LUCIFER 2x5 "The Weaponizer" FULL REACTION!!
Added 2020-04-23 09:16:29 +0000 UTCMy full reaction to LUCIFER 2x5 "The Weaponizer"
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Phenomenal, phenomenal acting by Tom Ellis in this episode!!! I love him!
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-04-23 11:42:15 +0000 UTCWow!!! This episode is phenomenal, and it's the first of my favorite episode throughout this second season. I absolutely love it!!! And it's mostly all to do with this phenomenal ending, when we see a new side of Lucifer that we've never seen before. A side of him that makes me cry in the end every time I see this episode. Thank you so much! But to back up a little... the overall case involving the Weaponizer, his wife, and their friends, was pretty solid. i enjoyed this storyline for sure. There are stronger, more entertaining cases throughout this show, but I really enjoy the cute and hilarious bromance that develops between Lucifer and Dan over their commonalty in loving the six actions movies. And I definitely love the end twist upon discovering that Kimo's co-star and friend was killed by both his wife and their their other friend ho are sadly also having an affair with one another. And with that being said... I love how Chloe is able to protect Kimo from killing those who betrayed him by talking him down and appealing to the part of him who is afraid of losing everything, just as she has become since her accident in spite of not showing it to any of those who care about her except for Lucifer in the end because he happened to be there so he could try to protect her from his brother. And now speaking of Lucifer's brother... I absolutely love the introduction to Lucifer's brother, Uriel, the third angel introduced into this phenomenal show. And I really like the actor chosen to play him as well, at least in his role as Uriel. Michael Imperioli. I've seen him in other roles and I never really cared much for him, but Uriel is absolutely a role he is meant to play. I love his demeanor, his wit, and all of his interactions with Lucifer, as well as with Amenadiel too. In the beginning... we see Uriel first appear as he carefully sets off a chain of events that leads to Chloe getting into the car accident we see happen at the end of the last episode, therefore revealing that the accident was indeed the consequence to Lucifer's refusal to give up their mother. And a short time later... Uriel reveals himself to Lucifer, who then confronts his older brother on the roof, and have conversation that ends with Uriel threatened both Chloe and their mother, as Lucifer comes to realize that Chloe's life is most definitely in danger. I love how protective Lucifer then becomes of Chloe, as he takes up the role of her protector. While she thinks he's taking protecting her way out of control, and Lucifer is even being funny in how he handles the different situations he and Chloe find themselves in, but we know that he's not messing around because he knows just how powerful and serious his brother is. Next... no matter how brief it is, I really enjoy Amenadiel's and Uriel's confrontation as Amenadiel attempts to talk Uriel down like Lucifer asked of him while pretending to still be his old powerful self, since Amenadiel has yet to tell Lucifer that he's become a fallen angel at this point. Unfortunately, we see within a later scene between Amenadiel, Lucifer, and Maze at Lucifer's penthouse, that Uriel defeated Amenadiel easily and hurt him badly because he was able to recognize that Amenadiel was powerless due to seeing what was to come in his mind, as is his own power. That... and because Uriel knows his older brother well enough to recognize that Amenadiel was all talk, and not a fighter like he always has been since they were in Heaven together from the beginning of time. And by the way... in case you missed the brothers' places of their births, Amenadiel is the oldest of all the angels, while Uriel is somewhere in the middle, and Lucifer is the youngest of them. They have other brothers and sisters, some older and some younger, but Lucifer is the youngest of the three introduced so far. One of my favorite scenes within this episode is when Lucifer discovers Amenadiel failed in his task to get Uriel back to Heaven, then becomes angry with Amenadiel and Maze both claim to know what their father really wants from him just like Uriel claims to know what God wants from him, as Lucifer suddenly shouts that no one ever really knows what their father wants because God himself won't come down to tell him in person, nor will he speak with anyone else. I love this moment for Lucifer, because we can see that Lucifer is so conflicted about sending his mother back to Hell because he has the hope that she's really come to Earth to be there for him now in spite of her failing to be his mother in Heaven, and because he was only shown the broken door indicating she had escaped Hell in the first place and therefore he doesn't really understand what his father truly wants from him. Perhaps sending his mother back to Hell is the smart decision, but I can absolutely understand why the decision is so hard for Lucifer too. Especially in the end when Uriel reveals he has no intention of sending their mother back to Hell, but that he plans to wipe her out of existence with Azrael's blade, he had stolen from the Angel of Death. And Lucifer is offered a very dark choice... give up his mother so that Uriel can destroy her completely, or save Chloe. Lucifer realizes he has no real choice but to fight his brother and at first, Lucifer is doing well, until Uriel's abilities to see Lucifer's fighting patterns before Lucifer can attack him come into play and Uriel manages to defeat Lucifer after a rough battle between brothers, rendering Lucifer unconscious for a brief time while Uriel then comes face to face with Maze, who arrives to protect Lucifer and Chloe. But once again, Uriel beats her as well. And then... the most shocking moment happens, when Lucifer suddenly appears beside his brother just before Uriel can push the key on the organ that would have set up the chain of events eventually leading to Chloe's death, as he swiftly stabs and kills Uriel to save Chloe and his mother. This moment is devastating, because we see just how deeply affected and broken Lucifer has becoming upon being forced to kill his own brother. Especially in the very end, when Lucifer returns to his penthouse to find his mother there, and he then breaks down crying in his mother's arms. This moment for Lucifer is tragic and heartbreaking, yet so beautiful as well. Because in spite of being cast out of Heaven and into Hell, and being an outcast hated by most of his siblings, while despising most of them in return, we see in this moment that Lucifer still loves them and he becomes broken upon having to kill one of them. And while the world has always seen him as all evil, a monster, and as a killer, Lucifer's said that he's never killed anyone ever, which means that his own brother is his first kill. So heartbreaking. I absolutely love this devastating ending. I can't help but cry and I feel so badly for Lucifer, as well as their mother too because we can see that she's pretty devastated as well upon seeing her son's blood all over Lucifer's clothes, and her youngest so broken while he cries in her arms as she tries to comfort him. This scene, and the entire episode, also shows us just how much Lucifer really has come to care for Chloe too, which I love, love, love!!!! Thank you so much, Mangual... for this amazing reaction for a phenomenal episode!!! I really can't wait for your reaction for the next episode too, because it's another one of my absolute favorites within this season. I hope it will come very soon!! Until then... Stay safe and healthy, and be happy! :) Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2020-04-23 11:32:55 +0000 UTC
