Sweet Kicks is the fifth episode of the first season of Lucifer. It aired on February 22, 2016.
Summary[]
Lucifer's treated to an inside look at the ugly side of fashion. Armed with new information, Amenadiel hatches a plan to get Lucifer back home.[1]
Plot[]
The episode begins with Lucifer and Maze at a fashion show featuring a shoe designer named Benny Choi. Lucifer is excited about the fact he can now be injured and tells Maze that "the danger of getting hurt is positively thrilling" but Maze is worried. Lucifer then leaves the audience to hook up with a model backstage, but is interrupted when Benny appears on stage and is shot at several times, none hit him but panic ensues. As him and Maze leave, they find the body of young woman on the ground.
At the precinct, it is revealed by Chloe that the young woman is called Paola Cortez, and her cause of death to be trampling. Dan then informs Chloe that they talked to Benny but he would not give them any useful information to who would possibly want him dead. Dan then tell Chloe to be careful with Lucifer as it seems like every time he sees the two together, they're getting into a shooting. Chloe assures Dan that Lucifer is out of her life, only for Dan to point out that Lucifer is behind her. As Chloe walks over to confront him, Lucifer cheerily pretends to be there to blackmail Chloe about her shooting him in the leg, and leaves to enter Lieutenant Olivia Monroe's office as a worried Chloe looks on, afraid that she will lose her badge if Lucifer tells her what really happened.
Once he enters Olivia's office, it turns out Lucifer is merely there to get an opportunity to explore his newfound mortality. Lucifer understands Olivia is an ambitious woman, and wants to be the first female chief of police, so he strikes a deal. Lucifer, given his connections, promises to deliver support from minority communities Olivia needs, so that she could be appointed as chief of police. And in return, Lucifer is allowed on the case. As the pair complete their deal and exit Olivia's office, Chloe walks over to try to explain herself, only to be informed by the Lieutenant that Lucifer is a valuable asset and will function as a liaison for the Paola Cortez case.
"Bloody-hell, that hurt! Do it again."
Chloe, now forced to work with Lucifer, tells him that she will call the shots, and Lucifer remarks that she "most certainly do, right in the leg!" Annoyed, Chloe retorts that she only shot him because of the heat of the moment, and somehow she believed he was the actual Devil. Lucifer says he is, and that he was "historically invincible" until now, which is what makes working on these cases so exciting - the mortality. As the two enter the elevator, Chloe says that "I get it, you want to feel new things" and slaps Lucifer across the face. Lucifer says that it hurt, and asks her to do it again.
The pair arrives at Lucifer's penthouse, where Lucifer has scheduled to meet with Benny and Hector - Benny's bodyguard, an ex-marine. Lucifer cashes in on his favor and asks Benny to answer all of Chloe's questions. Benny reveals that they had clashed with some members affiliated with the Latin Kings gang that night and gives two names - Diego and Dani, a couple. Chloe tells Benny to call her if he has anymore information, and they leave.
Once they are outside, Lucifer asks Chloe to take him to a cop bar as they have nothing to do as they wait to I.D. Diego and Dani, which she refuses. Lucifer remarks that Chloe is the "oldest young person" he's ever met, and Chloe reluctantly takes Lucifer to the bar once he promises to shut up about his leg.
They arrive and the two sit at the front bar, Lucifer orders two shots and Chloe orders a water. It becomes obvious from the whispers and stares Chloe gets that she is not popular and even the bartender gives her a harsh stare as she serves Chloe's water. Chloe then asks Lucifer about how his favors work, but they are interrupted as a man walks up to them to get his drink, and whispers to Chloe; "Palmetto, Bitch." Despite Chloe's earlier insistence to not drink on the job, she takes one of Lucifer's shots and downs it. She then explains to Lucifer who the man was - Anthony Paolucci. He turns out to be partners with with the cop - Malcolm Graham - that was shot on Palmetto street whilst meeting with some gangsters. Chloe explains she believes that the nature of Malcolm's meeting was nefarious and corrupt and that Anthony was in on it, but that Anthony says Malcolm "took the bullet like a hero". Lucifer says that that is still no excuse for Anthony's rudeness, and approaches him, "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 forces him to leave with her.
Meanwhile, Amenadiel finds Maze in a coffee shop, where 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 therapist. Amenadiel remarks that he thought Mazikeen was Lucifer's most loyal servant, and Maze retorts the she merely wants what's best for him.
Amenadiel tracks Linda down at her office building, and sets himself up in her building as one "Dr. Canaan". Amenadiel then introduces himself to her.
Over at Lux, Maze warns Lucifer of his reckless behavior and his mortality. Lucifer rebuts her and says that he doesn't think it's his "mortality" that she's "worried about", but that she's just jealous that he's "exploring it with Detective Decker". She scoffs at the notion and says next time, she won't be able to "save his ass", 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." Angered, Maze leaves Lucifer at his piano as Dan appears. Dan tells Lucifer that he has just spent hours convincing Anthony Paolucci to not press charges, and that he better take care of Chloe if he wants to be on the case, because Chloe is the mother of his child. Lucifer sarcastically remarks; "sir, yes sir" as Dan leaves.
