Lucifer 303 + 304 "Mr. and Mrs. Mazikeen Smith" & "What Would Lucifer Do?"

Lightbringers: Illuminating the Deeper Meaning of the Crime-solving Devil TV Show

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These two episodes serve as a pattern-interrupt and then re-establishment of Lucifer’s dickishness in Season 3. Turns out there were very practical reasons for the pattern interrupt (they were filmed out of sequence) and also some storytelling beats that affected their reception (some of the choices and dialogue in 304 make sense only when looking back from later in the season). This leads to thoughts about how the indefinite lifespan of American television can make for some significant trade-offs and the real possibility of characters ending up as caricatures of their initial iterations.

It wouldn’t be Emily and Tracie if there weren’t some discussion about the absolutely unfair level of attractiveness out of this cast and some strong opinions about peculiar things (Emily has FEELINGS about the appropriate rhyming consequences for snitches).

NOTE: Major Season 3 spoilers in this episode.

Referenced in this episode:

How I Met Your Mother

The Office

The Simpsons

Fleabag

The Good Place

How to Be Perfect by Michael Schurr

Originally published as a YouTube show with different theme music.

Our theme song is "Feral Angel Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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1. Lucifer 303 + 304 "Mr. and Mrs. Mazikeen Smith" & "What Would Lucifer Do?" (00:00:00)

2. Analyzing Lucifer Episodes 303 and 304 (00:00:04)

3. Themes and Characters in Lucifer Season 3 (00:11:28)

4. TV Show Construction and Storytelling (00:16:59)