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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/DBWoodside doesn't appear in this episode as Amenadiel is escorting Charlotte to Heaven.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Dan tells Ella the plan to deceive Pierce, it seems that she goes to him to warn the plot, out of her admiration of Pierce. The next scene reveals that the plan -- deceiving his mook to assassinate Dan -- works perfectly, and Ella is later seen in Lux's penthouse, where Chloe congratulates her for switching sides.

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* BaitAndSwitch: After Dan tells Ella the plan to deceive Pierce, it seems that she goes to him to warn him of the plot, out of her admiration of Pierce. The next scene reveals that the plan -- deceiving his mook to assassinate Dan -- works perfectly, and Ella is later seen in Lux's penthouse, where Chloe congratulates her for switching sides.



* CassandraTruth: When Lucifer reveals Pierce is the Sinnerman, a shocked Chloe asks why he didn't tell her this. Lucifer reminds her that he ''did'' tell her, but Chloe asks why she would believe him about Pierce being the world's first murderer.

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* CassandraTruth: When Lucifer reveals that Pierce is the Sinnerman, a shocked Chloe asks why he didn't tell her this. Lucifer reminds her that he ''did'' tell her, but Chloe asks why she would believe him about Pierce being the world's first murderer.



* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer delivers one to Cain, after effortlessly taking down all of his mooks. He dodges all of Cain's attacks with ease, except one, quipping and adjusting his suit as he did so.
* CurbstompCushion: Cain manages to get in one, count it, ''one'' glancing hit on Lucifer in their fight, caushing a gash in his sleeve (and possibly the skin beneath). This is the only hint that Cain is not ''completely'' outclassed, just very nearly so.

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* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer delivers one to Cain, after effortlessly taking down all of his mooks. He dodges all of Cain's attacks with ease, except one, quipping and adjusting his suit as he did does so.
* CurbstompCushion: Cain manages to get in one, count it, ''one'' glancing hit on Lucifer in their fight, caushing causing a gash in his sleeve (and possibly the skin beneath). This is the only hint that Cain is not ''completely'' outclassed, just very nearly so.



* EyesNeverLie: Ella didn't believe Dan's story about Pierce being the Sinnerman at first; it was the look on Pierce's eyes when she handed him that phone that convinced her he really is a murderer.

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* EyesNeverLie: Ella didn't believe Dan's story about Pierce being the Sinnerman at first; it was the look on in Pierce's eyes when she handed him that phone that convinced her he really is a murderer.



* IAmWhatIAm: A sad example, and possibly foreshadowing for Lucifer's own backsliding at the end - when Dan is interrogating the Sinnerman mook, he says that while he resented Pierce for calling him a DirtyCop, he really has done and is capable of some pretty awful things, and killing someone who tried to kill him in his sleep wouldn't be a problem for him. Note here that Dan has spent two seasons trying (and for the most parts, succeeding) to be a better man.

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* IAmWhatIAm: A sad example, and possibly foreshadowing for Lucifer's own backsliding at the end - end-- when Dan is interrogating the Sinnerman mook, he says that while he resented Pierce for calling him a DirtyCop, he really has done and is capable of some pretty awful things, and killing someone who tried to kill him in his sleep wouldn't be a problem for him. Note here that Dan has spent two seasons trying (and for the most parts, part succeeding) to be a better man.



* PutOnABus: Amenadiel is completely absent in this episode. Lucifer speculates that having regained his wings, he probably doesn't have any more reason to stay on Earth.

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* PutOnABus: Amenadiel is completely absent in this episode. Lucifer speculates that that, having regained his wings, he probably doesn't have any more reason to stay on Earth.



* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dan learns that Charlotte was investigating Pierce for being the Sinnerman, and concludes that he killed her to shut her up. He's right that Pierce was the killer, but completely wrong about the motive -- in fact, Pierce never even knew that Charlotte was on to him.

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dan learns that Charlotte was investigating Pierce for being the Sinnerman, and concludes that he killed her to shut her up. He's right that Pierce was the killer, but completely wrong about the motive -- motive-- in fact, Pierce never even knew that Charlotte was on to him.



** It took three seasons, but Lucifer finally went into a fight - albeit against a group of mortal mooks - with something approaching his full divine power. Busting through a penthouse's bay window, bloody wings fully unfurled and proceeding to effortlessly beat them all down. It then culminates in his "fair fight" at the end of the episode.

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** It took three seasons, but Lucifer finally went into a fight - albeit against a group of mortal mooks - with something approaching his full divine power. Busting through a penthouse's bay window, bloody wings fully unfurled unfurled, and proceeding to effortlessly beat them all down. It then culminates in his "fair fight" at the end of the episode.



