Review: Steamy 'Lucifer' Back For Season 5 (Part B)

When the first part of "Lucifer," Season 5 hit Netflix last year, much of the world was stuck indoors for large periods of time and desperate for shows to watch. Now the prelude to the last ten-episode season on Netflix has been released into the wild.

Originally a Fox network show based on a DC comic book (through the Vertigo imprint), "Lucifer" ran for three steamy seasons in prime time, before transferring to Netflix. The hypersexual, bisexual fallen angel runs an LA nightclub and also consults for the LAPD on homicides. In a fun monster-of-the-week twist, some of the murders are supernatural. The series aims for a sort of buddy cop situation, where the loose cannon is actually the Devil (Tom Ellis), desperately wanting to love (and bang) your everyday supermodel LA cop lady, Decker (Lauren German). Everything about the show, including the plot recaps and, yes, even the dialogue, feels like a crossover fanfiction, and not necessarily the kind you'd enjoy reading.

Many of our superhero comics, movies, and TV shows occupy the same space that the soap operas of the recent past do, even resorting to tropes such as secret siblings, unknown powers, deaths and resurrections. But in the case of "Lucifer," there are sexy hijinks and malevolent murders. If you are an adult, don't let children watch this show until they reach the age of majority. Question why you are watching this show yourself.

Personally, I love watching this kind of show because of the comedy, which is frequently unintentional. I enjoy the posturing of various supermodels who also do stage combat. There is a significant hair and makeup budget. There are also non-white people who get lines and air time, something that, it should be said, other DC shows are getting better at doing. Shows like this take mixtures of mythologies and twist them into fancy braids for funsies, while adding single, double, and triple entendres into the mix.

In the most recent season, the first part of Season 5, the relationship of Lucifer, the Morningstar, to various creatures of Heaven and Earth (as well as his love for the aforementioned lady cop, who, it should be mentioned, is not just a sexy lampshade), is scrutinized, all with humor and visual style that other adult DC universe TV shows, such as "Green Arrow" and "Black Lightning," also carry. While maintaining the familiar monster-of-the-week style, these final episodes of Season Five also expand Lucifer's supernatural issues to a fiery climax. This part of the season feels like a good setup for a potentially explosive and short sixth season.

"Lucifer" Season 5B hits streaming on Friday, May 28th on Netflix.