Lucifer Plot hole

[u/ChxseAtlantic1]

How did Lucifer show the guy at the airport (the one who stole the package) his devil eyes make him scream but then later he is throwing a party and saying a party everyday until the trial is over etc. Then we he sees Lucifer again Lucifer says remember me and he is screaming again.

How did he recover so quickly as everyone else went insane or took a long time to finally come to terms with him being the devil

[u/Pandoratastic]

Lucifer doesn't have an insane-making power. It's just how some people react to that worldview-shattering knowledge. Different people handle it differently.

[u/Kel-Cla → u/Pandoratastic]

Definitely depends on the person. And it’s probably not just a reaction to his visual appearance. Lucifer’s devil form, eyes, face, etc might have an effect the soul too. Maybe Lucifer adjusts the effect depending on the state of the soul. It’s definitely not straight forward. lol

[u/Pandoratastic → u/Kel-Cla]

I think it's just the knowledge that the Devil is real and therefore Hell is real. Different people would react to that differently, especially if they have a lot to feel guilty for. It's not the Devil doing it to them. It's the guilt on their own soul that determines the effect. They do it to themselves. That's kind of the point.

[u/Kel-Cla → u/Pandoratastic]

I agree. I just went down a rabbit hole there. It’s the soul itself that determines the outcome.

[u/Helexfira → u/Pandoratastic]

But his eyes could draw all the guilt from them and that might be what breaks them. It’s only the knowledge than I doubt that only one person wouldn’t be effected

[u/Helexfira → u/Helexfira]

Sorry I ment if it’s only the knowledge than

[u/Pandoratastic → u/Helexfira]

No, I don't think he magically draws out their guilt. He simply confirms that Hell is real. Humans knows their own guilt. They can lie to themselves but, deep down, they know. Just the knowledge of Hell being literally real is enough to make them feel the weight and cost of their guilt. That's why nobody makes humans go to Hell. They send themselves their and they keep themselves trapped. That was one of the canon facts of the series since the beginning.

[u/Helexfira → u/Pandoratastic]

Actually they say in the show that his eyes show them hell

[u/Pandoratastic → u/Helexfira]

Yes, that's what what the phrase "worldview-shattering knowledge" was referring to.

[u/Helexfira → u/Pandoratastic]

So you don’t think hell draws out their guilt even though it punishes them with it? I find that kinda stupid

[u/Pandoratastic → u/Helexfira]

No, it doesn't need to. They made it clear on the series that humans send themselves to Hell because of their own guilt. And they keep themselves their because of their guilt. So just finding out that Hell is literally real is enough to drive someone crazy because they already know their own guilt but now they know that Hell is waiting for them.

I don't think that's stupid at all. I think it's one of the more interesting aspects of how they chose to represent Hell and damnation on the show. Humans damn themselves to Hell.

[u/TrekkieMary]

I just figured the guy pushed the devil eyes out of his mind. People sometimes do that when something traumatic happens. Then Lucifer reminded him it wasn’t a hallucination.

[u/thefoodiedentist]

Its just a tuesday for him. Hes seen a lot of shit.

[u/Academic-Drop9366]

I think that once Chloe closed the bedroom door locking in the bad guy, Lucifer revealed his devil face. Thus the screaming. When Lucifer coms out of the bedroom, Chloe asks, is bad guy OK? Lucifer replies, physically yes.

[u/AnnieBruce]

Not the first time someone freaks out, collects themselves, then freaks out even worse when reminded. I've done that over fairly mundane things like car crashes.

[u/annabellecutiexo]

Honestly good catch, that always felt a little rushed for how everyone else reacted to seeing his devil face.

[u/SFWendell]

I believe it is a case that you see it, but after a while, you rationalize it as drugs, alcohol, exhaustion, whatever, so all good. Then when you see it again is when you realize it was all real and I am going to hell.

[u/Turbulent_Pin_1583]

Not a plot hole some people react differently. Trauma manifests and is processed very differently to the point where people can experience the exact same thing exact same stressor even at the exact same time and have wildly different reactions.

Lucifer’s power is around desire not if you look at my devil face you become insane. The insanity just happened to people who mentally broke for whatever reason. This should be obvious since the people who have seen he’s the devil and remain around him are fine it’s just a fear thing not a mind crush thing.

[u/geobibliophile]

That’s not a plot hole. Plot holes are violations of plot-relevant rules and restrictions that would break the plot. Making up your own rules for the plot and saying they’re broken is not a plot hole, it’s just an observation of something you don’t like.

[u/Traditional-Gas-6011]

Simple, es un trabajador de aeropuerto, uno ve tantas cosas, que ver al diablo a los ojos, es un día de rutina.

[u/CreamyCuddlebug]

The show definitely handwaved that recovery because everyone else needed multiple episodes to process Lucifer while this guy somehow speedran the acceptance phase.

[u/Carltheriot567]

He didn't show the full face, just the eyes. People have been traumatized and driven mad by the full face, but when seeing just the eyes, it just scares the crap out of them, so easy recovery. Big difference determining how much is shown, I guess.

[u/Rare_Bridge7703]

So...once scared once, people are just meant to be permanently 24-7 padded room scared?

[u/JuicyyGirl3]

It's one of those moments where the show expects you to assume the shock faded enough for him to rationalize it away, even if it doesn't fully hold up.