When season three of Lucifer ended rather abruptly on a serious cliffhanger in 2018, fans did not know what was to come. With no news of new episodes or another season on its way, no one knew what to expect, and fans were dying to know what was going to happen to their dearly beloved devil Lucifer. Sadly, in May of the same year, Fox announced that it had been cancelled. Fast forward about a month, and Netflix announces that it has picked up the show for a fourth season. Season four did well, and season five was announced soon after. Originally, season five was supposed to be the final season, but fans and cast members were able to get yet another season, which is the final season for real. 

Due to COVID-19, they were only able to film 15 of the 16 episodes of season five, leading them to release the first eight episodes in “season five A,” and the second set will be released in “season five B.” In my opinion, the first half of this season was pretty underwhelming and predictable. This review contains spoilers, so it is recommended that all previous seasons have been viewed prior to reading this review.

This season  picks up some time after season four left off, with Lucifer having returned to Hell in the hopes of keeping his detective Chloe safe. Throughout the very beginning of this half of the season, we learn that she is in danger no matter his departure, as Michael (Lucifer’s twin) comes to Los Angeles impersonating Lucifer. So Lucifer decides to return to Los Angeles. Michael, (He is played by the same actor, Tom Ellis, using an American accent) turns out to be the antagonist of this season by wanting to take Lucifer’s life, not in the sense of killing him but replacing him in his own life. 

Chloe, Lucifer, and Ella all go to investigate a murder of a DJ. They meet Pete, the journalist who develops a relationship with Ella. Ella had previously only been attracted to the “bad boy” type of guy and, in some cases, even found suspects for murder cases attractive. Pete is very much a change to this, proving to be nicer than anyone she has been with throughout the duration of the show. Pete takes her on nice dates, buys her flowers, and even gives her a key to his place. 

Lucifer’s brother, Amenidiel, and his wife have been taking care of their baby, Charlie, who was a key plot point of season four. After last season’s escapades with the demons of hell coming to abduct Charlie to make him the new ruler of Hell in Lucifer’s absence, things are much closer to normalcy for the baby. Around the middle of this half of the season, Charlie will not stop crying, leading Lucifer to show his “devil face,” which makes the baby stop crying. Dan, who had just left the house and had not known that Lucifer was actually the devil (despite him saying it time and time again), gets a call from “Lucifer” (which turns out to be Michael disguising his voice) who asks him to return to the house. He ends up seeing Lucifer’s true face and freaks out. 

Mazikeen, the demon that Lucifer brought with him on his very first trip to Los Angeles, Ca., and left there when he went back to Hell, is currently peeved with dear Lucy. He essentially left her all alone when he returned to Hell. She also comes to find out that he has been keeping the identity of her mother from her. Mazikeen has been wanting a soul, but Lucifer has said that it is “impossible for a demon to obtain a soul.” Michael tells her otherwise, though.

All of this culminates in a scene to mark the end of this half of the season, which throws in a new major character at the very end of the last episode that I personally would have saved for the final season. This character is none other than God, who comes down to intervene in a fight between Lucifer, Amenidiel, Michael and Mazikeen, leaving us on the edge of our seats until season five B comes out.  Nonetheless, I am excited to see what they do with it and what is to come.