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Lightbringers: Illuminating the Deeper Meaning of the Crime-solving Devil TV Show
Tracie and Emily are two sisters who really love the show Lucifer. We're rewatching the series two episodes at a time and taking the time to illuminate the deeper meaning of the crime-solving devil tv show. Yes, we are overthinking it.
WARNING: There are definitely spoilers. If you haven't watched the whole series (all 6 seasons), listen at your own risk!
Episodes
48 episodes
Lucifer 609 + 610 “Goodbye, Lucifer” & “Partners ‘Til the End”
In the final episode of Lightbringers, the Guy girls still manage some significant overthinking. The storytelling leads them to some questions about how people who don’t feel remorse might be tortured in the Lucifer universe (in other words, wh...
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Episode 47
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Lucifer 607 + 608 'My Best Fiend's Wedding' & 'Save the Devil, Save the World'
In this penultimate episode of Lightbringers, the Guy sisters continue to notice the moments and threads of season 6 that seem to point to a rushed (and self-amusing) writers’ room. From the unprofessional move of Linda’s book (why didn’t they ...
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Episode 46
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49:19
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Lucifer 605 + 606 “The Murder of Lucifer Morningstar” & “A Lot Dirtier Than That”
With these two episodes we get some subtext about addiction and some supertext about racist policing. In “The Murder of Lucifer Morningstar,” the sisters realize on rewatch (especially in the context of our analysis of so many moments of mental...
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Episode 45
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50:50
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Lucifer 603 + 604 “Yabba Dabba Do Me” & “Pin the Tail on the Daddy”
As season 6 progresses, the Guy sisters have some moments of joy and appreciation and quite a few quibbles for the writers. Though the cartoonified episode is in some ways delightful (Tracie wanted to be an animator when she was a kid), there a...
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Episode 44
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50:13
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Lucifer 601 + 602 “Nothing Ever Changes Around Here” & “Buckets of Baggage”
And so begins the Guy sisters’ rewatch of Season 6: Nobody’s favorite season.With these two episodes, the sisters spend considerable time lamenting the fact that there are no media role models for people who are childless by choice, incl...
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Episode 43
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50:35
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Lucifer 515 + 516 “Is This Really How It’s Going to End” & “We Could Have Had a Happy Ending”
These two final episodes of season five pack and emotional wallup. With more than one major character death (though 2 don’t stay dead), the Guy girls both admit to shedding some tears, even in rewatch. The views we get of both Heave...
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Episode 42
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52:31
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Lucifer 513 + 514 “A LIttle Harmless Stalking” & “Nothing Lasts Forever”
“A Little Harmless Stalking” & “Nothing Lasts Forever” are ripe for overthinking, and the Guy girls do. These two stories invite meditations on the reconciliation of adult children and their parents, a scene that has become comm...
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Episode 41
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51:59
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Lucifer 511 + 512 "Resting Devil Face" & "Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid"
“Resting Devil Face” is a delightful romp the sisters want to revisit more often. “Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid” may be both of their least favorite. In “Resting Devil Face,” the celestial siblings’ relationship digs in to the ...
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Episode 40
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47:52
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Lucifer 509 + 510 "Family Dinner" & "Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam"
“Family Dinner” and “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam” deliver both some of the funniest and some of the most poignant moments of the whole series. With a general appreciation for the relatableness of so much of what happens between cha...
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Episode 39
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50:25
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Lucifer 507 + 508 “Our Mojo” & “Spoiler Alert”
On rewatch, the Guy girls were reminded just how much they compartmentalize their memories about these two episodes. “Our Mojo” and “Spoiler Alert” provide delightfully fun and funny moments intermixed with grim details of the serial-killer-rig...
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Episode 38
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38:59
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Lucifer 505 + 506 “Detective Amenadiel” & “Blue Ballz”
“Detective Amenadiel” and “Blue Ballz” are the only two episodes in this whole experiment that the sisters watched while in the same room, and they contain some of their most beloved and most reviled of the whole series. In their me...
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Episode 37
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41:28
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Lucifer 503 + 504 "¡Diablo!" & "It Never Ends Well for the Chicken"
The layers of meta-commentary in the episode about a TV show where the actual devil is a consultant with the LAPD is lots of fun, and has the sisters wondering if Lucifer would have been more offended on Chloe’s behalf by turning her character ...
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Episode 36
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50:01
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Lucifer 501 + 502 "Really Sad Devil Guy" & "Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!"
