Blue

Just so I’m not being unfounded when I say that Lucifer’s actions in S2 contradict his actions in S1... here’s one example. One of my favorite internal conflicts of this character in S1 was his reluctance to send Charlie to Heaven. And the writers did an excellent job showing WHY he didn’t want to do it. Lucifer loves Charlie. You can see it in his reactions. He genuinely loves and cares about her, but… he has no idea how to show it or how to tell her (we’re literally shown how hard even a simple phone call with her is for him). Everything he does in Ep5, he does because he loves her. He believes the idea of redemption is doomed, but he doesn’t say it, because he loves Charlie (at least not until she keeps pushing him). He meets sinners he clearly doesn’t like, but doesn’t comment on it, because he loves Charlie, and they’re her friends. And Lucifer is terrified of talking about Heaven. Twice, he starts to choke up while telling Charlie she doesn’t understand what it’s like. And in the song, we see angelic weapons pointed at him and then at Charlie. Lucifer is afraid of Heaven and what it could do to her if he lets her go there. So in the end: Lucifer is a parent who adores his child, and an angel who fears Heaven’s wrath. And that’s exactly why Ep5 of S1 happens - Lucifer refuses to arrange a meeting with Heaven for Charlie because he’s afraid of letting her go there. And in the end, the episode concludes with Lucifer choosing to trust Charlie. Not her idea of redemption, not the sinners - but her, his stubborn adult daughter. And I think this conflict is a very careful and beautiful representation of a very “adult” problem - when your child grows up and starts doing things that seem strange or dangerous to you. And you have a choice: to hover over them forever… or to trust them and what they believe in. In S2, this entire conflict gets thrown out the window for the sake of one short, childish gag that wasn’t worth destroying such a well-built dynamic. I’m talking about the moment when Charlie appears surrounded by angels, and Lucifer sees it and… just leaves. Sera probably didn’t contact Lucifer because she isn’t aware of what’s happening in Hell. He does not know that Heaven regrets the Exterminations. To him, Heaven should still be a dangerous place, just like it was portrayed in S1. And his child - the one he loved so deeply last season - is standing among high-ranking angels and LUTE, an Exorcist angel. And what does Lucifer do? He leaves. He doesn’t react to the angels, doesn’t react to his daughter being in potential danger. He just… walks away. Because it’s supposed to be funny. Combined with the earlier scene where he refuses to help Charlie until Alastor’s name is mentioned, the conclusion is simple - he doesn’t love her. He doesn’t really care about her. Her safety and her well-being don’t matter to him. He doesn’t care about Heaven either, since he doesn’t even react to the angels (and he didn’t even know they were in Hell!). And just like that, one of the core reasons why I loved this character gets destroyed by a dumb, unfunny joke.