Dan gets to watch a very odd episode as his first. Good thing he likes Action and gore. Also, Lucifer has wings! Yeah, I really like this episode.
Episode Seventeen – It's A Terrible Life
Lucifer blinked at the title of this episode as Ella sat next to him, fidgeting in her usual seat to his left. Charlotte was bringing Dan with her today, so it was bound to be an eventful Saturday night. Or start to one.
He had no idea what plans Dan had for his not mum, but they may well be changing after an episode of Supernatural with him and Ella. Charlotte had texted him to tell them they were on their way and the first thing he did was get his wings out.
"This is a weird episode. I'm not sure if Dan will like it or not, but hey. It will be his introduction to the show."
Lucifer nodded. "Okay. Is this a Djinn episode? The title makes me think Djinn."
She grinned widely at him as the lift dinged and opened. "You'll just have to wait and see, Lucifer."
He could hear his two other visitors step into his flat and Dan's gasp as he spotted his wings. He curled them further around his body and could feel them try to get in closer to his skin. Yeah, okay, he may be a little scared of a bad reaction.
"What the Hell, man?! You have wings?"
He turned around so he could see his two other friends and smiled shyly. Not that he would ever be shy on anything, nope, not him. Not at all.
"Umm, yes? Now anyway."
Dan frowned. "Weren't they on auction that one time?"
Ella snorted at his side.
"No, they were a fake pair. The auctioneer held my real ones hostage. I burnt them on a beach later that night. I got them back again while unconscious after being kidnapped and dumped in the desert."
Dan blinked and shrugged. "Okay, whatever."
Lucifer was expecting a bit more of a reaction than that, but relaxed that the reaction hadn't been bad. He grinned widely. "Well, come on you two lovebirds, get over here."
Charlotte grinned and came over to her normal seat on his right, while Dan slumped down to her other side, throwing an arm around her shoulders. Dad never would have done that with mum. He was glad to see Dan at least trying to treat Charlotte right, like Charlotte should be treated.
He pushed play, before anything else could be said or done, spread his wings so they draped over the back of the couch and didn't get ruffled the wrong way and settled in to watch.
He stopped it within seconds to stare in horror at the screen. "What the Hell is Dean wearing?! That is the most obnoxiously ugly set of clothes I've seen him wear, and this is a man whose idea of high fashion is flannel!"
Ella immediately cracked up laughing at his side. "Aww, I told you, this one is weird."
He pointed at the screen. "That is not weird. That is wrong in every way imaginable."
Charlotte poked his side. "He does look oddly weird not being in his normal clothes. Oh, Dan, get used to the constant stopping. It's a thing Lucifer does."
He lifted his head and grinned. "I think it rude to interrupt a program while it is running and I am here to enjoy myself. If that means stopping to run commentary and yell at Dean so be it."
Ella snorted and giggled at his side. "Dude, you so do it because you know its annoying. And to set us straight with the real Heaven and Hell, as opposed to what is in the show."
He nodded. "That too."
Dan snorted. "Yeah, right."
His smiled went a bit sharp then, ans he looked over to Dan. "Funny you think that a joke, when I have my very own angel wings on display, which you've seen me move with muscle, not string."
Dan clenched his jaw and looked behind him at where the wing closest to him was. Lucifer lifted it slightly to move it back and forth in a wave.
Dan quickly looked back at the television. "Okay, point. And I am going to freak out about that later. Come on, man, turn it back on."
He did as was told by his only male friend.
He stopped it again when Sam came onto the screen. "Okay, what is Sam wearing?! Why is Dean's last name Smith for that matter?"
Dan sighed. "Wow, you're not wrong about the annoying."
He grinned. "Maybe you'll have to join Charlotte in the big binge watch of earlier seasons. This is season 4 after all, you missed the first thee and a half. It makes more sense if you know the characters. This is not a good episode to start on, wow were you right about that, Ella."
Ella giggled again at his side. "Told ya! And you're welcome to join me and Charlotte for binge watching purposes when you aren't going on dates. It'd be nice to have other people to watch it with. We've only gotten a few episodes in."
Dan frowned. "Maybe. Guess it depends on if I think it worth it or not."
Ella nodded. 'We can hold off the binge watch until after another episode is watched. That will probably make more sense. This is a bad episode to start with."
Dan shrugged and Lucifer pushed play again. Maybe Dan would also join them, at least on Saturdays when Dan usually asked Charlotte out after work directly for dates.
He winced at Sam working tech support. He was being wasted there. Then he got the joke with the names. "Wesson...pfff."
He got hit by three hands. Why the change in names though.
He paused it again after Sam saw the flashes of what was normal for him. "Is this an alternate reality and Sam is just getting the bleed through?"
Ella frowned. "Lucifer, remember what I said about spoilers?"
Sighed and nodded. "Which means the entire episode runs around that. Huh. Well, at least there is flashes of Sam being the real Sam."
Dan held up a hand. "Wait, you're telling me those flashes of fighting and gore and violence is more what the show is normally like?"
Ella grinned widely. "Yep! You like action, right? This show is action based fantasy based on Sam and Dean being hunters of supernatural creatures up to and including angels and demons. I dared Lucifer to watch it for the lols. I didn't know he'd make it a sit in daily event."
