Lucifer Review: S1:E10, “Pops”

In episode 10 of Lucifer, “Pops,” Lucifer and Chloe cover the murder of Javier (“Pops”), a Mexican chef whose cuisine Lucifer happens to have loved. Suspicion naturally falls upon Javier’s prodigal son, Junior, and the wayward son of the overbearing father who nevertheless retains his domineering dad’s favor is an obvious parallel to Lucifer’s relationship with God. Lucifer observes that he can relate to someone trying to “escape the clutches of a difficult father,” and Lucifer wonders what it is like to actually escape from the shadow of such a father. Most significantly, however, Junior’s unfulfilled longing for reconciliation strikes a chord with Lucifer, and the Devil even seems irritated that the boy worthy of his father’s love was denied the opportunity of reconciliation by Javier’s true killer.

Speaking of reconciliation, Mazikeen longs to fix things with Lucifer, and so she seeks out Dr. Linda Martin for therapy so that she can make an attempt at being “normal.” Linda suggests that Mazikeen seek out meaningful relationships by way of friends. Mazikeen reacts harshly to this suggestion, at least until Chloe’s daughter Trixie makes her way into Lux in search of Lucifer and makes a new friend, Maze.

The whole “Pops” episode of Lucifer had a very Lifetime vibe about it, which reached its apex in an asinine dinner Lucifer attends at the Decker residence. By the end of the episode, as Lucifer refuses the sexual advances of a drunken and depressed Chloe, it is fairly clear that the close of season one of Lucifer will involve the Devil reaching some sort of reconciliation with his Father. “Oh God,” Lucifer mutters. My thoughts exactly…