Lucifer Season 2 ep 4
Oct. 18th, 2016 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightBeen really busy but managed to watch this tonight. Spoilers behind cut.
Again, I could not care less about the case of the week, which I solved the minute the character whodunnit appeared on screen. Also, both the actress playing that character and the one playing the sleazy older bloke were not very good actors, IMO.
Also, also, I did get a bit irritated with Lucifer this week, not so much making the case of the week All About Him this time as making it There To Stop Him Enjoying himself and thus to be treated as unimportant. I do find him charming and funny, and most of the time I don't mind the clueless childishness, but occasionally it grates and this was one of those times.
Maybe I should be paying more attention to who writes individual episodes to see whether there are writers whose episodes I prefer- speaking of which I saw someone on Twitter saying that it was only in the episodes written by men that Lucifer comes across as so lewd and crude, and the Lucifer Writers Room account insisting this was not so and all the writers (of whom half or more are women) have input into every episode. Make of that what you will.
Anyway, gripes aside, I did enjoy the interaction between the various characters in the episode, especially Chloe, Maze, Dr Linda and Ella bonding over drinks, violence, and things that have nothing to do with Lucifer (apart from Chloe trying to mimic Lucifer's accent, which was funny). I liked the alcohol-fuelled adventures of Lucifer and Amenadiel somewhat less, because they were rather perfunctory. Fun, though. I do prefer them as non-warring siblings.
Best scenes: the four women in the bar, Amenadiel and Dr Linda (and boy, DB Woodside looked good in that scene), Lucifer pouring Maze a drink, and best of all, the final Chloe/Maze scene. I love the idea of them as flatmates. Also love the sense of impending doom at the end.
Fun, anyway. Way more fun than anything else I'm watching at the moment, though some of those things are much better shows, of course.
Also, just so you know, my beloved laptop is acting very cranky. I really hope it's not on its last legs, but it is getting on a bit now. :(
Again, I could not care less about the case of the week, which I solved the minute the character whodunnit appeared on screen. Also, both the actress playing that character and the one playing the sleazy older bloke were not very good actors, IMO.
Also, also, I did get a bit irritated with Lucifer this week, not so much making the case of the week All About Him this time as making it There To Stop Him Enjoying himself and thus to be treated as unimportant. I do find him charming and funny, and most of the time I don't mind the clueless childishness, but occasionally it grates and this was one of those times.
Maybe I should be paying more attention to who writes individual episodes to see whether there are writers whose episodes I prefer- speaking of which I saw someone on Twitter saying that it was only in the episodes written by men that Lucifer comes across as so lewd and crude, and the Lucifer Writers Room account insisting this was not so and all the writers (of whom half or more are women) have input into every episode. Make of that what you will.
Anyway, gripes aside, I did enjoy the interaction between the various characters in the episode, especially Chloe, Maze, Dr Linda and Ella bonding over drinks, violence, and things that have nothing to do with Lucifer (apart from Chloe trying to mimic Lucifer's accent, which was funny). I liked the alcohol-fuelled adventures of Lucifer and Amenadiel somewhat less, because they were rather perfunctory. Fun, though. I do prefer them as non-warring siblings.
Best scenes: the four women in the bar, Amenadiel and Dr Linda (and boy, DB Woodside looked good in that scene), Lucifer pouring Maze a drink, and best of all, the final Chloe/Maze scene. I love the idea of them as flatmates. Also love the sense of impending doom at the end.
Fun, anyway. Way more fun than anything else I'm watching at the moment, though some of those things are much better shows, of course.
Also, just so you know, my beloved laptop is acting very cranky. I really hope it's not on its last legs, but it is getting on a bit now. :(