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‘Lucifer’ continues a strong sophomore campaign “I thought the first season was a lot of fun. The tone of the show is a hard one to get right as it is part procedural, part mythology. It’s he devil, a cop and a lawyer based off of a comic and it’s its walk into a bar ... As much as own thing as well,” she said in an that may sound like the start of a interview with Yahoo. “A lot has to groan-inducing joke, it could very well happen in Fox’s cop dramedy be said for everybody involved, but Tom Ellis ... brought such a “Lucifer,” which follows the lord of hell himself as he works with an charm to the character, to the devil, who you’re supposed to dislike. LAPD officer and, in season 2, a It was just a really fun show to demon-controlled lawyer. A new episode of “Lucifer” airs Monday, watch. They really found their stride in the second half of the Nov. 7, on Fox. season. And the way that [Mum] Tom Ellis (“Miranda”) stars as was set up, obviously, intrigued me the titular devil in the flesh, who right off the get-go.” got bored of ruling over the UnEllis himself gets a laugh out of derworld and resigned his throne having to call Helfer “mum,” not so he could head to Los Angeles. only because she’s only four years There he met Det. Chloe Decker older than he is, but also because (Lauren German, “A Walk to Remember,” 2002), who is apparent- he was a bit of a Helfer fan before she signed on to the series. ly immune to his supernatural “I’m used to [calling Helfer abilities (Lucifer is, among other ‘Mum’] now, but when she first things, super fast, super strong came on board, I mean, I was a and super invincible). massive ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fan In the season 2 premiere, which as well, and I used to have quite a aired in September, sci-fi goddess Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica”) crush on Tricia back in the day,” Ellis said in an interview with Emmade her “Lucifer” debut as Mum, pire. God’s ex-wife and mother to both He added that family was a maLucifer and his brother, Amenadiel jor theme for “Lucifer’s” second (D.B. Woodside, “24”). Mum’s soul inhabits the body of a murder victim, season: “One of the reasons that our audience has bonded with the Charlotte, who was a managing show is that there are themes and partner at a law firm and is resurrelationships that people recogrected by Mum’s occupation. For Helfer, part of the draw of joining as nize within, but they’re just represented by slightly larger-than-life the devil’s mother was the show’s characters. Everyone’s got a mom, tone, as well as its leading actor.
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everyone’s got a dad. It’s an interesting dynamic that that throws up — certainly the presence of Mum in the show; everyone is different around their mom. You know, behave differently and want to perhaps be perceived differently, and Lucifer’s no different.” The family dynamic seems to be paying off so far this season, with critics leaving glowing reviews — at least compared to last season — for the first few episodes. And while the season 2 premiere didn’t fetch nearly as many viewers as its first-season counterpart, it still drew in more than seven million pairs of eyeballs and a 2.2/4 share in Live+DVR ratings. Through the first half of season 2, viewership numbers have remained respectable, staying on par with season 1’s numbers. Thankfully for fans, there hasn’t been too much of a shakeup in the cast between seasons 1 and 2. Aside from Kevin Rankin’s (“Dallas Buyers Club,” 2013) arc as Det. Malcolm Graham coming to an end in the first season’s finale, everyone else is back. Kevin Alejandro (“True Blood”) returns as Det. Dan Espinoza, a homicide detective and Chloe’s exhusband, with whom he has a daughter, Trixie (Scarlett Estevez, “Daddy’s Home,” 2015), who likes Lucifer — much to the hellraiser’s dismay, as he’s not a fan of children. Lesley-Ann Brandt (“Single
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Ladies”) stars as Lucifer’s ally and confidante, Maze, who is a demon herself and tries to protect Lucifer. Rachael Harris (“Suits”) rounds out the returning cast as Lucifer’s therapist, Dr. Linda Martin, and doesn’t actually believe that he is the devil, despite him admitting as much. Helfer isn’t the only new face this year. “Dexter” star Aimee Garcia jumps aboard the series as a forensic scientist, Ella Lopez, who works with both Chloe and Lucifer. Garcia is fresh off a stint with CBS’s television reboot of “Rush Hour,” and has some experience in the procedural drama realm, having starred in NBC’s “Trauma,” which was canceled after one season. Halfway through its second season, “Lucifer” is showing no signs of slowing down — and for good reason. From some new faces and a solid returning cast to some dysfunctional family drama, the series has viewers hooked. Catch a new episode of “Lucifer,” airing Monday, Nov. 7, on Fox.
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