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"A Devil of My Word" is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of Lucifer. It is the third season finale.

Summary[]

"Shocked by Charlotte's death, Chloe, Lucifer and the rest of the team work together to investigate and take down the killer. Then, Lucifer has an epiphany, Maze decides to mend a broken friendship and Chloe finally sees the truth."[2]

Plot[]

The episode begins immediately following the events of Quintissential Deckerstar. Everyone is still at the crime scene where Charlotte died. Lucifer says he can’t believe he'll never see her again, he assures Chloe she will be able to eventually, but Charlotte has gone somewhere that he simply can’t go.

Ella doesn’t have any leads, and Dan is inconsolable. Pierce arrives and takes control of the scene, and tells Dan to go home. When everyone disperses, Pierce asks Lucifer if he has seen Amenadiel. Lucifer reveals the feather he found and speculates Amenadiel is back home in the Silver City, having taken Charlotte there, Pierce seems oddly relieved.

Dan arrives in Charlotte's empty house. He spots the waffle maker he bought her and he breaks down, smashing it into a glass table. When he goes to clean up the mess, he sees her files, and that she was working on investigating Pierce. He returns to the precinct and quietly tells Chloe and Lucifer Charlotte was investigating Pierce, that he was the Sinnerman, and must have killed her. Lucifer looks over the file and confirms Pierce is the Sinnerman, but they can't be sure he killed Charlotte. Dan is furious that Lucifer had kept that information from them.

Pierce then addresses the precinct, saying that they will find Charlotte’s killer. He fakes an emotional break, and Chloe knows that’s not like him, he doesn't get emotional. She now agrees that Dan is right, Pierce killed Charlotte, but he is also running the investigation. How will they take him down? Lucifer says Pierce is far more powerful than they know, and they must be cautious.

Ella tells the group that they swept the scene three times before they found a cigarette butt with DNA from a man Charlotte was going to prosecute. It’s all too convenient. Chloe tells Ella to sweep again, to cover as Pierce enters.

Maze is still being held by Pierce's men, and worried about Linda. She breaks free and fights her way though a dozen thugs. Linda is seeing a patient when Maze breaks in with a knife. The patient runs out and Linda asks what happened. All Maze wants to know is if Linda is okay. She passes out when Linda confirms that she is.

Lucifer, Chloe, and Dan go to talk to the hedge fund manager, whose cigarette Ella found, knowing he is being fitted for a frame. He says he didn’t kill Charlotte, and they tell him they know that. They find a gun planted in his desk, and he realizes that they are telling the truth, someone planted evidence to frame him. He becomes very cooperative, and shows them all those mingling on his patio - all are sinners. As the team tries to figure out who would be repaying a Sinnerman favor, they realize it would not be someone with a dark past, that the culprit look squeaky clean.The only person who fits that description is the limo driver. Dan rushes him, but Lucifer pulls him back and uses his mojo. The driver says that he sneezed and killed a motorcyclist, and the Sinnerman made it like it never happened, and as payback, he is the one who planted the gun.

Dan meets with Ella, who thinks he needs a hug. Dan tells her he needs a big favor, and it’s a secret. Later, Ella is hovering outside Pierce’s office, and she tells him about the phone that Dan gave her, and a frame job. She tells a whole story about Dan saying people might be listening. Pierce is glad she came to him, and he promises that Dan is not in trouble. Pierce calls someone to say his officer is on to him, and to take care of it. A gunman shows up at Dan’s house, where Chloe and Dan capture him.

Lucifer meanwhile arrives in Pierce’s office, and says he knows Pierce killed Charlotte, and that it is time for a reckoning. He tells Pierce that Chloe isn’t there, so he is invulnerable, then tells Pierce the story of leading a rebellion against his father, and that's how he got his Devil Face - that he now thinks he gave himself his Devil Face. Pierce says his curse was lifted when Chloe fell for him, but Lucifer disagrees, that it was when he fell for Chloe, and did something selfless for the first time in his miserable life. She didn't love him. Pierce doesn't want to hear that, and says that Lucifer is vulnerable, that he wants to be good, and Pierce calls for help, saying Lucifer was trying to attack him.

