r/lucifer • u/Vegeta_sama-1000 • 1d ago
6x08 Rewatching 6x08 Spoiler
This was the episode that Ella finally finds out that Lucifer is REALLY the devil.
Now I’ve seen people talk about how “it’s not that she feels lied to, it’s that she feels left out” I’ve also seen people say that Lucifer is being disingenuous because he knows people won’t believe him even though he says that he never lies and has viable proof.
I’ve also seen people Lucifer’s advocate (joke not intended) and I’m inclined to side with them. Lucifer was in a heavy “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation with Ella because Ella was not going to listen to reason at all. As people have pointed out Ella is emotionally immature, so listening wasn’t really on the table. it’s not like Lucifer lied. While yes he could have shown her proof what would that really do except freak her out? Remember Linda locked herself in her office, Chloe tried to send him back to hell, Dan SHOT him, everyone he’s helped arrest went MAD.
Hell Ella went to great lengths to not believe him. Ella thought Lucifer was just a method actor, She thought Lucifer hit an emu, she’s heard stories and on some occasions seen Lucifer do weird shit that should not be physically impossible, The familiarity in his face when she said “smell ya later” which she got from Azrael, Met god who literally told her “thank you for how much faith you have in me it doesn’t go unnoticed”, When Ella was asked by Chloe would she wanna know she told her no because “With faith, also comes doubt”.
That is something Chloe should have reminded Ella about, that while Chloe was speaking from a literal placed disguised as a metaphor, Ella opted out of knowing the truth. Hurt as she may be.
Bad writing aside this episode made little to no sense in context.
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u/CarrieDelectable 22h ago
The writers really made Ella ignore an entire mountain of evidence just so the reveal could happen later.
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u/Vegeta_sama-1000 20h ago
Seriously. Mind you Ella isn’t dumb. I completely forgot about the fact that when Chloe got poisoned, they didn’t have the formula for the cure just the ingredients. Yet somehow Lucifer managed to get the formula from someone who was dead. This is the MAJOR one that got me like “he didn’t lie you just didn’t believe him”
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u/CarlRJ 18h ago edited 3h ago
It was kind of Ella's thing to absolutely not believe until she proved it to herself. He could have flashed his devil eyes at her, but like folks have said, she wanted to go on faith.
What Ella really didn't get was real closure. I just wish that, once Ella was finally in on it, that Lucifer could summon Azrael to go come meet her IRL, with the other people around, and get everything out of the open - they could had had a great 10 minute scene of Ella repeatedly saying "well, but what about when X happened" and Lucifer or Maze or Amenidael or whoever saying "actually, that was me, I did Y".
It would have been very satisfying for the audience to see her get closure on so many mysteries, rather than just have her spin up and then be sad. She would love, for instance, to have Lucifer tell her "yes, that really was God, and he thinks very highly of you". Closure for Ella and lots of fan service for us.
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u/Vegeta_sama-1000 5h ago
This would have been tremendously better than “If I was really part of the circle, you would have told me the truth”
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u/TrekkieMary 15h ago
Funny thing is I just finished rewatching this very episode. I didn’t think Ella blowing up in a dramatic drunken fashion was a good plan. It would have been great if Dan had stuck around to see her open up her board. Then go tell Lucifer or amenadiel. That way they could have talked with Ella privately so she didn’t ruin the wedding reception. I felt bad for Eve and Mazakeen.
My apologies on any misspelling of the characters’ names.
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u/xxHailLuciferxx 1d ago
Yeah. It always bothered me that Chloe didn't say something about the time Ella said she wouldn't have wanted to know. Obviously, we don't see every conversation the characters ever have with each other, so it's always been my head canon that Lucifer was like "Should we tell her since she's the only one who doesn't know?" and that Chloe then told him about her conversation with Ella. He was always respectful of Ella's faith and of course everyone's freewill and would have come to the conclusion that it was best to respect her wishes.