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"Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of Lucifer.[1]

Summary[]

Lucifer, Chloe, and the gang sing and dance to a slew of popular tunes while investigating a referee’s murder.

Plot[]

It is 4 in the morning. Lucifer lies on his bed in his red pyjamas. He gives up on sleep, and walks out to the piano. He plays a single tone letting it ring for a bit, and then starts playing "Wicked Game". The song has a slightly modified lyric, exchanging the original "No, I don't wanna fall in love" with "Oh, I wanna fall in love". He sings as the scene interweaves between scenes of Lucifer playing and singing and scenes of Chloe lying awake in her bed.

As the song ends, God arrives, applauding Lucifer for his beautiful voice. Lucifer snidely laughs that it comes after his relentless honesty; "can't say it's good to see you dad." He asks if God and Michael are hanging around to wreak more havoc. God explains he sent Michael home, making Lucifer laugh, wishing he saw his brother get sent to his room. He then demands to know why God is there, and God asks if he needs a reason, irritating his son by answering a question with a question. Lucifer tells God that they will spend time together when Hell freezes over. God then calls Lucifer "Samael", triggering his son's anger. Lucifer tells God that he has already destroyed the one chance at happiness he had, shoving his father back in the elevator, and telling him to stay away.

He then receives a text which appears to surprise him. Four hours later he arrives at a crime scene at a football field, surprising Chloe. He told her he was surprised to hear from her, assuming they were done. Chloe tells him all couples have disagreements, and that she does not believe what he said, she cannot believe he is incapable of love. But that aside, they are still partners, are they not? He assures her they are, he is still dedicated to their work. Ella briefs them on the victim, who died by poison whistle. She starts taking pictures rhythmically, prompting Lucifer to ask if she is all right; he gets no response. Noticing everyone else strangely making rhythmic movement, Lucifer hears music playing. He asks what on Earth is going on as "Another Bites the Dust" plays and everyone in the area sings and dances; eventually Lucifer also joins in. At the end of the song, Lucifer finds everyone reset to where they were, as if it had never happened.

He looks about, a bit wide eyed and then spots God nearby, God wonders how Lucifer knew he was there; annoyed, Lucifer tells him that the music number out of nowhere cued him in, and tells him that a musical number is not appropriate for a crime scene. God explains he wanted to understand Lucifer's job as a police consultant, and promises to not make a scene, while making everyone behind him move to the song's beat. "Oh, God," Lucifer says in exasperation.

Chloe, meanwhile, questions the wife of the deceased referee, who had a lot of enemies due to his profession. The victim got death threats constantly via email. After a call cost a championship, it got worse; even their house got egged. Chloe spots Lucifer apparently arguing with a man she doesn't know, and asks who he is. Sighing, Lucifer reveals it is his dad and not to talk to him to avoid inflating his ego anymore; she ignores him.

Chloe greets God and tells him bluntly that he has been a terrible father to Lucifer; effectively kicking his son out of the house and "going radio silent" for millennia was just mean. Lucifer smiles proudly at Chloe for having his back. God greets her with a smile, and says he can see how much she cares for his son, how he's lucky to have her. Her temper flares and she asks, "Because I'm a gift?" Lucifer quickly grabs Chloe and says that's enough for the first meet and greet, and they wouldn't want anyone getting smited; God only smiles. As they walk away, Lucifer asks if Chloe if she now understands what he has had to deal with. She responds affirmatively; God is aggravating.

At Linda's, Amenadiel takes the bubble wrap off the ceiling fan. Linda wonders if Charlie with get angel wings as a teenager. Amenadiel tells her God confirmed Charlie is only mortal; Linda is relieved to not have to expect the terrifying possibility of wings from her son. Amenadiel explains his disappointment, not clearly explaining his fear of Charlie suffering death; Linda takes it as him seeing humans being seen inferior. Not getting it, Amenadiel explains that factually angels are indeed superior and he hoped Charlie would inherit that potential from him. Linda takes Charlie for a walk, needing time to blow off her stress.

At the precinct, Lucifer and Chloe question JJ, a linebacker who lost a scholarship to SMU; however, his clearly overbearing mother (Debbie Gibson) does all the talking. It is obvious the son has no say in his life; the mother runs everything. Lucifer notices the lighting has changed and music is playing. He and the mother go into a duet of "Every Breath You Take" but he is aware he is being forced into another musical number. God watches from the other side of the one-way glass. Lucifer gets up briefly to scowl at his father through the mirror before everything resets. Lucifer uses his mojo to get the boy to admit he wants to join the Culinary Institute of America to be a pastry chef. Lucifer demands his mother stop helicopter parenting and allow the boy to make his own decisions. Upset, Lucifer leaves to find his father.

