Lucifer Wiki
Register
Advertisement

"Monster" is the sixth episode of the second season of Lucifer.

Summary[]

"Guilty and self-destructive, Lucifer clashes with Chloe during an investigation, leading her to team up with Dan instead. Meanwhile, Amenadiel bonds with Charlotte, and Maze takes Trixie trick-or-treating."[1]

Plot[]

206 promo 12 Lucifer Chloe

"The homeless magician"

A bride and groom are shot at a zombie themed wedding, the bride is killed, the groom wounded. The team works the scene without Lucifer, who is drinking heavily at Lux where he is confronted by Linda who is worried about him canceling, he never cancels. He informs her his brother died, and she tells him if he needs to talk, she is there for him. He dismisses her coldly, "Oh, what's the point? You wouldn't understand me, anyway. You think everything I say is a metaphor. Now if you don't mind, you're killing my buzz."

When Lucifer finally arrives at the crime scene, he is disheveled and had clearly been drinking, behaving recklessly. He still finds a lead after making out with one of the brides maids, who had told the bride's ex about the wedding. Chloe is upset with his behavior, but concerned as well, "I don't know. There's just something completely off about him today... it's different; he's missing his usual extreme glee. He just seems really dark."

Back at the precinct, their suspect is waiting in interrogation, and while Chloe is talking to Dan, Lucifer questions him alone, breaking off the doors handles so they won't be disturbed. From the viewing room, Chloe tells Lucifer to open the doors, which he does, declaring the suspect innocent. He tells Chloe that while the ex had been at the wedding, he had left and bumped into a man with a guitar case, which Chloe speculates could have been used to carry and hide the murder weapon.

Meanwhile, Amenadiel is at Lux, grieving the death of Uriel. His mother takes him to the woods where Lucifer buried Uriel and they grieve together. Amenadiel becomes angry with his Father.

Forensics finds evidence of a shooter at the crime scene; a food wrapper from a specific food truck, Chloe and Lucifer head out to check the venue. When they get there, they discover that the shooter had been there earlier that day, asking for the owner, Freddy. Before they can ask anymore questions, however, Freddy is shot by sniper fire. Chloe sees where the shot came from but by the time she and Lucifer get there, the shooter is gone. Chloe realizes that their killer has "a list".

At the precinct, Chloe talks to Freddy's wife and discovers that connection between the two victims is their spouses. They worked together; the murdered bride's groom is a lawyer who handled malpractices at the hospital where Freddy's wife works. Chloe, Lucifer, and Dan go to the hospital to ask for the records. Chloe asks Lucifer if he wants to talk about whatever he is going through, but he rebuffs her. Dan fails to get the records, saying they need a warrant, but Lucifer steals his badge and uses it to get the records himself. Dan is furious Lucifer took his badge and gun, and Lucifer counters he did what he had to do. Dan scoffs and accuses Lucifer of doing only what he wants to do. Lucifer takes offense, and says if he only did what he wanted he would do "this" and punches Dan in the nose. Chloe tells him he is off the case and sends him home.

Meanwhile, Maze takes Trixie trick-or-treating. They are getting lots of candy under Maze's intimidating glare, but Trixie laments that she wishes Maze had worn a costume too. Maze says that she did bring "something" and asks Trixie to turn around. After a moment, she tells Trixie that she's ready and Trixie turns around to see Maze's true demon face. After a beat, Trixie excitedly declares that it is "cool," and that they are going to get even more candy.

Chloe and Dan discover that the shooter is Wes Williams, who is apparently out to avenge his wife who died from lung disease; she took part in an experimental trial, but was put in the placebo group. They figure out who Wes's next targets are; a husband and wife doctor team, Jack and Sally Peterson, who participated in the trial. They go to check on the pair at their place of work, but Wes is already there. Lucifer arrives and stands in front of Sally who is the lobby getting coffee and demands that the sniper shoot him. Wes tries to scare Lucifer off by shooting close to him, but Lucifer does not move, suggesting the shooter isn't even trying. Using the time that Lucifer has bought her, Chloe finds Wes and arrests him. When Lucifer asks Wes why he didn't shoot him, Wes says that he didn't deserve to die, to which Lucifer replies, "How do you know what I deserve?" He then realizes that Wes holds himself accountable for his wife's death, "So it's not vengeance you want, it's punishment. Well, now you've got it. Good for you."

