'Lucifer' returns: Five things to watch out for in the show’s latest season

After more than a year's wait, the fifth season of Lucifer finally dropped on Netflix on Friday, August 21… and fans are thrilled. The popular show, which picks up right after the dramatic events of the season four finale, is packed full of plot twists. Even though it's only been out a day, you’ve probably already binge-watched most of the series. But, on the off-chance that you haven’t actually finished the latest episodes that have aired, here are some things to know about the latest season. The episodes that dropped on August 21 only make up half of season five of the show. This means that fans still have eight more episodes to look forward to… which is well and good since the eight that have released do end on something of a cliffhanger. No spoilers, but that includes the introduction of a pretty significant new character. Netflix is yet to announce when the remaining episodes for the second half of season five will be released. Although it was previously announced that season five would be the end of the show, in June 2020, the show was renewed for a sixth and final season. The announcement seems to have taken everyone by surprise – including Tom Ellis, who plays the lead role of Lucifer. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , he said that when they were shooting for season five, 95 per cent of the time they believed it was going to be the show's final season. The number of episodes and release date of the final season are also yet to be announced. Fans of the show already knew that season five would have Ellis take on a double role from the trailer, which aired in June. In the latest season, he plays the role of Lucifer as well as Lucifer’s manipulative brother Michael, differentiated by a conniving personality and American accent. Ellis has stated that playing this new character messed with his head a little bit. "It was a new challenge to me, that's for sure," he said in an interview with Backstage . “But it was nice to think about a different character for a while. I had a certain set of rules that I had to work in…. in terms of Lucifer and Michael being different, I had to go old-school in that and figure out physicality and voice and how a character walks, as opposed to any sort of transformative prosthetics.” The devil can speak in many tongues, and fans get to watch him bust out his Tagalog language skills in season five. In a scene in the seventh episode of the season, a crime investigation requires him to speak to a young man and his grandmother, the latter of which doesn’t speak any English. So, Lucifer goes into action, asking the young man “Nagsasalita ba sya ng Tagalog?” (Does she speak Tagalog?) before greeting the grandmother with a “Kumusta ka Madam?” (How are you, madam?) Fans have been quick to point out that Ellis doesn't quite nail the accent but it was interesting to hear the language in the star’s usual sassy demeanor and of course, he gets an A for effort. Beneath the supernatural elements, Lucifer is a crime drama after all, and it's refreshing to see creators have a little fun with season five by introducing It Never Ends Well for the Chicken – a noir episode. The episode, which is the fourth in the season, cuts between present and past, and features a stylistic black-and-white setting, complete with pinstripe suits and bowler hats as detective attempt to solve a case. "Tom Ellis is made for this style. He kind of is Cary Grant. I think there's always been something about his portrayal of Lucifer [that's] old school, that harkens back to the extravagance and elegance of old Hollywood and just noir," co-showrunner Ildy Modrovich told Entertainment Weekly while explaining why they picked the era. Excited about the binge watching? You aren’t alone. Here’s what some fans had to say about the latest episodes.

'Lucifer' returns: Five things to watch out for in the show’s latest season

The first eight episodes of the new season released on Netflix on August 21