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2017Crime42m

Lucifer · S3 · E8Season 3 · Episode 8

Chloe Does Lucifer

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A lighter crime case about an exclusive dating app, with innuendo and a murder, alongside quieter storylines about grief and trying to be good. The series' fantasy take on the devil, Heaven and Hell frames everything.

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What's in it?

LanguageOccasional mild words

Expect occasional mild swearing typical of a network crime drama, with no f-words.

BlasphemyA few exclamations

Occasional exclamations using God's name, alongside Lucifer's usual dismissive talk about his Father.

Sex and nudityInnuendo, dating app

The case centres on an exclusive dating app and its mixer, with flirtation and sexual innuendo. Chloe imitates Lucifer's flirtatious manner.

RelationshipsCasual dating culture

Hook-up and dating culture is the backdrop, presented with some satire. Lucifer's playboy lifestyle is played for laughs.

ViolenceMurder investigation

A woman is found murdered and the case is investigated. Violence is mostly aftermath rather than shown at length.

Frightening scenesMild tension

A crime scene and Linda's fear of death after her ex-husband dies give some sombre moments.

Drugs and alcoholSocial drinking

Drinking at the club and the app's mixer.

AttitudesLies, vanity

Charlotte lies to Ella to stay near her, and the killer acts out of greed and snobbery. Ella challenges Charlotte that goodness means actions, not words.

OccultFantasy devil and angels

The series presents Lucifer as the devil and Amenadiel as an angel in a fantasy frame, with Hell and damnation treated as real. Charlotte fears returning to Hell.

  • To know
  • Discuss
  1. Early

    Pride and image

    Amenadiel calls Lucifer boring, and Lucifer sets out to prove otherwise with his usual flirtation and nightclub bravado.

  2. Early

    Murder investigation

    A woman is found murdered and the detectives examine the scene. The aftermath is shown rather than the killing itself.

  3. Mid

    Innuendo and alcohol

    At the dating app's exclusive mixer there is drinking, flirtation and sexual innuendo, and Chloe imitates Lucifer's charm to blend in.

  4. Mid

    Grief and fear of death

    Linda, planning her ex-husband's funeral, has a crisis and admits she now fears death. Amenadiel comforts her by sharing his own similar fear.

  5. Mid

    Lying and goodness

    Charlotte lies to Ella about an interest in forensics so she can stay close, hoping to avoid damnation. Ella answers that being good means actions, not just words.

  6. Late

    Fantasy devil and Hell

    The killer is revealed to have acted from greed and a wish to keep the app exclusive. Talk of Hell, angels and damnation is treated as real throughout.

Faith & story

What does it say?

What's it about?The plot, without the ending

When a woman is murdered and her last call leads to a celebrity dating app, Chloe and Lucifer investigate the company behind it. Chloe has to blend in at an exclusive mixer. Meanwhile Lucifer worries he has become boring, Linda faces grief after her ex-husband's death, and Charlotte tries to stay close to Ella.

Through a faith lensHow it connects to the Bible

The episode sets two ideas of goodness side by side. Ella tells Charlotte that being good means more than saying so, and Charlotte then acts on it by changing her work. That echoes James, who said faith without deeds is dead. John the Baptist told the crowds to bear fruit that fits repentance, which is the kind of change Charlotte is pushed towards. The killer chases status and exclusivity, protecting a fashionable circle at the cost of a life, which is the opposite of what Jesus taught about the last being first. Linda's fear of death after her ex-husband dies is a very human grief, and Amenadiel comforts her by admitting his own fear, a small picture of bearing one another's burdens. The wider series casts God as distant and his rules as arbitrary, and treats Hell as a place to escape by effort. Scripture presents God as a Father who is near to the brokenhearted, and salvation as grace rather than self-improvement. Families may find it useful to compare that picture with the biblical one.

Fruit of the SpiritWhich fruit does it show?

3 out of 9 fruits ripe in this episode

Ripe grapes are shown in the episode, buds are missing

  • Love
  • Joy
  • Peace
  • Patience
  • Self-control
Works of the flesh shown

Kindness and gentleness show in Amenadiel, who calms Linda in her grief by sharing his own fear of death. Faithfulness shows in Ella, who keeps to honest, practical goodness and challenges Charlotte to do the same. Envy and jealousy drive the killer, who guards the app's exclusivity and status at any cost. Sexual immorality sits in the background through the dating-app and hook-up culture and Lucifer's playboy habits, played largely for laughs.

The charactersExamples to follow or avoid
  • Tom Ellis
    Lucifer Morningstar
    Tom Ellis

    The devil turned nightclub owner and police consultant. He is vain and flirtatious, and stung when he is called boring.

  • Lauren German
    Chloe Decker
    Lauren German

    The detective leading the case. She borrows Lucifer's manner to get into the app's exclusive world.

  • D. B. Woodside
    Amenadiel
    D. B. Woodside

    An angel and Lucifer's brother. He teases Lucifer, then offers Linda patient, honest comfort in her grief.

  • Rachael Harris
    Linda Martin
    Rachael Harris

    Lucifer's therapist. She struggles with fear of death after her ex-husband dies.

  • Aimee Garcia
    Ella Lopez
    Aimee Garcia

    The cheerful forensic scientist. She is a person of faith who tells Charlotte that goodness shows in what people do.

How Christians are portrayed

No Christians or church appear. God, Heaven and Hell are handled as fantasy characters and settings, and God is spoken of as a distant, demanding Father rather than as the God of Scripture.

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Details

Episode details

Cast
Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D. B. Woodside
First aired
Nov 20, 2017
Created by
Tom Kapinos
Networks
FOX, Netflix
Genre
Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Episode length
42m
Age rating
US TV-14 · UK 15

How we analysed this

We gathered the episode's summary, its reception and facts about the series that independent sources agree on, then rated each content area against our rubric and worldview scale, using AI models calibrated on reference titles. Not yet reviewed by our team. Confidence: low.

Score = 100 − 16 × content concern (2.00) + 8 × worldview (0) = 68

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