Lucifer grinned. "I like action and violence and gore too, Dan. Nothing wrong with that. Come on, Body Bags and the Weaponizer movies are your favourite. This is like them, but with more monsters. And cuter actors."
"Oh, definitely cuter actors," Ella replied.
"I'll agree with that one," Charlotte butted in.
Dan laughed and shook his head. "Okay, maybe I will be interested in this epic binge watch of yours."
Ella punched the air and let out a loud yes! Before settling down. He pushed play before things got out of hand.
He laughed at the oversharing comment.
Dan's reaction to a guy microwaving his own head off was a loud "Oh, holy shit. That is brutal!"
Ella and Lucifer grinned at each other. He paused it as the body was being wheeled out. "Blood, gore, violence, and ghosts now, obviously."
"Ghosts?!"
Lucifer and Ella both nodded. "Sure," Ella replied. "You can tell a ghost by the sudden cold spots, and when the guy breathed out before committing suicide by microwave, the air was cold ad you could see his breath. That usually means ghost."
Lucifer snorted. "Yeah, usually is important."
Dan blinked. "Huh. You know what? Sign me up for this binge watch. This is more interesting than I thought."
Ella clapped her hands and squealed a bit, happy she got another friend into the show. And on such a strange episode too. He pushed play, because this was starting to get good.
He and Ella started giggling when Dean asked if Sam was a psychic whose dreams were coming true as visions of the future and Sam's answer of that being nuts. Charlotte smacked him to shut him up, while Dan looked at them like they were weird.
"Whoa, wait, stop it!" Dan cried out. Lucifer paused it and looked at him. "Wait, what exactly did Dean do to make the ghost go away?"
Charlotte brightened. "Oh, I can actually answer that one! It's a ghost. Salt and iron can make them go away. It's not defeated and it will be back, probably to go after them with a vengeance, but it will make it go away for a while."
Ella leaned forwards and reached over to pat Dan's knee. "Yeah, dude, the wrench was big and old fashioned. Likely made of iron."
Dan nodded. "Ah, okay. I don't know ghost rules yet."
Lucifer grinned. "And now you're learning them."
They all were quiet for a moment, before Lucifer turned it back on as the talking seemed to have stopped.
He had to stop it when Dean found the video on how to ghost hunt from the Ghost Facers, because he was too busy laughing to keep his eyes open and on the screen. He felt like that moment right there was the funniest so far the entire series, because it was that hilarious. Ella was laughing right along with him, while the other two looked on possibly, worried over their sanity.
Ella waved them off. "You'll get it later if you do a binge watch with me. But trust me, that is one of the most hilarious things ever!"
Lucifer, still calming down, let out a little chuckle and shook his head. "Trust me, she is very much not wrong."
He pushed play again once he could see straight.
He got really into the episode for quite a while after that and didn't make another sound until Dean said his father and mother were Bob ad Ellen and he had a sister called Jo. At that he let out a breath a a little "Ow." He winced and did it again longer and louder when Sam said he broke up with his girlfriend Madison and called her number and got an animal hospital. He paused it after that.
"Okay, the Dean thing hurts, but that Sam thing just... Not my Sam, show, you do not do that to him. This show was written by monsters, I swear. They always have Sam's interests die on him. No wonder he's terrified of loving anyone."
Ella sighed and laid her head on his shoulder and gave his knee a pat. "That it does, my friend, that it does. That Madison line was a very low blow."
Dan sighed. "Meanwhile the rest of us have no idea what you're going on about. Can we please finish this?"
Lucifer sat up from the slouch he fell into and pushed play.
He didn't pause or say anything more until the episode ended. And then he let out a loud "Huh. I thought something else was off about this episode!"
Ella laughed. "Yeah, you really don't notice because it's not that colourful, but yeah, they turned up the brightness. Only on parts where Dean's in his shirt without the jacket and Sam's got his yellow shirt on does it really stand out, because the rest of it is already in dark shades."
"Huh. I never really thought about how low in tone it was until this episode. Well done to the effects team for that one."
Ella nodded. "Wait until you get up to the episode Changing Channels in season 5. Now, that one is bright and for good reason. No spoilers dude. You'll find that one out on your own."
He nodded. "Okay."
Dan got up and helped Charlotte on to her feet. "Well, that was interesting, and a whole lot bloodier and more interesting than I thought it would be. But I have a table booked for nine tonight at a restaurant for me and Charlotte and I would like to shower and get ready for that."
Lucifer grinned and nodded. "Sure, have fun you crazy lovebirds."
Ella grinned widely at him. "So, Saturday night party?"
He grinned widely. "Saturday night, let's party. I have a set at 9 anyway. Might get some schmoozing in before then and after. I think maybe I will have myself a meal, a drink and then maybe a three-way."
Ella laughed. "Well, you enjoy that. I think I might find my own fun for the night."
He grinned and wiggled his eyebrows at her. "I have no doubt in my mind you will. You are, after all, at the right place for it."
With that all four of them got in the lift and went downstairs to where the music was already beginning to play, though the dancers wren't out just yet.
He was glad the show had become fun for him again.
He decided to ignore the use of his name as a big bad in the episode, because it was fun regardless.
He liked having fun. He lived for it.