Wes is taken away, and Chloe once again asks Lucifer to talk to her, but Lucifer insists that she wouldn't understand. Chloe tells him, "Every time you say that you don't care, or that you're evil, or you're the Devil, I know that's not who you really are." But Lucifer wants no sympathy and tells her, "You don't know a thing about who I am, Detective. Or what I've done." Chloe then tells him that if he can't talk to her, he should at least talk to Linda.

Lucifer does finally go to Linda, and brokenly admits to feeling something he never felt before; guilt, that his brother didn't just die, Lucifer killed him. Linda stops him, and tells him she can no longer keep up with all his elaborate metaphors. Almost desperately he responds, "But it's not a metaphor, Doctor. You need to take me seriously. You need to believe what I'm saying. Otherwise, you'll never understand... I'm a monster. A monster who deserves to be punished." She believes he feels that way, and she wants to understand, but he must be completely honest with her so that she can help him, "That's what all of these sessions... Our entire relationship...is all about. Getting to know the real Lucifer. No more lies. No more metaphors." He seems both reluctant and relieved when he displays his Devil face. When Linda is frozen in terror and does not respond to him, he sadly departs.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

  • Joshua Bitton as Wes Williams
  • Amad Jackson as Freddy Loomis
  • Nicole LaPlaca as Shauna[2]

Co-Starring[]

  • Joel Cottingham as zombie priest
  • Annamaria Demara as Peggy Russo
  • Tina Georgieva as club goer
  • Liam Hall as Edgar Romero
  • Karen Holness as Sidney Loomis
  • Sean Hunter as Jason Myers
  • Tosca Leong as Sally Peterson
  • Vico Ortiz as teenage employee
  • David Perez as neighbor
  • John Prowse as Jack Peterson

Featured Music[]

  • "No Good" - Kaleo
  • "The Unforgiven" - Metallica (piano cover)
  • "Way Down We Go" - Kaleo

Trivia[]

  • Lucifer is the one who says the title in the episode.
  • In the scene where Lucifer is playing the piano before he kicks everyone out of Lux, the song he is playing is "The Unforgiven" by Metallica.
  • Lesley-Ann Brandt's mother and niece made a cameo during the trick-or-treating scene.[3]
  • In the scene where Chloe is asking Maze to take Trixie out to trick-or-treat, it can be seen that her phone case is themed after the popular San-X character Rilakkuma. 
  • The movie playing when Chloe finds Maze and Trixie asleep is A Nightmare on Elm Street.
  • Some of the characters names are Freddy and Jason. A references to horror movie villains: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees respectively. Jason's last name Myers, is a nod to another horror movie villain: Michael Myers. Edgar's last name is "Romero," as in George A. Romero, famed zombie filmmaker. Jack and Sally are named after the lead characters in A Nightmare Before Christmas. Wes William is named after Wes Craven, the director of Scream. Sidney Loomis named after a character and a actor of Scream : Billy Loomis and Sidney Prescott.
  • When Lucifer shows up disheveled and smelling of drink at the crime scene, Chloe tells him he looks like a "homeless magician".
  • Lucifer adamantly states that "all killers must be punished," which is what he is attempting to do to himself all episode.
  • Lucifer represents the audience when he talks to the killer, calling him an idiot. Wes ruined the lives of two couples by killing their spouses, in some twisted logic about wanting to suffer himself. In a bit of dark humor, Wes could have gotten JUST THAT if he killed himself; the guilt he felt for not being there for his wife would have sent him to hell, where he would be tormented.
  • This is the second time we see Maze's demonic face.
  • From this episode, Linda knows the truth about Lucifer.

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Links[]

Season 2

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 FOX Announces Halloween-Themed Programming, SpoilerTV
  2. Character name is never used or shown in episode, but is given in outside sources, e.g. IMDb
  3. https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/793265077495267328
Advertisement