#Maniac Mansion II

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Day Of The Tentacle (1993) - Day Of The Tentacle Remastered (2016)

[humor-y-videojuegos]

Maniac Mansion 🏢 Lucasfilm Games 📅 1987 🖥 Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Mac, NES, Windows

[bitmapbooks]

One of Lucasfilm Games’ first employees, comic artist Ken Macklin created just a handful of video game covers, but what a portfolio: The Eidolon, Maniac Mansion, Temple of Apshai Trilogy plus Bubsy the Bobcat I and II.

Find out more in The Art Of The Box: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/the-art-of-the-box

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Oct. in Film

Forgot to post my halloween doings. Only made it to 85 horror films and a few ere not actually horror films once I got into them.

8 is old so you probably already know how great it is. 23 was great fun. 37 and 40 were both good. I was told 50 was bad, but I actually highly recommend it. 58 was fun and a little different than I expected. 61 was good as was 63. 62 was kind of silly but I enjoyed it. And 65 was maybe the best one (plus it makes fetch happen at the end). 71 may become a new favorite series if they make follow ups. 79 was good and I had forgotten about the first movie in the series. I may watch both of those together next year.

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[cyberpunkonline]

NES Horror Games - THE HORROR

As Halloween creeps closer, it's time to dive into the eerie depths of nostalgia. Many of us remember the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) fondly, but do you recall the shivers down your spine from its horror classics? These pixelated tales of terror might seem quaint by today's standards, but during their time, they left many young gamers clutching their controllers in fear. Let's unearth the bone-chilling titles that made the NES a graveyard of digital nightmares.

Castlevania Series:

Castlevania - Navigate the ominous corridors of Dracula's castle, confronting classic monsters like mummies, Medusa, and of course, Dracula himself. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Simon Belmont returns in this atmospheric RPG-style adventure, seeking a way to lift Dracula's curse. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - A prequel to the original, introducing multiple characters and branching paths. Sweet Home: Based on a Japanese horror film of the same name, this survival horror game is a unique gem, challenging players to solve puzzles and survive the haunted mansion's deadly perils.

Friday the 13th: Players take on the role of camp counselors, desperately trying to protect themselves and their fellow campers from the unstoppable menace, Jason Voorhees.

Maniac Mansion: Delve into the strange, bizarre mansion owned by the Edison family. This point-and-click adventure has a darkly comedic twist and features multiple endings depending on your choices.

Ghosts 'n Goblins: Not your typical horror game, but it pits players against hordes of the undead, demons, and other ghastly creatures. The notorious difficulty level might be the most horrifying aspect of this classic title.

Monster Party: Mark's peaceful stroll home suddenly transforms into a twisted reality of monstrous worlds. The game is notorious for its bizarre enemies, strange levels, and haunting soundtrack.

Shadowgate: As the last of a line of hero-kings, you must navigate the dangerous castle, solve intricate puzzles, and thwart the Warlock Lord's nefarious plans.

Uninvited: Waking up from a car crash, players find themselves in front of a mysterious mansion. This point-and-click adventure invites gamers to solve its riddles and confront ghostly apparitions.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: This title may not be remembered for its gameplay, but its eerie story and unsettling transformation sequences make it a memorable NES horror experience.

Nightmare on Elm Street: Team up with friends (or go solo) as you attempt to collect Freddy's bones and lay them to rest, while avoiding the dream demon's deadly grasp.

These games might not have the graphical prowess or intricate mechanics of modern horror titles, but their creepy atmospheres, haunting soundtracks, and imaginative narratives paved the way for future horror games. So, this Halloween, dust off that NES and relive the terrors of yesteryears.

