History Series / Lucifer2016

''Lucifer'' was an UrbanFantasy crime procedural that debuted on Creator/{{Fox}} in 2016. It's based (however loosely) on the character Lucifer Morningstar from Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and Creator/MikeCarey's ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'', both published by Creator/DCComics under its Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}} imprint.

** In episode 6, Lucifer gives a frustrated speech about never having forced anyone into committing evil -- it is almost word for word the same tirade that he made in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' album ''Season of Mists''.

[[UnexpectedCharacter In an unexpected turn of events]], [[CanonWelding Ellis made a quick appearance as Lucifer during the 2019]] Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event, ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'', revealing he is on Earth-666 ([[NumberOfTheBeast unsurprisingly]]), while a separate version of the character (to be portrayed by Creator/GwendolineChristie) will appear in [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix's adaptation]] of ''The Sandman''.

The show stars Creator/TomEllis as Lucifer; Creator/LaurenGerman as Chloe Decker; Creator/LesleyAnnBrandt as Mazikeen or "Maze," Lucifer's demonic assistant/bodyguard; Creator/KevinAlejandro as Daniel "Dan" Espinoza, Chloe's cop ex-husband; Creator/DBWoodside as Amenadiel, an angel charged with returning Lucifer to Hell; Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin, a therapist Lucifer decides to talk to/sleep with; and Scarlett Estevez as Beatrice "Trixie" Espinoza, Chloe's and Dan's daughter. Creator/TriciaHelfer joined the cast in the second season as Lucifer's Mother, the "Queen of Creation," using the body of Charlotte Richards, defense attorney, as did Creator/AimeeGarcia as Ella Lopez, newly assigned Crime Scene Tech and resident religious person. The fourth season introduces Eve, the mother of all humanity, played by Creator/InbarLavi.

** In "The Good, the Bad and the Crispy". Linda breaks out the duct tape to patch up Charlotte. Charlotte's actress was previously on ''Series/BurnNotice'' where duct tape as a running theme.

** DB Woodside played Dennis Haysbert's chief of staff on ''Series/TwentyFour''. Haysbert has now been cast as [[spoiler: God, making Woodside his right hand once again.]]

[[UnexpectedCharacter In an unexpected turn of events]], [[CanonWelding Ellis made a quick appearance as Lucifer during the 2019]] Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event, ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'', revealing he is on Earth-666 ([[NumberOfTheBeast unsurprisingly]]), while a separate version of the character (to be portrayed by Creator/GwendolineChristie) will appear in Netflix's adaptation of ''The Sandman''.

* {{Meganekko}}: Linda.

On May 11, 2018 (just three days before the airing of the third season finale), Fox [[CutShort canceled]] the show due to low ratings, with two episodes that were meant to be shown in a potential fourth season being aired two weeks after the finale. Creator/WarnerBros subsequently shopped the series around, and after a month of fan campaign, it finally [[UnCancelled found a new home]] in {{Creator/Netflix}}. On June 23, 2020, the service renewed the show for a sixth and final season, which consists of 10 episodes, adding up to 93 episodes in total. The final season was released on September 10, 2021. On May 3rd, 2022, [[https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1521482205616230400 Netflix announced]] they obtained the streaming rights to the first three series of the show, with episodes set to be added on May 29th, 2022.

[[UnexpectedCharacter In an unexpected turn of events]], [[CanonWelding Ellis made a quick appearance as Lucifer during the 2019]] Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event, ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'', revealing he is on Earth-666 (unsurprisingly), while a separate version of the character (to be portrayed by Creator/GwendolineChristie) will appear in Netflix's adaptation of ''The Sandman''.

[[UnexpectedCharacter In an unexpected turn of events]], [[CanonWelding Ellis made a quick appearance as Lucifer during the 2019]] Series/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event, ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'', revealing he is on Earth-666 (unsurprisingly), while a separate version of the character (to be portrayed by Creator/GwendolineChristie) will appear in Netflix's adaptation of ''The Sandman''.

** Crossing over with the Series/{{Arrowverse}} during ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'' made several cosmic coincidences of this, like Dan Espinoza looking just like Earth-1 Sebastian Blood or [[Creator/TomWelling Marcus Pierce looking just like the Superman of Earth-167]].

* CanonWelding: Was brought into the Series/{{Arrowverse}} during ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'' as Earth-666; Lucifer apparently (and rather unsurprisingly) has a history with John Constantine.

* NumberOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:When Lucfier crosses over to the Series/{{Arrowverse}}, this world's designation is Earth-666.]]

* AfterlifeAngst: Dan winds up in Hell after dying in Season 5. Lucifer tries to make things as nice as possible for him, even going so far as to order the demons not to torture him, but Dan still can't leave after being there for [[YearInsideHourOutside thousands of years]]. It turns out the issue is that he feels he wasn't a good enough father to his daughter Trixie, and that guilt is keeping him from moving on to Heaven.

