HeartGuard score
How suitable a title is for Christian viewers, from 0 to 100. It weighs the content meters and the worldview.
- 80–100Recommended
- 60–79Watch with care
- 35–59Think it throughThis episode
- 15–34Strong caution
- 0–14Not recommended
HeartGuard score
How suitable a title is for Christian viewers, from 0 to 100. It weighs the content meters and the worldview.
- 80–100Recommended
- 60–79Watch with care
- 35–59Think it throughThis episode
- 15–34Strong caution
- 0–14Not recommended
Worldview score
What the story celebrates or condemns.
Why −1 for this episode
The episode celebrates Lucifer and Chloe's sexual relationship as emotional growth and reworks God, angels and salvation into fantasy where the devil is the sympathetic hero. Some honesty and vulnerability is valued, but the spiritual framing runs against Christian teaching.
- +2Affirms faithPresents faith in God positively and as true
- +1Positive valuesHonesty, sacrifice and family win out
- 0Mixed or neutralNo clear stance
- −1AmbivalentThis episodeShows sin without judging it either way
- −2Glamorises sinMakes sin look attractive and rewarding
Age guide
How suitable this episode is for each age group.
Why 16+ for this episode
An unmarried couple's first night together, frequent innuendo, serial killer murders and a shooting appear at a moderate level. The reimagined devil, angels and salvation depart from the Bible.
- Under 8No
- Ages 8–12No
- Ages 13–15Wait
- Ages 16–17Check first
- AdultsCheck first
A playful crime episode built on Lucifer and Chloe's first night together, with a disturbing serial killer case. Its reimagined devil, angels and salvation will trouble many Christian families.
Watch guide
What's in it?
LanguageOccasional mild swearing
Expect occasional mild and moderate swearing typical of the later seasons, without sustained strong language.
BlasphemyA few exclamations
The series regularly uses God's name casually, and Lucifer speaks dismissively of his Father; expect a few such moments.
Sex and nudityUnmarried couple's sex
The episode opens the morning after Lucifer and Chloe first sleep together, with suggestive bedroom scenes and frequent innuendo, but no explicit sex.
RelationshipsSex outside marriage
Lucifer and Chloe's new sexual relationship is central and celebrated; Ella starts dating a reporter.
ViolenceMurders, a shooting
A serial killer cuts victims' vocal cords; bodies and crime scenes are shown, and a character is shot.
Frightening scenesTense crime scenes
The killer's method and discovered victims are unsettling, with tense moments during the investigation.
Drugs and alcoholSocial drinking
Characters drink socially in typical series settings.
AttitudesHedonism, cruelty
Lucifer's desire-driven outlook is played for laughs, Maze picks a fight, and a director is shown being abusive on set.
OccultDevil as hero
Lucifer's supernatural power to draw out desires drives the comedy, and angels and Hell are reimagined; the archangel Michael offers Dan a distorted idea of salvation.
- To knowContent to know about
- Skip for kidsSkip for younger viewers
- DiscussWorth discussing
- Early
Sex outside marriage
Lucifer and Chloe wake after their first night together; suggestive bedroom scenes and innuendo follow, with no explicit sex.
- Early
Violence and murder
An opera singer is found murdered; the crime scene and her throat injury are shown.
- Mid
Loneliness and identity
Maze reenacts the first time she fought Amenadiel, then confesses that she feels low because she has no soul and wants a person to confide in.
- Mid
False spirituality
Dan visits Charlotte's grave, afraid he is bound for Hell, and the archangel Michael tells him how he can be saved; the show's idea of salvation departs from the Bible.
- Mid
Occult and bad behaviour
Lucifer's power to draw out people's desires is played for comedy, and a director on a set is shown being abusive.
- Late
Serial killerSkip if under 13
Further victims link the case to a serial killer who leaves lilies and cuts vocal cords; the investigation turns tense.
- Late
Shooting
Dan arrives and shoots Lucifer.
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Faith & story
What does it say?
What's it about?The plot, without the ending
The morning after Lucifer and Chloe first sleep together, Lucifer finds that his usual power to draw out desires has turned strangely on himself. In the meantime the two look into the killing of an opera singer, and a recurring detail begins to implicate an offender whom journalists have already given a nickname. Ella starts a new romance, while Maze and Dan wrestle with private worries.
Through a faith lensHow it connects to the Bible
This episode reimagines the devil as a charming hero whose power to draw out people's desires is played for laughs, yet Scripture describes Satan as a liar and the father of lies who disguises himself as an angel of light. [John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:14] The story presents sex between an unmarried couple as emotional growth, while the Bible calls believers to honour marriage and flee sexual immorality. [Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 6:18] Dan's fear of hell and his search for salvation touch a real question, but the answer he is given is a fantasy; the Bible says salvation comes by grace through faith in Christ, not by anything we earn. Maze's grief at having no soul and needing someone to talk to echoes the Psalmist's cry for a listening God. Families may want to talk about where the episode's picture of God, angels and salvation departs from the Bible, and about why honest vulnerability is good while the story's deeper claims are not.
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
- Joy
- Peace
- Patience
- Goodness
- Gentleness
Love and kindness appear when Chloe and Lucifer open up to each other, and when Ella and Amenadiel make room for Maze's sadness. Faithfulness shows in Chloe, who keeps working on the case because she feels there is more to it. Against this, the episode shows sexual immorality and sensuality in the couple's morning after, and in the innuendo that surrounds Lucifer. Fits of anger appear in Maze's staged fight, and jealousy in the tensions that run between the characters. Idolatry shows in a world where the devil is treated as the hero. Self-control is the most telling absence in an episode driven by Lucifer's desires.
The charactersExamples to follow or avoid
Lucifer MorningstarTom EllisThe devil turned nightclub owner and police consultant. He is charming and flippant, and is startled by what his new closeness to Chloe stirs up in him.
Chloe DeckerLauren GermanA Los Angeles detective and Lucifer's new partner in love. She is determined and curious, and she keeps pressing the case after others move on.
Mazikeen 'Maze'Lesley-Ann BrandtA demon and Lucifer's friend. She hides her pain behind combat but admits she is sad about having no soul.
Dan EspinozaKevin AlejandroA detective and Chloe's ex-husband. He is anxious about his eternal fate now that he knows who Lucifer really is.
Ella LopezAimee GarciaThe cheerful forensic scientist. She begins dating a reporter and helps with the investigation.
How Christians are portrayed
No ordinary Christians or churches appear. Faith comes through a reimagined cosmology in which God is a distant Father and angels are family members with human flaws. Michael's visit to Dan treats salvation as a trick of advice rather than a gift of grace, and it presents the hope of heaven in a distorted way.
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Details
Episode details
- Cast
- Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D. B. Woodside
- First aired
- Aug 21, 2020
- Created by
- Tom Kapinos
- Networks
- FOX, Netflix
- Genre
- Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Episode length
- 55m
- 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: medium.
Score = 100 − 16 × content concern (2.83) + 8 × worldview (−1) = 47
This is a guide to help families choose with wisdom, not a verdict on anyone's conscience ().
Updated 2026-10-14