document_title: List of Lucifer episodes

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text: List of Lucifer episodes

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text: Season 1 (2016)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.codeU.S. viewers(millions)11"Pilot"Len WisemanTom KapinosJanuary 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)2760967.16[7]
Lucifer Morningstar, the retired ruler of Hell, owns a high-end night club in Los Angeles. When the pop star he tries to help is murdered in front of him by a drug dealer, he uses his powers of persuasion to assist Detective Chloe Decker in apprehending the true culprit behind the murder. All the while, he must deal with his brother, the dark-winged angel Amenadiel, who is putting pressure on him from their "father" to return to running Hell.
22"Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil."Nathan HopeJoe HendersonFebruary 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)4X65026.00[8]
Lucifer and Chloe work together again to solve a homicide, this time that of a movie star's son who was killed by an overeager paparazzo who frequently created volatile situations in order to get the "first scoop" on the story.
33"The Would-Be Prince of Darkness"Louis MilitoJason Ning & Jenn KaoFebruary 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)4X65105.47[9]
When a football star whom Lucifer convinced to lose his virginity is arrested for the murder of the girl with whom he had sex, Lucifer works to prove his innocence.
44"Manly Whatnots"Matt Earl BeesleyIldy ModrovichFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)4X65035.13[10]
Chloe and Lucifer investigate a missing persons case involving a girl, Lindsay Jolson, who was involved with a pick-up artist. The investigation is complicated by Lucifer's repeated attempts to seduce Chloe in an effort to better understand her. Meanwhile, Amenadiel confronts a reluctant Mazikeen about Lucifer. At Lucifer's encouragement, Chloe shoots him in the leg. To Lucifer's bewilderment, he feels pain and bleeds.
55"Sweet Kicks"Tim MathesonSheri ElwoodFebruary 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)4X65044.86[11]
Chloe begs Lucifer to help her in a case involving an artist/high-end shoe designer who was once in a street gang. In doing so, Lucifer knowingly puts himself in danger, finding it exciting to test his mortality. He and Chloe are ultimately rescued from a hostile situation by Mazikeen. Meanwhile, Amenadiel surprises Dr. Martin by showing up at her office after hours, stating he is a fellow psychotherapist, who has just moved into the office next door. The two agree to have drinks and openly discuss patients.
66"Favorite Son"David PaymerJason NingFebruary 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)4X65053.91[12]
When a warehouse is robbed and the security guard murdered, it turns out that the stolen container belongs to Lucifer. He and Chloe then work to find the culprit, which Lucifer sees as protecting his reputation in the city. Meanwhile, Lucifer continues to struggle with his identity and Amenadiel continues to try to use Dr. Martin to get to Lucifer. It is revealed that the stolen shipping container holds Lucifer's wings.
77"Wingman"Eriq La SalleAlex KatsnelsonMarch 7, 2016 (2016-03-07)4X65064.24[13]
Lucifer continues the search for his wings and turns to Amenadiel for help. Amenadiel rejects at first, so Lucifer enlists Chloe to assist him. Meanwhile, Chloe asks Dan for help in investigating the Palmetto case in the hopes that she can find something to confirm her suspicions against Malcolm, the cop who is in coma. The wings are apparently about to be sold at an auction. Lucifer goes to the auction where Amenadiel shows up to help Lucifer. Lucifer regains his wings, but burns them to anger Amenadiel and halt his own return to his former throne as the King of Hell. Whereas, Chloe and Dan find a new lead on the Palmetto case.
88"Et Tu, Doctor?"Eagle EgilssonJenn KaoMarch 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)4X65073.86[14]
Feeling reborn, Lucifer celebrates his "rebirthday" at the Lux. And Malcolm, who wakes up from his coma, also celebrates his coming back. Chloe and Lucifer investigate the murder of a controversial therapist who advocates adultery as a means of saving relationships. Meanwhile, Lucifer shoehorns his own therapist, Dr. Linda Martin, into the case in an attempt to "solve" Chloe's issue with Dan. While solving the murder case, Lucifer realizes what is happening to him. Malcolm meets Chloe to explain that whoever shot him dead clearly does not have a problem shooting cops. Chloe and Lucifer then look for Malcolm's partner but find him dead with a suicide note, while Dan mysteriously meets with Malcolm.
99"A Priest Walks into a Bar"David FrazeeChris RaffertyMarch 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)4X65083.82[15]
Lucifer and Chloe investigate when a priest asks for Lucifer's help in stopping a drug ring he believes is being headed by the counselor at a local youth center. However, a problem arises when the youth counselor is found dead and suspicion quickly falls on the priest. Meanwhile, Amenadiel meets with Malcolm to discuss the reason he brought him back from Hell, which is to kill someone.
1010"Pops"Tara Nicole WeyrAlex Katsnelson & Mike CostaMarch 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)4X65093.76[16]
Chloe and Lucifer investigate the poisoning death of the owner/chef at an upscale Mexican restaurant whom Lucifer admires. Suspicion falls on the owner's estranged son, a recovering drug addict, and the sous-chef, Anne, who would assume control of the restaurant if the son were out of the picture. The investigation is complicated by the surprise arrival of Chloe's mother, Penelope Decker, whom Lucifer also much admires. At home, Chloe and Penelope argue about Trixie, causing Trixie to run away to find Lucifer, but she ends up making friends with Mazikeen. Meanwhile, Malcolm reveals to Dan his plan to kill Lucifer, as directed by Amenadiel, and Mazikeen starts visiting Dr. Martin as a patient. Dan meets with Malcolm again saying that he couldn't let Malcolm kill Lucifer, so they end up fighting and Dan is knocked unconscious.
1111"St. Lucifer"Mairzee AlmasSheri Elwood & David McMillanApril 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)4X65113.44[17]
Lucifer finds doing charitable work thrilling and begins to explore it by donating to a local charity in honor of its murdered founder, Tim Dunlear. Amenadiel finds unlikely companionship. Meanwhile, Dan, held captive by Malcolm, tries to escape and warn Lucifer before Malcolm gets to him. Also, Lucifer learns something new about his mortality.
1212"#TeamLucifer"Greg BeemanIldy ModrovichApril 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)4X65123.81[18]
When a member of a satanic church is killed, Lucifer is greatly disturbed that anyone would kill in his name. When it turns out that Malcolm is the one killing those people to honor him, Lucifer threatens torment but then he is interrupted by Amenadiel, which allows Malcolm to run away. They start fighting each other until they are stopped by Mazikeen. Later, Chloe stops by the Lux to talk to Lucifer, but instead finds the dead body of the street preacher who was seen arguing with Lucifer on TV. Elsewhere, Lucifer's realization that Chloe makes him physically vulnerable leads to him becoming paranoid.
1313"Take Me Back to Hell"Nathan HopeJoe HendersonApril 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)4X65133.89[19]
Amenadiel saves Lucifer from being arrested by Chloe and they go to Amenadiel's office to talk. Dr. Martin shows up and advises the brothers. They go looking for Malcolm while Mazikeen helps Chloe hunt for Lucifer. Amenadiel finds Malcolm, they fight and Malcolm wounds Amenadiel with one of Mazikeen's daggers. Mazikeen saves the dying Amenadiel with the feather she kept from Lucifer's wings. Dan turns himself in clearing Lucifer of the murder. Chloe seizes Malcolm's money and he kidnaps Trixie to force her to give it back. At the exchange, Lucifer is fatally shot when he intervenes to try and save Chloe and Trixie.  Lucifer prays to God offering to return to work for him if he saves Chloe. God restores Lucifer's powers and they kill Malcolm. A worried Lucifer tells Amenadiel that God has asked him to hunt for a soul who has escaped from Hell, their mother.