* AdultFear:
** In the first season finale, [[spoiler:Malcolm kidnaps Trixie and threatens to kill her unless Chloe breaks into evidence to steal his cash for him.]]
** In the fourth season finale [[spoiler:Linda wakes up from a nap to find her newborn baby is missing. At first it looks like Amenadiel, the father, took him away but when he returns to house they realise a woman pretending to be the night nurse kidnapped him.]]

On May 11, 2018 (just three days before the airing of the third season finale), Fox [[CutShort canceled]] the show due to low ratings, with two episodes that were meant to be shown in a potential fourth season being aired two weeks after the finale. Creator/WarnerBros subsequently shopped the series around, and after a month of fan campaign, it finally [[UnCancelled found a new home]] in {{Creator/Netflix}}. On June 23, 2020, the service renewed the show for a sixth and final season, which consists of 10 episodes, adding up to 93 episodes in total. The final season was released on September 10, 2021. On May 3rd, 2022, [[https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1521482205616230400 Netflix announced]] they obtained the streaming rights to the first three series of the show, with episodes set to be added on May 29th, 2022. At the time of writing, it is unknown if this is pertains specifically for the UK.

On May 11, 2018 (just three days before the airing of the third season finale), Fox [[CutShort canceled]] the show due to low ratings, with two episodes that were meant to be shown in a potential fourth season being aired two weeks after the finale. Creator/WarnerBros subsequently shopped the series around, and after a month of fan campaign, it finally [[UnCancelled found a new home]] in {{Creator/Netflix}}. On June 23, 2020, the service renewed the show for a sixth and final season, which consists of 10 episodes, adding up to 93 episodes in total. The final season was released on September 10, 2021.

** Lucifer's [[DramaPreservingHandicap loss of demonic power around Chloe]] is played straight throughout the series except in the pilot when the MonsterOfTheWeek shoots Lucifer several times in her presence to no effect. However, it's suggested in season 3 by [[spoiler: Cain that it's Chloe's feelings that make Lucifer vulnerable and not Chloe herself, which Cain tried to use to get rid of his mark. While it's revealed that Cain lost his mark due to remorse instead, the possibility of Chloe's feelings affecting Lucifer is still on the table and sounds pretty plausible.]]

** There's a [[ChaosArchitecture significant change of sets]] for the Precint between season 1 and 2.

** Lucifer gets the series' first uncensored f-bomb at the end of "Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid" when he tells Dan he arranged the elaborate plan as revenge because "you fucking shot me".
** At [[spoiler: Maze and Eve's wedding]], [[spoiler: their vows]] have them saying "I just love you so fucking much" to each other.

* JesusTaboo: Despite dealing with Abrahamic religion and featuring angels and demons [[note]] While Creator/NeilGaiman, who created the version of Lucifer that the show is based on, is Jewish, and pretty much all of the supernatural characters can be found or at least referenced in the Hebrew Bible and corresponding texts, the very ''concept'' of Satan as a fallen angel and deliberately opposed to God is a solidly Christian one, as is the very existence of Hell [[/note]] the show has never mentioned the Christ, not even in the episode with a priest. The closest the show even comes to bringing up the subject is a single, quick version of one of Lucifer's "Not hardly!" jokes when someone takes the name in vain, a view of a crucifix in the background of a church, and Chloe investigating a murder in a convent in Season 5. Despite talking quite a bit about their other siblings (including various fairly obscure angel names), they never seem to mention that particular brother. [[spoiler:(In one Season 5 episode, God mentions that he bought some coffee beans from a Bolivian farmer who was "aptly named Jesús", although he doesn't say ''why'' it was apt.)]]

* FamilyThemeNaming: Carrying over from [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming real world mythology]], all of the angels' names end in "El". Sama'''el''' (Lucifer), Amenadi'''el''', Uri'''el''', Azra'''el''', etc.

** The series finale's YouCantFightFate ending pushes the idea that [[spoiler: it's okay that Lucifer just abandoned Chloe and Rory on Earth in order to work full time as a therapost in Hell trying to help damned souls find redemption because he eventually has the realization that helps Rory ocvercome her own trauma. It ignores the fact that his complete lack of involvement in her life is what causes her issues in the first place and it should have been easily possible to find a work/life balance that let him help the souls in hell while still maintaining a relationship with his family ]].

* PrecisionFStrike:

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[CatchPhrase Tell me, what is it that you desire?]]"''[[note]]From left to right: [[ByTheBookCop Daniel "Dan" Espinoza]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Mazikeen "Maze"]], [[TheHedonist Lucifer Morningstar]] (front), [[StraightMan Chloe Decker]] (back), [[TheShrink Linda Martin]], [[TheComicallySerious Amenadiel]], and [[BlitheSpirit Ella Lopez]].[[/note]]]]