‘Lucifer’ Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Weaponizer

Lucifer Season 2 Episode 5 Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis in the “Weaponizer” episode of ‘Lucifer’ (Photo by Michael Courtney © 2016 Fox Broadcasting Co)

Tom Ellis delivers his best performance to date with Fox’s Lucifer season two episode five titled ‘Weaponizer.’ The last 10 minutes are heartbreaking and Ellis proves the show’s title character is more than just a charming womanizer who likes to solve crimes. Airing on October 24, 2016, the episode begins on a well-manicured street in a nice neighborhood. The peace is interrupted by a mom yelling at her son for leaving his skateboard out where she would trip on it, not knowing an angel actually put the skateboard in her path. Their dog escapes, a car swerves to avoid it and crashes into Chloe as Lucifer’s brother Uriel looks on.

Chloe’s banged up but basically fine, telling Lucifer it was just a random car crash but he’s not buying it. He thinks his dad is trying to send him a message. Plus, he doesn’t think Chloe (Lauren German) and Maze (Lesley Ann Brandt) mix…they probably aren’t the best roommate match. He wanders through Chloe’s apartment picking up Maze’s random sex toys, dropping one quickly when Trixie appears. Chloe thinks it will be fine once they’ve adjusted to the arrangement.

Trixie (Scarlett Estevez) demands her mom read her a book immediately because she’s worried about how dangerous her mom’s job is. Trixie’s not positive her mom will always return home after she leaves for work, and Chloe promises she won’t get hurt as Lucifer makes jokes about birth control.

Chloe and Lucifer catch up with Ella (Aimee Garcia) at a murder scene where Lucifer immediately recognizes the victim as Wesley Cabot, an actor in B movies and an 8th-degree black belt. Lucifer loves his movies and knows a lot about Wesley. Wesley had a huge drug habit, and Lucifer’s fine with that, but it meant studios wouldn’t hire him anymore. He was teaching karate when he died and Ella has determined the time of death was around 7am. He was hit with a nunchuck statue award and that’s what caused his death.

Lucifer gets down on the floor and tries to take a selfie with the dead body when Chloe wisely takes his phone away. Then Lucifer gets the idea one of Wesley’s opponents in a movie did him in. He promises to avenge Wesley’s death.

After Chloe walks away to question a kid, Ella starts to ask Lucifer a question when he immediately jumps to the conclusion that she wants to have sex with him. Because, you know, he’s Lucifer and irresistible. He even suggests a nearby bed but Ella actually wanted to know why he loves Wesley Cabot. When Lucifer explains, Ella thinks it makes sense since he’s a method actor. Lucifer swears once again he’s not, but Ella’s not buying it. As she talks, Lucifer’s distracted by a man walking by.

Lucifer heads up to a nearby rooftop where he chats with Uriel, his brother (Michael Imperioli). Uriel says he has 24 hours to either return with mom or he’ll kill Chloe. Lucifer, for once, is speechless.

Back at his place, Lucifer tells Amenadiel (DB Woodside) and Maze about Uriel. Maze suggests he pay up and give up mom. Amenadiel reminds them all that angels can’t hurt people, and Lucifer says Uriel can cause an accident that seems random. Maze continues on with the solution of sending mom back to Hell. Lucifer, however, thinks they have a nuclear weapon: Amenadiel. Uriel doesn’t know Amenadiel and Lucifer are working together so he can be the one who deals with Uriel.

Lucifer happily tells Chloe she’s being attacked by celestial forces. She needs to do the opposite of what she’d normally do, so she jokes she was going to have sex with him. Lucifer loves that until he figures out he told her to do the opposite. No matter what, Lucifer says he won’t be leaving her side for at least a day. He’ll be her “guardian devil.” Dan (Kevin Alejandro) interrupts Lucifer and Chloe and it appears he’s just as big a Wesley Cabot fan as Lucifer, with both men quoting one of the actor’s catchphrases at the same time. Lucifer decides he needs a catchphrase but Chloe says no. Lucifer and Dan are actually doing a bit of bonding over this whole ‘Wesley Cabot films’ thing.

