Episodes 01

“Really Sad Devil Guy”

Two months after Lucifer returned to Hell, Chloe and Maze are now partnering to solve a murder and also spend time together to fill the void from the departures of Lucifer and Eve. In Hell where over a thousand years have passed, Lucifer visits the victim in his hell loop and once he notices the murder happened in Los Angeles, he decides to try to solve it. The murder victim is Lee “Mr. Said Out Bitch” Garner whom Lucifer has dealt with on previous occasions. Chloe tells Maze she does not need her to help anymore. When Chloe visits the sister of the victim, she is attacked but Lucifer appears to save her. However, it is revealed that Lucifer is still in Hell. Also, Amenadiel takes charge of Lux and tries to clean up the club by going after a drug dealer. Dan uses self-help therapy to cope.

Episodes 02

“Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!”

Lucifer returns to assist Chloe in the investigation of a murder at an isolation experiment for a future mission to Mars at a company that is run by Anders Brody. However, Lucifer seems to be different. Instead of bringing out people’s desires he brings out their fears and has a generally different demeanor. When Maze confronts him, he reveals he is Michael, Lucifer’s twin brother. He wants to get back at Lucifer and talks Maze into helping him. Chloe proposes to get intimate with Lucifer but ends up revealing that she knew he was an impostor from when they first kissed upon his return. Michael tells Chloe that she’s a gift from God for Lucifer. Amenadiel goes to Hell to tell Lucifer to come back to Earth and deal with Michael.

Episodes 03

“¡Diablo!”

The real Lucifer returns from Hell and confirms to Chloe how she’s a gift, upsetting her. They investigate the murder of a showrunner who created a show based on them. Maze is upset that Lucifer did not take her to Hell with him but Lucifer points out Amenadiel could have taken her. Linda realizes Maze has abandonment issues stemming from when her mother, Lilith, left her and the rest of the demons. Lucifer and Michael have a showdown. Michael claims he was behind influencing Lucifer leaving Hell to vacation in Los Angeles originally and many other events in his life. After an even-matched fight, Lucifer uses Maze’s blade to gash Michael’s face, preventing him from impersonating Lucifer again. Later Michael tells Maze about a secret Lucifer is keeping from her and how she can find out what it is.

Episodes 04

“It Never Ends Well for the Chicken”

Trixie visits Lucifer at his penthouse and has him tell her a story about his ring, presented in a black-and-white noir style. In the year of 1946, in New York city, Lucifer visits Lilith, Maze’s mother. Lilith has Lucifer find her stolen ring because he owes her for giving him her children for his army against Heaven. Lucifer gets the assistance of P.I. Jack Monroe to find the thief. When she gets the ring back, she decides to give up her immortality and puts it in her ring and gives it to Lucifer. She tells him not to tell any of her children so they remain strong and unbreakable. After Lucifer finishes the story, Trixie retells it to Maze who paid her to get the story. Maze goes to Reno, Nevada and finds an elderly Lilith (who regrets becoming mortal) but they do not reconcile.

Episodes 05

“Detective Amenadiel”

Lucifer brings Chloe to the site where he cut off his wings but Chloe still needs time to process being a gift. She wants to avoid any “God” stuff but is called to investigate the murder of a nun at a convent. The nuns are hesitant to provide information so Amenadiel assists her. Lucifer helps Dan with paperwork in hopes of speeding up solving the case along with Chloe’s processing. Lucifer learns from Dan that there are no shortcuts in solving the case and deduces there are not any with Chloe’s processing also. Chloe learns Amenadiel’s role in her being a gift. With the help of Amenadiel, she realizes that the gift is actually her immunity to Lucifer’s mojo, allowing her to see the real him. Chloe goes to Lucifer’s penthouse and tells him that Amenadiel also has a theory that Lucifer chooses to be vulnerable around her and they kiss. Meanwhile, Linda tells Maze that she gave up a child when she was 17. They locate her at an open house working as a realtor but Linda fails to reveal that she’s her mother. Maze goes back to visit Lilith, but she learns that Lilith has passed away from old age, much to the anger of Maze.

