@aniela-krajewska your idea is much better than the one they made, I think I'll stick to that one in my mind (because you know, free will).
@aniela-krajewska Totally agree. The slaves to fate ending was so counter to Free Will cannot be squashed of the rest of the show. Very disappointed in this ending. Looks like I have to Harry Potter this too. Harry is happily living life with Hermione and Lucifer is the commuting devil therapist being there for his child in all the ways he hates that his father wasn't there for him.
Agree with that edit. It feels like after so many seasons of growth and fighting and development, everyone lies down and lets ‘fate’ trample over everything they worked towards.
The whole Rory time loop feels like it would have been a B-plot in an earlier season, and the the finale that basically tears everyone apart.
@aniela-krajewska Your edit at the end is exactly how I felt about that episode.
Review by Aniela KrajewskaVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2021-09-11T11:10:36Z
You know how I said the season 5 finale was kind of lame? This was better, but far from totally satisfying. I know a few decades is nothing when you have an eternity to look forward to, but it still sucks that Chloe had to be a single mother. It's not fair to her. I cried so much when Deckerstar were saying goodbye (a really messy, snotty cry). All the little callbacks like Chloe playing that simple melody on the piano were so sweet and Lauren and Tom really did a breathtaking job. But still, it didn't have to be this way. I think it would've been much better if Lucifer had chosen to commute to Hell and still be in Rory's life, and that moment had created an alternate timeline - so that Rory from the original timeline still arrived to fullfil her purpose, but everything from that point on was different. IMO that would've been much better than the time loop idea. When it comes to time travel, you can pretty much get away with any bullshit explanation anyway. Everyone else ended up in a really good place, so at least that was nice. Maze and Eve kicking ass and taking names together, Charlie sprouting wings... I liked all of that. Also they really got Tricia Helfer to come back without giving her any dialogue lmao.
I will miss this show. Even though I feel like it had run its course and there weren't any stories left to tell, I'm still a little sad to see it go. It wasn't a perfect show, but it had some great moments, especially when it rose above the case of the week stuff and focused more on the celestial side of things and the relationships between the characters. It had such an interesting, diverse and lovable bunch of characters who all changed and grew in organic ways. The humor was always top notch, but the show also had some genuine emotion and a lot of heart. All in all, I will remember Lucifer fondly.
EDIT: After giving myself some time to fully digest this season and this final episode, I realized that there is something deeply messed up about a show that has always been about free will - Lucifer choosing to stay on Earth, Amenadiel choosing humanity, Chloe choosing to love Lucifer (remember how big of a deal the "does she only have feelings for me because she's a gift from God?" debacle was?), Maze choosing to develop human emotions and form connections with people, Eve choosing her own path after literally being made for someone else - not giving its leads any choice in the end and forcing them to follow a predetermined path. Again, the alternate timeline idea was right there and it would've reaffirmed the show's message that you make your own fate.