This episode has a
lot of flashbacks of Pierce back in 1958 where he was also a detective and…
Hey this is a really
bad way to be low key. I mean I thought he tried to hide who he was, even this
episode he makes the point that he moved around a lot. Coming back to the same
city and the same profession (hey which may have elimination prints on file even)
may not be the best bet
Back then he was
investigating a serial killer - the broken hearts killer - who killed couples
(where one party was cheating) in a particularly gruesome and heart squishing
manner. He decides to do all his work in a bar because who cares about crime
scene photos being seen by all and sundry with a bevy of women all coming on to
him and him ignoring all of them
Except the bar tender
who has him pegged exactly - how he wants company (so he works in a bar) but
doesn’t think he deserves it so he sits alone and drives people off and how he
never let’s people in.
In the present we
have a copycat killer - the broken hearts killer was found (possibly by Pierce
- but the credit taken by Ray his partner) and died recently in prison - only
now we have a string of similar murders
We also have Pierce
and Chloe. They had an excellent time together at the concert and Ella makes a
big point of the chemistry they have together in case we missed it.and so
Lucifer can be super jealous of Pierce having a relationship with Chloe
Yes, this is
Lucifer’s issue of the week with jhim continually being jealous and pouty about
Pierce and Chloe. Especially when Pierce joins the investigation because he has
so much insider knowledge about the crime which makes him a genuine asset.
Best thing? Chloe
telling Lucifer they have no time for his issues when there’s a damn serial
killer on the loose. Amen Chloe, no more Lucifer shenanigans when people are
dying.
They follow some red
herrings - the wife who was being cheated on (now in therapy and dealing with
her… excessive reactions), a guy who fanpoodled the original murders and did
tours (had insider knowledge but from a cop he was paying to get info for his
tours). Pierce manages to find his old bar and the granddaughter of the old bar
tender: and she has all the old notes of the previous case as well. Turns out
the original murderer used a radio show to find cheating spouses.
So time for a modern
version with Lucifer playing the cheated on partner, Chloe his cheating partner
and Pierce her new love. Because this show is subtle. This leads to some more
red herrings with more people from the radio station deciding to post all the
information of the victims of the show for more drama. This does open up the
suspects again but luckily the murderer (a rather random guy) tries to murder
Chloe and Pierce anyway at Pierce’s house (great view complete with rocks of
the many many many places he’s visited).
Lucifer saves them
and has something of a revelation from both Dan and this guy’s ranting - he
doesn’t get to define who Chloe has relationships with and, shock horror, Chloe
can actually have relationships with more than one man without him being
replaced.
Things aren’t all
good though - while Pierce is definitely making romantic moves on Chloe, we see
from his flashbacks that he rejected the bar tender because he was afraid of
connecting and wouldn’t let anyone in. He seems willing to do that with Chloe -
even tells her he is willing to let her in. Except when granddaughter bartender
asks him about his new love he says he’s getting what he always wanted -
alongside his romanticism of her grandparents dying together after a long life
it looks like Cain is still on his quest to die: and intends to use Chloe. I
suspect this will not end well
At least Lucifer’s
annoyingness ended rather maturely this episode
Another twist comes
with Amenadiel running into Charlotte and, shocked, greeting her as “mom” and
rambling about burning swords before realising his mother isn’t in that head.
Oops. He tries to brush it off and runs to Linda to learn, obviously, that she
knows all about Charlotte and just kind of thought he knew as well, which is
fairly reasonable. Amenadiel thinks they should tell her the truth as Charlotte
begged him to tell her - but Linda is against it. The truth nearly broke Linda
and she’s much more stable than Charlotte, a deeply fragile woman who has
literally gone to hell and back
Despite this advice
he continues to follow Charlotte and, unsurprisingly, is caught… and he seems
to tell her everything. I suspect this will not end well.
Last storyline is
Maze - who is continuing to lash out and pout. One element that is interesting
is she tells Dan, who is trying to get her to quit her shenanigans (sleeping
with rockers in Trixie’s bed, giving pot brownies to her teacher) is that
people are trying to change her: I assume this is her reasserting her
demon-ness. Her tantrums lead to her saying something hurtful about Trixie - in
Trixie’s hearing…. awww… Trixie
I don’t know if she’s
reasserting her demon nature - and if so to who? Dan and Chloe? Or herself? Or
whether she’s provoking Dan and Chloe into kicking her out so she doesn’t have
to be the one to leave