Episodes 06

“BlueBallz”

Lucifer and Chloe investigate the murder of a DJ, interrupting their night together. The headliner, and real target of the murder, is DJ Karnal (real name Jed), a former boyfriend of Chloe which makes Lucifer jealous. Maze dresses and acts like Ella as an interpretation of how to make an emotional connection with someone. At the same time, Linda and Amenadiel cannot figure out how to get Charlie to stop crying. Jed tells Lucifer that Chloe dumped him because he was no longer a mystery so Lucifer decides to be a mystery and begins to ignore Chloe’s phone calls. Chloe sets up a sting operation at Lux with Ella, Maze, and Linda to find the killer while Dan, Lucifer, Jed, and Amenadiel try to calm Charlie. Jed sneaks back to Lux and draws out the killer. After realizing Lucifer’s devil face calms Charlie, they tell Dan he’s no longer needed, but Michael calls him pretending to be Lucifer to come back to the house, allowing Dan to see Lucifer’s devil face. Chloe goes back to Lucifer’s penthouse and they have sex.

Episodes 07

“Our Mojo”

The morning after they have sex, Chloe appears to have taken Lucifer’s power of desire exhibition (mojo), but it ends up only working on him. They investigate the murder of an opera singer. Ella begins dating a reporter named Pete Daily. Maze tries to re-enact her first fight with Amenadiel but it ends up with her revealing that she is sad about not having a soul and needs someone to talk to. Dan visits Charlotte’s grave, worried he’s going to hell after learning Lucifer really is the devil but Michael flies in and tells him how he can have salvation. After another victim is found the same way, they realize this is the work of a serial killer, who is named the Whisper Killer. Ella and Pete help Chloe and Lucifer catch the killer, who uses lilies before cutting his victims’ vocal chords. Chloe still feels there is more to the case and keeps working on it. She tells Lucifer that she thinks that revealing his desires is a result of him opening himself up to her. Dan later shows up and shoots Lucifer.

Episodes 08

“Spoiler Alert”

Lucifer is unharmed from Dan’s gunshot, now invulnerable around Chloe. While Lucifer plots for the perfect revenge against Dan, Chloe keeps investigating the Whisper Killer. She learns that the one they caught is a copycat but is kidnapped when leaving Lucifer a voicemail. Ella helps Lucifer continue Chloe’s investigation and find her. Pete gives Ella the keys to his house and tells her he has files on the Whisper Killer. She goes to his house but discovers a farm of Lilies the killer uses. Pete admits to being the real Whisper killer but not to kidnapping Chloe; Ella manages to subdue Pete who is arrested. It is revealed that Michael kidnapped Chloe and uses her fear to cast doubt about Lucifer. Maze confronts him but he promises a way for her to have a soul. Charlie gets sick and Amenadiel’s anxiety about his child only being a mortal causes him to subconsciously freeze time. Maze joins Michael in fighting against Lucifer and Amenadiel while time is frozen and eventually God shows up, saying “Children, you know I hate it when you fight”.

Episodes 09

“Family Dinner”

God arrives just in time to stop the fighting, telling Lucifer, Amenadiel & Michael to reconcile, inviting all of them to a ‘family dinner’, which enrages Lucifer and shocks everyone. Meanwhile, Chloe feels that she may have rushed Lucifer into confessing his love for her, so she decides to ‘give him some space’. Maze drops by to meet God, and she asks for a soul, but he refuses to give her one, enraging her into leaving. Lucifer and the others arrive at the dinner at Linda’s house, but it quickly evolves into a heated argument between Lucifer and Michael, until God finally raises his voice to stop it. Lucifer leaves, frustrated with his father. Not long later, for reasons unknown, God banishes Michael from earth. Later, Lucifer talks to Chloe and tells her that he cannot say that he loves her, because he feels that due to him being so much like his father, it would be a lie.