* SuperStrength: Pierce may be a buff, heavily-built man, but he's a mortal, while but Lucifer is a full-blown ''angel''. He demonstrates this by effortlessly snapping Pierce's wrist and stabbing him with his own knife.

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* SuperStrength: Pierce may be a buff, heavily-built man, but he's a mortal, while but Lucifer is a full-blown ''angel''. He demonstrates this by effortlessly snapping Pierce's wrist and stabbing him with his own knife.



* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode (and, if fan-fueled renewal/migration efforts hadn't borne fruit, the entire show): Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.

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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode (and, if fan-fueled renewal/migration efforts hadn't borne fruit, the entire show): Lucifer Morningstar; Morningstar, his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.



* WorfHadTheFlu: Throughout the whole episode Maze continues to recover from the drug she was injected, so she can not fight to her full capabilities. She is still able to beat twelve people and run four miles.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Throughout the whole episode Maze continues to recover from the drug she was injected, so she can not cannot fight to her full capabilities. She is still able to beat twelve people and run four miles.
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* IncriminatingIndifference: Inverted. Chloe realizes that Pierce is the killer precisely because he acts too emotional.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Dan learns that Charlotte was investigating Pierce for being the Sinnerman, and concludes that he killed her to shut her up. He's right that Pierce was the killer, but completely wrong about the motive -- in fact, Pierce never even knew that Charlotte was on to him.
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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/DBWoodside doesn't appear in this episode as Amenadiel is escorting Charlotte to Heaven.

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* BaitAndSwitch: After Dan tells Ella the plan to deceive Pierce, it seems that she goes to him to warn the plot, out of her admiration of Pierce. The next scene reveals that the plan -- deceiving his mook to assassinate Dan -- works perfectly, and Ella is later seen in Lux's penthouse, where Chloe congratulates her for switching sides.
* BrainBleach: Chloe chastises Lucifer for not revealing that Pierce is Sinnerman sooner, considering what happened between them just three episodes earlier.
--> '''Chloe:''' I mean, I almost ''married'' him!



* CrisisOfFaith: Charlotte's death makes Ella question her faith in God, symbolized by her taking out her cross necklace.



* IWillFindYou: A threatening example, Chloe vows in their phone call that she ''will'' come find Pierce to put him to justice.



* PutOnABus: Amenadiel is completely absent in this episode. Lucifer speculates that having regained his wings, he probably doesn't have any more reason to stay on Earth.



* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Still under the belief that Linda's in danger thanks to the previous episode, Mazikeen fights her way out of captivity and storms her way back to Linda's office, leading to her finally burying the hatchet.

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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: RoaringRampageOfRescue:
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Still under the belief that Linda's in danger thanks to the previous episode, Mazikeen fights her way out of captivity and storms her way back to Linda's office, leading to her finally burying the hatchet.



* SuperStrength: Pierce may be a buff, heavily-built man but Lucifer is ''much'' stronger, as he demonstrates by effortlessly snapping Pierce's wrist and stabbing him with his own knife.

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dan will stop at nothing to bring the man who killed the woman he loved to justice.
* SuperStrength: Pierce may be a buff, heavily-built man man, but he's a mortal, while but Lucifer is ''much'' stronger, as he a full-blown ''angel''. He demonstrates this by effortlessly snapping Pierce's wrist and stabbing him with his own knife.


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* WingShield: When Pierce's goons begin shooting at Lucifer and Chloe, the former unfurls his wings to protect them both. However, since Chloe is nearby, the bullets damage the wings, causing them to [[{{Gorn}} bleed horribly]] until he manages to muster the strength to FlashStep outside the building.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Throughout the whole episode Maze continues to recover from the drug she was injected, so she can not fight to her full capabilities. She is still able to beat twelve people and run four miles.
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* NeverMyFault: Lucifer's reaction when no one believed him Pierce is Sinnerman because they refuse to believe that he's also Cain.

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* NeverMyFault: Lucifer's reaction when no one believed Chloe chews him out for not telling her about Pierce is being the Sinnerman because they refuse is to believe remind her that he's also Cain.he ''did'' [[CassandraTruth warn her]], but she blew him off.

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* NeverMyFault: Lucifer's reaction when no one believed him Pierce is Sinnerman because they refuse to believe that he's also Cain.



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It took three seasons, but Lucifer finally went into a fight - albeit against a group of mortal mooks - with something approaching his full divine power. Busting through a penthouse's bay window, bloody wings fully unfurled and proceeding to effortlessly beat them all down. It then culminates in his "fair fight" at the end of the episode.

