Spoilers Lucifer - Season 3

[JD]

The jump back to Season 1 was definitely interesting, even if it didn't entirely fit. Getting to me Linda's ex husband was also a nice bit of character development. The scene where he finds out Linda already knew who Lucifer is was good.
Lucifer's constantly egging Linda's ex to destroy the guy Linda was sleeping with, not realizing it was him, was funny.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I still feel this show has missed an opportunity to explore the consequences of Hell being left unguarded. Early on, I was expecting that this would become a show about Lucifer and Chloe hunting down evil souls that escaped to Earth, although that's been done in a couple of earlier shows (Reaper and something else, I forget the title). But so far, I think the only escapees have been Malcolm in season 1 and Lucifer's mother in season 2.

Brimstone is the show you're thinking of.

 

[Aragorn]

Brimstone is the show you're thinking of.

Brimstone was awesome, even if a bit underdeveloped.

 

[Aragorn]

Interesting reveal with tons of possibilities, but the show didn't do a very good job of getting there. At least Tom Welling will get more to do now.

 

[Gov Kodos]

On one hand, I wasn't surprised who the Sinnerman turned out to be but on the other, I didn't expect that to be who he was. Should be interesting what's next.

 

[Christopher]

Yeah, it's been screamingly obvious since last week who the real Sinnerman was. I mean, no way was the season's big bad going to turn out to be some random guest star. It had to be the recurring character who was connected to the Sinnerman arc. And they practically hung a sign on his back this time, with Chloe observing how unnaturaly stoic Pierce was about the guy who'd allegedly killed his brother. I'm surprised that didn't make her suspicious. She's supposed to be a top detective.

Come to think of it, the name "Pierce" is kind of a clue too, an apt pseudonym for the first murderer -- although the Bible doesn't specify how Cain slew Abel. But I guess "Strangle" or "Bludgeon" wouldn't have worked as well as a surname...

Anyway, if Pierce/Cain is an immortal who's been wandering the Earth as an outcast for thousands of years, I guess that could explain why he's so dull and affectless -- he's seen it all and is deadened to feeling. It doesn't make Tom Welling's performance any more interesting to watch, though. For an immortal, he's amazingly lifeless.

Hold on -- Cain. As in Dean Cain, the last person to play Clark Kent in live action before Welling did. Don't tell me they cast this guy in the role because of a Superman in-joke.

 

[JD]

Wow, I did not see the Cain reveal coming at all, but the fact that it was Pierce wasn't a huge surprise.

 

[Velocity]

He wasn't lying, the Sinnerman really DID kill his brother.
The Mark of Cain could be his tattoo. I don't think the Bible actually says what it was, but that is one of the possibilities suggested.
Ella is very attracted to the first murderer.
Cain was a wanderer, so he might not be sticking around.
But did Cain somehow affect Lucifer so that he lost his demon face and regained his wings? Lucifer is affected by Chloe's proximity, so it isn't surprising he suspects this. It was probably something else, like Lucifer redeeming himself.

 

[Christopher]

The Mark of Cain could be his tattoo. I don't think the Bible actually says what it was, but that is one of the possibilities suggested.

As established, the tattoo was something he got to cover up the Mark of Cain. Lucifer found that photo of the young fake Sinnerman being hugged by a man with a large circular or C-shaped birth mark on his arm, and Lucifer realized that it matched the shape and position of the circular portion of Pierce's "military" tattoo.

Although I hope it's not actually a C-shaped birthmark, because Cain's name (Qayin in Hebrew) would not have been written with the Roman letter C back in Old Testament times.

 

[kitik]

Just got caught up on the last 5 episodes. Really liked the Howard Hamlin one. That was a fairly unique episode for this series. A big difference from the usual murder of the week plot.

He wasn't lying, the Sinnerman really DID kill his brother.

Nice.

 

[Aragorn]

This last episode was the last of the four holdovers from season 2. There were some interesting moments and ideas, but mostly this episode was quite underwhelming and sluggish. I know the case of the week isn't usually the main point of most episodes, but I was really distracted by how wrong they got the concept of throwing fights for bets.

 

[JD]

I thought it was pretty fun to go back to before the pilot and get to see the celestial characters react to Earth, and to see what married Chloe and Dan were like. The whole fight throwing case also lead to Lucy getting Lux, which I thought was a nice extra bit of backstory.
I got a kick out of Lucifer starting to watch Chloe's movie at one point.

 

[Christopher]

Not a bad idea for one of the "extra" episodes, to fill in the origin story. It was okay, though I found it contrived that the story of Lucifer's decision to stay in LA happened to fall into a murder-procedural formula five years before he started working with the police. Also, does Chloe meeting Charlotte in 2011 fit with established continuity? That was a rather contrived way to work her into the story. I'm surprised they didn't find a way to cram Linda in there too, or maybe have Ella on vacation to LA while they were at it.

I got a kick out of Lucifer starting to watch Chloe's movie at one point.

I found it surprising that Chloe had top billing in the movie. I'd gotten the impression hers was more of a supporting role, that she was a struggling actress whose main claim to fame was a specific nude scene.

 

[Aragorn]

When "Mom" first showed up at the precinct in season 2, all the cops there already knew who Charlotte was. I think Chloe even explained her to Lucifer.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I liked the 'I sense a disturbance in the Force' look Lucifer had when Chloe was near by.

 

[Snaploud]

So, Lucifer is considering going back in time and changing one of the supposedly pivotal moments in human history/religion...sounds like fun.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Funny if Abel turns out to be worse than his brother.

 

[LJones41]

That last scene with D.B. Woodside and Tricia Helfer is one of the most memorable and emotionally devastating I have seen in any comic book movie or TV series.

 

[Gov Kodos]

It was quite good. I wish the season hadn't been broken up by the Olympics, other breaks, and the stand alone episodes. Those 4 would have sat fine with me without the interruptions but as it was it just made the whole Cain business feel very stretched out. Chloe seemed more a plot monkey with her sudden falling for Cain then complete turn around after a season of distancing from Lucifer. I really liked Charlotte's arc through the season and found it more interesting than anyone else's. Seeing how she was introduced, this was a very satisfying resolution for all its sadness. Poor Dan, though, the bugger really can't catch a break.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Fox cancels Lucifer