Wesley’s ex-wife Jamie (Charisma Carpenter) is called in for questioning and Lucifer snarls, “Welcome to Devil time.” It’s his new catchphrase but no one gets it. The ex says she got a mysterious phone call from Wesley and when she went to visit him, he was already dead. She also says she still cared about him. And, she has an alibi. Her current husband is Kimo Van Zandt (Mark Dacascos), Wesley’s ex-co-star in action films.

Body Bags 4 seems to be at the heart of the killing and Lucifer and Dan do some more bonding by acting out of scenes. Kimo, the co-star who’s now married to Jamie, is now a prime suspect.

And now we get to check in with Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) who is failing at the mom thing and at work. Amenadiel shows up and he wonders if she’s just postponing the inevitable. He asks what happens if more of her children come down and try to bring her back to Hell, and she says she’s happy to be spending time with he and Lucifer for as long as she can.

Chloe and Lucifer are on a stake-out and she tries to eat a sandwich, but Lucifer throws it in the backseat. Chloe doesn’t understand why Lucifer’s so obsessed with her well-being and just then Kimo (aka The Weaponizer) attacks some guy in the parking lot. They haul Kimo into the station and although Lucifer is hoping for some Hollywood-type reason for the attack, Kimo says it’s because the man had gambling debts and he’s working for the mob to pay bills. Lucifer uses his powers to find out what Kimo really wants, and he confesses he’s working so that his wife can be happy. He also claims he and Wesley were great friends and hid their friendship from Jamie so it wouldn’t get weird. Kimo was signing stuff at a comic book store during the murder, but the murder weapon turns out to have his prints on it. He’s placed under arrest.

Lucifer doesn’t think Kimo did it because he’s not a killer. Chloe, however, does believe it but then sees the Weaponizer is already out of jail which is weird since he claimed to be broke. Awww, Lucifer turns out to be Kimo’s benefactor, declaring the Weaponizer will not spend one night in jail if he can help it. Ryan Goldburg (Kimo’s business manager) thanks Lucifer for making Kimo’s bail because Kimo spent all of his money on a high-priced lifestyle. Dan is also caught up in the whole Kimo/Wesley thing and takes a selfie with a photo of Kimo, while Lucifer notices Amenadiel is hanging out in the station.

Amenadiel believes Uriel is setting a trap, but Lucifer thinks there’s something wrong with Amenadiel. Lucifer doesn’t realize Amenadiel – the all-powerful first-born son – has lost his powers. Lucifer said Uriel was always afraid of Amenadiel, and just the sight of him will send shivers down his spine.

Amenadiel meets Uriel up on a rooftop and says it’s good to see him. He tells Uriel he has to go home, but Uriel doesn’t believe Amenadiel has everything under control. Amenadiel says he doesn’t need Uriel’s help…definitely not help offered by just a mid-level son. “I am Amenadiel, the fury and righteousness of our Father, and you little brother are standing in my way!” says Amenadiel, invading Uriel’s space to get him to back down. Uriel apologizes and says he’ll return home but then he turns and punches Amenadiel, dropping him to the ground. Uriel suspected something was wrong because Amenadiel is more of a man of action than a talker usually. He thinks he can beat this Amenadiel and kicks him while he’s down. “The bigger they are…” says Uriel, spreading his gorgeous wings before beating up his big brother.

Dan says Kimo’s alibi checked out, but he collected toys from the comic book store because the Body Bags items are selling like hotcakes. Wesley and Kimo were being cheated out of royalties by their manager, collecting 1% of sales instead of 10%. Chloe needs to head out to call on Ryan the manager and Lucifer has to go attend to family business, so Dan’s left talking to Ella. Ella mentions Wesley was killed by his own weird award and Dan then remembers there were two awards given out that year. The awards must have been switched and that’s why Kimo’s fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Jamie had access to both and could have given the award to Ryan to set up Kimo.

At Lucifer’s place Maze is trying to work on Amenadiel’s badly beaten face. He looks horribly beaten and finally admits to his brother that he doesn’t have his powers anymore. They could be gone for any number of reasons including the fact he slept with a demon and is working with Lucifer. Amenadiel wonders if he’s simply no longer worthy. He says he needs to face the truth that he’s fallen, and Lucifer welcomes him to the club. Lucifer tells him losing his powers could be the best thing that happened to him. That said, Lucifer needs to find Uriel because time’s up and Chloe is now in grave danger.