After Lucifer leaves, the mother admits to sending the threatening email; however, she tells Chloe that there is no evidence to link her to the crime. The mother says they are leaving, but her son reveals details about a man the ref was fighting with in a parking lot a few days ago; he had an old model yellow truck. The mother, having not paid attention, thinks her son is suited for the Central Intelligence Agency. Chloe tells her she really ought to start listening to her son, prompting the mother to ask "what?"

Outside interrogation, Chloe finds Lucifer looking around; he explains God had been there. Chloe makes Lucifer fume when she says the woman is probably innocent, but he says she's done enough by screwing up her son; he believes the child is messed up for life thanks to his overbearing mother and will never be able to have normal loving relationships. Seeing this is about Lucifer, Chloe suggests he could stay close to the parent to rebuild their relationship and let go of all the resentment and hate.

Taking this to heart, Lucifer invites his father to stay in the penthouse; sleeping on the couch while God gets his bed, while making sure to get bathing supplies for his father ,as sharing them is gross. God wants to know why Lucifer changed his mind, Lucifer reveals his intention to mend their broken relationship

Lucifer takes God to the precinct, giving him the tour. He offers him a doughnut, noting that it's a triumph of mankind. God asks where Lucifer's seat of power is there, since Lucifer had said he had an important role; Lucifer states he prefers to stand in order to be ready for action. God thinks having a desk is a sign of importance, believing it means Dan is more important. Lucifer introduces them, making Dan stumble. God reveals that he knows Dan from the time he spent with his wife; Dan notices God looking Charlotte's picture on his desk. God jokes that he may not be seeing Dan later. Seeing Dan freaked out, Lucifer takes God to get Cool Ranch puffs from a vending machine.

Ella arrives, with Maze close behind with a new bounty; she offers him to Ella as a new date. Ella turns it down; Maze is just lashing out after last episode. Ella tells Maze that she makes the world a better place. "Bad to the Bone" begins playing; Maze sings, flirting with the perps. Ella backs away, not under God's spell this time. Ella sings "No Scrubs" in duet. It culminates in a dance number in the conference room. Unlike the last number, no-one is back where they started. Ella runs back to her lab, where Chloe is waiting for results from the analysis; they get a trace on the person in the yellow truck. Chloe hears Lucifer raising his voice in the break area, finding him arguing with God over coffee. Refusing to taste it, Chloe suggests they find someone else.

The coffee argument leads them to Linda, who asks about the real reason they are arguing. Lucifer states God judges every little thing despite creating every little thing. God wonders if this is sarcasm, which he didn't create; neither did Lucifer. Linda asks if God is angry with Lucifer; God explains he's incapable of anger. Incredulous, Lucifer asks if getting sent to hell was 'just for shiggles'. Lucifer believes he got sent there for challenging God's "superhero status". God explains that if he tries to give an opinion, but is deemed controlling; if he lets Lucifer make a choice, he is blamed for being distant and having"mysterious ways". No matter what, Lucifer assumes God has the worst possible intentions. Lucifer scoffs that the reason he assumes the worst is because nothing is ever good enough for God; "why don't you have a desk, why does your car have no roof, why is your kitchen a wall of scotch." God explains he was only taking an interest.

Lucifer explains God turning the crime scene into a music video; God slyly points out Lucifer joined in, and Lucifer responds that he can't help himself when the music starts and his father knows that. Linda notes that for all the advantages angels and God have had, mentally they haven't evolved beyond humanity despite having millennia before them. She tells God a father loves unconditionally and supports his son; God gets the message and decides to put his full effort into mending his relationship with Lucifer. Lucifer is stunned, but agrees to give it a try.

God joins Lucifer with the investigation; with Lucifer keeping him out of the gym supplies at the school. They meet coach Vey, who is the owner of the truck; he hated the deceased, however, he didn't do it; the victim's bad call got his team into the playoffs. Turns out someone stole his whistle from his truck;and it's the one the victim used. God gives Lucifer a noogie to congratulate him for doing well.

At Lux, Amenadiel is surprised by Dan; Lucifer had told his brother that Dan found out about the celestial world due to Michael. Dan reveals he met God and is confused about the whole God's wife/Charlotte thing. Dan wonders if he slept with Goddess while she was inhabiting Charlotte's body; Amenadiel admits there was an overlap. Amenadiel confirms that the stories about God's temper; apologizing that his father isn't above human pettiness. Dan laughs hysterically that he is going to Hell for sleeping with God's wife. "Hell" begins playing, with Dan as the lead singer. Amenadiel joins in the dancing. An appalled Lucifer and God watch from the balcony. Lucifer demands the bloody celestial karaoke jam end; God agrees but only after the song.