text: Season 2 (2016–17)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [note 1]Prod.codeU.S. viewers(millions)141"Everything's Coming Up Lucifer"Nathan HopeJoe HendersonSeptember 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)T13.200514.36[20]
As Lucifer helps Chloe with a murder case involving a stand-in for a popular teen show actress, he becomes convinced that his mother's soul is occupying the body of the murderer to torment him. Lucifer tells Dr. Martin the story of how the union of his father and mother created the universe, but his mother was ultimately banished to Hell forever. Chloe tells Lucifer that she has some of his blood from the shooting and plans to test it to either prove or disprove his claims of being the devil. When Amenadiel finds out about this, he makes up a story for Chloe that portrays Lucifer as delusional, but human. Like Lucifer, Amenadiel starts to show signs of losing his angelic powers on Earth. Dan is reinstated to the police force, but gets demoted. Maze also returns from her absence, saying that she went to see a friend and wants to figure out how she fits into this world. At the end of the episode, Lucifer's mother shows up at his door, seeking help.
152"Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire"Louis MilitoIldy ModrovichOctober 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)T13.200523.67[21]
Lucifer's mother is shown awaking in her new body in pain, finding a screwdriver lodged in her neck. She explains her story to Lucifer and they return to the hotel room that Charlotte last remembers being in, finding two murdered bodies. Lucifer is convinced his mother committed the crimes and gets Chloe and Dan to investigate. Lucifer later learns that the body his mother occupies is that of Charlotte Richards, a law firm's managing partner who had been having an affair with the man she recently promoted to senior partner. Cocaine is also found hidden in Charlotte's home, giving the team more suspects. The investigation ultimately shows that Charlotte was a victim and Charlotte was not the murderer. With the crime solved, Lucifer chastises Charlotte for abandoning him when he was banished to Hell. She replies that God initially wanted to end Lucifer's existence, but she convinced God to send him to Hell instead. Lucifer seems to accept the explanation and walks away, after which Charlotte looks to the sky with a sly grin.
163"Sin-Eater"Mairzee AlmasAlex KatsnelsonOctober 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)T13.200533.67[22]
Chloe and Dan bring Lucifer in on a case involving a serial killer, whose methods of torturing victims bother Lucifer because he sees it as someone usurping his role. They find a connection to an online video-sharing company headed by Leila Simms, as the murder victims are revealed to have shot and posted videos of other people being humiliated. Back at the precinct, Chloe and Dan discuss their effect on Trixie, with Dan finally saying they need to get a divorce. Charlotte insists that Lucifer let her see her other son, Amenadiel. Although Lucifer refuses to help, Charlotte manages to speak to Amenadiel at Lux while she is there alone. Lucifer walks in on the discussion and comes to a decision on the punishment he will give his Charlotte for escaping Hell: she will be sentenced to live among the humanity that she so despises.
174"Lady Parts"Ben BraySheri ElwoodOctober 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)T13.200543.63[23]
Chloe, Dan, and Lucifer investigate a young woman's dead body found discarded in the woods. The woman has a triangle-shaped stamp on her wrist which becomes a key clue when they find another female victim with the same stamp. With Chloe depressed over her pending divorce, Maze, Dr. Martin, and Ella take her to a bar for girls night. Chloe sees a man who has the triangle stamp on his wrist and soon learns the stamp comes from an underground sex club. They discover a man named Yuri had a connection to both victims and photos on his phone help them find the killer. Elsewhere, Charlotte struggles to adjust to her domestic life, while Amenadiel agonizes over his diminishing angelic powers. He then learns of Lucifer's deal with God: return Charlotte to Hell in exchange for sparing Chloe's life. Amenadiel says Lucifer's punishment of Charlotte does not fulfill the deal and wonders if God will take back his half of the bargain. Just then, Chloe is shown driving when a car smashes into hers.
185"Weaponizer"Karen GaviolaJason NingOctober 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)T13.200553.55[24]
Chloe's car accident is revealed to have been caused by Uriel, Lucifer's and Amenadiel's brother who has the special ability to foresee patterns. Chloe is not badly hurt and she goes right back to work, starting the case of murdered action star Wesley Cabot. Uriel tells Lucifer that the accident was a message: return Charlotte to Hell within 24 hours or Chloe will die. Lucifer visits Charlotte, telling her Uriel is a sign of God's anger and that others will come to take her to Hell if she does not go willingly. Charlotte refuses. Amenadiel and Uriel soon get in a fight. With Amenadiel's weakness and Uriel anticipating his moves, Uriel easily wins. Lucifer finally sees that Amenadiel has lost his powers. Lucifer then confronts Uriel and sees him with Azrael's dagger, acquired from the angel of death. Realizing Uriel intends to use the dagger to end Charlotte's existence permanently, Lucifer fights with his brother and loses. Maze arrives to battle with Uriel and, in the scuffle, Uriel loses hold of the dagger. Lucifer retrieves the instrument and plunges the blade into Uriel, which kills him for good, but not before he says something in Lucifer's ear.
196"Monster"Eagle EgilssonChris RaffertyOctober 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)T13.200563.42[25]
At a zombie-themed wedding, shots from an unseen source wound the groom and kill the bride. Chloe and Dan investigate and Lucifer later arrives hung over, still shaken from exterminating Uriel. Chloe reluctantly agrees to let Maze take Trixie out trick-or-treating so she can continue working the case. Maze reveals part of her true face to Trixie and Trixie thinks it's a costume. Amenadiel visits Charlotte, who praises the way he's always done what his Father asked. Amenadiel then starts to criticize God for allowing everything that has happened to the family. Chloe tracks the wedding sniper to a pharmaceutical company and Lucifer steps in front of the man's next intended victim, hoping to be shot himself. Chloe then ambushes the shooter and arrests him without incident. Lucifer visits Dr. Martin and confesses to killing his brother. He says he's always been a punisher, but never killed anyone before. As Lucifer tells the story, Dr. Martin interrupts, asking him to stop speaking in metaphors and insisting he be honest. Lucifer then reveals his true face to Dr. Martin to prove he is not lying, leaving her in a state of shock.
207"My Little Monkey"Tara Nicole WeyrJenn KaoNovember 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)T13.200573.52[26]
Chloe gets a case that hits close to home, when she learns the man convicted of killing Officer John Decker, her father, is being released from prison under supervision to attend his granddaughter's Christening. When the prisoner and his driver/guard subsequently end up murdered, Chloe and Dan reinvestigate and learn that the wrong man was in prison. During the case, Lucifer, still disgusted with himself, tries to look and act like Dan to feel more useful. Elsewhere, Dr. Martin says she has to drop Maze as a friend upon learning that she is a demon. Maze, meanwhile, is searching for a profession to fulfill her existence on earth. When she helps Chloe and the team find Deputy Warden Perry Smith, the man who ordered the killing of John Decker, Maze decides she will be a bounty hunter.
218"Trip to Stabby Town"Nathan HopeJeff LieberNovember 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)T13.200583.87[27]
Chloe, Dan, and Lucifer take on the case of a female stabbing victim, who is revealed to have been a member of a yoga group that borders on a cult. Lucifer also asks Ella for help in his own case: finding out who stole Azrael's dagger from Uriel's grave. Ella helps lead Lucifer to Charlotte's law firm. When confronted, Charlotte reveals she released the dagger into the world to get God's attention. Chloe's and Lucifer's cases cross when several members of the yoga group are found stabbed to death with Azrael's blade resting in the final victim. Dan briefly holds the blade and threatens Lucifer for ruining his family, but Dan manages to break free of the blade's hold through sheer willpower. Later, Amenadiel tells Lucifer he wants things back in their proper places with Lucifer in Hell and Charlotte in Heaven, but Charlotte says she wants her entire family back in Heaven. Lucifer says he despised living in Hell, but the thought of Heaven is even worse. He says the only place he feels respected is on Earth. Meanwhile, Lucifer resumes his sessions with Dr. Martin, who begins to realize Lucifer is like a lot of her therapy patients: a damaged individual from a dysfunctional family.
229"Homewrecker"Greg BeemanMike CostaNovember 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)T13.200593.63[28]
Chloe, Dan, and Lucifer tackle the murder of a wealthy real estate mogul who owned the entire block that includes Lux. Their investigation turns up multiple people with motives, including the victim's son, his fiancée who comes from modest means, and a rival real estate developer who wants to tear down the whole block, including Lux, to put up a shopping mall. The developer is about to get her wish until Chloe manages to get the building that houses Lux declared a historic landmark. Meanwhile, Charlotte becomes friendly with Dan and starts to strongly believe that Chloe is the reason Lucifer wants to stay on Earth. Charlotte meets with a bomb maker and plans to blow up Chloe when she steps into her car.
2310"Quid Pro Ho"Nathan HopeIldy Modrovich & Julia FontanaNovember 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)T13.200604.09[29]
Charlotte's attempt to kill Chloe is stopped by Amenadiel, who convinces her that eliminating Chloe would only cause Lucifer to be relentless in finding her killer. Lucifer later learns Charlotte tried to kill Chloe, but his thoughts soon turn to the trial of John Decker's murder, with Charlotte assigned to defend Warden Smith. Lucifer takes the stand as a witness and testifies that Chloe was first on the scene, putting a conviction at risk because Chloe provides reasonable doubt. Charlotte tries to convince Chloe to lie on the stand and paint Lucifer's testimony as false, which is the only way the warden could be convicted, but Chloe instead says Lucifer told the truth. Amenadiel later meets Chloe's mother Penelope, who is distraught over her husband's killer being set free. Amenadiel remembers meeting Penelope and John Decker 35 years ago, when he was sent by God to assist in a miracle, allowing Penelope to get pregnant. He then meets with Charlotte, telling her the story and stating that Lucifer's coming to Earth and meeting Chloe was predestined.
2411"Stewardess Interruptus"Greg BeemanSheri ElwoodJanuary 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)T13.200613.97[30]
When the only apparent connection between two murder victims is the fact that they'd once shared Lucifer's bed, Chloe interviews all of his lovers (male and female) from the past two months to try and find the culprit. Lucifer comes to the uncomfortable realization that he was never more to them than they were to him, in the process derailing his confidence in pursuing his burgeoning affections towards Chloe. Meanwhile, the actual connection in the murders is a mysterious figure for whom the victims were smuggling an unknown but deadly substance, which goes undiscovered by the police. Mazikeen continues to search for her own identity and learns a valuable truth from Dr. Linda, while Amenadiel tries to manipulate Lucifer towards Chloe at their mother's behest. In the end, Lucifer decides to stop pursuing Chloe, telling her that she is special and he is not worthy of her.  His extolling of the things that make her special makes Chloe see that he has come to care for her as more than just a conquest and she kisses him.
2512"Love Handles"Karen GaviolaAlex KatsnelsonJanuary 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)T13.200624.17[31]
Lucifer is a bit confused when Chloe acts more carefree and relaxed in his presence, exchanging barbs with him. Lucifer and Chloe keep trying to track down the owner of the mysterious package after a college student is found dead due to an unknown poison. Clues lead them to Professor Carlisle, who had been chastised for saving himself and his dissertation from a burning vehicle, leaving the driver to die. Carlisle is conducting morbid "experiments" to prove all humans would make the choice he did. Meanwhile, Maze hears about Chloe's birth story from Charlotte, and agrees to meet with Lucifer to tell him the truth, in the very bar where Amenadiel met Penelope 35 years ago. As Maze changes her mind, Lucifer sees a photo of Amenadiel and a younger Penelope on the bar wall, and Charlotte confirms that Chloe is a miracle ordered by God. Lucifer goes to confront Chloe, and sees she has the symptoms of Carlisle's poison.
2613"A Good Day to Die"Alrick RileyJoe Henderson & Chris RaffertyJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)T13.200634.19[32]
Lucifer and Chloe desperately search for an antidote to save her, learning that the Professor sourced the ingredients for his poisons from an amateur artist. Chloe collapses and is hospitalized, while Dan and Lucifer learn that the formula for the antidote was known only to Carlisle. With no other options, Lucifer has Maze and Linda stop his heart, allowing him to enter Hell and find Carlisle's soul, which is now eternally tormented by a recreation of the car accident. Lucifer offers him a chance at absolution in exchange for the formula, but Carlisle fails to assuage his guilt sufficiently. While waiting to be revived, however, Lucifer stumbles upon an illusion of Uriel, who forces Lucifer to kill him again and again. Charlotte sends herself to Hell to free him, but ends up succumbing to her own guilt, forcing Lucifer to drag her away. Upon being revived, Lucifer meets up with Dan and Ella, who have retrieved the ingredients, and creates the antidote. Charlotte tries to reconnect with her son, but he disowns her for deceiving him. When Chloe visits Lux later, she is shocked to find it closed for business with Lucifer nowhere to be found.
2714"Candy Morningstar"Claudia YarmyJenn KaoMay 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)T13.200643.41[33]
Lucifer returns to Los Angeles after two weeks and introduces his wife Candy to Chloe and Dan. Chloe becomes upset, both with Lucifer's cavalier attitude and his decision to marry. When Ash Corrigan, a musician in a local band, turns up dead, Lucifer tries to help Chloe, but she pushes him away. Meanwhile, Amenadiel and Charlotte also discover that Lucifer is married and Charlotte suspects that Lucifer is planning some sort of revenge. When Maze suggests that Chloe needs a mediator, Chloe impersonates Candy as a means of getting an appointment with the mediator Ash saw for his divorce. Amenadiel confronts Lucifer for hurting Chloe's feelings. Lucifer tells him he's not trying to hurt her; rather, he's protecting her. The two discover that Doug, the drummer of Ash's band, is the murderer and take him into custody. Lucifer and Chloe agree to become partners again. It's revealed that Lucifer never married Candy, who turns out to be an actress who helped Lucifer in return for his saving her life in Las Vegas.
2815"Deceptive Little Parasite"Brad TanenbaumMike Costa & Julia FontanaMay 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)T13.200653.25[34]
Lucifer retrieves Azrael's blade, which turns out to be the Flaming Sword that once guarded Eden and can cut through the Gates of Heaven, allowing Charlotte to return home. As the Lightbringer, Lucifer is the only one who can reignite the blade, but fails to do so as it can only be triggered by extreme emotion. Chloe and Dan investigate the murder of an admissions officer at a prestigious elementary school; despite uncovering embezzlement by the assistant dean, they are unable to find any leads. Chloe and Maze pose as a married couple and attend a party in honor of the deceased, where the real murderer, a teacher whose affair was discovered by the victim, is caught and subdued by Maze. Linda suggests to Lucifer that his inability to use the blade may be because he suppresses all of the pain and heartbreak in his life and, by channeling pain instead of anger, he is able to briefly ignite the Sword. It is revealed then that Charlotte is desperate to return to Heaven because her human form is weakening.
2916"God Johnson"Sherwin ShilatiJason NingMay 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)T13.200663.05[35]
Lucifer works a new case with Chloe, investigating the murder of an orderly at a mental institution. The suspect is a patient calling himself "God Johnson," who proves to be immune to Lucifer's powers and knows to call him Samael. Ella identifies him as Earl Johnson, a wealthy businessman who was committed after giving away all of his money. Lucifer pretends to be insane to get himself committed. Upon seeing Johnson heal a bleeding woman that would have been the killer's second victim, Lucifer believes that God has come to earth. When he confronts his Father and learns that he has no knowledge of Charlotte escaping Hell, he and Linda break him out and set up a surprise date between the two. Amenadiel reveals to Maze that Lucifer is returning to Heaven, leaving her behind. God and Charlotte begin to reconcile, but Chloe arrives and takes him and Lucifer back to the hospital. The real killer, one of the nurses, abducts them. Lucifer and God make peace with one another while there. After being rescued, Lucifer discovers that Earl's belt buckle was part of Azrael's dagger and that Earl was filled with divinity while wearing the belt, thereby attaining the knowledge and power of God. Realizing that his real Father would never reconcile with him, his hatred becomes even stronger.
3017"Sympathy for the Goddess"Louis MilitoJoe HendersonMay 22, 2017 (2017-05-22)T13.200673.03[36]
Lucifer, Amenadiel, and Charlotte cut a deal with Zeke Moore, a professional smuggler, for the last piece of the Blade. However, Zeke is robbed and murdered before he can turn over the piece. Lucifer gets Chloe assigned to the case and they discover that the killer in question is Chet Ruiz, son of Bianca Ruiz, one of Charlotte's clients and a powerful crime lord. Amenadiel and Dan bond upon discovering that they both feel unable to compete with Lucifer. Linda is stripped of her medical license for ethics violations during the God Johnson incident and Lucifer unintentionally botches her appeal by revealing that he had sex with her. An enraged Maze attacks him and reveals how hurt she is that Lucifer has manipulated her during their time on Earth. Bianca gets Charlotte to steal Chet's phone from the police, but Chloe finds out, while also learning that Charlotte is the "ex-wife of Lucifer's dad," and instead gets her to take part in a sting operation that leads to Bianca's arrest. The piece turns out to be a rare tome that only Amenadiel can read. Maze forces the chairman of the ethics board to restore Linda's license, while Charlotte accidentally kills Chet by exposing him to divine light after he stabs her. Lucifer and Amenadiel discover that the latter's necklace contains the third piece of the Blade and that Amenadiel is their Father's favorite son.
3118"The Good, the Bad, and the Crispy"Karen GaviolaIldy ModrovichMay 29, 2017 (2017-05-29)T13.200683.31[37]
Charlotte calls in a favor to dispose of Chet's body, while Amenadiel insists that he be given some time to find himself before reassembling the Blade. Linda uses duct tape to hide Charlotte's wound but, when Lucifer arrives, he recognizes that his mother does not have much time before her human body "bursts." He hires Maze to find Amenadiel while he works to cover up the murder. Unfortunately, Ella finds the cleaning company Charlotte hired and Chloe confronts Lucifer about letting his personal problems interfere with work. Amenadiel refuses to reassemble the Blade, citing renewed loyalty to his Father. Charlotte escapes, apparently kills one of the cleaners, and forces Linda to reveal Lucifer's plan. She then threatens to kill Chloe unless the last piece of the Blade is delivered to her, which turns out to be in Dan's possession. Amenadiel uses his renewed angelic powers to stop time, allowing Linda to be hospitalized. At the same time, the cleaner's real killer (Chet's brother) attempts to shoot Lucifer and Charlotte. With time stopped, Lucifer ignites the Blade and opens a rift leading outside the universe, where his mother the Goddess can create her own world, free from God's influence (throwing the Blade through with her). Later, the old Charlotte is revived, having no memory of the time her body was inhabited. A visit to Linda at the hospital encourages Lucifer to reveal his true nature to Chloe. Before he can, however, he is knocked out cold and wakes up to find himself in the desert with his wings restored.

