Lucifer tells Trixie a story from his past. In the 1940s, Lucifer comes to New York City for a dark case.
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- Bilingual Bonus: Lucifer tells Willy that the word to describe him would be “a shower, but in French.” note
- The Bus Came Back: A unique version as Charlotte "plays" the role of Jack's wife in Lucifer's tale.
- Chromosome Casting: Defied. Trixie rebels against the idea of a mostly male cast of a 1940s Film Noir, so Lucifer modifies his narration, casting Chloe as the PI Jack Monroe and Ella as the mob boss Tommy Stompanato. Trixie is fine with her mother being a WWII veteran turned PI, but draws the line at Ella playing a gangster.Lucifer: You're the one who requested a more gender-inclusive narrative.
- Complete Immortality: Unlike Eve, who was mortal and eventually died, Lilith is immortal. The mechanics of her immortality aren't explained, but she has lived for millennia and is at the very least Immune to Bullets.
- Didn't Think This Through: 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.
- Downer Ending: 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.
- Driving a Desk: To fit with the noir themes of the rest of the episode, all the driving scenes are done this way.
- Gender Flip: In universe: some of the real people that Lucifer's talking about in the 1940s were men, but when Trixie asks why, Lucifer agrees that it's silly, and thus in the flashbacks they're portrayed by Chloe and Ella.
- Happy Ending Override: 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, intent 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."
- Identical Grandson:
- Turns out Maze looks exactly like her mother, Lilith. Both characters are played by Lesley-Ann Brandt.
- Totally averted with the rest of the characters, who only resemble the current ones to fulfill a role within the story, and as far as we know they are not even related.
- Memento MacGuffin: Lilith'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.
- Noir Episode: 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 Film Noir effect. Additionally, the main characters are a hard-boiled Private Investigator, a mob boss, a stranger from out of town, and an alluring woman with a mysterious past.
- The Reveal: 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.
- Self-Deprecation: "The Devil solving crime. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: In the end, Lilith 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.
- You Owe Me: Lilith 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.
