Tori Brazier reviews the twelfth episode of Lucifer season three…
‘All About Her’ draws us back into the rhythm of this season’s ‘Sinnerman’ storyline, left on a bit of a cliffhanger after the Lucifer mid-season finale and a weird seasonal break that paused for an Amenadiel-heavy, one-off flashback episode.
Chloe (Lauren German), still being rather ruffled by Lucifer’s (Tom Ellis) interference and under-cutting during the Sinnerman case, has finally come around to realising how egomaniacal Lucifer is, amongst other things. It’s surprising that it’s taken Chloe quite so long to realise. Lucifer, however, wants to win her friendship back and, after misinterpreting Linda’s (Rachael Harris) advice in therapy to his own advantage (naturally), decides he must make it “all about her” for a while so that they can then return to the natural state of “all about Lucifer”. His motives are, unsurprisingly, obvious. One attempt at help has Lucifer re-organising and filing Chloe’s cases into his new categories of “sexy victims”, “obvious killers” and “boring crimes” (“to be ignored, of course”).
Continuing Lucifer‘s tour of California and its famous industries and favourite pastimes, we’re onto surfing as the backdrop for this week’s crime when the body of a surfer is discovered at a beach and the evidence seems to point towards his rivals on the scene. Surfing means not only gorgeous costal and ocean shots, but that Dan (Kevin Alejandro) actually gets to do some undercover detective work by putting his board skills to good use. Well done, Dan!
Charlotte Richards (Tricia Helfer) and Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia) continue their chalk and cheese friendship as Charlotte gives Ella some frank advice on handling her disappointment and upset over Lieutenant Pierce (Tom Welling) shouting at her a couple of episodes ago. It is a bit weird that she’d be so affected by Pierce’s yelling though, despite her idolisation of him – chatty and perky she may be, but she’s also super-professional and it seems odd that this event could jeopardise that.
A further enjoyable sub-plot this episode involves Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside) being diagnosed with chlamydia. The doctor falls for none of his angel spiel. It also feeds back quite neatly into the sort-of love triangle storyline with Linda and Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt), too. Maze is busying giving a nervous Linda a very sharp knife as a present to mark their friendship after Linda agreed not to see Amenadiel – the whole tone of the scene merely ramps up the tension for when you know Maze will find out that Linda didn’t quite get around to breaking things off with him…
Everything carries on rather normally this episode, following procedure, despite the big mid-season revelation that Pierce is Cain, the first murderer, and despite the fact that the episode began with him and Lucifer having a drink as he recovered from being stabbed in the heart by the devil… It’s an interesting dynamic as Lucifer clearly wants answers but doesn’t immediately see Pierce as a big threat. They have an affinity, although Pierce is fed up of being stuck on earth after thousands of years of witnessing suffering. Pierce admits to the Sinnerman being his assistant and confesses to kidnapping Lucifer to gain better access to Chloe, who he had heard made the immortal Lucifer bleed. With his death wish, he was hoping she’d do the same to him. After the two figure out that God has been pitting them against one another (Lucifer’s returning wings were all him), they agree to work together. It will be interesting to see where this new partnership leads.
Tori Brazier