text: Season 3 (2017–18)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [note 2]Prod.codeU.S. viewers(millions)321"They're Back, Aren't They?"Karen GaviolaIldy ModrovichOctober 2, 2017 (2017-10-02)T13.207513.92[44]
Lucifer encounters a fleeing criminal and steals his clothes before getting the police to return him to Los Angeles. He asks Linda to remove his wings, but she refuses. Chloe brings him onto a new case, a dehydrated corpse found in the desert where Lucifer woke up, while overseen by her new lieutenant, Marcus Pierce. The body turns out to be that of a wealthy man and his close friend reveals that he paid "kidnappers" to prank the victim. While attempting to restore his wings, Amenadiel discovers a severed pair from Lucifer. Lucifer tries to show Chloe his true "devilface," but cannot. To lure out the "kidnappers," Pierce instructs Dan to get himself kidnapped, which Lucifer arranges. However, he makes himself the target at the last moment because he suspects the kidnappers to be behind his own abduction. He interrogates them and learns that the dead man was turned over to another kidnapper. The man reveals that he was hired by the Sinnerman, a mysterious crime boss, to abduct Lucifer. Lucifer, whose wings grew back after he cut them off again, initially suspects that God restored his wings as punishment for sending Charlotte to a void, but eventually comes to believe that it is "something darker" connected to Sinnerman.
332"The One with the Baby Carrot"Louis MilitoJoe HendersonOctober 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)T13.207523.33[45]
After failing to connect a recent murder to the Sinnerman, Lucifer is told by Chloe that he has to either bring her evidence that he exists or allow the case to die. Pierce assigns them a new case: a murdered comedian who accused his rival, Bobby Lowe, of stealing his jokes. Amenadiel asks Linda to help him destroy Lucifer's severed wings. While attending one of Bobby's shows, Lucifer storms the stage and accidentally shoots him with a gun hidden in a hand puppet. It turns out that Bobby did steal the jokes and wanted to be fired from the show. Pierce warns Lucifer that the Sinnerman is real and killed someone close to him during his previous posting in Chicago. Lucifer and Dan run a sting operation, netting an old friend of Bobby's who reveals that the dead man was working on a new set with Sheila, Bobby's warm-up act. They find and arrest her and Pierce makes an agreement with Lucifer to help find the Sinnerman so long as he keeps Chloe out of it. Inspired by something Sheila said, Lucifer decides to focus not on his regrowing wings or the loss of his "devilface," but on his skill as a granter of favors.
343"Mr. & Mrs. Mazikeen Smith"Tara Nicole WeyrJoe Henderson & Alex KatsnelsonOctober 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)T13.200693.19[46]
Bored with her life, Maze decides to hunt a more challenging target: a serial killer named Ben Rivers, who has evaded every attempt at capture. Tracking him to Canada, she eventually finds a witness and blackmails him into revealing the location of Rivers' girlfriend. Lucifer and Chloe question Rivers' former attorney and learn that he is a master manipulator. Against Chloe's concerns that Maze might be in trouble, Lucifer sends her the bounty's address. Rivers then reveals that he used to work as a bounty hunter for Lt. Herrera, the cop who sent Maze to catch him, and the two form an unlikely bond. Dan arrives at Chloe's request, but Rivers escapes to avoid being returned to police custody. With Lucifer's help, Chloe proves Rivers to be innocent, allowing them to bring Herrera, the real murderer, to justice. Despite her feelings for him, Maze decides to leave Rivers behind and return home. Rivers warns her that Herrera was working for someone very powerful and that she is likely now in danger. A shadowy figure is then shown placing a file on Maze into a drawer filled with files on all the protagonists.
354"What Would Lucifer Do?"Eagle EgilssonJason NingOctober 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)T13.207533.26[47]
Marcus assigns Chloe a new case, while Amenadiel shares his insights with Lucifer; the latter suggests that Amenadiel needs to "walk in his shoes" in order to understand him. The victim, a counselor who worked with troubled kids, is shown to have been murdered with a tool belonging to a missing resident. Lucifer calls in a favor, finds the resident, and brings him back to the station. He turns out to be innocent, despite Lucifer's insistence that juveniles are incapable of reform. To prove his point, he sets up a marijuana distribution ring with the other kids, inadvertently providing Chloe with a lead that uncovers the murder weapon. Amenadiel gets arrested after assaulting a pimp, but Dan bails him out. The two talk, and Amenadiel realizes that Lucifer's excessive lifestyle just covers up how lonely he is. As Pierce and Chloe track the new murder suspect, Pierce is shot by the man while protecting Chloe. Lucifer, angered, tracks down the shooter and nearly kills him, were it not for Amenadiel's intervention. Based on his experiences, Amenadiel concludes that his "test" is to have Lucifer's back. Lucifer rebukes him, enraged by the thought that his feelings for Chloe are responsible for what he has become.
365"Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards"Nathan HopeChris RaffertyOctober 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)T13.207543.37[48]
Simon Fisher, a chemist at a pudding company, is found dead in one of his vats, and the company's owner turns out to be represented by Charlotte Richards, for whom Lucifer still has conflicting feelings. He and Chloe learn that the dead man wanted to sell his secret formula to a rival company, and identify a fixer who had been spying on him. An encounter with Dan inspires Charlotte to visit Lucifer to help fill in her missing memories; however, she mistakingly believes that they were romantically involved. After Lucifer clears things up, he discovers that she was trapped in Hell during the time when his mother inhabited her body. He encourages her to confess her sins, which includes withholding crucial evidence from Chloe. Using it, Ella determines that the pudding's ingredients can cause renal failure, and that Simon committed suicide to expose the company's wrongdoing. Overwhelmed with guilt, Charlotte has a breakdown and holds the owner, fixer, and rival owner hostage to force them to reveal who killed Simon. Lucifer talks her down, and Chloe uses a recording he made to charge them with endangering public health. Lucifer meets Charlotte and admits that she is not to blame for his mother's actions; the two agree to start a fresh, professional relationship.
376"Vegas with Some Radish"Karen GaviolaIldy Modrovich & Sheri ElwoodNovember 6, 2017 (2017-11-06)T13.200723.48[49]
At Chloe's birthday celebration, Lucifer receives word that Candy, his fake "wife", has disappeared. Without telling Chloe, he and Ella travel to Las Vegas, where they find a woman dressed as Candy murdered in her apartment. Lucifer suspects that a loan shark who once tried to seize Candy's father's club was responsible, but he turns up dead as well. While investigating his wife, a pit boss at a nearby casino, Ella is caught counting cards at blackjack, and she and Lucifer are thrown out. Candy, who had been posing as a waitress while following the same lead, admits that the dead woman was a friend of hers. Lucifer and Ella set a trap at the club, and discover that Jedd, the bartender, was the killer; Ella subdues him and they return home. Entering his apartment, Lucifer discovers that Chloe, Dan, and Linda had thrown a party and attempted to break into his safe, but failed. After admitting to Chloe that he was wrong not to tell her why he was leaving, he opens the safe and presents her with a gift: a necklace made from the bullet she shot him with when they first started working together.
387"Off the Record"Eduardo SánchezStory by : Jen Graham Imada Teleplay by : Chris Rafferty & Mike CostaNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)T13.200713.58[50]
After waking up from a coma, Linda's estranged husband Reese Getty, an investigative reporter, discovers her affair with Lucifer. Enraged, he decides to write an expose that will ruin his reputation. Lucifer and Chloe investigate a serial killer targeting phony advocates. Linda serves Reese with divorce papers, giving him 24 hours to sign them. Lucifer confronts Reese and persuades him to drop his investigation; just as Reese accepts that Lucifer is right, he witnesses him use his "devilface" to obtain a confession. A year later, a nearly deranged Reese is asked by Chloe to assist in the still-ongoing investigation and decides to kill Lucifer, shooting him in the middle of a therapy session. Linda explains that she knows Lucifer's true nature and considers him her friend, but Reese storms out. He then tracks down the killer and gets him to target Lucifer, but an innocent woman is killed instead. Reese blames Lucifer for his actions; Lucifer counters that he never sends anyone to hell, and that  humans like Reese are responsible for damning themselves. After attacking Linda in a rage, Reese uses himself as bait to lure the killer out, accepting his fate; it is then revealed that the whole episode was Reese's damned soul seeking redemption, trapped in a time loop in hell.
398"Chloe Does Lucifer"Louis MilitoJulia FontanaNovember 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)T13.207553.26[51]
Lucifer becomes concerned when Amenadiel calls him "boring", and grows obsessed with proving he's not. A somewhat plain woman named Kim Jones is murdered, and Chloe traces the last call she made to Top Meet, a popular dating app. Chloe attends a mixer held by the company, adopting Lucifer's style and mannerisms in a bid to cover up her dullness, but fails. Eventually, she and Dan locate a man who dated Kim's roommate Esther, who reveals that Kim was about to receive a large sum of money. It turns out that Kim founded Top Meet and wanted to make it more accessible, and that Mac, a handsome man whom she tapped to front as CEO, killed her to preserve the app's exclusivity. While planning her ex-husband's funeral, Linda has an existential crisis, and reveals that Reese's passing has made her fear death. Amenadiel manages to calm her by explaining that he once had a similar crisis, and they manage to fix their friendship. Wanting to avoid damnation, Charlotte lies to Ella that she wants to study forensics, giving her an excuse to follow the latter around. When Ella points out that being "good" means not just words, but actions, Charlotte decides to leave her practice and join the district attorney's office. Lucifer briefly contemplates whether being boring is for him, before deciding it's not.
409"The Sinnerman"Marisol AdlerJenn KaoDecember 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)T13.207563.39[52]
A young man named Joey Pileggi asks Lucifer for a favor. A few months later, Chloe asks Marcus, newly returned to work, for a personal day, but he turns her down. Joey winds up murdered, and Lucifer reveals the favor was getting him work as a courier for the mob. Maze becomes jealous when she realizes that Linda and Amenadiel have grown closer. Charlotte, as a prosecutor, joins Chloe and Lucifer as they question Frankie Ferrante, the mobster who mentored Joey, and learn that his death was not mob-related. Another body turns up; Lucifer recognizes her as another client. Ella identifies the killer as the Sinnerman, who lures Lucifer into an abandoned building and traps him inside. With Charlotte's help, Chloe manipulates Frankie into going after the Sinnerman, but the former feels hurt that Chloe did not tell her the plan. Maze finds Lucifer and forces him to discuss her feelings before freeing him. Marcus confesses to Chloe that the Sinnerman murdered his brother in Chicago, and that he intends to get revenge. The Sinnerman ambushes Frankie; Chloe and Marcus manage to capture him. Maze asks Linda to stop seeing Amenadiel. Dan finds Charlotte crying, and comforts her by saying that being "good" takes time and commitment. Lucifer tries to interrogate the Sinnerman using his powers, but the latter gouges out his own eyes before he can do so.
4110"The Sin Bin"Greg BeemanSheri ElwoodDecember 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)T13.207573.36[53]
As Pierce prepares the Sinnerman for formal questioning, the suspect reveals that a woman will soon be drowned in a spot only he knows. Chloe tracks a possible lead to a roller derby club, which leads them to the woman's car and a planted bomb. Realizing that the only option is to bust the Sinnerman out, Chloe has Ella distract Pierce while she steals the cell keys, then stages a bomb scare to smuggle him out; Pierce catches on and decides to help them nonetheless. Trixie meets Charlotte and encourages her to be a better mother to her children. Pierce and Chloe manage to save the woman, but Lucifer and the Sinnerman vanish. The woman explains that she owed the Sinnerman a debt, and set up her own "kidnapping". The Sinnerman wakes up in Lucifer's private estate, where Maze proceeds to torture him close to death. Despite a celestial rule dictating that angels may not take human lives, Lucifer concludes that killing him and thus being damned for all eternity is the only solution; Maze abandons him in disgust. Lucifer realizes that Sinnerman's true desire is to die by his hand. Pierce arrives with Chloe and shoots the Sinnerman dead. Trixie successfully gets Charlotte to go on a date with Dan. After deducing that the Sinnerman was working for someone more powerful, Lucifer calls Pierce to Lux. It is revealed that Pierce is in fact the immortal Cain, the world's first murderer who is destined to wander the earth forever.
4211"City of Angels?"Mark TonderaiJason Ning & Jenn KaoJanuary 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)T13.200703.11[54]
