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Sweet Kicks is the fifth episode of the first season of Lucifer. It aired on February 22, 2016.

Summary[]

After a shooting occurs at a fashion show and a young woman is killed, Lucifer becomes thrilled with the potential danger of the situation and insinuates himself with Chloe to get in on the case. Meanwhile, when Maze admits to Amenadiel that she wants to go back to Hell, he sets his sights on Dr. Linda.

Plot[]

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Lucifer and Maze at the show.

Lucifer Maze attend a fashion show featuring shoe designer, Benny Choi. Lucifer is excited about his apparent "mortality sitch," and tells her, "The danger of getting hurt is positively thrilling. Fun with mortality. Bring it!" but Maze is worried, and is keeping a close eye on him. Lucifer leaves the audience to hook up with a model backstage, he discovers her deepest desire is for a cheese burger. When shots ring out, panic ensues, and a young woman is trampled to death.

At the precinct, Chloe tells Dan she is done with Lucifer, but Lucifer is there again and cheerily pretends to be there to blackmail Chloe about her shooting him. He speaks to lieutenant Olivia Monroe in her office, and strikes a bargain to be allowed on the case. Chloe is not thrilled. Lucifer, however, helped Choi get his first show and is now owed a favor. He tells Benny he must cooperate with Chloe, so he admitted he was once in a gang, and members of a rival gang were seen at the show.

Chloe reluctantly takes Lucifer to a cop bar at his insistence, to get him to shut up about his leg. Lucifer observes she isn't popular. Malcolm Graham's partner gives her a hard time, and she explains about Palmetto, "Paolucci thinks he took the bullet like a hero; I think he was on the take." Lucifer says that is no excuse for his rudeness, and approaches Paolucci, "let me state that I'm in no way standing up for my associate, Detective Decker. But on behalf of myself, and only myself, I think you're a complete sack of ass," and punches him before Chloe drags him out of there.

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Amenadiel gets Maze to cooperate.

Amenadiel finds Maze in a coffee shop, and she admits she wants to go back to Hell. She tells him Lucifer doesn't confide in her any more, but he has started talking to a doctor.... Amenadiel tracks Linda down and sets himself up in her building as a Dr Canaan, and introduces himself to her.

At Lux, Maze tells Lucifer his behavior is foolish, but he thinks "I actually don't think it's my mortality that you're worried about. You're just jealous that I'm exploring it with Detective Decker." She scoffs at this notion and says she won't be able to protect him, but he replies, "You exist to protect me. To know where I am and who I'm with at all times, whether you want to, or not." Dan then shows up and tells Lucifer he convinced Paolucci not to not press charges, and that he better take care of Chloe if he wants to be on the case.

Chloe and Lucifer go to question the suspects, Dani and Diego Ramirez, but Chloe locks him in the car telling him if he wants to behave like a child, she can treat him like one. Chloe knocks to no response, but hears a scream inside. She kicks in the door and finds Lucifer inside the couple's bedroom. They tell her they didn't shoot up the show, that the victim was Diego's cousin. They then offered a possible suspect, Yellow Viper, "a big-deal graffiti artist, ran with Benny back in the day, then took the fall on some B&E."

Chloe then gets a text from Benny saying someone else is dead. It turned out to be Benny's pet pig. When she brings up Viper, Benny said he tried to support Viper when he was in jail, and didn't know he got out. Chloe and Lucifer then track Viper down, and find him teaching tagging do a group of young people, and Lucifer is disappointed "this bad guy thing's going to be all the joke now. What next... cuddles and ice cream?" Viper was uncooperative, and then the Dani and Diego show up with their gang. Lucifer then distracts them while Viper and his students escape. When the lights go off, Lucifer and Chloe take cover as the gang members go down one by one, with Lucifer supplying commentary. Maze is happening, and comes to their rescue, "Ass saved. You're welcome."

Chloe suggests that whenever Lucifer offers his favors, bad things happen. He replies he cannot be responsible for what happens after the favor is bestowed. While they then transport Viper, he admits to Lucifer that he only wanted to teach his art and he didn't shoot Benny, saying he won't miss. Chloe realizes that with Benny on stage was an an easy target, and so many people in the crowd, it is suspicious no one was shot dead.

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Lucifer terrorizes Benny.

Back at Benny's he offers Lucifer an street art piece as thanks, but Lucifer has considered Chloe's argument, and tells Benny, "if there's one thing the Devil abhors, it's a fake." Benny's bodyguard, Hector, then admits to framing Viper under Benny's orders. Lucifer throws Benny through the art piece and terrifies him with his devil face.

In the aftermath, Lt. Monroe holds a press conference and Lucifer smugly informs Chloe he is now an official civilian consultant for the LAPD. Chloe surrenders, "Okay, then. You win. We're partners.... I may have no idea what your angle is, but at least now I can keep my eye on you." She then drives off leaving him behind.

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Maze revealing her true face.

At Lux, Maze reaffirms that she would protect him, no matter what, and he acknowledges he must be at least a little careful.

Maze then quietly breaks in to Chloe's to observe her in her sleep, revealing the horrible reality of her demon face in the mirror.


Cast[]

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Guest[]

Co-starring[]

  • Shaun Omaid as Hector
  • Howard Siegel as Grizzled Uni cop
  • Gabriela Zimmerman as Mrs. Cortez
  • Paula Zerpa as Paola Cortez
  • Olena Medwid as Machete Model
  • Tori Katongo as Cute Female Uni Cop
  • Teresa Laverty as Bartender
  • Pippa Mackie as Barista

Trivia[]

  • Diego is the one who says the title name in the episode.
  • The events of Sweet Kicks take place between February 22nd 2016- February 24th 2016.
  • Easter Egg: The name of the coffee shop where Maze and Amenadiel meet is "Beelzebean", a nod to "Beelzebub", one of the alternative names for Lucifer.
  • Lucifer's Patient number is 015666.
  • During the scene in which Lucifer distracts the Latin Kings, he asks about "those trousers. I mean, you wear them so low..." and Dani comes back with "You making fun of his pants?" Lucifer then asks, "are we talking pants or trousers? Because it's very confusing." This is one of the so-called Britishisms Tom Ellis liked to introduce. Pants in Britain, refers to underwear, while trousers are what Americans call pants.
  • At the end of this episode, Lucifer officially becomes a consultant for the LAPD.
  • This is the first time we see Maze's demonic face.

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