I have been watching Lucifer since the beginning. I loved the comics and thought "This is going to be a great snark session with my brother." Then we watched it. We were hooked. The entirety of the first season was us saying "On paper, we should absolutely hate this, but we love it so much!" The acting, the one-lines, everything is just so amazing!
See, that’s the crazy thing. I had no idea the show was based on the original Gaiman character (whom I loved). I distinctly remember seeing the preview Fox ran and thinking, “Ehh, looks cheesy.” It wasn’t until TWO SEASONS LATER I finally caught a post referencing the Gaiman of it and I was like EXCUSE ME WHAT?
So, I watched seasons 1 and 2 in three days. Just in time to catch the S3 premiere (and learn the pain of waiting week to week for new episodes). And then I watched the whole series again, from the beginning. And then I went to visit @w0rdinista and said, “Um, I think we should watch this show” and WE watched the entirety of the show in a week. And then I went to visit my mom and said, “uhhh, I think you would love this show” and I watched (almost all) of the series with her before I had to go home again. I’ve watched many of the episodes (across all the seasons) at least half a dozen–if not a dozen, I’m looking at you “A Good Day to Die”–times.
The thing is, I have to really really love a show to watch it more than once. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done it. And every time I watch episodes of Lucifer, I pick up something new. I catch some new nuance. I see something I didn’t see before. It’s the kind of show I can talk about for hours and really dig into, and it’s also the kind of show that makes ridiculous jokes or stupid puns that make me laugh for five minutes. It’s beautifully shot, it’s beautifully written, it’s beautifully acted. Things matter. If a character does X in episode 2, it’ll come back in episode 8 or 9 or 30.
Yes, it has its cheesy moments. Yes, there are moments that fall flat. Yes, there are occasionally plot holes. Yeah, sometimes there are hiccups. Nothing’s perfect. But here is a show that has genuine diversity, genuine representation, big arcs, continuity, emotional truth, relationships beyond romance that actually matter, characters with actual flaws that are not magically handwaved away, pyschology!!, an ensemble cast where I genuinely care about every character and am happy no matter who’s on screen or who’s interacting with whom, and multiple female characters (none of whom are like the others; none of whom could be replaced by a lamp). The showrunning staff, writing staff, and series regulars are half women. When does that happen?
The leads have the kind of chemistry every director/writer/casting director prays for and rarely finds. They make every moment matter. It’s a great show. It deserves so much better than what it’s gotten. And until we get a genuine word of God, I’m choosing to believe it’ll be revived (because let’s be real: God is the biggest shipper on this show ;D). It just needs a little miracle. <3