In 2011, Lucifer leaves Hell and visits Los Angeles, where he seeks amusement. His brother, Amenadiel, arrives and demands that he return to Hell, as he's done after many similar visits to Earth. However, Lucifer, unwilling to return, talks him into delaying their departure. While waiting, Amenadiel is shot by a mugger, who steals his necklace. Knowing the danger of exposing humans to true divinity, he persuades Lucifer to help him find it in return for a favor. Meanwhile, beat cop Chloe Decker and her husband, Det. Dan Espinoza, investigate the murder of Aiden Scott, an MMA fighter. Lucifer abducts the promoter who tried to fix Aiden's last fight, summoning his demon torturer Mazikeen to interrogate him. Chloe visits the promoter's lawyer, Charlotte Richards, and pressures her into setting up a sting operation with her client. Lucifer sets up a fight between himself and his brother, trying to convince Amenadiel that the two of them are the same. Amenadiel easily dominates the fight, but allows Lucifer to win by submission to prove that, unlike Lucifer, he can control his pride. The sting nets Aiden's mentor Gil, but Lucifer and Amenadiel snatch him up and force him to confess to the murder and the theft before leaving him to be arrested. Lucifer uses his favor to force Amenadiel to leave him on Earth, and takes over the promoter's now-shuttered club. As a sign that he is renouncing his former identity, he has Maze cut off his wings.
4312"All About Her"Tara Nicole WeyrAlex KatsnelsonJanuary 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)T13.207583.77[55]
Lucifer accuses Pierce of working for God, but he denies it and leaves. A surfer's body is found on a private beach, and Chloe, furious with Lucifer for going behind her back, blocks him from assisting in the investigation. Charlotte chastises Pierce for yelling at Ella, and Amenadiel learns (falsely, as it turns out) that he has contracted chlamydia. Linda advises Lucifer to pay more attention to Chloe's needs, but she sees through his attempts; Dan then tells him that he needs to be helpful without getting in her way. Chloe suspects that a gang of surfers known as the Orcas may have been involved in the murder, sending Dan to go undercover and work their leader, Wild Child. After learning that Pierce intends to skip town, Lucifer discovers that he wishes to die, and had previously put himself and Chloe in danger hoping to be killed after learning that Lucifer is vulnerable around Chloe. Wild Child reveals to Dan that the Orcas had nothing to do with the murder, and Chloe deduces that the owners of the beach where it occurred were framing them to cover up their illegal acquisition of the land. Linda tells Amenadiel that she isn't comfortable dating him due to Maze's objections, and they kiss while Maze sees them, in anger. Lucifer makes a deal with Pierce to find a way to end his life.
4413"Til Death Do Us Part"Sherwin ShilatiMike CostaJanuary 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)T13.207593.67[56]
Pierce quickly loses faith in Lucifer's lack of progress; Maze theorizes that he must have a weakness that can be exploited. A newly murdered woman, June Lee, turns out to be a criminal named Sandra Jiang; her death is found to be connected to her role cooking "K-pop", a form of ecstasy. Lucifer collects the mobster who once employed Sandra; he agrees to cooperate with the investigation in return for one of Sandra's recipes. To prove that Sandra was selling her product independently, Chloe decides to have Lucifer and Pierce pose as a married couple in order to infiltrate her neighborhood. Dan and Charlotte go on their first date, but Maze, who has developed a crush on the latter, crashes and confronts her; it later becomes clear that Maze is only attracted to Charlotte's pain, from her time in hell. The cops learn that a "watchdog" who has been terrorizing the neighborhood has something to do with Sandra's death. Lucifer lures him out, but he turns out be innocent. His wife turns out to be the killer, having mistakingly believed Sandra to be having an affair with her husband. Charlotte decides that she needs some time away from relationships in order to refocus. Pierce notes that as much as Lucifer wants to help him, he is more interested in using him to get revenge on his father.
4514"My Brother's Keeper"Claudia YarmyJoe Henderson & Jason NingFebruary 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)T13.207603.71[57]
Lucifer, realizing that he understands nothing about Cain's mark, decides to ask Amenadiel for help, but he refuses. Ella's older brother, Jay Lopez, disappears after a man he was meeting with is murdered. Chloe asks Ella to recuse herself from the investigation, but she and Maze go off to find him anyway. Charlotte is turned down by Linda when she asks for a consultation, as she still fears her. The victim is tied to a jewelry store heist, and Lucifer and Chloe check with the owner, who reveals that the "robbery" was actually insurance fraud. Pierce tracks down Amenadiel, who he knows gave him the mark, and assaults him in anger. Chloe and Dan confirm that Jay was, in fact, hired to "clean" the stolen diamonds. Jay flees, and goes after the real killer, the store's investigator, but gets captured. Pierce points out that he and Amenadiel both tried to kill their brothers, but that Amenadiel's failure makes him worse. Maze eliminates the killer and saves Jay. Linda decides to treat Charlotte. Lucifer catches Jay stealing the diamonds, and vows to punish him if he ever commits a crime again. Amenadiel decides that he will do whatever it takes to protect his brother from Pierce.
4615"High School Poppycock"Louis MilitoChris Rafferty & Jen Graham ImadaFebruary 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)T13.207613.18[58]
Lucifer has a dream about Chloe dying, and doubles down on his quest to help Pierce. When young adult author Kathleen Pike is murdered,  he learns that her latest work may help him overcome his lack of ideas. Against Maze's wishes, Linda and Amenadiel continue their romance in secret (Maze is aware, however). With no leads, Chloe learns that the characters in Kathleen's books are based on people from her high school days, and Lucifer agrees to go undercover with her at an upcoming reunion to find the killer. Maze intentionally sets up Linda and Amenadiel on blind dates with herself and Todd, the man Lucifer impersonated, as revenge for their deception. It turns out that all of the party attendees have an alibi except for Todd, while Maze angrily storms out after Linda defends her actions. Todd explains that Kathleen had a different ending for her book from what her editor wanted, and Chloe uses that information to set a trap for him. Lucifer has a breakdown when he realizes that Kathleen's work was destroyed, and leaves. Linda breaks up with Amenadiel for Maze's sake. Lucifer throws Chloe her own "prom" so that she can move on from her nostalgia, and in the middle of it, he has an epiphany: to break Pierce's curse, he has to prevent the circumstances that caused it.
4716"Infernal Guinea Pig"Eagle EgilssonJenn Kao & Julia FontanaMarch 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)T13.207623.13[59]
To help Pierce break his curse, Lucifer proposes resurrecting Abel, who he reveals has been trapped in Hell since his murder. However, the plan goes awry when Abel is revived in the body of Bree Garland, the assistant to B movie producer Alexa Lee, whose office was recently blown up by a bomb. Based on information provided by Maze, Lucifer and Pierce track Bree to a pool party, where she is blissfully unaware of her situation until Amenadiel arrives and tries to persuade her to commit suicide by claiming she's still in Hell. Chloe's investigation uncovers links between Alexa's film studio and a Bolivian drug cartel, and she realizes that Bree, who had been aware of her employer's crimes, was trying to expose her. Bree encounters Pierce and shoots him, but he still does not die. Chloe takes Bree and Lucifer to Alexa's office for evidence, where they narrowly manage to defuse another bomb. Using a recovered fingerprint, Chloe has Alexa arrested for money laundering. Charlotte makes some strong progress in therapy with Linda, while Amenadiel, after fighting with Maze, calls her childish for ruining his chance at romance. Bree, having somewhat reconciled with her brother, asks for some space to figure herself out. Lucifer, concerned about Chloe's safety, informs Pierce that he is ending their partnership when Bree is suddenly run over by an ambulance.
4817"Let Pinhead Sing!"Alrick RileyIldy Modrovich & Sheri ElwoodMarch 12, 2018 (2018-03-12)T13.207632.97[60]
Pop singer Axara sees her life threatened when one of her backup dancers (wearing a mask and the same outfit as Axara) gets killed by a high-powered firework. Chloe investigates without much help from Lucifer, who is still worried about putting Chloe in danger and tries to avoid her. He does offer to quarantine Axara at Lux until the killer is found, though. Suspicion falls on a crazed fan, who is soon found dead himself, then to Axara's manager, before evidence ultimately leads Chloe to Axara's former high school friend and current tour manager, Cece. Elsewhere, Pierce is dejected over Lucifer backing off on helping him die and the fact that Abel couldn't kill him either. Ella convinces him to talk to Dan, which does no good, and Pierce also has a conversation with Amenadiel that seems to help. Pierce starts to believe again that Chloe is the key, and he asks her out on a date in full view of Lucifer. Meanwhile, Linda tries to reconcile her friendship with Maze, even getting Charlotte to mediate their dispute, but Maze won't budge off her high horse.
4918"The Last Heartbreak"Hanelle CulpepperAlex Katsnelson & Mike CostaMarch 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)T13.207643.23[61]
In 1958, Pierce, an LAPD detective, is assigned to investigate a serial murderer known as the "Broken Hearts Killer". In the present, two new victims are found that match the killer's MO. Lucifer tries to get between what he suspects is a growing romance between Chloe and Pierce. Dan tells a drunken Maze to pull herself together for Chloe's sake. More victims turn up, validating Pierce's belief that a copycat is responsible. Amenadiel runs into Charlotte, and Linda advises him to keep his distance. Pierce visits the granddaughter of his partner in 1958, getting back his files on the case. Maze and Dan argue, and Maze ends up insulting Trixie unaware that she's behind her. Using a radio call-in show to set up a sting, Chloe and Pierce pose as a cheating couple and lure out the killer, who turns out to be a man who found the original killer's journals and became obsessed with them. Charlotte persuades Amenadiel to reveal the truth to her. Pierce decides to pursue a relationship with Chloe, with Lucifer's blessing.
5019"Orange Is the New Maze"Nathan HopeJenn KaoMarch 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)T13.207653.19[62]
Maze asks Lucifer to send her back to Hell; Lucifer refuses and suggests that she needs to blow off some steam. Linda warns Charlotte not to see Amenadiel again. Security footage of a new murder seems to implicate Maze as the killer, and Chloe learns that the victim was one of her bounties. Maze subsequently turns herself in, claiming guilt, and even hands over the murder weapon. However, when Chloe presses her, it becomes clear that Maze only wants to take the fall. Charlotte forces Lucifer to tell her about his mother. Maze escapes custody, and Chloe determines that someone is framing her. Pierce becomes increasingly jealous of the "special relationship" between Lucifer and Chloe. A conversation with a former bounty leads them to a wealthy winery owner, who blames Maze for getting her son killed. Chloe persuades Maze to spare the owner's life; instead, she stabs her in the foot. Lucifer, prompted by Amenadiel, reveals his true self to Charlotte. When Lucifer tries to persuade her to stay, Maze, angry that he refuses to consider her feelings, prepares to leave town. However, Pierce stops her, and promises to help her if she helps him.
5120"The Angel of San Bernardino"Tara Nicole WeyrJason NingApril 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)T13.207663.18[63]
A man is killed during a home invasion, but the homeowner survives due to the intervention of a "guardian angel". A news story then surfaces of a guardian angel rescuing a victim in San Bernardino, leading Lucifer to wonder whether he could be responsible, even though he has no memory of the deeds. Pierce's relationship with Chloe is strained by her refusal to let him meet Trixie. Linda suggests that Lucifer may not be aware of his actions because he is unconsciously trying to distract himself; both he and Amenadiel suspect that God is responsible. Charlotte starts behaving outlandishly, as she believes that she will end up in Heaven no matter what she does. Chloe finds a video of a fight involving the victim, which leads them to an actor who was hired to keep him from breaking his addiction to heroin. Lucifer's refusal to sleep interferes with his work, and Chloe accuses him of being jealous. Lucifer forces the murderer to confess, after which Maze visits him and reveals that she is the "angel", having done so to keep Lucifer from figuring out Pierce's plan to use Chloe. However, Pierce changes his mind and dumps Chloe, breaking her heart in the process. Furious, Lucifer attacks Pierce, whose mark has vanished, rendering him mortal.
5221"Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better"Jim VickersAlex KatsnelsonApril 23, 2018 (2018-04-23)T13.20767TBD
Pierce contemplates suicide, but realizes he truly loves Chloe. Seeing a chance for a normal life where he can grow old with her and die, he tries to win her back. A new murder case comes in: Reina Markova, a prima ballerina who was strangled while practicing. Lucifer decides that the only way to get Chloe back is to outshine Pierce in every way. Pierce reneges on his plan to frame Lucifer for his murder, which angers Maze. Reina's former understudy reveals that she was set to host a reality competition show, but ultimately backed out; it then turns out that the show's creator was blackmailed into offering her the job. Amenadiel recruits Charlotte to help him expose Pierce as the Sinnerman. Lucifer and Chloe uncover an affair between Reina and the ballet company chairman, while Charlotte is caught trying to follow Pierce and attempts to seduce him, but fails. Ella and Dan deduce that Reina's partner Miguel was behind the blackmail and killed her to protect himself. Pierce and Lucifer both invite Chloe to have dinner with them, but Pierce makes the decision to tell Chloe how he feels and proposes to her--just as Lucifer arrives to do the same thing.
5322"All Hands on Decker"[64]TBATBAApril 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)T13.20768TBD
5423"Quintessential Deckerstar"[65]Claudia Yarmy[66]Ildy Modrovich[66]May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)T13.20769TBD
5524"A Devil of My Word"[67]Eagle EgilssonJoe HendersonMay 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)[6]T13.20770TBD

