Lucifer S02E15: Deceptive Little Parasite (Full Reaction)

Deceptive Little Parasite- Thank you so much for another fun reaction to Lucifer, Reds!! I enjoy this episode for Lucifer, especially for its major story arc happening throughout this episode between Lucifer, Amenadiel, and their mother, as well as for the moments between Lucifer and Trixie, as well as Chloe and Trixie too. However, I don't care very much about the case throughout this episode. I find it to be kind of boring really. As is he reveal of the killer and her motives for killing the teacher. Everything involved with the case is more strange to me than anything else. First... I really love seeing Lucifer try to work out how to ignite Azrael's blade while he's talking with Charlotte and Amenadiel. I love how after Charlotte had put the blade into human hands back in the episode... Trip to Stabby Town, Lucifer concealed his sister's blade within one of the stone walls in his penthouse to keep his mother from finding it. And I love seeing Lucifer put his fist through the wall within this episode to break it out, and hearing him ridicule her for her actions. I also love how Lucifer tries to make the blade flame on, then ridicules himself upon saying that he needs to douse the blade with whisky and light it on fire. Very funny. I also love how both Amenadiel and especially their mother try to help Lucifer figure out how to ignite the blade. It's hilarious when Amenadiel punches his brother to try to make him angry once Charlotte reminds them that Lucifer had been furious before when he had managed to ignite the blade without his knowledge back in the end of Trip to Stabby Town. I love how Lucifer and Amenadiel fight with one another like they're children in spite of them being the Devil and an angel. And then throughout this episode, I love all of Charlotte's efforts to try to help her son as well, even though her reasons for doing so are all for her own selfish desires. From trying to bring out his sexual urges with a threesome of Chloe lookalikes, to making him even angrier and scaring Lucifer by threatening his life upon disguising herself as a mugger and throwing him backwards into a car. I love Lucifer's reactions to her attempts too. He's very funny, like always. Most of all... I love how it's thanks to Linda, that Lucifer is able to figure out how to ignite the blade towards the end. In a second therapy session, Lucifer attempts to understand why he has failed to understand in his first session with her at the beginning of the episode... because of course he has jumped the gun yet again and tries to figure out how to bring out his emotions in all kinds of wrong ways, without allowing himself to feel them. Or more so... his pain, since he has no problem with allowing himself to feel his anger towards those who've wronged him. Anger is the easiest emotion to feel and Lucifer certainly has a lot of it. This second session with Linda in this episode is one of my absolute favorite sessions we see between her and Lucifer throughout the entire show, simply for the emotion we can see on Lucifer's face as he struggles to come to terms with his newfound realization and comes to understand in this moment what he has to do in order to ignite the flaming sword. Because Linda helps him to understand that in order to let go of his pain that has been festering up inside of him for so, so, so long now, he must first allow himself to go through it. When she explains this to him, we can see in his eyes that he does understand. And in the end... Lucifer is finally able to succeed in igniting the blade a little because he takes Linda's words to heart and finally allows himself to feel all of his pain he's been suppressing. Pain from all of his mother's manipulations involving all she's done to him involving Chloe and in trying to kill her or hurt her, from his mother standing by while his father casts him into Hell, from his father casting him away and into Hell and basically disowning him, from him having to kill Uriel, and from Chloe nearly dying multiple times because of him, or so he believes, and then having to push her away in order to protect her from what he believes to be feelings for him that she has no control over. From having to protect her from himself and his family drama. The pain in Lucifer's eyes upon allowing himself to feel all of this pin at last, is absolutely heartbreaking, and yet this moment is one of the most powerful moments we've seen for Lucifer so far. Because this understanding is such a breakthrough for him. No matter how short lived it may be. And I suspect he still has so much more pain still bottled up within him, but he can't let it all go outright then and there while under pressure from his mother and his brother while they're watching him. Lucifer needs space and time, without feeling pressured by them or anyone. Baby steps after all. This ending between Lucifer, Amenadiel, and their mother is my favorite scene throughout this entire episode. I love, love, love it!!!! Yes... kudos to Tom Ellis for being able to show such