- Raz

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pairing : renata glasc x E

chapter: 5

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Well, to be honest, a few months ago when the Chem-Baroness herself asked me to be her partners i was very excited but i refused.. it was too fast we didn't really know each other. And well, at the end of the day, it was my boss after all so i wasn't really sure if it was a good idea. We both went back to our typical life, but now...going to work was way more fun. I'm not saying i don't like my job and of course working with her is an amazing way to spend the day but working there used to be more stressful, just thinking about seeing her would be enough to make me go crazy. Now, it's more easy. We passed that stage a while ago and we're pretty much friends now. i mean, friends with benefits, and the mutual feelings are here. God, is there even a name for that kind of relationship ?

Our offices aren't that far so when the opportunity comes.. Miss Glasc doesn't think twice about coming to my office in order to see me.

" You are very discreet today E. I don't recall seeing you this morning." She said while passing her hands in my blond hair

" I apologise i have an important project to finish as soon as i can. " i answered while looking at the blueprint on my desk.

" Look at you being so formal. " she said almost whispering, making me wish i was already done with that project so i could put all my attention on her.

That tension between us... it's mindblowing to me.

A tension that we would find hard to control.

We.. pretty much did it everywhere. Doing it in the toilet was an extremely interesting thing because, well, the floor was shining a lot so we could see our reflections in it and let me tell you, 100/10 would do it again.

But most of the time we would meet at her place, spending the day talking about more importants things, like poetry, history and books. Renata Glasc is certainly the most dangerous woman in Zaun but if you have the chance to get to know her you would find instead a very clever woman, that knows a lot of anything that you could ever think of. And needless to say spending time with her make me immensly happy. A feeling that seemed impossible for me to reach, before meeting her.

Every other day we go to each other's houses, of course my apartment is not as big as her mansion, but she doesn't care, she just wants to spend some private time with me. And since we started this little adventure, when she invites me to her house Renata cooks, and oh my god her dishes are delicious, it's like eating at a 5 stars restaurant.

In fact we really act like a married couple, I do the dishes while she is busy playing music to relax the atmosphere and then come and help me wipe the plates. And when we are together, it's no longer the big Renata Glasc but only.. Renata, her suit jacket and suit are taken off and I get to see Renata in her shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and believe me it's a pure pleasure.

In the bed she assigned me the right side, yes she's kinda a maniac on the edges..but it does not bother me since most of the time we find ourselves in the middle, or naked.

Renata has never let me touch her sexually, I haven't had the opportunity to do make her really feel anything yet and that bothers me because I'd like to give her what she deserves, but she probably has her reasons. And at least I'm allowed to see her completely naked, so I think that's a good start.

In her mansion everything is white, the people who clean are doing their job very well, you can see it in the tiles it's shiny here too. When I cross them I always say hello and sometimes I chat with them for a few moments, they're all adorable.  

And of course it wouldn't be Renata's house if there wasn't giants stairs with a carpet on each steps and a huge portrait of Herself in the middle. You can't miss it.

I went up the stairs to my office, while passing back i stopped at Renata's office before continuing my day and she gave me a kiss on my temple. It makes me smile just thinking about it When I open the door I put my things on the desk and I decide to sit down, and I see the horror..

A bomb stuck under my desk, I try not to make any sudden gestures and to keep my calm...

E, clenched her teeth, the drop of sweat ran down her forehead, is this the end of her life? Suddenly she looked out of the window to try to get Renata's attention, but she was not in her office.

I'm going to die, she thought.

Two masked men who were watching the scene attentively, were standing on the roofs not far from Glasc industries, one of them had a button, he was ready to press.

"I'm waiting for the signal" says one of the two.

"Kill her."

And the man pressed the button.

E's office exploded in a second, and she was propelled through the window.

In a few seconds everything was on fire.

E, still unconscious, tried to scream but nothing came out, she was in shock. So much pain, so much blood.

Renata, who heard the explosion, feared the worst, the death of her beloved, the adrenaline was so strong that the baroness went up the stairs by 3, and her worst nightmare had arrived. The office was nothing but flame and smoke.

"MADAME GLASC DO NOT GO IN" said one of her colleagues but she did not listen, this scene reminded her of the death of her parents. Protecting her mouth because of the smoke she took the fire extinguisher and extinguished everything, still trying to find the one she loved.

"ELIA!" she shouted. She wanted to find her even if it meant losing her voice. But in vain. With all her strength she lifted the debris and found the horror... the two dismembered legs of E, but she did not find the rest of her body.... she looked out the window seeing no trace of the rest, just blood on the floor.

Renata Glasc, cried, for the second time in her life, kneeling on the ground...

[jamiedotorg]

Day of the Tentacle: Remastered

This review contains spoilers.

Day of the Tentacle was released in 1993 under the name Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, a sequel to the 1983 Maniac Mansion. The remastered edition came out in 2016, it was directed and designed by both Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer, of LucasArts.

This game has been on my backlist for a year or two, but I had been told by so many people that I would not regret playing it and I certainly did not. As soon as I booted up this classic I was sucked back in time to my childhood. The graphics were given a serious upgrade, but this nostalgic point and click reminded me of the countless hours I would spend on the library computers playing the Arthur, Blues Clues, and Scooby-Doo doo games online in my little corner. They even give you the option of switching back and forth between the classic and upgraded graphics! That being said, let's talk about how the game works.

This point and click is rather straight forward, with a few to-begin-with confusing adjustments. You play as three main characters, and with some practice you can easily swap between them whenever you desire, exchange items between them as you play, and move between the Hotel/Inn in the past, present and future. The main objective is to stop the tyrannical sentient Tentacles that are trying to end the world! Your character will work to solve item-to-NPC puzzles where they have to make the objects they pick up interact with other characters to do your bidding, and thus change the story moving forward. A great example of this would be Hoagie changing the flag of the United States in the past to resemble a Tentacle, so that Laverne, in the future, can wear it and look like one to get past the Tentacle guards that keep her captive.

While the game is fairly short, it feels long for a point-and-click, and it is worth noting that I would not have played this game to a hundred percent as quickly as it estimated if I was without a walk thru. There is over a hundred items to pick up, lots of rooms in the hotel, and you have to go through it three times, with each character in different time periods with plenty of NPCs to interact with. Without a guide, I would have gotten stuck on the puzzles which are not so obvious, with plenty of random missable achievements to accompany the difficulty of the puzzles and while it is not a long game to have to go back and replay to get that last one you missed when you first played through, it can be hard to remember who picked up what and where, which would make it take longer to revisit some parts of the game.

The characters are a group of ragtag 90s kids, starting with Bernard, your trusty nerd, Laverne, the smart Med student, and Hoagie, the husky Roadie. As previously said, there are a lot of NPCs to interact with, like the founding fathers in the past, the mad scientist and the Weird Ed in the present and the tentacle guards and strange beauty contestants in the future, and of course I can't forget our dead friend Cousin Ed, who turns out to be the most useful mummy character I've ever had the pleasure of spending time with. Each of them is odd on their own but have fun and quirky dialogue and the achievements are even more so, like microwaving a hamster to thaw him out after sticking him in an ice case, and then microwaving him again just for the heck of it! Or asking Laverne to use a fork on a cat because she's hungry, making sure anyone that looks at your achievements list knows exactly what kind of player you are.

Overall, I loved playing through this game, and wasn't left feeling a want for extra content as the pacing was exceptional, and Maniac Mansion is included as a mini-game. It took me around 4 and a half hours to complete for a total of 1,000 Gamerscore.

Day of the Tentacle is available to purchase for $14.99 on Steam, XBOX, PlayStation 4 & 5, and iOS, and free with XBOX Gamepass.

This has been an honest and free review from someone who played the game and enjoyed it! Give the developers some love and let them know what you thought if you've played/watched a playthrough of this classic.

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[rainydance91]

New encounter II

The team, enticed by the promise of a new challenge, agreed to undertake the mission. When Adrian departed after scheduling a meeting at the merchant’s office, Ran felt a wave of relief. However, seeing the team excited about the mission, he kept his feelings to himself. He sensed a dangerous energy emanating from Adrian, an energy he couldn’t quite explain. He needed more evidence before he could voice his concerns to the others.

Alex, while gazing at Ran, sensed that something was off about Adrian. He decided to remain wary, not fully trusting him. Strangely, no one else picked up on what Alex and Ran had sensed. They were all too happy about the new mission and the potential rewards. Ran found this odd, considering the others also had the ability to sense energies. It led him to believe that Adrian must be someone extraordinarily powerful.

AT THE MERCHANT’S OFFICE

Upon returning to the office, Adrian hung his outer clothes on the coat hanger, settled behind his desk, and began to laugh maniacally. As he calmed down, he loudly declared to himself, “Darkheaven investigators. They are nothing more than a bunch of losers. I will eliminate them all, ensuring no further interruptions to my plan. This will be easier than I anticipated.”

THE NEXT EARLY MORNING

Before embarking on their mission, the Darkheaven Investigators decided to delve deeper into the history of the mansion. They ventured to the merchant’s office, where Adrian showed them the old documents, what were hidden away in a dusty corner of the office on a stack of  deeds, letters, and records that dated back to centuries.

David said with enthusiasm: “I remember some of it. My teacher did show them to me and talked about the history of the mansion a little. Lionel Devarare had several disturbing hobbies. He was a respected man, but also eccentric. He collected all sorts of items. I won't be suprised if some of it was cursed and it all was brought into the mansion too.”

After a while of looking through the documents Adrian asked: “do you guys want to see the mansion now?”

Ran said: “yes I think we have went through everything and I was able to take some notes too, what could be helpful in the mansion. Please lead us there.”

The sun was just beginning to rise as the Darkheaven Investigators, led by Adrian, made their way towards the mansion. The mansion, shrouded in the early morning mist, stood ominously against the backdrop of the slowly brightening sky. Its towering silhouette was a stark reminder of the mysteries that lay within.

As they approached, David couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine. He thought of the stories he had heard about Lionel Devarare’s eccentricities and his collection of potentially cursed items. He glanced at Ran, who seemed to be lost in thought, going over the notes he had taken.

Adrian, sensing their apprehension, tried to lighten the mood. “Well, here we are,” he said, gesturing towards the mansion. “Remember, it’s just a house. A very old, very creepy house.”

Adrian moved towards the door, pulling out a large, old, rust-tinged key, and began to unlock the door. As the door creaked open, an icy breeze swept towards them, sending chills down their spines.

“I thought they left the heating on, not off” Said Adrian with concern.

They moved forward into the mansion despite the cold.

To be continued.

[gmlocg]

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[theowlhousefanboy]

Video Game Sequels So Good Their Predecessors Can Be Skipped (also, additional info) - Part 1 out of 5.

- Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness+Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos+The Frozen Throne (don’t use Deforged) > Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

- Diablo II+Lord of Destruction (Classic or Resurrected, your choice; however, Diablo I+Hellfire can still be played and is a bit essential)

- Day of the Tentacle (mostly because Maniac Mansion is actually playable in the character Weird Ed’s bedroom computer)

- Timesplitters 2 (you can even play it in 4K on the otherwise subpar Homefront: The Revolution via an ingame arcade cabinet AND a recently discovered cheat code)

- Spec Ops: The Line > the rest of the Spec Ops series (to be perfectly honest, the only way you’ll play this game is to NOT play it at all)

- Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3, 4, Peace Walker, and V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain and MG Rising: Revengeance > Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (although the latter can even be deemed as one of these aforementioned sequels)

- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Contracts, Blood Money, and the World of Assassination Trilogy > Hitman: Codename 47

- Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946/Complete Edition (mostly because it’s actually a compilation of the previous games of the series by that point)

- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (this is because Escape from Butcher Bay is embedded as bonus content in the form of an HD remake)

- Titanfall 2 and, by extension, Apex Legends

[moviesludge]

Updated the movie link list for gifs on my page for the first time in a while. List is updated with everything I giffed or capped that wasn’t already on there. I used to omit movies where I only giffed or capped 1 thing, but I added those now, some of which were requests that I deemed more or less ungiffable (sludge-wise). I tested all the links and they should all be working now. I had to fix a few that led to nowhere due to dashes or misspellings or whatever. Let me know if you find a broken link and I’ll fix it. Link list is here https://moviesludge.tumblr.com/movies broken into 2 parts alphabetically.

Here’s the movies that were added to the link list:

Absurd Aenigma All That Heaven Allows Amityville 3D Angel Annabelle Arachnid Avengers Bad Samaritan The Basement Battle Beyond the Stars Beastmaster Beyond Dreams Door Biotherapy Birdman Black Mama White Mama The Blood on Satan's Claw The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe The Border Brazil The Breakfast Club Bride of re-animator Brightburn Brokeback Mountain Bug Buster Busting Carnosaur The Cat The Cellar The Child A Chinese Ghost Story 3 The Church The Collection The Conjuring Crawl The Crawling Eye Creeptales Cthulu Mansion Dangerous Seductress Daughters of Darkness Death Walks At Midnight Death Wish (2018) Deathstalker IV Demolition Man Demon Knight The Devil's Nightmare Disembodied Doom Edge of the Axe Evil Dead Trap Evil Ed Exorcist III Fade to Black Family Plot Five Element Ninjas Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood Future Kill Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Grave Secrets Graveyard Shift The Greasy Strangler Green Snake Gremlins The Guest Haunt The Headless Eyes Hell Fest Hereditary Hiruko the Goblin Holidays House of Dracula The House With Laughing Windows The Howling II Human Lanterns It's Complicated The Jar Jason X Kenny & Company Kickboxer Killing Spree Kiss of Death Klute Life Life After Life The Lighthouse Living Dead in Manchester Morgue Lone Wolf Love Is A Gun Mac And Me Making Contact Mandy The Meg Memories of Murder Mindkiller Mirror Mirror Mister Designer Mom Mortal Kombat (2021) Mothra Night angel Nightbeast Night Killer NOES 5 The Nude Vampire Oculus The Oily Maniac Opera Organ Out of the Dark Overlord Paris Texas Peacock King The Pit & the Pendulum Poison For the Fairies Psycho Goreman The Purge: Anarchy Q: The Winged Serpent Red Eye Repossessed Requiem For a Vampire Road Games Rosemary's Baby Scared Stiff Seeding of a Ghost Shadowzone Shakes the Clown Silent Night Bloody Night Silent Night Deadly Night Silent Night Deadly Night 3 Silent Night Deadly Night 4 Simon Says Skins The Slayer Slumber Party Massacre II Slums of Beverly Hills Spasms Spontaneous Combustion Spring Student Bodies Surf II Suspiria (2018) Syngenor Tammy & the T-Rex TMNT II Terrifying Girl's High School: Women's Violent Classroom Terror on Tour Thir13en Ghosts Trick Or Treats Underwater Unmasked Part 25 Us Vacations of Terror 2 Vice Squad Videodrome Vivarium Viy Watchers Wax Mask We Are Still Here Who Framed Roger Rabbit Wolf Devil Woman Yongary

[sanoiro]

Lucifer 5x04 - The Mega Meta

This episode, the one all the cast and writers praised turned out to be the most challenging for the audience. Several hated it mainly for interrupting the flow of S5P1 whilst introducing a ‘weak’ story for Lucifer’s ring. Others loved it for all the meta, the concealed trivia and details that exist in that episode. 

In my opinion 5x04 took it’s time to warm up to my heart and therefore today it’s time to write a meta on it. I’ll try to cover all the bases and if I miss something I apologise! 

This meta will analyse, lines, settings, songs hopefully with the order they appear in the episode, as well as hints that it gives us for P2, the end of the series and many more things. 

The credits open to Lucifer whistling as per Netflix’s subtitles ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’

A song of about a man waiting for his train as he gets a shoe shine. The lyrics reveal at the end that a girl is waiting him at his destination and that he intents to marry her and settle... A good foreshadowing about Lucifer no? Especially after the S3 game night fiasco...  

There's gonna be a certain party at the station Satin and lace, I used to call funny face She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam

By the way what’s this obsession over daggers and them killing people? Didn’t we have enough with the Flaming Sword in S2? 

Trixie: Has it ever killed anyone?

Let’s keep it that way kid... Although I doubt it. 

Now take a moment to realise that Lucifer was in Hell for thousands of years. He hasn’t had sex since his relationship with Eve and for his last night on Earth he prefers to play a game of Monopoly with Trixie and only when she turns him down Lucifer suggests getting a drink at LUX always in her company. That’s progress...

It also busts all claims of Lucifer being a sex obsessed maniac. 

The year is 1946...

WW2 is over and we find Lucifer in a new setting, a familiar one where through the episode we see that he has not just visited again but he is frequent visitor around that time. Just a few years later after all he was seen through Kinley’s photos in Nazi Germany. Now we know it was because apparently he owns a castle there, in the Austrian Alps... Not exactly in mint condition after the war though... 

By the way the castle that corresponds to that 22 bedroom description Lucifer gives is Schloss Ernegg Castle which belongs to the same family since the 17th century and it’s in great condition. Actually it operates as a hotel! 

The Hurry plays as we see Ellis strolling the WB New York area of the lot. Great old ones were shot there.. Like The Big Sleep (1946) staring Bogart and Bacall which was shot in 1944, reshot some parts in 1945 but was released after all the ‘proper’ war time movies were released first. 

A bit like this episode The Big Sleep carries ‘process of a criminal investigation, not its results’. Also around that time we have The Killers coming out, The Killers is important to mention as aside from being based on a story by Hemingway who was in Cuba in 1946 not in New York as Lucifer claims, it was directed by Robert :. Siodmak made most of the Hollywood’s noir classics and was always faithful to the doomed attraction which would always resolve to a nihilistic conclusion... (Thank you wiki! :P)

The connection to Lucifer, between the lines and the off hand comments like Hemingway is that noir films were based on the German Expressionism in cinema, and one of the most prominent figure for the US was that one German director Robert Siodmak. 

The purpose of the above information is in order to tell you that a black & whte effect and a crime story is not what makes a noir episode. The writers were faithful to the core of noir. Entrapment, flashbacks, narration. The tropes of murder, jealousy, backstabbing and crime is also there, easy to replicate after all for sure. A dead man walking and ‘selective’ amnesia is also convenient... 

Triumph and tragedy can be found and lost in the maze of the cities and in questionable establishments... Like in bars... 

Moving on!

The credits open and we listen to The Hurry Up played by The Heath And His Orchestra. Dear Heath was British not an American. A subtle nod to Ellis probably as the leading man. But here is the thing Heath was the performer not the composer of that piece. The composer was Kenny Graham (Again British) and probably that piece was written after 1958 but anyways it’s an inconsistency we (-I-) can certainly live with!

Lucifer and Lilith last meeting was at around 1770 (Marie Antoinette was born in 1755) now whether in Austria or France who knows....  I would assume that Lucifer stayed in Austria until WW2 as aside from the wars and other issues it had a great cultural field for him to explore such as literature, music and lacked the brashness of the new-founded then US (1776). 

Tiny issue here... Moctezuma (The 2nd) who Lilith claims to have met died in 1520, a bit after Cortés arrived in what we know today as Mexico so we can assume that Lilith travelled between the New World and Europe until Lucifer found her in New York in 1946. 

Lilith in a relationship with Tommy Stomponato who owned the club, she probably influenced him enough to name it ‘The Garden’ as se admits to Gertie later in the episode, she really loved that Garden hence why she took a small part of it with her. 

Now the name Tommy Stomponato is directly influenced by Johnny Stomponato part and bodyguard of the Cohen Mafia boss Mickey Cohen. Now funny thing he was stabbed by Lana Turner’s (Hollywood star) daughter Cheryl Crane... That remind us a bit of Gertie as she yes both were stabbed by a woman but both were not prosecuted. The first as Lilith didn’t want Gertie to lose the limited time she had with her husband and Cheryl because she claimed self-defense. 

The first time we see Lesley Ann as Lilith she sings ‘I want to be evil’ originally performed at the debut of Eartha Kitt and first released in 1953. It is considered brilliant for it’s feminism and ‘video clip’ starring Kitt... 

It’s a song that carries Lilith’s agony which even Eve carried. The need for freedom, the need to break the chains of what they should be and what we see that even Maze carries throughout the series. It’s a song that reaffirms that betrayal towards God, Adam and Lucifer in Maze’s case is not an act of evilness but the need of these women to re-sculpture themselves without aid or instructions. In Kitt’s case it was social conformity. Also Johnnie Ray was the ‘guy who cries’ aside from his hit song in 1951 ‘Cry’ him crying after his wedding was received with mixed feelings I believe from the press and his fans. 

Now we see that crime for Lucifer was fun and again he wanted to Laugh with Hemingway who again in 1946 was not in New York but had just starting to write his novel ‘Garden of Eden (published posthumously in 1986) and it explored the reversal of gender roles a bit like this Lucifer episode does. 

So Lucifer accepts the case of finding the ring but needs help. Jack Monroe is the one that can help him and the name is inspired probably by Iowa’s born Jack Monroe Marvel character who lived in New York, fought the Nazi (See Jack talking about the Battle of the Bulge), sidekick to Captain America - in a way - and ended up shot and killed. The character had many cliche detective phrases. But that’s mostly a likely speculation :P 

Now as Jack goes to talk to the ‘rat’ Lucifer comments on Gertie serving him a drink ‘Just what the doctor ordered’ an obvious connection to Harris playing Dr Linda. 

A nice prop is the machine gun over the bar an alleged gift from Al Capone who had been arrested 17 years earlier and died in 1947.

Thanks for listening, XOXO A. Capone

Now Lucky Larry who ends up dead is wearing an eyepatch probably a nod to another great director of noir films and of german expressionism in cinematography Fritz Lang. 

At that point we have the talk between Lucifer and Jack concerning the laters problem with his wife.  The story as everyone has noticed is a parallel with the issue that Lucifer and Chloe never begun on an equal ground. Someone had manipulated them and in both cases both parties suffered. Both men were manipulated by someone over them in hierarchy and both stood on a dilemma on how to proceed. It took Lucifer over 60 years to realise how difficult it was to leave and even then in 2x14 he returned. 

 As Jack and Lucifer get to Willy’s mansion all the paintings depict him as a great warrior in all possible eras. As Napoleon, Fritz of Austro-Hungarian Empire, Henry the 8th, Ivan, and that armour I believe it was from Carlomagne?

Also Hannibal crossing the Alps? 

The little sausages are self-explenatory for the character and perhaps the lilies in his house a connection to the episode and the P1′s plot. 

Lucifer checking the armour’s genital protector? Priceless :P As was Willy’s connection to Dan. 

Now something that always make me wonder is why Lilith calls God Adam’s father as if she never considered him her own. At the same time she gives us a big hint there. She never walked away she was ‘sent’ away. 

Gertie reveals there that her husband was wounded at the Guadalcanal campaign which ended in 1943 meaning that Bill was unresponsive for about three years at that point. The good news is that Bill seems to have been inspired by Bill Lentsch. Lentsch wrote a memoir called My Story and then adapted under the Title Hope For Wounded Warriors.