Lucifer is then seen with Chloe as they drive to the residence of the suspects - Dani and Diego Ramirez. Lucifer asks about starting gang wars and kicking doors. Only for to Chloe lock him in the car telling him if he wants to behave like a child, she will treat him like one. Lucifer rebuts that it's illegal to leave a child in a car as she leaves. Chloe knocks on the Ramirezs' door to no response, but hears a scream inside. With reasonable grounds for the assumption of the immediate danger of the people inside, she forces her entry inside by kicking the door open only to find Lucifer inside the couple's bedroom. The couple tell her they didn't shoot up Benny, and that the victim was Diego's cousin. Chloe presses on, and asks for more information so they can bring justice for Paola. The couple then offers a possible suspect - Yellow Viper, a recently released prisoner - "a big-deal graffiti artist, ran with Benny back in the day, then took the fall on some B&E." Chloe thanks them for the information, and just as they are about to leave the house, Chloe receives texts from Benny, informing her of another death.
Chloe and Lucifer arrive at Benny's art warehouse, and the "victim" turns out to be Benny's pet pig. When Chloe brings up Viper, Benny said he tried to support Viper when he was in jail, and didn't even know that Viper was recently released. Benny deduces that Viper could've been behind all of this and the death of his pet pig.
Meanwhile at Linda's office, Amenadiel, who pretends to be a fellow therapist, asks if she wants to grab a few drinks. He invites her to talk about each other's patients, "you share with me, I share with you," some "doctor-to-doctor" talk. Linda agrees.
Chloe and Lucifer tracks Viper down at a community center. Whilst they walk, Chloe asks if Lucifer's favor to Benny involved getting Benny off his breaking and entering charge and pinning the blame on Viper. Lucifer says yes and Chloe implies that if he hadn't have done that then Viper would've never had the motive to shoot up Benny's show, and Paola may still be alive. Lucifer rebukes her statement and says people take responsibility for their own bad behavior. Chloe agrees, leaving Lucifer confused.
The pair continue walking down the hallway and finds Viper teaching tagging to a group of young people. Lucifer is disappointed, "this bad guy thing's going to be all the joke now. What next... cuddles and ice cream?" When confronted, Viper is uncooperative and tells the pair to leave. However, cars suddenly drive by and it turns up Dani and Diego has shown up with their gang members from the Latin Kings. As they draw out their guns, Chloe asks Lucifer whether this is enough danger for him. Lucifer, unfazed, walks up to the gang as their guns are pointed at him. He distracts them, questioning their gang activities while Viper and his students escape. Realizing they've been duped, Diego threatens to kill Lucifer but all the lights unexpectedly shuts off. Lucifer and Chloe take cover as the gang members gets knocked out one by one, Chloe asks herself, "what is happening?" and Lucifer tells her that "Maze is happening," "Your bartender's a ninja? Of course she is." As all of them wither on the floor in pain, Maze exits, and tells Lucifer, "Ass saved. You're welcome."
As the L.A.P.D. finishes up making their arrests, Dan finds a gun in Viper's bag that was in the same caliber ammunition that Benny's show was shot up in. Lucifer asks for some gratitude from Chloe but she rebukes him, and says that Lucifer is addicted to creating chaos, has a god complex, and his favor to Benny damned Viper to prison twice whether he was guilty or not.
As they then transport Viper, Lucifer uses his mind tricks on him and he reveals that he only wanted to teach his art and he didn't shoot Benny. Viper insists that if he wanted Benny dead so much, he would not have missed. Chloe realizes that with Benny on stage was an a very easy target, and with so many people in the crowd, it is suspicious no one actually died from the shooting.
So, the pair brings Viper with them to Benny's art warehouse. As Chloe and Lucifer confronts Benny and Hector about how no one was actually shot and Hector's extensive history with firearms and shooting as a marine, Hector admits to framing Viper under Benny's orders as well as revealing Benny killed the pet pig all along. Benny, realizing his plans have been foiled and he has been found out, shoves Viper and tries to physically escalate but Lucifer throws Benny through an art piece and horrifies him by flashing a glimpse of his Devil face.
In the aftermath, Olivia holds a press conference and Chloe is baffled at how Lucifer does it as now because of solving this case, Olivia will most likely be promoted to chief of police. Lucifer tells her it's simply a favor and smugly informs Chloe that Olivia has now officially made him a civilian consultant for the L.A.P.D. 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." Lucifer asks if she will finally take him home to consummate on their relationship and Chloe pretends to flirt with him before entering her car. She then proceeds to lock the car, and drives off, leaving him behind.
Maze's demon face.
Later, Lucifer has made it back to Lux, and he concedes he must be at least a little more careful with his newfound mortality. Maze also reaffirms that she would protect him, no matter what, whether he sees the danger coming or not.
The episode ends in Chloe's house, where Chloe is sleeping. Maze is seen lurking around Chloe on the couch, her intentions unclear. As she steps closer and closer to Chloe, Maze's demon face is revealed in the reflection of the mirror. Then, Chloe suddenly wakes up, startled, as if she felt the presence of another person, and Maze is not seen in the house again as the camera pans out.
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Featured Music[]
- 멘붕 MTBD (CL Solo) - 2NE1
- Money - The Delta Riggs
- A Little Wicked - Valerie Broussard
- Ghostcity - Thomas Azier
- No Entiendo Na - Toteking & Shotta
- DOOM DADA - T.O.P
- Es Hora - Santi Mostaffa
- A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
- How We Do It - Royal Deluxe
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.
- 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 L.A.P.D.
- The episode is the fourth time in which Lucifer's Devil face are shown, but his eyes are not shown individually.
- This is the first time Maze's demon face is shown.
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