Visit hell and Sin City with a crime-solving devil and some Drag Race favorites
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22.
Top picks
Lucifer (Netflix, Friday, 3:01 a.m., first half of season five): Crime-solving devil! It makes sense! Don’t overthink it!
We here at What’s On Tonight have not watched the trailer above, because reviewer LaToya Ferguson specifically told us not to, and we trust LaToya’s opinion on all things Lucifer. (On all things, really.) But that doesn’t diminish our excitement for the return of the DevilCop team—whenever Lucifer stops being Da New King Of Hell, that is. Here’s an excerpt from LaToya’s review of the season-four finale, just to refresh your memory:
Lucifer and Chloe say “I love you”—in one final scene for Tom Ellis and Lauren German to act their hearts out—but Lucifer knows he has to go back to Hell. (Oh, and Chloe was always his prophetic “first love,” not Eve.) Eve and Maze don’t end up together, but Eve’s saying there’s a chance. Ella finally makes good with God, while Dan finally got help. Amenadiel and Linda are new parents, and Amenadiel didn’t kidnap his child. The season ends the opposite of how it began, as Lucifer is the one who leaves L.A., this time with acceptance (and love) from the Detective. Lucifer also accepts who and what he is, as proven by the return of his angel wings in his final scene with Chloe. Lucifer has embraced both his light and his dark sides, in a way where he’s not trying to be something he’s not. Not a bad way to wrap this all up.
Binge coverage begins today, with reviews from LaToya running daily. Press pause on Hot Tub High School, put on your favorite orgy pants, and dive right in.
Can you binge it? Indeed, all four previous seasons of Lucifer await you on Netflix.
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue (VH1, Friday, 8 p.m., series premiere): What, did you think Drag Race was done for the year? Never.
Expect a Real Housewives sort of vibe from this behind-the-scenes look at the opening of a new Drag Race revue in Las Vegas, starring Asia O’Hara, Derrick Barry, Kameron Michaels, Naomi Smalls, Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo, and season 11 winner Yvie Oddly. On the off chance that the many, many queens of this show have started to blur together a bit, that’s the one with the dead butterflies, the Britney one, the bodybuilder, the one with amazingly long legs, the one that says “Vanjie” and walks backwards, and season 11 winner Yvie Oddly. Kate Kulzick will recap.
Can you binge it? No, this one is brand new, but you can catch the first six seasons of Drag Race proper, as well as several of Untucked and All Stars, on Hulu.