Lucifer – Mr. and Mrs. Mazikeen Smith

By: Paige Zinaman

LUX is in full swing party mode, drinks flowing. Lucifer (Tom Ellis) is at the piano with a very attractive lady while Linda (Rachael Harris) is at the bar with none other than Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt), who is back from bounty hunter duty. Linda asks Maze how she’s able to party every night which Maze asks her how she can’t. Linda tells her that it’s fear of liver failure that mostly stops the access partying saying they’ve been drinking for three hours, but Maze has been going since Tuesday asking why Maze always pushes herself like that. Maze tells her it’s fun and that there is no rest for the soulless. This leads into Linda asking Maze if she truly means she doesn’t have a soul when Lucifer, who is coming for another drink, tells Linda that Maze isn’t lying and that no demons have souls which is why they are notorious for living in the moment.

The next day finds Maze in the office of Lt. Herrera (Marco Sanchez) watching an interview video of a security guard Pete (Andy Nez) while eating Dan’s (Kevin Alejandro) pudding cup. Lt. Herrera shows up not knowing who Maze is and wants to know why she is in his office. Maze tells Lt. Herrera she wants to find Ben Rivers (Chris McKenna), but Herrera thinks she’s joking and asks if she’s an old girlfriend. She introduces herself which is when Herrera recognizes who she is and what department she helps, calling her record impressive. Herrera tells her that Rivers is always two steps ahead of anyone who goes looking for him, which Maze thinks is the perfect challenge. Maze is in the process of packing when Chloe (Lauren German) follows her down the steps asking her if she knows what she is getting herself into and if she’s ever been to Canada. Chloe tries to explain to Maze that Canada is very different from Los Angeles and that the clothing she has packed in not cold winter gear. Before Chloe could go any further in the bag that Maze said contained whips and knives began to move. Maze unzipped the bag with a smile on her face to reveal a hidden Trixie (Scarlett Estevez) tucked inside. Before Chloe could talk to her, Trixie tells the group that she can’t let Maze go alone and that someone needs to cover her back. Maze thanks Trixie and looks to Chloe only to have Chloe shut down the idea of her daughter going. Maze tells Trixie that she’s going to be okay and that she needs her to stay there and watch her mom to which Trixie agrees saying that without the two of them Chloe is defenseless. Trixie tells Maze to at least take her stuffed alien with her as Chloe lifts her out of the suitcase and they tell Maze goodbye. Chloe tells Trixie that Maze is going to be fine to which Trixie asks why she looks so worried. Chloe tells her, “I’m not worried about Maze. I’m worried about Canada.”

Back in Los Angeles, Chloe is sitting at her desk on the phone when Dan shows up sporting his Hawaiian shirt handing her his itinerary for his vacation and where she can reach him if she needs anything. Lucifer arrives as Dan tells Chloe that he finally got enough travel points so he’s going to surf and read a book. Lucifer tells him that it must be a self help book because anyone who chooses three layovers is crazy. Dan explains to Lucifer that he had to use travel points because not everyone has the cash to burn like he does. Lucifer tells Dan and Chloe that sometimes he lights it up and throws it into the air. When Dan leaves Lucifer notices Chloe’s computer and asks what Maze’s bounty has been up too to which Chloe starts listing off all the stuff that Ben has been doing. Lucifer seems too excited about Maze’s adventures to which Chloe asks him, “You’re the reason that Canada is in danger?” Lucifer tells her that this mission is good for Maze.

Maze enters the lodge check in and talks to Norm (Haig Sutherland) and asks if he’s seen Ben around. When Maze finds what Norm has to say unconvincing she starts to use very Maze methods, which causes people to record them on their phone. Maze sits on Norm’s lap and “seduces” him and threatens to send it to his wife when Norm caves and tells Maze what she needs to know. When we see Maze next, she’s giving a massage to the lady Norm told her about. As she’s massaging she asks Muffy (Stephanie Bennett) about the guy she’s seeing. Muffy tells Maze that he’s a great guy and that she probably shouldn’t be telling her this but, “He has a secret. He’s a prince and he doesn’t want anyone to know.” She continues to tell Maze that she finally found a guy who doesn’t want her for her dad’s money, explaing that she can’t wait to see him that night.