Episodes 10

“Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam”

God decides to stay on Earth to further understand Lucifer and his life, but his presence causes people to burst into song and dance without warning; no one is aware of this beyond Angels. Lucifer decides to try discussing his problems with God, in order to try and get to the root of his problems and improve. Amenadiel reveals to Linda that Charlie is just a regular human; while Linda is relieved, Amenadiel is upset, citing the fact that Angels are better than humans. This causes an argument to emerge between the two of them, but they eventually make up when Amenadiel understands how they all are imperfect. Lucifer is frustrated by God’s meddling with his life and the constant abrupt singing, but God reveals that he was doing this unintentionally and he is losing control of his powers.

Episodes 11

“Resting Devil Face”

God back-pedals from his statement, claiming that his powers are just on the fritz from arriving on Earth, but Lucifer refuses to believe him after God accidentally blows up Daniel before putting him back together. God makes himself human in order to better understand Lucifer’s life and begins to enjoy the simple mundanities of human life. Chloe is troubled when Trixie goes through a rebellious phase. Later when God intervenes on a sting operation with Lucifer, he absently reveals that Lucifer is with the police, which cause the drug dealers to panic and hit him. God experiences fear for the first time and Lucifer becomes enraged at his father being hurt, even revealing his devil face. God is horrified by the devil face as it reveals what Lucifer thinks of himself. Maze learns of God’s vulnerability and tries to kill him, but cannot bring herself to do so when she hears him talk about his own flaws and mistakes with Trixie. God later takes his powers back and talks to Maze, thanking her for not killing him and telling her that miracles can happen, and that she could potentially obtain a soul. Later on, God talks to Amenadiel and Lucifer, revealing that his problems had been going on for much longer and that he intends to retire.

Episodes 12

“Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid”

Dan is given a case by Lucifer for a prisoner transfer. The next day, he wakes up with a dead body beside him. Later, he gets jumped on his car, asks Ella for some help, goes to someone’s house and gets knocked out by them, and Amenadiel arrives to help Dan get out of the house. Dan gets Lucifer for help and Lucifer bonds with some gang members. Dan realizes that his friend is the mastermind behind this, and Dan gets a crew for help against his friend, with the help of Maze. Later, a stand off between Dan and his improv crew with the Russian Mob, the Los X’s and Dan’s old buddy turns violent. Maze jumps and saves Dan from getting shot. Lucifer arrives and tells Dan that this whole transfer case was supposed to be a prank for when Dan shot Lucifer at the penthouse. But Lucifer is disappointed because he wanted to make Dan feel bad about shooting him, but Dan actually tells Lucifer that he helped him get over his guilt.

Episodes 13

“A Little Harmless Stalking”

Dr. Linda follows a car driven by Adriana, her daughter given up for adoption. Lucifer has a talk with Amenadiel about him becoming the new God, and by the end of the talking decides to follow his gut feelings and not to overthink things, and tells Chloe that they should make their relationship official if they want to so badly. As they arrive to a murder scene of a Mr. Sterling, it turns out Linda was arrested, having been found on the scene. Maze, Chloe and Lucifer realize that she is covering for someone else. Linda tells Lucifer and Chloe about her daughter Adriana and that she thinks her daughter shot Mr Sterling. Later, Adriana gives herself up and confesses to the crime, even though her boyfriend Owen insists that she is not guilty. Investigation points at Adriana having been in some shady business dealings with an art trader, Jamie, and her muscle, Clive. Maze tracks Clive to his house where she fights a rival bounty hunter, who turns out to be Eve – she is still trying to find herself and tries to recreate the time she felt most happy with Maze. They both track Clive to a warehouse where they find the contents of the safe, and the murder weapon. Clive ambushes them and in the fight, Eve gets shot. Since Adriana’s prints were on the murder weapon, she becomes the main suspect, but Ella finds evidence suggesting she was framed. Linda deduces Owen framed Adriana and threatens him at gunpoint to turn himself in, but Chloe and Lucifer talk her down. Later, Adriana visits Linda and reveals she knows Linda is her mother. Meanwhile, while preparing to take over God’s position, Amenadiel comes to the conclusion he isn’t ready, Lucifer then declares that he may be able to solve everyone’s problems if he is to become the new God.

