History Recap / Lucifer2016S05E04ItNeverEndsWellForTheChicken

* TakeThatUs: "The Devil solving crime. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

-->'''Lucifer:''' You're the one who requested a more gender inclusive narrative.

* DownerEnding: For both Lilith and Maze. After giving up her immortality Lilith apparently wasn't able to live out her life the way she wanted and seems quite bitter. Maze meanwhile gets no closure after meeting Lilith and learning about her seems to have succeeded in driving a wedge between her and Lucifer.

* GenderFlip: In universe: some of the real people Lucifer's talking about in the 1940s were men, but when Trixie asks why, Lucifer agrees it's silly and thus in the flashbacks they're portrayed by Chloe and Ella.
* HappyEndingOverride: Seems to be invoked by the end of the episode with Lilith's story. At the end of the story she puts her immortality in a ring and gives it to Lucifer intend on living out her remaining years as a human. By the time Maze meets her in the present she is an old woman and says that she "tried something, didn't work out."

* TheReveal: Maze's mother, Lilith, didn't abandon her but gave her to Lucifer to train and become stronger than she ever would have been in Heaven.

* DownerEnding: For both Lilith and Maze. After giving up her immortality Lilith apparently wasn't able to live out her live the way she wanted and seems quite bitter. Maze meanwhile gets no closure after meeting Lilith and learning about her seems to have succeeded in driving a wedge between her and Lucifer.

* CompleteImmortality: Unlike Eve, who was mortal and eventually died, Lillith is immortal. The mechanics of her immortality aren't explained, but she has lived for millennia and is at the very least ImmuneToBullets.

* MementoMacGuffin: Lillith's ring contains a piece of the Garden of Eden, to remind her of the beauty of the place along with her terrible relationship with Adam and their Father. Somewhere along the line, it became rumored to gift its bearer with immortality.

* TheReveal: Maze's mother, Lillith, didn't abandon her but gave her to Lucifer to train and become stronger than she ever would have been in Heaven.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In the end, Lillith realizes that what makes life worth living is knowing that there's an end, so she gives up her immortality in order to finally experience life as a mortal.
* YouOweMe: Lillith calls in Lucifer's debt to her in order for him to help her find her missing ring. Said debt? She sent her demon children to live in Hell so he wouldn't be alone after his exile from the Silver City.

* NoirEpisode: Lucifer tells Trixie the story of how he got his ring via noir-themed flashbacks. These scenes are filmed in black and white for the full FilmNoir effect. Additionally, the main characters are a hard-broiler Private Investigator, a mob boss, a stranger from out of town, and an alluring woman with a mysterious past.

* IdenticalGrandson: Turns out Maze looks exactly like her mother, Lilith. Both characters are played by Creator/LesleyAnnBrandt.

* ChromosomeCasting: Defied. Trixie rebels against the idea of a mostly male cast of a 1940s FilmNoir, so Lucifer modifies his narration, casting Chloe as the [=PI=] Jack Monroe and Ella as the mob boss Toby Zambaletti. Trixie is fine with her mother being a [=WWII=] veteran turned [=PI=], but draws the line at [[NiceGirl Ella]] playing a ''gangster''.

* ChromosomeCasting: Defied. Trixie rebels against the idea of a mostly male cast of a 1940s FilmNoir, so Lucifer modifies his narration, casting Chloe as the [=PI=] Jack Monroe and Ella as the mob boss Toby Zambaletti. Trixie is fine with her mother being a [=WWII=] veteran turned [=PI=], but draws the line at ''[[NiceGirl Ella]]'' playing a gangster.

* ChromosomeCasting: Defied. Trixie rebels against the idea of a mostly male cast of a 1940s FilmNoir, so Lucifer modifies his narration to be more "gender inclusive", casting Chloe as the [=PI=] Jack Monroe and Ella as the mob boss Toby Zambaletti.

* BilingualBonus: Lucifer tells Willy that the word to describe him would be “a shower, but in French.”

* IdiotBall: Lucifer tells Trixie the entire story about Maze's mother, never considering that this innocent child, not grasping the full implications of what seems like some fun fairy tale, would blurt the entire thing to the woman she considers her best friend.
* NoirEpisode: Lucifer tells Trixie the story of how he got his ring via noir-themed flashbacks. These scenes are filmed in black and wite for the full FilmNoir effect.
* TheReveal: Maze's mother, Lillith, didn't abandon her but gave her to Lucifer to train and become stronger than she ever would have been in Heaven.

Lucifer tells Trixie a story from his past. In the 1940s, Lucifer comes to L.A. for a dark case.

In the 1940s, Lucifer comes to L.A. for a dark case.

* NoirEpisode