Chloe and Dan are upset that Lucifer got into it with Pierce, but Ella says it wasn’t his fault, because she saw the smug look on Pierce’s face. Chloe calls Pierce, and he realizes that she is with Lucifer. She says they have the man he sent to kill Dan, but Pierce says the man knows he can get to his sister.

Maze wakes up in Linda’s office, and says she has to go, that Pierce was right about emotions. Linda says that those emotions have made her strong. They hug each other. Maze tells Linda she is sorry for the breach between them, and Linda tells her actions speak louder than words.

Lucifer has a drink while Ella tells him how much she misses Charlotte, that she can’t believe Pierce killed her. She knows God works in mysterious ways, but she can’t find a reason. In a telling moment of personal growth, Lucifer says he doesn’t think it’s God’s fault, he thinks that each individual is responsible for their own choices, "it's our own bloody fault." Ella informs God that they are on rocky ground.

The man who had been captured by Chloe and Dan says he only cares about his sister, Kelsey. If they can protect her, then he will tell them everything. Chloe and Lucifer head out to get herbut upon arriving at the address, Chloe says this whole thing doesn’t feel right. Pierce shows up and confirms that this is very much a trap. Chloe says that he doesn’t have to do this, and he agrees that normally he would not, that he's reinvented himself countless times, but this time – he has to kill Lucifer or be hunted forever. He says Chloe doesn’t have to die, and Lucifer tells her to step away. Chloe says she doesn't want to die, and she won't before she stops Pierce, then fires at Pierce wounding him. She is shot in turn and collapses. Lucifer catches her as she falls, and then he and Pierce share a look of hatred, Pierce tells his men to finish it. Lucifer’s unfurls his wings and wraps them around them both as a shield. As Pierce's men open fire, the wings are bloodied and damaged as Lucifer screams in pain. When the gunsmoke clears, Lucifer and Chloe are gone, only bloody feathers are left behind.

On the roof, Lucifer waits for Chloe to regain consciousness, the bullet had been stopped by her vest. He tells her all that matters is she's safe. When she turns away, he vanishes, and she clearly begins to believe everything he's ever told her. Chloe gets a calls from Dan telling her about the trap. She says they learned the hard way but that she’s okay. She thinks she has been avoiding the truth all along.

Lucifer, flying on bleeding wings, crashes though a window and takes out Pierce's thugs, using his wings as the weapons they are. When it is down to just him and Pierce, he painfully refurls his wings. Inside, with Chloe at a safe distance, bullets have no effect on Lucifer. But Pierce has one of Maze's demon blades and they fight. Lucifer is again wounded, and says he promised to find a way to kill Cain, he then forces Cain's hand back and shoves the blade into Pierce’s chest, claiming “I'm a devil of my word!”

Lucifer laughs when Pierce thinks he’s going to heaven; Pierce is consumed with guilt over killing Charlotte, and that will be his punishment in Hell. With a malicious smile, Lucifer’s eyes start to glow as he tells Cain he can never out run what he's done; fiery light comes from Lucifer's face as his skin cracks. Cain laughs and say neither can Lucifer as he watches the Devil face return; it is the last thing Cain sees before he dies.

Chloe arrives and Lucifer's Devil face stops her cold, “It's all true.”

Cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

  • Gonzalo Menendez as John Barrow
  • Jared Ward as Steve Chamberlain

Co-Starring[]

  • TBA

Quotes[]

Ella: Hey, we're OG, okay? You ask me to take a leap of faith, I'm already jumping!



Trivia[]

  • The episode's title is said by Lucifer when he kills Cain, keeping his word to the First Murderer to find a way to do so.
  • A Devil of My Word is the only season finale in which Amenadiel doesn't appear.
  • Tom Ellis confirmed that Lucifer didn't know that his devil face had returned.
    • The reason that it returned is because Lucifer's subconscious recognized that his taunt to Cain about not being able to out run what he'd done applied to him as well.
  • Chloe finally discovers the truth about Lucifer after seeing his Devil face, but having already figured it out by that point.
  • Lucifer is seen using his wings in battle for the first time.

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