Episodes 14

“Nothing Lasts Forever”

With God announcing his retirement, Lucifer decides to become the new God, while Michael begins building support in Heaven for his own attempt at taking over; Remiel visits Lucifer and offers to spy for him, hating the idea of Michael being in charge more than she hates Lucifer. Chloe investigates a murder at an aquarium while Ella unknowingly meets God, who soothes her fears about her own goodness. Amenadiel and God bond over a game of golf and Amenadiel realizes that Michael has been manipulating their father into believing he is losing his powers, and to eventually cause his retirement. To make God’s retirement better, Lucifer sends Gabriel to contact Goddess, who returns from her own universe and reconciles with God. Despite the revelation that Michael is responsible for his power instability, God nevertheless decides to retire, and leaves it to the angels to choose his successor, finally expressing his love for and pride in Lucifer. God implies everything was part of his plan, and departs with Goddess for her universe. Unbeknownst to Lucifer, Gabriel was also working for Michael and recovers the two pieces of the Flaming Sword that Lucifer had sent into Goddess’ universe.

Episodes 15

“Is This Really How It’s Going To End?!”

Lucifer unsuccessfully tries to convince his siblings to support him for the God job. Chloe, unaware, resigns from the LAPD to be his “consultant”. Her last case involves the killing of an evidence tech who stole murder victims’ possessions. Chloe and Lucifer track down the tech’s fence, who displays superhuman strength when attacking Lucifer, right before he escapes. Chasing their lead, Dan is kidnapped by mercenaries, who torture him for information on the fence and show him a picture of a grave. He tries to escape, but is shot, and, after giving Chloe the name “Caleb”, dies. Amenadiel realizes that “Caleb” is the boy he helped before and that the fence’s powers come from the necklace he had put in Caleb’s grave. He and Lucifer figure out that Michael has Azrael’s blade, and wants the necklace to reconstruct the Flaming Sword, which he intends to use to stop anyone and everyone who would object to him becoming the new god. Lucifer tells Chloe that the real reason he wants to become God to prove himself worthy of her, which angers her. Amenadiel informs Lucifer that Dan isn’t in heaven at his funeral. Maze and Lucifer take revenge on the mercenaries, and Lucifer tells Linda that he must become God so that he can fix the unfairness of the universe.

Episodes 16

“A Chance at a Happy Ending”

With Michael on the verge of becoming the new God, he offers Lucifer the chance to become king of Hell once again with Chloe as his bride, having orchestrated Dan’s murder for Chloe’s guilt to condemn her to Hell. Lucifer refuses and Michael kills Remiel and collects the last piece of the Flaming Sword. Lucifer, Amenadiel, Chloe, Eve, Maze and several demons stand against Michael and his angel followers at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for a vote to choose the new God, leading to a fight between Lucifer and Michael. Lucifer and Chloe manage to break apart the Flaming Sword, but Michael fatally wounds Chloe. As she passes, Chloe realizes Dan’s death is not her fault, and, relieved of guilt, goes to Heaven. Unwilling to lose Chloe, Lucifer travels to Heaven where he is helped by Lee Garner, who was able to escape from Hell. Protected by Lilith’s immortality ring, Lucifer reaches Chloe and sacrifices himself to resurrect her, before igniting for breaking his banishment from Heaven. Using superhuman strength granted by the piece of the Flaming Sword she took from Michael, Chloe beats him into submission, at which point Lucifer suddenly returns. Rather than execute his brother, Lucifer chooses to cut off Michael’s wings, to grant Michael a second chance on Earth. With Lucifer’s selfless sacrifice having proved him worthy of becoming the new God, all of the gathered angels kneel before him.