text: An episode titled "Once Upon a Time" was filmed for the third season, directed by Kevin Alejandro, with the story by Ricardo Lopez, Jr. and teleplay by Ildy Modrovich & Joe Henderson.[68] It will be one of two episodes moved to a potential fourth season.[69]

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No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"Pilot"

January 25, 2016
2.4/7
7.16[7]
1.4
3.63
3.8
10.78[70]

2

"Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil."

February 1, 2016
2.0/6
6.00[8]
1.1
3.30
3.1
9.30[71]

3

"The Would-Be Prince of Darkness"

February 8, 2016
1.7/5
5.47[9]
1.1
3.00
2.8
8.46[72]

4

"Manly Whatnots"

February 15, 2016
1.6/4
5.13[10]
1.1
2.97
2.7
8.10[73]

5

"Sweet Kicks"

February 22, 2016
1.5/4
4.86[11]
1.1
2.97
2.6
7.83[74]

6

"Favorite Son"

February 29, 2016
1.3/4
3.91[12]
1.1
3.00
2.4
6.91[75]

7

"Wingman"

March 7, 2016
1.3/4
4.24[13]
1.0
2.80
2.3
7.04[76]

8

"Et Tu, Doctor?"

March 14, 2016
1.2/4
3.86[14]
1.1
3.05
2.3
6.91[77]

9

"A Priest Walks into a Bar"

March 21, 2016
1.2/4
3.82[15]
1.1
3.04
2.3
6.86[78]

10

"Pops"

March 28, 2016
1.2/4
3.76[16]
1.1
2.94
2.3
6.68[79]

11

"St. Lucifer"

April 11, 2016
1.1/4
3.44[17]
1.0
2.86
2.1
6.28[80]

12

"#TeamLucifer"

April 18, 2016
1.3/4
3.81[18]
0.9
2.68
2.2
6.49[81]

13

"Take Me Back to Hell"

April 25, 2016
1.3/4
3.89[19]
0.9
2.68
2.2
6.57[82]

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No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"Everything's Coming Up Lucifer"

September 19, 2016
1.3/4
4.36[20]
0.9
2.75
2.2
7.11[83]

2

"Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire"

October 3, 2016
1.1/4
3.67[21]
0.9
2.69
2.0
6.37[84]

3

"Sin-Eater"

October 10, 2016
1.0/3
3.67[22]
0.9
2.63
1.9
6.30[85]

4

"Lady Parts"

October 17, 2016
1.1/4
3.63[23]
0.7
2.30
1.8
5.92[86]

5

"Weaponizer"

October 24, 2016
1.0/4
3.55[24]
0.8
2.26
1.8
5.81[87]

6

"Monster"

October 31, 2016
0.9/3
3.42[25]
0.9
2.40
1.8
5.82[88]

7

"My Little Monkey"

November 7, 2016
1.0/3
3.52[26]
0.8
2.51
1.8
6.03[89]

8

"Trip to Stabby Town"

November 14, 2016
1.1/4
3.87[27]
0.7
2.26
1.8
6.13[90]

9

"Homewrecker"

November 21, 2016
1.0/3
3.63[28]
0.8
2.24
1.8
5.87[91]

10

"Quid Pro Ho"

November 28, 2016
1.1/4
4.09[29]
0.7
2.13
1.8
6.22[92]

11

"Stewardess Interruptus"

January 16, 2017
1.1/4
3.97[30]
0.8
2.28
1.9
6.25[93]

12

"Love Handles"

January 23, 2017
1.2/4
4.17[31]
0.7
2.23
1.9
6.40[94]

13

"A Good Day to Die"

January 30, 2017
1.2/4
4.19[32]
0.7
2.01
1.9
6.20[95]

14

"Candy Morningstar"

May 1, 2017
1.0/4
3.41[33]
0.7
2.09
1.7
5.50[96]

15

"Deceptive Little Parasite"

May 8, 2017
0.9/3
3.25[34]
0.7
1.91
1.6
5.16[97]

16

"God Johnson"

May 15, 2017
0.8/3
3.05[35]
0.7
2.05
1.5
5.10[98]

17

"Sympathy for the Goddess"

May 22, 2017
0.8/3
3.03[36]
0.7
2.07
1.5
5.10[99]

18

"The Good, the Bad, and the Crispy"

May 29, 2017
0.9/3
3.31[37]
0.7
2.00
1.6
5.30[100]

text: Season 3 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"They're Back, Aren't They?"

