Lucifer season 3 episode 8
Nov. 21st, 2017 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightI'm away from later this morning until Thursday evening, so quick review before I go.
I enjoyed this episode, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the soundtrack had been working properly (I watched it on Amazon Prime, don't know if anyone else watching on Prime had this problem). The music and sound effects were working fine but the dialogue was completely inaudible. I have subtitles on anyway but usually that's just to catch the words I miss because of actors mumbling. This time, the entire episode would have been incomprehensible without them.
Never mind. Hopefully, they'll have sorted it out by the time I come to re-watch. Which I'll have plenty of time to do because there isn't another new episode till December 4th. Something to do with Thanksgiving?
Spoilers behind cut.
As I said, I enjoyed the episode. Narcissistic dating sites are the exactly the sort of thing you'd expect the procedural part of the episode to investigate and the procedural part complemented Lucifer's ongoing quest to prove- to himself, if no one else - that he hasn't changed at all. In order to do which, he was extra-super-duper obnoxious, to Amenadiel, to Chloe, to Dan. Apart from Dan (who so far has just been the butt of Lucifer's jokes this season), everyone else seems to see right through him, though. In fact, I think even Dan sees right through him, while at the same time finding him a complete pain in the butt. And certainly, Lucifer's final scene with Dr Linda, when he turns the conversation around to talking about her (and not because he's trying to avoid talking about something he doesn't want to talk about) plus the rather cute monopoly scene at the beginning, shows that Lucifer is wrong and everyone else is right.
I also liked that they've found a way to incorporate Charlotte into the police set up that isn't too unbelievable (I use that word in a relative way), because her stalking Ella around LAPD HQ, though funny for one episode, wasn't a tenable situation. I think Tricia Helfer is doing a pretty good job of making Charlotte a different person from Mum, and I like the fact that Ella is afraid of her. Or rather, not of her, but that Ella can somehow sense where Charlotte's been (hell, I mean) and it scares her.
I also got quite as many references to Lucifer's bisexuality as I could ever have wanted so that's that ticked off too.
However, there was a treading-water feel about the episode and unfortunately that's a great deal to do with Marcus Pierce. It's like the season arc has gone on hiatus till he comes back, to the extent that you'd think Lucifer had forgotten all about this Sinnerman business. I don't want Pierce back at all, but I do think the arc needs to be kick-started, and his return - and hopefully, the return of Maze at long last (I thought she was back this week and was very disappointed that she wasn't)- will do that.
What's also a little lacking at the moment, which a return to arc episodes would bring back, are the supernatural references. I'm missing Lucifer's devil face. Quite enjoyed those scenes where he used it to intimidate the bad guys. Angel wings, obviously, wouldn't have the same effect, so it's no wonder he doesn't deploy them. On the other hand, I'd quite like to see those too.
As it is, if it weren't for the stellar scene between Dr Linda and Amenadiel (in which Rachael Harris was superb), in which she wishes she'd remained in blissful ignorance of the divine, if you were a casual viewer and had no idea what the show was about, you really would think that Lucifer was just an obnoxious, rich playboy with a hugely over-inflated ego.
Anyway, I need to re-watch. Hopefully with dialogue you can hear this time.
I'm away till Thursday, as I said, so happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
I enjoyed this episode, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the soundtrack had been working properly (I watched it on Amazon Prime, don't know if anyone else watching on Prime had this problem). The music and sound effects were working fine but the dialogue was completely inaudible. I have subtitles on anyway but usually that's just to catch the words I miss because of actors mumbling. This time, the entire episode would have been incomprehensible without them.
Never mind. Hopefully, they'll have sorted it out by the time I come to re-watch. Which I'll have plenty of time to do because there isn't another new episode till December 4th. Something to do with Thanksgiving?
Spoilers behind cut.
As I said, I enjoyed the episode. Narcissistic dating sites are the exactly the sort of thing you'd expect the procedural part of the episode to investigate and the procedural part complemented Lucifer's ongoing quest to prove- to himself, if no one else - that he hasn't changed at all. In order to do which, he was extra-super-duper obnoxious, to Amenadiel, to Chloe, to Dan. Apart from Dan (who so far has just been the butt of Lucifer's jokes this season), everyone else seems to see right through him, though. In fact, I think even Dan sees right through him, while at the same time finding him a complete pain in the butt. And certainly, Lucifer's final scene with Dr Linda, when he turns the conversation around to talking about her (and not because he's trying to avoid talking about something he doesn't want to talk about) plus the rather cute monopoly scene at the beginning, shows that Lucifer is wrong and everyone else is right.
I also liked that they've found a way to incorporate Charlotte into the police set up that isn't too unbelievable (I use that word in a relative way), because her stalking Ella around LAPD HQ, though funny for one episode, wasn't a tenable situation. I think Tricia Helfer is doing a pretty good job of making Charlotte a different person from Mum, and I like the fact that Ella is afraid of her. Or rather, not of her, but that Ella can somehow sense where Charlotte's been (hell, I mean) and it scares her.
I also got quite as many references to Lucifer's bisexuality as I could ever have wanted so that's that ticked off too.
However, there was a treading-water feel about the episode and unfortunately that's a great deal to do with Marcus Pierce. It's like the season arc has gone on hiatus till he comes back, to the extent that you'd think Lucifer had forgotten all about this Sinnerman business. I don't want Pierce back at all, but I do think the arc needs to be kick-started, and his return - and hopefully, the return of Maze at long last (I thought she was back this week and was very disappointed that she wasn't)- will do that.
What's also a little lacking at the moment, which a return to arc episodes would bring back, are the supernatural references. I'm missing Lucifer's devil face. Quite enjoyed those scenes where he used it to intimidate the bad guys. Angel wings, obviously, wouldn't have the same effect, so it's no wonder he doesn't deploy them. On the other hand, I'd quite like to see those too.
As it is, if it weren't for the stellar scene between Dr Linda and Amenadiel (in which Rachael Harris was superb), in which she wishes she'd remained in blissful ignorance of the divine, if you were a casual viewer and had no idea what the show was about, you really would think that Lucifer was just an obnoxious, rich playboy with a hugely over-inflated ego.
Anyway, I need to re-watch. Hopefully with dialogue you can hear this time.
I'm away till Thursday, as I said, so happy Thanksgiving, everyone.