emotion in his phenomenal acting. :) Also... Upon learning the revelation as to what is required of Lucifer in order to ignite the flaming sword, we also come to understand that in the end of Trip to Stabby Town, when Lucifer had gotten upset at his mother and brother for getting after him about wanting to return home to the Silver City with him while Lucifer cries out that the only place he has ever felt truly wanted and respected is here on Earth and that Earth is now his home, which causes Azrael's blade to ignite then too... is because he had actually allowed himself subconsciously to feel that pain of being rejected by his father and his siblings, as well as the pain from being vilified and made to be seen as a monster in the eyes of all of humanity until they've come to know him as simply Lucifer... eccentric club owner/civilian consultant with the LAPD, even though he didn't understand his emotions in that time until now. What a powerful revelation too! I love it! And as much as I love seeing Lucifer reach this point, I also very much love how Amenadiel at last really sees just how much pain his brother truly feels in this moment too as he turns his head to observe him, and that for the first time... he puts Lucifer's needs above his own and their mother's needs. I love the look of surprise and reverie on Amenadiel's face upon seeing Lucifer feel so much pain. And more so... I love how Amenadiel then defends his brother against their mother and lays a gentle hand down on his shoulder to offer him comfort after their mother tries to force Lucifer to keep trying once the flames engulfing the blade go out. It's rare that Amenadiel really sees and understands just how much pain his brother has suffered in their very, very long lives, and it's even rarer until this point that he understands his little brother at all, so I truly appreciate that Amenadiel has finally begun to see more of who his brother truly is beneath his brave façade, and tries to understand his feelings, more than he ever has before. I just love how Amenadiel defends his brother when their mother attempts to push Lucifer much too hard, too fast. This moment between Lucifer and Amenadiel always strikes a cord with me, because I have two brothers, as well as a sister and I love them very much, even when we don't always get along. And to see any of them in pain just hurts. I love them very much. As for Charlotte being so desperate to return home, and seeing her power break out of a small laceration in her wrist... It appears her powers are fighting to break out of her body, that is far too weak to keep her own divinity contained for much longer. And it's not looking good. Her powers are definitely growing more and more, the more she continues to use them. As for the case... Like I said above, it's just okay. The best part about it is when Lucifer brings Trixie to the special school in order to help himself in his own dilemma. It's hilarious how he drags Trixie into his investigation to try to bring out his emotions. He does basically kidnap her, after volunteering to drive her to school only to drive her to the other school instead. I love how these two interact with one another too, because it's so awkward for Lucifer, especially when Trixie encourages him to sell their father/daughter relationship better when he attempts to pull his hand away from hers once she takes his to try to prove to the PE teacher that they're father/daughter. So cute!! I also love how Chloe at first is angry with Lucifer for taking her, only to forgive him fairly quickly because Trixie likes him so much. I also love how by Lucifer dragging Trixie to into their case, that it allows for Trixie to share with her mother finally how she's been feeling about Chloe risking her life every day at her job and her nearly dying. And their mother/daughter moment in the end is adorable too. And yes... I love these scenes between Chloe and Maze too, mostly because while Maze is even worse at dealing with emotions and human feelings than Lucifer is, I love that she comes to the school to show her support for Chloe, by helping her to solve the case. It's great! And as for the case itself... I just can't help but feel it's fairly boring. I wasn't all that invested in it. A teacher from the school is killed by another teacher, because she was going to expose her affair with the idiot PE teacher who thinks he's all that, and this woman feared her husband would be angry with her. I didn't expect the killer to be the teacher with the not so bright child, or as Lucifer calls him... "the child with the special diet of buggers and paste". So the killer turned out to be a surprise for me, but her motives to kill the other teacher just feels very weak. Overall... I enjoy this episode. I especially love all of the emotional moments between Lucifer, Amenadiel, and their mother, as well as between Lucifer and Linda too. Thank you again so much for another fun reaction, my friend! I can't wait for more Lucifer!! Until then... Sincerely, Heidi

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum