EntertainmentStreamingThis deliciously dark Netflix show is trending because it’s devilishly goodIt’s hot as Hell out there, so why not hide from the heat with some satanic silliness?When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingThis deliciously dark Netflix show is trending because it’s devilishly goodIt’s hot as Hell out there, so why not hide from the heat with some satanic silliness?When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
It’s hot as Hell out there, so why not hide from the heat with some satanic silliness?
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Netflix)
(Image credit: Netflix)
It seems terribly appropriate that one of the top trending shows onNetflixUK is about the devil; after all, it’s as hot as Hell out there. So if you’re looking for a brilliant show to binge while you hide from the heat, Lucifer offers six whole seasons of devilishly good entertainment.
Why Lucifer is tons of fun
What makes this show great is that everybody from the writers to the actors are clearly having lots of fun. It’s a bit of a mash-up: I’m getting strong Constantine vibes one minute, and the next it’s a police procedural straight out ofBoschor NYPD Blue (the best cop show ever, I reckon: if you haven’t seen it, all12 seasonsare onDisney+ in the UK). Ellis, who I thought must have been hilariously miscast, is a revelation: he’s as smooth, twinkly-eyed and irritating as you’d expect the actual devil to be, and the chemistry between him and seen-it-all cop Chloe is wonderful.
If like me you’re new to the show, the good news is that it gets even better after the first season: where that only has a 49% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes – the first few episodes feel a bit hackneyed – it jumps to a whopping 100% for Season 2 and stays there for seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Shows like this are like cheeseburgers, I reckon: you want just enough cheese to be tasty, but you don’t want it to be so cheesy that it’s overpowering. Lucifer has got the balance just right, I think: it’s big, it’s silly and it’s enormously entertaining. It’s devilishly good fun.
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