tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7317056436993959519..comments2024-03-28T09:13:28.499-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Lucifer: Love Handles Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35418751677616515142021-09-17T03:53:10.738-04:002021-09-17T03:53:10.738-04:00My crazed binge continues; I'm watching these ...My crazed binge continues; I'm watching these episodes so quickly that I haven't had time to keep up with commenting on each review. :-)<br /><br />I'm really, really enjoying this season, though! Less attention on the case of the week, but still enough that each episode has a distinct focus. Less time spent in Lux (probably for the budget?), which means Lucifer's gentler side is on display more often. <br /><br />And the family drama is absolutely my jam. <br /><br />For this episode: seriously, dude, this is why you back up your dissertation!<br /><br />Truthfully, the so-called "Professor" drove me crazy with his talk of choices. Sure, he wound up making a bad one in the heat of the moment. Frankly, I find it hard to judge him for that, since he was thinking in a state of emergency, and he'd likely spent thousands of hours on that document. It was the wrong choice, but it was an understandable error. <br /><br />But he then made a series of new choices, to injure/kill other people through coercion or commission, and he somehow still doesn't think the concept of "choice" exists? Take some responsibility for once. <br /><br />For me that was the most resonant part of the Chloe situation: sure, God put her in Lucifer's path. But as Maze pointed out, God made *every* human. So Lucifer still has a choice to love Chloe or not. That choice hasn't been taken from him. That the choice exists is a literal miracle. <br /><br />Fangirl, I agree that Chloe's antics here were weird. Slapping someone on the butt in public is...obnoxious, at best. <br /><br />It has been years since I binged a show with this many episodes this quickly. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed doing it.Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-59974280701175009862021-07-01T19:17:46.658-04:002021-07-01T19:17:46.658-04:00I guess whether or not you take Lucifer's side...I guess whether or not you take Lucifer's side here depends on how you think the universe works. If the universe is deterministic, an omniscient God is omniscient in the sense of knowing everything that will ever happen, then free will is an illusion and their love is just part of God's plan.<br /><br />On the other hand, I believe in a probabilistic universe so that even an omniscient God (if there is one) can only know the probability of particular outcomes and the complex interactions of all those probabilities leads to infinite variety of possible outcomes. So from my perspective, maybe God's plan was that she would make Lucifer vulnerable so he'd get killed and sent back to hell and their falling in love was an accident. In the deterministic universe whatever happens is God's plan and the mystery is what he wants, but the probabilistic one leaves room for undesirable outcomes from God's perspective. <br /><br />I liked the episode, though I'm not exactly sure what Charlotte's up to, either. I'm inclined to accept Maze's view--it's all about getting revenge on her ex. And yes, Decker was very awkward, but there was so much more going on in the episode it didn't bother me.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31305184204513344242021-06-09T04:15:48.297-04:002021-06-09T04:15:48.297-04:00I think Charlotte was pushing Lucifer towards Chlo...I think Charlotte was pushing Lucifer towards Chloe so that when he learned that the Detective was a gift from God, his fall would be greater. Victoria Grossackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808023266088914173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-65225112376528857692017-09-18T02:28:52.850-04:002017-09-18T02:28:52.850-04:00While Lucifer is a protagonist, he's often wro...While Lucifer is a protagonist, he's often wrong. Consistently. Throughout the series. So, no, I don't think we were supposed to take his side.<br /><br />And I think Maze superpower is ass-kicking, not dream-watching.migmithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981055611018991476noreply@blogger.com