There is no doubt that Fox’s drama Lucifer is meant to engender sympathy for the devil. After 7 episodes, we have become familiar with the charming, handsome devil who fights crime and helps the LAPD catch killers. Lucifer is shown to be pretty harmless; his main powers seem to be scaring people by making his face look devilish and getting people to reveal their deepest desires. Big deal. Hardly the evil Satan we’ve learned about from the Bible. In the latest episode, “Wingman,” Lucifer is even shown to be better than an angel.
Lucifer is investigating a murder at robbery scene with Detective Chloe when he realizes it was his severed wings that were stolen during the robbery. Wings in the human world are “too powerful. A piece of divinity. Humanity can't handle them. And if they fall into the wrong hands... people might die.” He figures out that it was Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside), an angel sent from Heaven to convince Lucifer to go back to Hell, who orchestrated the whole thing. “You were willing to let a human die and unleash the wings upon the world just to remind me who I was,” Lucifer says.
-Lucifer: I knew you'd come.
-Amenadiel: Of course I'd come. It's my duty to return the wings where they belong.
-Lucifer: Is that all?
-Amenadiel: After everything that you've been through-- bleeding, searching, reaching to the high heavens for help-- now that you finally have your wings, doesn't part of you long to assume your form? Get back to where you belong?
-Lucifer: Not exactly.
-Amenadiel: What are you doing?!
-Lucifer: Well, ruining your plan, it seems. It was you, brother. You tipped Carmen off, and you orchestrated the theft.
-Amenadiel: Because you left me no choice.
-Lucifer: Well, clearly you were desperate. I mean, you were willing to let a human die and unleash the wings upon the world just to remind me who I was. To fool me into desiring the wings and the hellish throne they accompany. Well, do you know what? It almost bloody worked.
-Amenadiel: But destroy them? Why?
-Lucifer: Well, you were right. Severing the wings was a half measure. I did leave myself an out. A rip cord back to the life that dear old Dad chose for me. But I don't need it now, because, in case I haven't made myself abundantly clear, I'm never going back to Hell… But, ah, A for effort. I'm sure Dad will give you a big gold star for trying. That's right, hit me, brother. Go on, again. Become like me. Become wrath. Fall as I did! (Laughs) Come on. You never were much of a closer, were you, eh? Can't stand to get your hands dirty.
-Amenadiel: This is far from over. I'll do whatever it takes to get you back to hell.
In a scene with the devil, the angel is made to look like the evil one. Amenadiel lets people die and beats up a defenseless Lucifer. Lucifer blurs the lines between good and evil, and it’s the devil who comes out looking the best.
