hi Lucifer fandom, idk if you're still alive but I have a complaint
so I'm watching Lucifer for the forst time (technically I had already seen the first 3 seasons a long time ago, but my memories of it were blurry) and s4 kind of doesn't make sense to me???? (keep in mind I've only watched up to episode 4 when I write that)
like, the whole "Chloe wants to send Lucifer back to hell" feels more like "oh we don't want them to be together because that's what most people are watching the show for and we don't know how to write people being together (as shown by them killing Charlotte as soon as she gets with Dan, breaking up Amenadiel and Linda instantly, and developing as little and badly as possible any romance Chloe has outside of Lucifer) so we're scared we'll loose all our audience" than really Chloe dealing with knowing who Lucifer truly is.
don't get me wrong, she totally is allowed to freak out (who wouldn't?), but it makes no sense to me why she would go fully "let's send Lucifer back to hell!". She's been working with the guy for 3 seasons (so ≈ 3 years cause I suppose 1 season = 1 year), not only that but they are friends.
They've proven to each other many, MANY times that they can trust each other despite everything that they don't know about the other, Lucifer has shown her that he cares quite a few times (in eccentric ways most of the times, but still). Not only that but Chloe has also been living with Maze for quite some times without anything bad happening to her or Trixie because of it (the exception being the time when Maze comploted with Cain, but at the time Chloe doesn't know that). Plus, Lucifer has alwas been honest with her about what he is (and even tried to show her a few times but she doesn't know that). At the very least she would give Lucifer (& Maze) the benefit of the doubt.
And an argument could be made that "oh but she was being manipulated", was she? She broke pretty easily out of that manipulation if you want my opinion. The way she was manipualted (at least what we are shown in the show) also doesn't convince me tbh. It could have been a very interesting storyline, criticizing how religion can sometimes be twisted to manipulate people who wants to do good but are a little lost (Chloe) and ostracize and hurt those who do not fit in (Lucifer), and the angst would have been absolutely heartbreaking, but it was executed pretty badly and in a way that doesn't make me believe in it (which is kind of the most important in a manipulation plotline. I'm not asking the show to make me believe Lucifer is bad (it couldn't without destroying his character), I'm asking the show to make me understand why Chloe would believe that, why she felt like she had no choice but to listen to Kinley).
But what bugs me the most is that Chloe didn't even try to talk to Lucifer!!!! On their cases, she insists on talking to the suspects (if she can), even when it's 100% sure that they've done the murder, just to get their side of the story and understand fully the case. Her need to understand the bigger picture and her attention to details is what leads her multiple times to uncover things that all the other chatacters miss. We also see that she is able to put on hold her emotions to at the very least fully understand the situation (as shown with the guy who murdered her father, where despite years of anger she accepts to try to see the case in a different way, leading her to uncover the true murderer.) She prioritizes proofs and facts over hearsay and things written by God knows who hundreds if not thousands of years ago. She's also shown (LITETALLY 2 EPISODES BEFORE SEASON 4) to be accepting of Ella's "ghost" thing, despite clearly not understanding shit about it.
Chloe cares about her friends, so much so that when everything points to Maze being a murderer she still doesn't believe it. There's literally a footage of her taking the knife from someone's chest and Chloe goes "no, she did not do it." AND SHE'S RIGHT! Chloe cares about her friends and believe in them no matter what. And you're telling me she doesn't even try to talk to Lucifer? Seriously?
I love angst and slow burns, but NOT when it ruins a character as good as Chloe Decker.