In our conversation about “Really Sad Devil Guy” & “Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!” we think a lot about the tropes and short cuts that come from soap opera storytelling. And we don’t hate it. Both sisters are impressed with Tom Ell...
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Episode 35
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42:12
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Lucifer 409 + 410 "Save Lucifer" & "Who's da New King of Hell?"
“Save Lucifer” and “Who’s da New King of Hell?” allow the Guy Girls to overthink everything from acting vs. directorial choices, to the nature of sin and guilt, to the possibility of a “happy ending” for an immortal being in love with an all-to...
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Episode 34
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45:09
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Lucifer 407 + 408 "Devil Is as Devil Does" & "Super Bad Boyfriend"
“Devil is as Devil Does” and “Super Bad Boyfriend” give some hints that the writers were wrestling with their copagandistic vehicle. However, there were also moments in these two episodes, especially in Chloe’s voice, that oversimplify the “rig...
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Episode 33
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47:46
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Lucifer 405 + 406 "Expire Erect" & "Orgy Pants to Work"
“Expire Erect” (Die Hard, get it?) and “Orgy Pants to Work” turn out to be fantastic fodder for the Guy Girls’ particular brand of overthinking, and we did not hold back.Tracie had some THINGS to say about the mythology of Lilith (Maze’s...
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Episode 32
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50:05
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Lucifer 403 + 404 "O, Ye of Little Faith, Father" & "All About Eve"
“O, Ye of Little Faith, Father” and “All About Eve” bring some of Emily’s favorite moments of the whole series. The first provides deeply satisfying dramatic irony through Father Kinley’s (Graham McTavish) web of deception, the whole of which, ...
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Episode 31
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44:23
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Lucifer 401 + 402 "Everything's Okay" & "Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno"
“Everything’s Okay” and “Somebody’s Been Reading Dante’s Inferno” contain one of the sexiest scenes in the whole series, some really comprehensible character behavior, and some mediocre delivery of that behavior.The sisters spend a dispr...
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Episode 30
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42:53
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Lucifer 325 + 326 "Boo Normal" & "Once Upon a Time"
“Boo Normal” & “Once Upon a Time” interrupt the flow of the Deckerstar storyline. These two episodes, though both boasting solid storytelling, tend to get skipped, fast-forwarded, or otherwise maligned by fans who cannot wait to find out wh...
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Episode 29
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43:59
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Lucifer 323 + 324 "Quintessential Deckerstar" & "A Devil of My Word"
“Quintessential Deckerstar” & “Devil of My Word” are so packed full of goodness to unpack we had to make notes for our conversation to make sure we didn’t miss anything. When it comes to storytelling, these episodes provide some...
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Episode 28
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37:30
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Lucifer 321 + 322 "Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better" & "All Hands on Decker"
When you aren’t binging, “Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better” & “All Hands On Decker,” are painful episodes to watch. Lucifer’s obliviousness is torture to Chloe Decker, who simply wants to be seen and loved. Tracie gets her...
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44:35
Lucifer 319 + 320 "Orange Is the New Maze" & "The Angel of San Bernardino"
“Orange is the New Maze” and the “Angel of San Bernadino” provide some interesting character development for Maze and some reminders that Lucifer is, in fact, the devil. Emily explores the ADHD-esque behavior of both Lucifer and Maze (hyper-fix...
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Episode 26
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41:30
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Lucifer 318 + 319 "Let Pinhead Sing" & "The Last Heartbreak"
“Let Pinhead Sing” & “The Last Heartbreak” make for some satisfying overthinking. Tracie and Emily delve deep into literal and figurative mirroring in the show, the sociological and evolutionary benefit of Tom Ellis’s devastated face, and t...
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39:08
Lucifer 315 + 316 "High School Poppycock" & "Infernal Guinea Pig
“High School Poppycock” and “Infernal Guinea Pig” are fun episodes with some serious overthinking potential. In conversation about “High School Poppycock,” Emily relates her experience unhinging her jaw and swallowing the Twilight s...
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Episode 24
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42:54
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Lucifer 313 + 314 "Til Death Do Us Part" & "My Brother's Keeper"
“Til Death Do Us Part” and “My Brother’s Keeper” provide some delightful storytelling and some missed opportunities around the world’s first murderer and his relationship with the devil. In the first of these paired episodes, Emily...
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Episode 23
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38:06
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