Uriel sets off a little chain reaction that ultimately ends with Kimo spotting his wife kissing his business manager. Immediately afterward, Chloe arrives at the same hotel. Uriel watches as she enters, a small smile gracing his face.

Charlotte is yelling at her young son who won’t stop barking at her as Maze walks up. She’s chained the kid to the goal for a time out and he doesn’t stop barking until Maze growls back at him. But Maze isn’t there for childcare purposes; she tells Charlotte they need to talk.

Jamie and Ryan are having a nice lunch with a glass of wine when Chloe interrupts what they claim is a business meeting. Chloe accuses Ryan of stealing from his clients and Jamie of setting the whole thing up. They both start pointing the finger at each other, blaming each other for killing Wesley. Kimo arrives with a shotgun ready to take out his cheating wife and business manager. Chloe blocks his shot and Lucifer, plus two officers, arrive as Kimo is ready to shoot someone. Chloe talks Kimo out of shooting anyone, admitting she’s terrified after the accident and just wants to go home and read a bedtime story to Trixie. She begs him to make the right choice and put down the gun which he does. Lucifer congratulates Chloe on talking Kimo out of shooting anyone. She also says she doesn’t believe in fate or bad luck, and she’ll be leaving the premises alone. He warns her she needs to buckle up and then he’s off to deal with his brother.

Back at Lucifer’s, Charlotte tells her son she’s decided she’s letting Uriel take her back to Hell. Maze arrives to second the motion, saying she doesn’t want to clean up Lucifer’s mess and this will mean Chloe is safe from dad. Lucifer says he’s keeping his word by making mom serve out her sentence on earth, and Maze argues that’s not what God wants. Lucifer finally loses control, yelling that everyone thinks they know what God wants but they don’t. He said dad showed him an open door, but that could have meant any number of things. “Nobody bloody well knows because the selfish bastard won’t just tell us! I’m sick of it!” says Lucifer, pounding his fist on the table. Mom’s proud of her son and says Uriel was small as a child and only wanted to play with the older kids, including Lucifer. “Uriel is a stubborn boy and when he sets his mind, he doesn’t waver,” says Charlotte. Lucifer thinks there has to be another way, and Charlotte has faith that her son will find it.

Lucifer is praying in a church and Uriel asks if he’s done hiding behind Amenadiel’s skirt. Uriel says in his version of how this plays out, Lucifer’s friend will die. Lucifer tries to tell Uriel he doesn’t know what dad wants, but Uriel says he knows what dad needs. It’s only a matter of time before mom finds her way back to heaven where dad will forgive her. Lucifer doesn’t see that happening, but Uriel believes it will. God will let his guard down and mom will destroy him.

Uriel pulls out Azrael’s blade, saying he borrowed it from the Angel of Death when she wasn’t looking. Uriel is determined to keep mom from destroying heaven and was going to use the blade on her. Lucifer says he’s going insane, but Uriel doesn’t care about anything other than getting rid of mom. If he hits a key on the piano it will set off a series of events that will mean in two days Chloe will die. It’s Lucifer’s choice – turn over mom or kill Chloe – and Lucifer chooses to slug Uriel. Lucifer’s easily beating Uriel in hand-to-hand combat but then Uriel starts getting the upper hand. They’re trashing the church and Uriel knocks Lucifer down and almost out, but says he won’t use the blade on him. He will however be fine with using it on Maze who he calls a scum-sucking demon. They fight and Maze knocks the blade out of Uriel’s hand. But, he figures out her pattern of attack and also bests her. Uriel is ready to play a key on the piano in order to kill Chloe. He also promises to kill their mom but doesn’t count on Lucifer getting up and running him through with Azrael’s blade. Uriel dies and Lucifer is distraught, gazing up to the heavens.

Chloe is in bed with Trixie reading a bedtime story and looking adorable.

Charlotte waited patiently at Lucifer’s for any news and Lucifer wanders in bloody and heartbroken. He’s been crying and Charlotte realizes he killed Uriel. She hugs him and they both cry.