October 2, 2017
1.1/4
3.92[44]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2

"The One with the Baby Carrot"

October 9, 2017
0.9/3
3.33[45]
0.6
1.82
1.5
5.16[101]

3

"Mr. & Mrs. Mazikeen Smith"

October 16, 2017
0.9/3
3.19[46]
N/A
1.71
N/A
4.90[102]

4

"What Would Lucifer Do?"

October 23, 2017
0.8/3
3.26[47]
N/A
1.87
N/A
5.13[103]

5

"Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards"

October 30, 2017
0.9/3
3.37[48]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

6

"Vegas with Some Radish"

November 6, 2017
1.0/4
3.48[49]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

7

"Off the Record"

November 13, 2017
1.0/4
3.58[50]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

8

"Chloe Does Lucifer"

November 20, 2017
0.9/3
3.26[51]
0.5
1.73
1.4
4.99[104]

9

"The Sinnerman"

December 4, 2017
0.9/4
3.39[52]
N/A
1.87
N/A
5.26[105]

10

"The Sin Bin"

December 11, 2017
0.8/3
3.36[53]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

11

"City of Angels?"

January 1, 2018
0.7/2
3.11[54]
0.7
N/A
1.4[106]
N/A

12

"All About Her"

January 22, 2018
0.9/3
3.77[55]
0.6
1.73
1.5
5.51[107]

13

"Til Death Do Us Part"

January 29, 2018
0.8/3
3.67[56]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

14

"My Brother's Keeper"

February 5, 2018
1.0/4
3.71[57]
N/A
1.73
N/A
5.44[108]

15

"High School Poppycock"

February 26, 2018
0.8/3
3.18[58]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

16

"Infernal Guinea Pig"

March 5, 2018
0.7/3
3.13[59]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

17

"Let Pinhead Sing!"

March 12, 2018
0.7/3
2.97[60]
0.5
1.69
1.2
4.66[109]

18

"The Last Heartbreak"

March 19, 2018
0.8/3
3.23[61]
0.4
1.58
1.2
4.69[110]

19

"Orange Is the New Maze"

March 26, 2018
0.8/3
3.19[62]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

20

"The Angel of San Bernardino"

April 16, 2018
0.7/3
3.18[63]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Season 2 episodes 14–17 were broadcast one day earlier in Canada.

Jump up ^ Of the third season, episodes 1-4, 15 and 18-21 were broadcast one day earlier in Canada.[38][39][40][41][42][43]

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document_title: Best Friends Whenever

question_text: who plays the dad in best friends whenever

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text: Best Friends Whenever

text: Premise[edit]

text: Set in Portland, Oregon, two teenage girls named Cyd and Shelby are best friends living together while Cyd's parents are on an archaeological dig in Peru. After an accident in their neighbor Barry's science lab, they are given the ability to travel in time, provided they are thinking of the time they want to go to and are touching. When it comes to their trips to the future, they briefly find themselves strapped to tables in a futuristic lab and must figure out what this means while having various adventures along the way.

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text: Episodes[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired118June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)212July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

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text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Landry Bender as Cyd Ripley,[2] Shelby's best friend who is staying with Shelby's family while her parents are away in Peru. She owns a pet dog named Diesel.
Lauren Taylor as Shelby Marcus,[2] Cyd's best friend.
Gus Kamp as Barry Eisenberg,[2] an aspiring young scientist who lives in a Winnebago that is parked outside of Shelby's backyard that he also uses for his lab. One of his lasers deflecting off a cup of chemicals gave Cyd and Shelby the ability to travel through time.
Ricky Garcia as Naldo Montoya,[2] Barry's best friend and lab assistant. Barry calls him "Renaldo".
Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret Marcus,[2] Shelby's brother who is the twin brother of Chet.
Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet Marcus,[2] Shelby's brother who is the twin brother of Bret.

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text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Mary Passeri as Astrid, the mother of Shelby, Bret, and Chet.
Kevin Symons as Norm, the father of Shelby, Bret, and Chet. He works as an accountant at GloboDigiDyne and later gets promoted to the company's Pelican Ball Room.
Madison Hu as Marci, a friend of Cyd and Shelby who is always relaxed.
Larry Joe Campbell as Mr. Doyle, a gossip-loving teacher at West Portland High School who teaches science and driver's education.
Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe, an entrepreneur and the CEO of GloboDigiDyne who has invented many things in her life, starting with wireless objects. However, she is an evil mastermind who seeks to hunt down Cyd and Shelby and plans to figure out their time travel abilities and alter time so that she can take over the country. She is eventually defeated by future Cyd and Shelby and taken away by them to be imprisoned with other people like her.
Bryana Salaz as Daisy, a time-displaced princess from the 1500s who ended up in Cyd and Shelby's time. Whenever Cyd and Shelby do a group hug with her, Cyd and Shelby end up briefly transported back in time to where Daisy is imprisoned by an unidentified person. During her time in the present, she lives with Naldo while trying to adapt to modern day cultures. It was later revealed that the unidentified person had trapped Daisy in the tower to keep her from being taken by Sebastian.

text: Production[edit]

text: Best Friends Whenever was created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, who have also created Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. On March 6, 2015, Disney ordered Best Friends Whenever with production starting the same month.[3] The series was renewed for a second season by Disney Channel on February 29, 2016,[4]. The second season premiered on July 25, 2016. In February 2017, the cast took to social media to report that the series had not been renewed for a third season.[5] On June 30, 2017, TV by the Numbers reported that the series had been canceled.[6]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The series airs on Disney Channel in Canada.[7] It premiered on Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand on October 16, 2015.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical[edit]

text: Brian Lowry, writing for Variety, thought the series' pilot episode was formulaic and did not take full advantages of the time travel premise. In particular, the series "appears more content to focus on the humdrum details of Shelby and Cyd's frantic lives than, say, sending them back to meet Abraham Lincoln or ahead to a time of flying cars."[8]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season

Episodes

First aired

Last aired
Avg. viewers(millions)

Date

Viewers(millions)

Date

Viewers(millions)

1

18

June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)

3.54[9]

May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)

1.23[10]
1.84

2

12

July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)

1.18[11]

December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

0.94[12]
1.17


document_title: List of This Is Us characters

question_text: who played rebecca's mother on this is us

question_tokens: who played rebecca 's mother on this is us

text: List of This Is Us characters

text: Main characters[edit]

text: Family tree[edit]

text: The characters in green have regular roles on the show. Dotted lines indicate a parental relationship through adoption, and dashed lines indicate either divorced, or widowed (or similarly separated), characters.

text:
Jack PearsonRebecca PearsonMiguel RivasWilliam HillLaurel

SophieKevin PearsonKate PearsonToby DamonRandall PearsonBeth Pearson

Tess PearsonAnnie PearsonDeja

text: Jack Pearson[edit]

text: Jack Pearson (August 31, 1944 – January 26, 1998),[2][3] portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is Rebecca's first husband (until he dies), and the father of Kevin, Kate, and Randall.[4] Jack had a brother named Nick.[5]

text: Jack had a rough childhood because of his abusive, alcoholic father Stanley Pearson, causing them to have a strained relationship. Stanley does not know that Jack has married, so when Jack finds out that he and Rebecca are expecting triplets, he goes to his father asking for money, citing gambling debts, rather than telling him that he intends to buy a house for his family.[6] When Stanley is in the nursing home dying, he meets Rebecca and his granddaughter Kate for the first time. Jack is camping with Kevin and Randall when Rebecca contacts him about his father dying, but Jack refuses to see him.[5]

text: Jack enlists in the Army after his younger brother Nick is drafted.[7] Nick dies in the war. [5][8] (After Jack takes Randall to Washington, D.C. on a college tour to Howard University, he takes Randall to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and tells him how the war affected him; this may be the first time that Jack has shared about his Vietnam  experiences to a member of the Pearson family—including Rebecca.)[9][10]

text: After serving in the war, and working as a manual laborer, Jack becomes a construction foreman. When he wants to buy the house for his family, he approaches his boss and gets a raise to $17,000 a year (equivalent to more than $49,000 in 2016), making him the highest paid foreman at the company.[6] He dreams of opening his own firm, "Big Three Homes", but puts his dreams on hold in order to provide a steady income for his children by getting a desk job.[11] However, he later decides to start the business, though the Big Three are about to start college.[12]

text: Two of the triplets (the third triplet was stillborn) and Randall (who had been left at a fire station) are all born on Jack's 36th birthday.[4] Jack always wanted to find out who Randall's biological father was, and never knew that Rebecca had found him.[13]

text: Jack struggles with alcoholism while the children are young, but he stops drinking to focus more on his family.[14] (Sometimes he vents his anger on a punching bag to avoid drinking after a tough day.)[15] However, he relapses into alcoholism when he has a drink after a disagreement and argument with his wife, who wants to go on tour with a band with a member she'd once dated.[16] His drinking continues for some time until he decides to deal with the problem by attending AA meetings.[15] His sobriety and AA work continue for at least 6 months.[9]

text: Jack dies when his children are 17,[2] and Kate keeps his ashes with her.[17][18] On the night of the Super Bowl, Jack, Rebecca, Kate, and Randall go to bed for the night (Kevin is at a party with his girlfriend Sophie). [19] Previously, a smoke alarm was shown to be missing batteries, and thus was inoperable.[12] An old slow cooker given years previous by a neighbor is shown to have a faulty switch, which sparks and flames, setting a towel and the house ablaze.

text: Jack saves Kate and Randall from the fire by guiding them to his and Rebecca's bedroom. He then hoists them down from the first story roof. Kate is worried about her dog, so Jack goes back inside and gets the dog and family pictures. Jack is hospitalized for smoke inhalation, which causes stress on his heart and eventually causes fatal cardiac arrest.[20]

text: Rebecca Pearson[edit]

text: Rebecca Pearson née Malone (born 1950 or 1951), portrayed by Mandy Moore, is Jack's widow, Miguel Rivas' second wife (after Jack died), and the mother of Kevin, Kate, and Randall.[4]

text: She strives to be a better mother to her children,[21] and has issues with Jack's alcoholism.[14] She has always known that William is Randall's father, but keeps them apart as she was afraid that he would try to take Randall back.[13]

text: Rebecca always wanted to be a singer, but gives up on her dreams in order to focus on her family.[22] In the mid 1990s, she has a chance to become a singer again by joining a band with her ex-boyfriend. Jack is upset after finding out about their history, which causes a rift between Rebecca and Jack.[16]

text: When the house catches fire and Jack suffers smoke inhalation, at the hospital, since Jack appears to be fine, Rebecca is making reservations for hotel rooms—unaware that Jack is coding and staff are rushing to him. After making reservations, Rebecca gets a candy bar for her and Jack. Rebecca turns around and the doctor explains the cause of Jack's cardiac arrest. In shock, Rebecca takes a bite of the candy bar, refusing to believe Jack is dead. She goes to his room to tell him what the doctor said, only to see him lifeless. She immediately shuts down upon seeing him dead. She then drives to Miguel's and tells him the news, then goes in to talk to Kate and Randall. [3]

text: Since she was out of Jack's room when he died, Rebecca gets the Pearsons to the funeral early, because she wants to be present when the urn with Jack's ashes are brought out. After Jack's funeral, Dr. K lets Rebecca know that she has always been strong. This encouragement gives her the strength to let Kevin and Randall know that neither of them need to be "the man of the house", since they are teenagers and should be dating, and tells Kate not to blame herself for Jack's death because Jack made his own decisions. She also gets the courage to drive across a bridge she has feared, while taking the "Big Three" to a Bruce Springsteen concert that Jack had previously obtained tickets for the night of the funeral.[8]

text: At least 10 years after Jack's death, Rebecca posts pictures of Tess, her first grandchild, on Facebook, then gets a message from Jack's best friend, Miguel Rivas.[23] Rebecca later marries Miguel.[14]

text: Kevin Pearson[edit]

text: Kevin Pearson (born August 31, 1980), portrayed by Justin Hartley (current day), Logan Shroyer (age 15—17), and Parker Bates (ages 8—10), is Jack and Rebecca's son, and Kate and Randall's brother.[4] He is "Number One" of the "Big Three", being the first of the surviving triplets to be born.[4]

text: Shortly before his tenth birthday, Kevin becomes attracted to Kate's best friend, Sophie, whom he marries when they are older. Kevin and Sophie decide that she will stay in New York and he will move to California to pursue acting, believing that their marriage can handle the distance. Kevin and Sophie later divorce, 12 years prior to season 1, due to the distance and Kevin cheating on her.[18][24]

text: Kevin has always struggled with worrying about what people think of him, which causes him to have a strained relationship with Randall as they grow up.[14] Kevin is visibly envious of Randall, who has always excelled in everything and receives more attention from their parents, but he doesn't realize that Randall has longed for the same attention from him. In high school he plays football, as a quarterback, wearing number twelve one year and number one the next.[22][25] (His number one jersey is on display with Kevin's trophies when he visits the high school at age 37, for an alumni celebration.)[25] His goal of a football career ends when his knee is injured from a tackle during a game.[25]

text: When the series starts, Kevin is an actor in Los Angeles, starring as the lead on a long-running sitcom called The Manny, a sitcom in the tradition of Who's the Boss and The Nanny. He abruptly quits that show on his 36th birthday, criticizing the script quality, the producer's reluctance to add nuance to the show, and the audience.[4] After quitting his job, Kevin decides to move to New York to pursue a career as a serious stage actor on Broadway.[26] Upon arriving in New York, he gets hired as the lead role, David, in Back of an Egg, opposite a cynical actress named Olivia Maine (who thinks Kevin does not have the ability, but that he was hired because his being "The Manny" will sell tickets).[26]

text: When Kevin has trouble connecting with the emotions needed for his role, he begins spending time with Olivia, who tries to get him to connect with his feelings.[11] Kevin and Olivia briefly date, but break up after she brings her ex-boyfriend to the Pearson family cabin.[13] After his breakup with Olivia, Kevin begins dating the writer of the play, Sloane Sandburg, attending Hanukkah with her family and inviting her to the Christmas Eve party at Randall's house.[27]

text: Sloane takes over as the lead of the play when Olivia disappears and the play is at risk. Kevin decides to self-fund the performance, in order to save it.[6] After Kevin and Sloane break up, he reconnects with Sophie and begins a relationship with her again.[18][28]

text: Director Ron Howard sees Kevin's play and casts him in a war movie.[28] Kevin has trouble with his lines when he can not focus after Kate (visiting the set) talks with costar Sylvester Stallone about her dad, and then Stallone talks to Kevin about his dad. Kevin also re-injures his knee (an old football injury) during an explosion scene on the movie set.[29]

text: As a result of the injury, Kevin becomes addicted to pain medication and alcohol, and allows his relationship with Sophie to deteriorate by telling her that he saw a future with her as a nightmare, although he fails to specify that this was due to his alcoholism and drug addition.[30] One day after a brief visit with Randall, Kevin is speeding down a road, unaware that Tess is hiding in the back seat; Kevin is pulled over and charged with DUI, and Randall and Beth become angry with Kevin for endangering Tess.[9] The judge orders Kevin to go to rehab.[2]

text: As part of Kevin's ongoing efforts to rehabilitate, he is determined to make amends with everyone. He settles things with his mom (who was hurt during the rehab family session, tearfully revealing that Kevin was the first to leave after Jack's death.)[6] Kevin finds out from Miguel that the thought of his being in love with Rebecca never crossed his mind while Jack was alive, and Miguel reassures him that he loves Rebecca now and is not going anywhere.[12] When Kevin attempts to make things right with Sophie, she tells him to not say anything and to just leave her with the memories of how he was at 10, or 17, or when their marriage was good.[31] Kevin reconciles with Randall by helping him fix up the apartment building William lived in, and the two share with each other how odd it feels that they could outlive their dad.[31] On Super Bowl Sunday, about 20 years after Jack's death, Kevin visits the memorial tree with some of his dad's ashes, to talk with him, vowing to make him proud.[3] (Kevin was at a party with Sophie when the house caught fire.)[31][3]

text: Kate Pearson[edit]

text: Kate Emily Pearson, nicknamed "Bug" by her mother (born August 31, 1980), portrayed by Chrissy Metz (current day), Hannah Zeile (age 15—17), and Mackenzie Hancsicsak (ages 8—10), is Jack and Rebecca's daughter, and Kevin and Randall's sister.[4] She is "Number Two" of the "Big Three", being the second and last of the surviving triplets to be born.[4]

text: Kate is obese and has struggled with issues of self-esteem her entire life, which she greatly attributes to her strained relationship with her mother and the death of her father.[4][28] Her relationship with her mother leads to depression, for which she later takes Prozac. She discontinues taking this drug due to the side effect of weight gain.[27]

text: Kate lives in Los Angeles and is initially her brother Kevin's personal assistant.[32] When Kevin decides to move to New York, he fires her in order to allow her to build her own life, apart from him.[26] She is an ardent Pittsburgh Steelers fan and has a routine where she watches the games with her dad's ashes.[17] At nine years old, she has her appendix removed on Christmas Eve.[27]

text: Kate decides to join a weight-loss support group, where she meets Toby. Despite saying that she is not going to get involved with a fat person, she falls for Toby.[4] When Toby decides to not continue with his diet, Kate breaks up with him and decides to go to Randall's for Thanksgiving. During a turbulent plane ride to New Jersey, Kate has an epiphany and decides to have gastric bypass surgery.[33] After consulting with a doctor, she instead decides to enter a fat camp to attempt to lose the weight without surgery.[18] When Toby surprises Kate by showing up at Randall's house for Christmas, he tells her that he can live without pizza and junk food, but that he cannot live without her.[27] Toby collapses from a heart attack, and is taken to the hospital.

text: After Toby's heart surgery, Kate and Toby decide to get engaged.[6] Kate later finds out she is pregnant.[34] Kate and Toby announce their pregnancy to Kevin, and plan to get married at city hall, but then consider a big wedding.[30] But Kate loses the baby in a miscarriage.[35] Despite some struggle in their relationship after the miscarriage, Toby eventually comes through for Kate.[35] Kate struggles with eating junk food after the miscarriage, which Toby notices when a trash bag broke.[2]

text: Kate had said that her father's death was her fault,[28] and has a fear of caring for dogs.[31] (Jack went back inside their burning house to save her dog, causing smoke inhalation which led to his death in the hospital. Afterwards, Kate wanted to give away the dog.)[3] She blames herself even though Rebecca told Kate after Jack's funeral not to blame herself, because Jack made his own decisions.[8] Every year on Super Bowl Sunday, Kate watches the videotape Jack made of her singing for a Berklee College of Music audition.[3]

text: Randall Pearson[edit]

text: Randall Kenneth Pearson (born August 31, 1980), portrayed by Sterling K. Brown (current day), Niles Fitch (ages 15—17), and Lonnie Chavis (ages 8—10), is Jack and Rebecca's (adopted) son, and Kate and Kevin's brother.[4] He is "Number Three" of the "Big Three", being adopted after Kevin and Kate were born.[4] On his 36th birthday, he finds his biological father, William, and invites him to his northern New Jersey home.[4]

text: Randall initially works at selling commodity futures based on weather patterns, and is shown to be successful and affluent.[11] However, after a nervous breakdown and some time off, he feels that his firm does not appreciate or respect him, and quits.[16][28]

text: On the day that Randall is born, he is dropped off in front of a firehouse by his biological father, William, and then taken to the hospital, where he is adopted by Jack and Rebecca.[4] Jack and Rebecca originally name him Kyle (the name they had intended for their third child, who was stillborn). Taking William's advice, Rebecca decides to give him his own name, naming him after William's favorite poet, Dudley Randall, although she refuses to let William see Randall.[4][32] This allows them to honor both their stillborn son's memory and Randall, rather than essentially replacing one son with the other.

text: At age nine, Randall’s teacher informs Jack and Rebecca that Randall is a gifted child who is not being challenged enough at his current school. They decide to remove him from public school and send him to Hanes Academy.[11] In high school Randall plays football, wearing number 36.[22]

text: Randall and Kevin have an estranged relationship and don't reconnect until they are 36 years old. At some points in the past, Kevin is shown to openly despise Randall.[14] At a high school football game, where they play on opposing teams, they get in a fight.[22] However, there are also some moments when they act like brothers.[5] When they are teenagers, Kevin is there with Kate to comfort Randall when a woman claims to be his birth mother as a scam to get money.[29] When they are 36, they get in a fight on the street in New York, but Kevin tells onlookers they are brothers.[22] When Randall has his nervous breakdown, Kevin leaves the theater—when opening day is about to start—to comfort Randall.[16]

text: As an adult, Kevin is hurt that Randall doesn't seem to care about his acting career.[22] They begin to reconnect when Kevin needs Randall's advice, but Randall coldly tells him he shouldn't care what he thinks. Eventually, Kevin moves to Randall's house in New Jersey, but they still have some work to do on building their relationship.[26] He loves Thanksgiving and, alternately with Kevin, helps his family recreate a specific childhood Thanksgiving every year, including a 3.4 mile hike, watching Police Academy 3: Back in Training, and imitating a hotel owner known as "Pilgrim Rick".[33]

text: In season 2, Randall wants to adopt a baby (to honor his father's legacy), but decides (with Beth's input) to foster an older child who may otherwise be overlooked by people who would prefer a baby.[36][19] They foster a 12-year old girl named Deja, whose mother Shauna is incarcerated. She shows signs of physical abuse, but Randall and Beth start to win her trust and get her to open up.[29][34][5] When the charges against Shauna are dropped, Deja goes back home with her (over Randall's initial objections). Randall and Beth plan to try fostering again after some time.[9]

text: Beth Pearson[edit]

text: Beth Pearson, portrayed by Susan Kelechi Watson, is Randall's wife, whom he met in college and later married, circa 1999. The couple have two daughters, Annie and Tess.[14] Their marriage is based on honesty where they make an effort not to have secrets from one another. William reveals to Beth that he has met and communicated with Rebecca. This causes Beth to give Rebecca an ultimatum: to either tell Randall or she will. Growing up, Beth lived in a three-bedroom house with 14 other people.[22]

text: After Randall quits his job, Beth takes a job so Randall can be a stay-at-home dad.[19] But after a while, Beth thinks Randall is in "outer space", and Beth thinks working again would be good for Randall.[12]

text: When Annie's pet lizard "Mr. McGiggles" goes missing during a Super Bowl Party, she accidentally steps on him, killing him.[3]

text: Toby Damon[edit]

text: Toby Damon, portrayed by Chris Sullivan is Kate's fiancé.[6] Toby was born in Palm Springs, California.[6] Toby begins dating Kate after they meet at a weight-loss support group.[4] Toby is confident with his own body although obese, and encourages Kate to have better self-esteem. He was previously married to a woman whom Kate views as beautiful and successful, but who treated him badly. Toby gained 90 pounds in the first year after his divorce.[26]

text: Refusing to take Kate's hesitance about the relationship lightly, Toby continually comes up with sweet gestures to win her over.[32] In the beginning, he feels that he has to compete with Kevin for Kate's attention.[32] Despite breaking his weight-loss goals, Toby decides dieting is not for him and goes off his diet, resulting in Kate breaking up with him.[13] He surprises Kate by showing up at Randall's house for Christmas Eve, stating that he can live without pizza and junk food, but that he can not live without her.[27] On Christmas Eve, Toby collapses and ends up in the hospital with an arrhythmia.[27]

text: After Toby's heart surgery, he and Kate decide to get engaged.[6] Kate becomes pregnant with Toby's child, but she miscarries; afterwards, despite an initial struggle in their relationship, Toby comes through for her.[34][35] Kate, around the 20th anniversary of Jack's death, tells Toby he strengthens her and Jack would have loved him.[3]

text: William Hill[edit]

text: William H. "Shakespeare" Hill (died 2017), portrayed by Ron Cephas Jones (recent days) and Jermel Nakia (as a young adult), is Randall's biological father.[32]

text: William is a recovering drug addict who is suffering from terminal stage-four stomach cancer in the present.[26] He grew up in Memphis,[18] and after his mother moved to Pittsburgh he stayed in Memphis to play in his cousin Ricky's band, where he played piano, wrote, and sang.[37] William left the band, with the intention of returning, to care for his dying mother. However, after meeting Randall's mother and becoming a drug addict, he never returned.[37] He got clean after he thought he saw a monkey on the streets, realizing that nothing good comes from a person being on the street at 3:30 am. (He also stayed clean for years after being told by a judge, who offered to help him after his first conviction, to picture the judge's face when he was tempted to do the wrong thing.)[30] William returns to Philadelphia to attend a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, hoping to find and reconnect with his former lover—a man named Jessie.[27]

text: William, who is bisexual, and Jesse never officially break up. Jessie assumes William had died when he vanishes one night—the night William moves in with Randall's family.[27]

text: After leaving Randall at the firehouse, he waits outside the hospital to see him being taken home by Jack and Rebecca. Rebecca realizes that William is Randall's father, after seeing him getting onto the bus as she leaves the hospital. She eventually tracks him down,[14] a secret she keeps from everyone, including Randall and Jack.[13]

text: William always wanted to have a relationship with his child,[13] but promises Rebecca he will stay away for Randall's benefit.[32] He accidentally reveals this secret to Beth one night when they get high together,[22] and Randall accidentally finds out himself, when he finds a letter and photo in William's apartment, from Rebecca, while looking for cassette tapes.[33] (William also tells Randall about the second time William saw Rebecca; he took a cab to follow her home, hoping he could be in Randall's life, but when he was outside the house, he thought better of it.)[9]

text: William eventually succumbs to his cancer during a road trip back to Memphis with Randall.[37] Prior to his death he leaves a letter to Randall's girls, asking them to plan a fun memorial for him. He also sends Beth a postcard from Memphis, saying goodbye and calling her the daughter he never had.[28]

text: Miguel Rivas[edit]

text: Miguel Rivas, portrayed by Jon Huertas, was Jack's best friend and is Rebecca's second husband. Miguel was originally married to Shelly, before they divorced.[24] While it originally seems that his marriage to Rebecca happened shortly after Jack's death, in season 2 it is clarified that the two did not get together until at least ten years after Jack's passing.[23][2] Miguel is initially disliked by Kevin, until Miguel tells Kevin how much he is like his father.[16]

text: Miguel tells Beth and Toby one day, when Kevin is in rehab meeting with "immediate family", that he feels like a real outsider compared to them and the Pearson family.[2] When Kevin gets out of rehab and stays with Rebecca, Miguel is protective of her after she is hurt by Kevin's arrest, and by Kevin criticizing her in his rehab session with the family.[12] Kevin asks Miguel if he was in love with Rebecca when Jack was alive; Miguel says that idea never occurred to him because everyone saw Jack and Rebecca as one entity rather than two separate individuals. But he states that he loves Rebecca now, and is not going anywhere.[12]

text: Sophie[edit]

text: Sophie, portrayed by Alexandra Breckenridge (modern day), Amanda Leighton (ages 15-17), and Sophia Coto (age 10), is Kate's childhood best friend and Kevin's childhood love and his ex-wife. Kevin moves to New York and reconciles with her, after his relationships with Olivia and Sloane end.[18][28] Their relationship initially survives the distance when Kevin is in his movie in L.A., but Kevin breaks up with Sophie, admitting that he can't be the man that he wants to be for her.[30] When Kevin gets sober, he tries making amends to Sophie; she just wants to remember Kevin when they were younger.[3]

text: Tess Pearson[edit]

text: Tess Pearson, portrayed by Eris Baker, is Randall and Beth's older daughter. She was promoted to series regular in season two.[38] She is named after the Tessana ceiling fan Randall was going to purchase when hearing about Beth going into labor.[23] Although not noticed acting out previously, she hides in her uncle Kevin's car (claiming she hates it at her house), when he is pulled over for speeding and charged with DUI;[9] she later claims she was just unhappy that Deja, the foster child, had to go home.[2] Tess admits one day (on the 20th anniversary of Jack's death) she has tried to prevent social workers from calling, worried that recent changes mean Randall wanted a "new life"; Randall reassures her that he will always be devoted to her.[3] Tess is shown in the future as an adult (portrayed by Iantha Richardson[39]), working as a social worker, with an older Randall meeting her for dinner like they have done while Tess was younger.[3]

text: Annie Pearson[edit]

text: Annie Pearson, portrayed by Faithe Herman, is Randall and Beth's younger daughter. She was also promoted to series regular in season two.[38] On William's first night at Randall's family's house, when William wants to step out, Annie convinces William that he might be happy if he stayed. [29]

text: Recurring characters[edit]

text: Introduced in season one[edit]

text: Gerald McRaney as Dr. Nathan Katowski (aka "Dr. K"): The obstetrician who delivered Kate and Kevin.

text: Janet Montgomery as Olivia Maine: a theatre actress, Kevin's former stage partner and ex-girlfriend.

text: Milana Vayntrub as Sloane Sandburg: Kevin's stage partner and ex-girlfriend.

text: Ryan Michelle Bathe as Yvette: A family friend of the Pearsons.

text: Denis O'Hare as Jessie: William's friend and former lover.[27][6]

text: Adam Bartley as Duke: The stable worker at the weight-loss camp Kate attended.

text: Jill Johnson as Laurie: A member of Toby and Kate's weight-loss support group.[4]

text: Peter Onorati as Stanley Pearson: Jack's father.

text: Hari Dhillon as Sanjay Jahiri: Randall's newer former coworker.

text: Caitlin Thompson as Madison: Member of Toby and Kate's support group.

text: Introduced in season two[edit]

text: Lyric Ross as Deja: Randall and Beth's foster child while her mother was incarcerated.[41]

text: Introduced in season three[edit]

text: Michael Angarano as Nicky Pearson: Jack Pearson's younger brother who was killed in action while serving in the Vietnam War alongside his brother.

text: Guest stars[edit]

text: The following is a supplementary list of guest stars, some recurring, who appear in lesser roles. The characters are listed, in alphabetical order by actor, by the season in which they first appeared.

text: Introduced in season one[edit]

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Susan Blakely as Anne: Dr. K, a widower, dates and marries Anne.[40][8]
Katie Couric as herself: Kevin had a recurring dream about an interview by Katie Couric going badly.[16]
Wynn Everett as Shelly: Shelly was Miguel's first wife until their divorce.[24]
Brad Garrett as Wes Manning: Wes was the television network president tasked with negotiating Kevin's exit from The Manny.[14]
Jami Gertz as Marin Rosenthal: Marin hired Kate to be an event coordinator.[11]
Ron Howard as himself: After Howard saw Kevin's play, he called Kevin to praise his performance and offered to send him a script for a new movie he was producing.[28]
Mario Lopez as himself: Lopez was hosting a talk show discussing Kevin's on-set meltdown.[4]
Seth Meyers as himself: Meyers saw Kevin and Randall fighting on a New York City sidewalk and approached the pair, recognizing Kevin as a showbiz colleague.[22]
Elizabeth Perkins as Janet Malone: Rebecca's overbearing mother.
Katey Sagal as Lanie Schulz: Kevin's Hollywood agent.[14]
Jimmi Simpson as Andy Fannan: Andy was a co-worker whom Randall talked out of committing suicide on Christmas Eve.[27]
Alan Thicke as himself: Thicke was guest-starring on The Manny when Kevin had his on-set meltdown.[4]

text: Introduced in season two[edit]

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Kate Burton as Barbara: Psychologist at Kevin's rehab who facilitates his meeting with the family.[42]
Garrett Morris as Lloyd: A resident living in William's old apartment building.[43]
Debra Jo Rupp as Linda: A social worker who worked with Randall and Beth Pearson when they fostered Deja.[44]
Sylvester Stallone as himself: Actor in a movie Kevin was cast in.[45]
Brian Grazer as himself: The producer of Kevin's movie.