In the beginning... The Angle Lucifer was cast out of Heaven and condemned to rule Hell for all eternity, until he decided to take a vacation... The show fallows Lucifer (Tom Ellis) taking a permanent vacation to L.A. to help humanity with its miseries through his experiences and telepathic ability to bring peoples deepest desires and thoughts out of them. While meeting a girl at Lucifer's night club (The Lux) he gets involved in a shooting that subsequently ends in the death of the girl. Trying to seek out the man who killed her, leads Lucifer to becoming a LAPD consultant who tries to punish people for their crimes through law and justice. Along side Lucifer is LAPD officer Chole Decker, a former actress turned detective who wanted to be taken more seriously fallowing a topless scene in one of her previous movies; Mazikeen, Lucifer's loyal servant who is accompanying him on his vacation; and plenty more colorful characters that are introduced throughout the episodes but usually only stick around for an episode or two.
I like this show because the plot actually fallows Lucifer, instede of having him as a side character or a villain, and it gives you a look into the Devil's life. Tom Ellis's portrail of the Devil brings a whole new light to the typical image of Satan. Full of witty one-liners, carefree antics, and plenty of sexual humor, Ellis portrays all of this, while not forgetting the unforgivable darkness that lies behind the nice exterior. This show has pretty much got it all, yet it still has its problems. Each episode is new in its own way, but it fallows the same pattern of events over and over and ends up being kind of predictable. As a whole, this show is pretty damn great in my opinion, and I definitely recommend it.
You should read the comic book series upon which it is based. It's good stuff.
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