef Javier Arias is the victim. Yes, Lucifer, you will never taste his perfect tamales ever again, how tragic for you, Mr. I Think With My Stomach. Though I do wonder if the late Chef Javier ever wrote down his recipes so that Lucifer can re-create his favourite dishes.

I have to admit, seeing Lucifer wear that green restaurant t-shirt after his expensive dress shirt was stained with the sous-chef’s coughed up blood had me laughing out loud. Though I don’t think that green is his color. Makes him stand out like a sore thumb. Good thing he made Detective Decker drop him off at LUX so he can go change. Guy looks better wearing full business attire (sans tie) anyway.

When Detective Decker’s mother showed up at the crime scene, Lucifer had a bit of a fanboy/starstruck moment when the woman strutted in and greeted her daughter. Okay, Lucifer, maybe if you behave, Detective Decker can get you an autograph or something. I was warming up to Mrs. Decker when I saw the scene where she was putting makeup on Trixie, making the little girl look like those beauty pageant kids shoved into the limelight by their “can’t be famous on my own so I’ll use my child to do it” parents. I strongly dislike those kinds of parents who won’t let their kids be like other normal children. They should have their own say in what they want to do or who to be and not live out some childhood fantasy of their mother’s.

I had a moment of confusion, as I tend to have when watching shows like this, is the fact that Trixie knows how to get to LUX via Uber to see Lucifer despite not having never been to the nightclub in the first place. I’m guessing that the little girl asked the driver if he knew where Lucifer lived and the Uber driver took her there. I breathed a sigh of relief that Trixie never took a sip of that drink Maze poured her as Detective Decker came into the nightclub. Those kinds of drinks are for grown-ups, Trixie. You can drink it when you’re older. Much older.

The scene with Maze and Dr. Martin was interesting to watch. It seems that the resident demoness/bartender wants to be more “normal” in the place that she doesn’t belong. Dr. Martin then advised Maze to start making some friends and Maze did that, kind of, when Trixie showed up at LUX but I think that Dr. Martin would be an even better friend for Mazikeen as evidenced towards the end of the episode. Besides, you need a friend that one can bring to clubs and such. Can’t do that with children, now can you?

I could sense the awkwardness during that family dinner scene that later turned into an interrogation. Lucifer brought Chef Javier’s son, Junior to help cook dinner (seeing Lucifer wearing that “Kiss the Cook” apron was the icing on the cake. I laughed at the irony of it), and then he brought up the subject of Detective Decker possibly getting back together with Detective Dan (which then led to the whole why Detective Decker won’t sleep with him thing).Yeah, tres awkward.

The irony continued when Lucifer and Detective Decker were trapped in the restaurant after the sous-chef Anne, who turned out to be the killer, kicked over the deep fryer and set the spilled oil (and the place) on fire. Lucifer got a third degree burn on his arm as a result after getting Detective Decker and himself safely outside. Could this be anymore ironic? Oh wait, it did when Detective Decker showed up at Lucifer’s penthouse drunk and ranted about how Detective Dan (never thought I’d hear her say the nickname that Lucifer gave her ex-husband) ended their almost getting back together with a text (which we all know it’s Malcolm’s doing). The alcohol induced detective then threw herself at Lucifer to kiss him, but Lucifer, shockingly, stopped her. Wow, the Devil is saying no, will wonders never cease?

Lucifer’s comment where we don’t all turn into our parents is intriguing to say the least. I think that someday, I will turn into my own mother when the time comes even though I wanted to glare at her using my best death glare. I snickered (and felt sorry for Lucifer at the same time) when Detective Decker fell asleep in Lucifer’s arms just as he was about to open up to her about his past. I’m not a believer in your Father, Lucifer, but I’m sure that deep down, you are the son that He wants you to be, even if He doesn’t say it outright. On a side note, I really hope that this show will come back for a second season and maybe more down the road. Fingers crossed!

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