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ** It took three seasons, but Lucifer finally went into a fight - albeit against a group of mortal mooks - with something approaching his full divine power. Busting through a penthouse's bay window, bloody wings fully unfurled and proceeding to effortlessly beat them all down. It then culminates in his "fair fight" at the end of the episode.
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* CassandraTruth: When Lucifer reveals Pierce is the Sinnerman, a shocked Chloe asks why he didn't tell her this. Lucifer remind her that he ''did'' tell her but Chloe points out why would she believe him telling him about Pierce being the world's first murderer?
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends in a massive one, with Chloe finally realizing that Lucifer really ''is'' the Devil. She gasps that "It's all true" ...and roll credits. [[note]] This was intentional on the showrunners' part, as they wanted to end Season 3 in a way that would convince Fox to renew the show. [[/note]]

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* CassandraTruth: When Lucifer reveals Pierce is the Sinnerman, a shocked Chloe asks why he didn't tell her this. Lucifer remind reminds her that he ''did'' tell her her, but Chloe points out asks why she would she believe him telling him about Pierce being the world's first murderer?
murderer.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends in a massive one, with Chloe finally realizing that Lucifer really ''is'' the Devil. She gasps that "It's all true" ...and roll credits. [[note]] This was intentional on the showrunners' part, as they wanted to end Season 3 Three in a way that would convince Fox to renew the show. [[/note]]



* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.

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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, (and, if fan-fuelled fan-fueled renewal/migration efforts don't bear hadn't borne fruit, the entire show: show): Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.

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* BulletProofVest: Chloe, thankfully, is wearing one when she and Lucifer walk into a trap.



* BulletProofVest: Chloe, thankfully, is wearing one when she and Lucifer walk into a trap.
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* CassandraTruth: When Lucifer reveals Pierce is the Sinnerman, a shocked Chloe asks why he didn't tell her this. Lucifer remind her that he ''did'' tell her but Chloe points out why would she believe him telling him about Pierce being the world's first murderer?
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* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer delivers one to Cain, after effortlessly taking down all of his mooks. He dodges all of Cain's attacks with ease, quipping and adjusting his suit as he did so.

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* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer delivers one to Cain, after effortlessly taking down all of his mooks. He dodges all of Cain's attacks with ease, except one, quipping and adjusting his suit as he did so.
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* CurbstompCushion: Cain manages to get in one, count it, ''one'' glancing hit on Lucifer in their fight, caushing a gash in his sleeve (and possibly the skin beneath). This is the only hint that Cain is not ''completely'' outclassed, just very nearly so.

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* PyrrhicVictory: Lucifer saved Chloe and defeated Pierce. And in the process, he became so filled with hate that he lost the self-forgiveness he'd earned, starting to see himself as a monster again. Pierce dies laughing, knowing that while he is damned, Lucifer is as well.


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* PyrrhicVictory: Lucifer saved Chloe and defeated Pierce. And in the process, he became so filled with hate that he lost the self-forgiveness he'd earned, starting to see himself as a monster again. Pierce dies laughing, knowing that while he is damned, Lucifer is as well.
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* IAmWhatIAm: A sad example, and possibly foreshadowing for Lucifer's own backsliding at the end - when Dan is interrogating the Sinnerman mook, he says that while he resented Pierce for calling him a DirtyCop, he really has done and is capable of some pretty awful things, and killing someone who tried to kill him in his sleep wouldn't be a problem for him. Note here that Dan has spent two seasons trying (and for the most parts, succeeding) to be a better man.


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* PyrrhicVictory: Lucifer saved Chloe and defeated Pierce. And in the process, he became so filled with hate that he lost the self-forgiveness he'd earned, starting to see himself as a monster again. Pierce dies laughing, knowing that while he is damned, Lucifer is as well.
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* EyesNeverLie: Ella didn't believe Dan's story about Pierce being the Sinnerman at first; it was the look on Pierce's eyes when she handed him that phone that convinced her he really is a murderer.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Chloe doesn't believe that Pierce is the Sinnerman until she sees him tearfully proclaiming that he will do everything he can to catch Charlotte's killer.
-->'''Chloe:''' Pierce doesn't get emotional; not like this. ''(beat)'' He really did it, didn't he?


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* WhatTheHellHero: Both Chloe and Dan chew Lucifer out for not telling them that Pierce is the Sinnerman. Lucifer retorts that he tried to warn Chloe, but she didn't believe him.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Dan's grief over Charlotte's death only makes him more dangerous, as one of Cain's henchmen discovers.


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* NonchalantDodge: Lucifer dodges nearly all of Pierce's knife swipes and even taunts him by straightening out his jacket.


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* SuperStrength: Pierce may be a buff, heavily-built man but Lucifer is ''much'' stronger, as he demonstrates by effortlessly snapping Pierce's wrist and stabbing him with his own knife.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: Maze has a brief look of this when she sees that there are more of Pierce's goons for her to fight. She still beats the crap out of them.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends in a massive one, with Chloe finally realizing that Lucifer really ''is'' the Devil. She gasps that "It's all true" ...and roll credits. [[note]] This was intentional on the showrunners' part, as they wanted to end Season 3 in a way that would convince Fox to renew the show. [[/note]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Lucifer delivers one to Cain, after effortlessly taking down all of his mooks. He dodges all of Cain's attacks with ease, quipping and adjusting his suit as he did so.