Back in Los Angeles, Chloe and Lucifer go in to question Athena (Erica Cerra) about her connect to Ben Rivers. Athena turns out was Ben’s attorney, but she hasn’t heard from Ben in two years since his disappearance telling them that she’s not sure how much help she will be to them. Chloe brings up the phone calls between her and Ben to which Athena denies and that if they’ve been illegally wiretapping her phone it will be a fun law suit. Chloe tells her that there’s no wire tapping as they’ve been tracking him through a friend. Chloe points out that for each place he’s been in Canada there has been a call made to her office. Athena tells them that the interview is over to which Lucifer tells her good which confuses both ladies in the room. Lucifer tells her that, “The longer it takes the angrier Maze is going to get.” This helps get a reaction from Athena who shows concern for Ben. When Lucifer does his mojo on her she confesses that she loves him and that she helped him get away from the police sending him money ever since. Chloe tells Athena that he’s a cold-blooded killer asking how she could do this Athena tells them, “You’ve never met him, he’s charming and handsome and when he looks at you it doesn’t matter who you are, you’re defenseless.”

As Athena is describing Ben to Chloe and Lucifer, Ben is arriving to meet Muffy but ends up meeting Maze who is sporting a blonde wig instead. Ben apologizes telling Maze that he thought she was someone else which to which Maze handcuffs him to the bar telling him that was the point. Ben resigns to being with Maze for the moment ordering a drink; Maze tells him that they don’t have time for a drink, which Ben tells her that there is always time for a drink. As Ben and Maze talk she tells him that she expected more killing and more of a fight from him, which Ben tells her he knows when he’s been beat. During their talk Ben manages to get out of his cuffs and slaps it onto Maze’s wrist and walks away. When no one is looking, Maze breaks the cuffs and starts to laugh at the fact Ben pulled one over her.

Ben is packing his stuff when he hears music playing down stairs and goes to investigate. He finds Maze sitting holding a drink in her hand. When he tries to make a break for it Maze is there to block his exit. The two start to fight while cuffed together, as their battle continues they talk and Ben tells Maze that Lt. Herrera is going to betray her too. Meanwhile, Chloe talks to Herrera telling him that she didn’t mean to stick her nose in his case and he tells her that he’s not upset but wants to carry this case across the finish line. Chloe hands over the files to him and he walks away. Ben continues telling Maze about Herrera when room service interrupts them. As they open the door to let Joan (Cate Cohen) in she pulls a gun out and starts firing on them. They dodge the bullets as best they can as she continues to fire; Maze’s phone starts ringing signaling that Chloe is calling when Chloe can’t reach Maze she calls in a favor. When Maze throws a knife over her head and hits Joan, Ben reveals he was shot.

Lucifer goes to Linda and talks to her about how Chloe is acting towards Maze and telling her that it’s crazy to think Ben can blindside Maze. Lucifer tells Linda that he’s not worried because Maze can handle a bounty and Linda tells him that a bounty may not be what Maze is after and that everyone wants to connect to something or someone. When Linda’s Skype call comes through she discovers Maze who she then tells she can’t talk right now. But Maze tells Linda that she needs to help her because Ben was shot causing Linda to again ask when they are going to realize she isn’t that kind of doctor. She ends up helping Maze to stop the bleeding and stitch up the wound. Before doing so Maze knocks Ben out and fluffs his pillow. Realizing she’s still on video tells them she can handle it from there and hangs up leaving Linda and Lucifer dumbfounded at what they just witnessed.

When Ben wakes up he talks to Maze about how he didn’t kill the people he was blamed for, and that each time you kill it takes a piece of your soul and how he wants to keep what little piece he has left and that he gets that Maze understands it which she denies. There’s a knock at the door stopping their talks as Dan enters with a knife almost at his head from Maze, Dan tells her that Chloe is afraid something is going on with Herrera when Maze turns to get Ben he’s gone. Dan tells Maze that she should turn it over to the Canadian authorities. She agrees when Dan goes to call Maze leaves to go after Ben. Lucifer finally agrees with Chloe when she tells him she was wrong, explaining why Rivers is on the run. Chloe can tell that Lucifer is worried and tells him that Maze is okay when Lucifer tells her they should talk to the security guard. Pete gives them mixed answers and then asks if they are working with Herrera. Chloe tells Lucifer that Maze is in more trouble than she knows.

Maze meets up with Ben who is being held at gun point by Joan. Ben tells Maze he has them where he wants them and tells Maze to leave before she gets in the way only making Maze even more stubborn. Before Joan and her back up could do anything, Dan throws a snowball and jumps in to help. When the men are taken down Dan knocks out Joan as they listen to the police showing up. Dan tells them to leave and that he will handle it. When Herrera arrives at his office he finds Lucifer sitting at his desk who informs him that he no longer works there, Chloe tells him that he’s under arrest. Ben and Maze talk when he asks Maze to run away with him, that they could live in a different city every week and they kiss.

The episode comes to an end with Maze back home with Linda, Chloe, Trixie and Lucifer all welcoming her home. Maze hands Trixie back her alien and to her excitement it has blood on it. Lucifer asks Maze if she’s alright and she tells him she is exactly where she wants to be.