The next morning God has prepared breakfast for Lucifer. Lucifer is aghast as he's naked and demands boundaries. God scoffs, saying it wasn't the first time he'd seen his son naked or for that matter naked people anywhere in the apartment. Lucifer drinks the coffee, admitting it tastes wonderful - his father had picked it up in Bolivia that morning. Needing time to focus on the case, Lucifer asks God to spend time with his other children.

At the precinct, Ella gives Chloe report that says strands or orange and blue dyed hair strands from the thief. Lucifer greets Chloe, happy to be rid of God and his musical numbers; she's obviously confused by what he means. Lucifer explains God has been causing humans to sing and dance; but humans don't seem to notice. Mentioning how it's God constantly judges things, Chloe realizes a lead in the case; the dead ref was like that too - overly judgmental.

In the park, Linda is walking Charlie's stroller; still glad she has him even if he can't fly. "Just the Two of Us" begins playing; meaning God is nearby as the song continues Amenadiel arrives, singing the lyrics coinciding with his love for Charlie. With Charlie's parents reconciled, God watches with a smile.

Chloe tracks the colors to Van Ness high, where the deceased's wife works. She poisoned him with chemicals ordered for her chem lab. She was driven to it because her husband was never satisfied with anything. After 20 years, she finally snapped and ended her pain. She tries burning Chloe with a Bunsen burner, but Lucifer smothers the flame at the cost of his right sleeve. Seeing the impossible, the woman gives no resistance. As the woman is taken away, Chloe approaches the unhappy Lucifer, he tells her he and his father are too far gone to be mended; Chloe disagrees, telling him there's hope, that she has faith in him.

At home, Chloe puts Trixie to bed and looks over a picture of Lucifer that Trixie drew. "Smile" begins playing, meaning God is near; unnoticed by Chloe, Trixie sings while watching her. Chloe thinks back to all her moments with Lucifer that lead to their love. Trixie goes back to her room, while God watches from outside; he considers going in, but decides against it.

At the penthouse, Lucifer returns, and God asking about his day. After a retort, Lucifer learns God considers Amenadiel a good father. After another bitter exchange, Lucifer finally says it was bad enough God rejected him and cast him out, but worse was him messing with the the life he made for himself on Earth. He had something there, and for the the first time in his "long, hopeless life" he felt something, something good. "I Dreamed a Dream" plays, and father and son sing a duet.

God comforts Lucifer after the song, noting that while Lucifer is full of light, he's also blinded by it sometimes. He explains that he understands Lucifer's anger and is sorry, "but I cannot fix you, Lucifer." Lucifer wipes his eyes, "But you're God." Cutting himself off he accepts that, asking to at least not be controlled. God asks how is he controlling, to which Lucifer points he was made to sing again. He tells God it has to stop, which God says he's not sure it can. Lucifer scoffs, but notices God beginning to weep. God thinks he's losing control of his powers. Lucifer can only say "dad" in a soft, stunned tone.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

Co-Starring[]

  • Skyh Black as Hot Bounty
  • James Calixte as Player
  • Amaris Dupree as Darla Rockwell
  • Gregory Kasyan as Phil the Phantom
  • Caleb J. Thaggard as JJ Bitner

Trivia[]

  • This episode gave the show an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
  • Lucifer is the one who says the title name in the episode.
  • Chloe finally understands why Lucifer has had so much trouble with parental figures; while she has met Goddess, whom Lucifer only had minor friction with, Chloe now sees all of Lucifer's issues stem from God.
    • It also didn't help her perspective with how Goddess described the divorce - "betrayal, torture, hell, etc".
  • This episode gives a nod to God's other son: Jesus. God tells Lucifer that he got a coffee from Bolivia to a farmer appropriately named Jesús.
  • It turns out that God dislikes being tagged as Lucifer does. When Chloe, Lucifer and God speaks to coach McVey in the locker room, the coach says "Yeah, but he didn't have to be so goddamned sanctimonious about it" to which God replies "Oh please, don't bring me into this".
  • Title dropped during the song Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers when Lucifer said that he had enough of the bloody celestial karaoke jam that God was perpetrating on them all.
  • This is the first time Amenadiel takes a rap.
  • This episode foreshadows that Dan might go to hell.
  • The "Another One Bites the Dust" number was shown in the preview at DC Fandom at the year 2020 a year before the episode aired.

Soundtrack[]

Note: Bold words meaning is the scene plays

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