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.
Not smart, but at times affecting, but gets overly trite in the end.
This was a strong 5/10. I say strong because I would never suggest anyone watch a 5/10 film in its entirety, and then only if there's a particular scene or performance from an actor you like. This however, had a good pace, and a strong 2nd Act, with some great performances from Costner, Jones, and Gadot. I'm afraid the script and the directing doesn't really allow anyone else to be important enough that they couldn't have been easily replaced by anyone, and the best dialog of the main characters is mediocre at best.
I enjoyed it because I was in the mood for an action film, and the pace delivered, and got some unexpectedly touching scenes between Costner and Gadot, who I had never actually seen in a film. And, given what she's known for, I was pleasantly surprised at her acting ability. It isn't at all realistic regarding how bullet wounds work, how or what's remotely achievable in network and device hacking, but it also isn't overly pleased with its inept stupidity like Nistopher Chrolan films, and it actually shows rather than tells the change and confliction in the lead character. Still, Oldman's character is an idiot. But we are talking about a senior field operative in the American intelligence community, so maybe it's not that unrealistic.
End the end, though, it's just more banal establishment propaganda with cliché, make believe terrorists copy-pasted to scare Carnhart-wearing middle aged and older American men into blindly supporting their mass murdering, inhumane regimes and giving them an outlet for their pent up frustration with their pathetic, unfulfilled lives of slavish labor.
Oh, the ending scene score song Drift and Fall Again by Madsonik (feat. Lola Marsh) is a lovely song and deserved a better film for it to play out the last scene.
