Over the past five years, Lucifer has managed to become one hellishly enjoyable show. It's a refreshing take on cop dramas as a whole, filled to the brim with devilish charms.
In anticipation of the show's fifth season (but we're hoping many more to follow), take a look at these 10+ hidden details in Lucifer that even hardcore fans didn't notice!
Lucifer has some seriously powerful pipes. All of the singing that you hear is actually Tom Ellis!
Tom is a lifelong musician, with a love for karaoke and the piano.
Lucifer Morningstar first made an appearance in Neil Gaiman's legendary Sandman series.
However, aside from the namesake, the characters from the show and comics share very little in common with one another.
Have a look a the paintings in Charlotte Richard's office. You might have been wondering to yourself "what's with all the pomegranates?"
It turns out there's some disagreement when it comes to what the Fruit of Knowledge actually was.
Many Jewish scholars believe this to be true. Not only that, but the pomegranate is indigenous to the region.
Whereas the apple was not.
Charlotte returned to the world of the living from Hell, yet is unable to truly escape it. Persephone shares a similar fate. Her return is bitter-sweet because she knows she must inevitably return.
Pomegranate seeds were the food that bound Persephone to Hades for eternity.
All the songs that you hear reference either God, Hell, or the Devil in some capacity. Whether it be the song title itself, or in the lyrics.
For example, when Lucifer sings "Creep" by Radiohead.
As fans will no doubt already know, Lucifer's establishment is called LUX.
The etymology behind LUX comes from the Spanish word luz (light). Luz is a name given in reference to the Virgin Mary.
Lucifer is the Latin word for Venus. It was also called the Morning Star in the Roman era.
Therefore, the name Lucifer Morningstar is actually a clever translation.
Coraline is another classic novel written by Neil Gaiman. As was mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is the man who created the character of Lucifer.
The film version of Coraline is also fantastic!
According to an interview that Tom Ellis gave on The Rich Eisen Show, Lucifer was supposed to have a much darker plot.
The show was originally going to revolve around Lucifer making deals with desperate people in exchange for favors.
I, for one, am glad they decided to take such a hard left turn. It gives the show more options and avenues for discovery in my opinion.
Plus, Lucifer exploiting people at their darkest hours, day in and day out, would get kind of depressing.
Remember when we see Lucifer playing piano and singing Radiohead's "Creep"? The decorative background behind him very closely resembles his thrown in hell.
Also, Chloe's absence is a prediction of how Lucifer will be at the conclusion: alone.
Much of season four's focus is on the inner turmoil Lucifer faces while attempting to rectify his human and devilish personalities.
Showing the reflection is a deliberate statement to the duality of Lucifer's mind and character.
In several episodes, there are several shots of the Roosevelt Hotel. Among other things, the Roosevelt is widely considered to be the most haunted building in all of Los Angeles. The ghost of Marilyn Monroe is still said to haunt the halls!
It's a fitting and clever nod to local history.
Sometimes these references are rather direct, like showing apples on her t-shirt for example.
Other times, Eve's appearance is foreshadowed with the color green, and she even drinks apple-tinis!
Throughout the third season, at various moments, some very clever camerawork takes place.
There are a number of scenes where the backdrop behind Lucifer is made to look like wings.
It reminds the audience that even though Lucifer may be "the Devil," he was also at one point the most beautiful angel God ever created.
Making the skyline of the city hang like the silhouette of wings is a symbolic statement that Earth is Lucifer's new kingdom.
In the pilot episode when Lucifer meets Trixie for the first time, he asks her "isn't that a hooker's name?" While it may have sounded harsh, it's actually a reference to Californication.
Trixie is a sex-worker that befriends lead character Hank Moody.
In the very first season during the "#TeamLucifer" episode, the main person of interest in the case is named Mike Carey.
This is a direct reference to the comic book author of the same name. Neil Gaiman may have created the character, but it was Mike Carey who made Lucifer what he is today.
During the pilot episode, Trixie explains to Lucifer that her name is also short for Beatrice.
This is in reference to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. But more specifically, it's an allusion to The Inferno.
In the epic, Beatrice sends the legendary Roman poet Virgil to aid Dante and be his guide.
Beatrice serves as both Dante's muse as well as his celestial path to salvation.
Just like in the myth of Persephone, Beatrice is also confined to the torments of Hell after eating pomegranate seeds!
Hmm...could this be a sign of things to come? Will Luci have to rescue Beatrice from the torments of Hell?!
In the West, when referring to the Abrahamic God, it's common to capitalize the first letter. By doing this, Christians are referring to their one God by name.
Lucifer carries on this tradition in the subtitles. Whenever Luci says God, Dad, Him, or even Daddy, each letter is capitalized.