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* InternalReveal: After three seasons of not believing his "metaphors", the Detective ''finally'' gets to see the Devil behind the eccentric night club owner/police consultant. Leads to the WhamLine below.



* TheReveal: ...to Chloe, at last. After three seasons of not believing his "metaphors", the Detective ''finally'' gets to see the Devil behind the eccentric night club owner/police consultant. Leads to the WhamLine below.



* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.

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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.foreground.
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* BigBad: Being the Sinnerman and now [[spoiler: having (accidentally) killed Charlotte Richards while trying to kill Amenadiel, Pierce/Cain finally fully falls into his role as the season's BigBad.]]

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* BigBad: Being the Sinnerman and now [[spoiler: having (accidentally) killed Charlotte Richards while trying to kill Amenadiel, Pierce/Cain finally fully falls into his role as the season's BigBad.]]



* DramaPreservingHandicap: Having found Mazikeen's hell-forged karambit earlier in the episode, [[spoiler:Pierce actually has an equaliser in his fight against Lucifer. Not that it actually does him much good in the end.]]

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Having found Mazikeen's hell-forged karambit earlier in the episode, [[spoiler:Pierce Pierce actually has an equaliser in his fight against Lucifer. Not that it actually does him much good in the end.]]



* NoSell: Thanks to Chloe being far enough away, Lucifer's able to no-sell [[spoiler:the bullets from Pierce/Cain's gun]].

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* NoSell: Thanks to Chloe being far enough away, Lucifer's able to no-sell [[spoiler:the the bullets from Pierce/Cain's gun]].gun.



* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: [[spoiler:Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.]]

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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: [[spoiler:Lucifer Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.]]
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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if efforts for the show's renewal/migration don't bear fruit, the entire show: [[spoiler:Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.]]

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* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if efforts for the show's fan-fuelled renewal/migration efforts don't bear fruit, the entire show: [[spoiler:Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.]]
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* TheReveal: ...to Chloe, at last. After three seasons of not believing his "metaphors", the Detective ''finally'' gets to see the Devil behind the eccentric night club owner/police consultant. Leads to the WhamLine below.
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* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: While not romantically involved with ''each other'', Mazikeen's capture - and her subsequent escape - finally leads her to reconcile things with Linda over the subject of Amenadiel.


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* LudicrousPrecision: When Mazikeen gets to Linda's office, the therapist comments on the demon's bloodied, exhausted state. Sure enough, Maze is still the boastful demon she always is.
-->'''Linda:''' You look like you fought ten people and ran a mile to get here.\\
'''Mazikeen:''' ''Twelve'' people. ''[beat]'' ...and ''four'' miles.


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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Still under the belief that Linda's in danger thanks to the previous episode, Mazikeen fights her way out of captivity and storms her way back to Linda's office, leading to her finally burying the hatchet.
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With Charlotte Richards dead and Amenadiel having taken her to Heaven himself, it's up to Lucifer, Chloe and Dan to settle the sole piece of business that remains: find her killer and bring them to justice, once and for all.
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!Tropes present in this episode include:
* BigBad: Being the Sinnerman and now [[spoiler: having (accidentally) killed Charlotte Richards while trying to kill Amenadiel, Pierce/Cain finally fully falls into his role as the season's BigBad.]]
* BulletProofVest: Chloe, thankfully, is wearing one when she and Lucifer walk into a trap.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Having found Mazikeen's hell-forged karambit earlier in the episode, [[spoiler:Pierce actually has an equaliser in his fight against Lucifer. Not that it actually does him much good in the end.]]
* NoSell: Thanks to Chloe being far enough away, Lucifer's able to no-sell [[spoiler:the bullets from Pierce/Cain's gun]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It took three seasons, but Lucifer finally went into a fight - albeit against a group of mortal mooks - with something approaching his full divine power. Busting through a penthouse's bay window, bloody wings fully unfurled and proceeding to effortlessly beat them all down. It then culminates in his "fair fight" at the end of the episode.
* TitleDrop: Just like every other episode in ''Lucifer'' bar the pilot, the episode's name is dropped in the spoken dialogue.
-->'''Lucifer:''' Now, I promised you... that I would find a way to kill you. ''And I am a Devil of my word!!''
* WhamLine: ''"It's all true."''
* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode - and, if efforts for the show's renewal/migration don't bear fruit, the entire show: [[spoiler:Lucifer Morningstar; his "devil face" once again in full effect, Chloe standing before him utterly dumbfounded... and Marcus Pierce/Cain finally lying dead in the foreground.]]

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