Hoping to get past his mental block, Lucifer helps Chloe track down the missing manuscript of a popular Young Adult novel series' last installment — and the person who killed writer Kathleen Pike, of course.
Tropes present in this episode include:
- Anticlimax: Suffice it to say that the ending of Kathleen's book isn't the robot rebellion everyone had been waiting for.
- Blind Date: Maze sets Linda up on one with Todd, the "loser" of Kathleen's high school class.
- Class Reunion:
- Kathleen wanted to finish her book in time for it.
- Lucifer may turn his nose up on the whole shebang, but Chloe is visibly gushing over the glamour of it.
- Could Say It, But...: Charlotte can't actually suggest that team LAPD distract Todd by sending Maze after him, as that would be illegal.
- Dream Intro: The episode begins with Lucifer's nightmare of being unable to hide his wings and accidentally knocking Chloe off a building.
- "Eureka!" Moment: Lucifer has one when Chloe tells him he can't change the past, and declares that actually, he needs to do just that.
- Facial Dialogue: Amenadiel doesn't say much during the double date when Maze hugs him, drapes herself over him, licks his face, etc, but the faces he makes are priceless.
- Foreshadowing: While discussing Kathleen's books, Ella mentions how common it is for writers to draw from their own life experiences, for example she's writing her own book about a forensic scientist who talks to ghosts...
- Gender-Blender Name: The detectives are looking for a person called Ashley, whom they assume must be a girl (since it usually is a female name), and are a bit confused when said Ashley turns out to be a man.note
- High School:
- The heroes of Kathleen's YA book series, Class of 3001, are high school students in a slightly dystopian, sci-fi setting. They're also based on her old classmates (the class of 2001).
- Chloe, being a child actor educated mostly by tutors on set, didn't get the high school experience; she didn't even attend her own prom.
- High-School Dance: Chloe has no experience in this, because she grew up homeschooled. At the end of the episode, Lucifer rectifies this by inviting her to a two-person prom at Lux.
- Internal Reveal: Linda and Amenadiel find out that Maze knew about their secret relationship, something the audience already learned three episodes ago.
- I Resemble That Remark!: "I'm not overreacting!" yells Maze as she slams her knife into the table.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Linda realizes that Maze was right to be angry at her friend's betrayal, since she knew that her relationship with Amenadiel would upset Maze.
- Manchild: Since Chloe grew up an actress, she was homeschooled. As a result, she never had any experience of attending a proper high school, making friends, or going to a prom. When she has to go undercover at a high school reunion, she practically jumps at the idea.
- Not Even Bothering with the Accent: In-universe example. Despite repeatedly showing off the ability to do a flawless American accent, Lucifer still uses his normal manner of speaking while undercover as an American.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Maze tears into Linda and Amenadiel, especially Linda, for lying to her and selfishly carrying on with him behind her back. Linda calls her out right back.
- Samus Is a Girl: Gender-Inverted— Ashley is a guy.
- Ship Sinking: Linda tells Amenadiel that they should stop seeing each other.
- Shout-Out:
- Ella makes a joke about Kathleen being a synthetic due to the white "blood" coming from her head (actually melted ice cream that had spilled on the floor), but receives only blank stares from Lucifer, Chloe, and Dan.
- The whole episode is a shoutout (and possibly a subtle Take That!) to the many, many YA series that revolve around teen heroes trying to save the world while dealing with the drama of life in high school.
- Swapped Roles: In an odd role-reversal, Lucifer (motivated by a means of taking down his writer's block by finding the missing final draft) becomes the responsible one, trying to find the person responsible for the murder, while Chloe (having spent the whole night reading the Class of 3001 books nonstop and being swept up by the high school drama she missed out on) becomes the easily distracted "It's All About Me" millstone.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Linda (rightly) calls Maze out for her attitude regarding her relationship with Amenadiel, as well as Maze's general selfishness regarding their friendship.
- Writer's Block:
- Kathleen had been suffering from a massive case of it; it took her five years to figure out how to end her book series.
- Lucifer compares his inability to think of a way to kill Pierce / Cain to this.