As a wounded warrior, Bill Lentsch knows the frustrating feelings of apparent helplessness and hopelessness. A sea-going Marine on the cruiser USS Vincennes at the beginning of World War II, he was a "hot shell catcher". The story of Bill's survival when the Vincennes sank is a story of miracles. In contrast, the story of his post-war rehabilitation and readjustment to civilian life, including a bad marriage {Sanoiro: At this point we have a differentiation but you never know}, contains more than its share of dark pages and the consequences of poor choices. Contemplating the option of murder, then suicide, was a vivid reality. Thankfully, the story of his later years brings hope and inspiration as Bill shares his personal journey of discovery.

Meanwhile the investigation continues.  In the apartment we see pigeon cages a rather popular hobby back then in New York and not just for the messages they transported. Also do notice the WB water tower in the back. Iconic!

Lucifer finds a cuban cigar. Romeo y Juliet. The meta here obvious bit nonetheless important to our main love story. 

With Stomponato dead we have a chance to delve a bit to Egyptian mythology. 

First the missing heart. The main organ that according to ancient Egyptians held the answer of how well you had done while you lived and what you deserved after death. It was measured and a conclusion sent you to afterlife or to damnation. 

Second the Anubis mask. He was the God of Death who oversaw the heart weighting process. The colour black symbolised the Nile’s sand and thus regeneration as the river was a symbol of life. Anubis was adopted by Isis

Third the Eye of Horus. The Eye of Horus was used as a sign of prosperity and protection, derived from the myth of Isis and Osiris. This symbol has an astonishing connection between neuroanatomical structure and function.  

That’s the basics but you can go further from there if you want to just remember that Egyptian deities hold an Ankh the symbol and work of life. 

In 504 we learn that death is final, there is no eternal life. It cannot be given as a commodity, the ring cannot help so I would focus more on the stone itself and if Lilith’s immortality is used then it will not be used as it is in my opinion but more about that later on. 

The shop sacred eye and the high priest take us back to two episodes of S1. First in 1x07 - Wingman where the high priest parallels the auctioner who was ready to sell everything of ‘supernatural’ worth knowing they were mostly garbage to make money. Second 1x12 - #TeamLucifer the satanic high priest who had said ‘-the Devil ain't gonna buy me an Aston Martin’. In 504 the High Priest wanted a Pontiac. 

Lucifer comment on Tutankhamun loving the pre-sacrificed bloody heart might have to do with the Egyptian mythology that  If a heart during the scaling was judged to be not pure, Ammit (female demon/god) would devour it, and the person undergoing judgment would not allowed to continue their afterlife journey.

One of the best lines delivered in this episode is also foreshadowing P2 in my opinion and why not some bts but not clear or definite ones. 

In the modern age, we are taught to fear death. But the ancients understood that death... is power. - High Priest (Lucifer 5x04)

It is why I always say that death is not the last frontier in our series and as such it should be taken neither as the final chapter to an individual’s story nor as irreversible (with the right collaterals always) somehow. Although you cannot cheat death forever, this is the beauty of our story. Death is valued just as much as life. 

As such as we are in the High Priest ‘office’ it is not accidental we see the Tree of Life (See my Tree of Life Meta *Here*). The designs are Celtic around the mirroring tree of Life in what we can assume is in Life and Death is as vibrant and ‘alive’ in both sides. 

1) triskelion: meaning the three legs, is an ancient pre-celtic symbol that can be traced to the bronze era. It symbolises the holy trinity in Christianism but also the inner and outer world of spirits. As you can tell it holds a variety of meanings and even if it is just there, picked in random from the WB prop house we should note that it also symbolises the trinity of life, death and rebirth as well as the trinity of the transition of womanhood. The Triple Goddess: maiden, mother and the (older?) wise woman. 

For this meta we will take the trinity of life, death and rebirth as well as elevate it to the transition of our lead characters. Chloe as a young woman, a mother and now a ‘wise’ older and more mature woman. Lucifer as the young rebel, a struggling with maturity and responsibility man and what he may become by the end of S5 without shedding any of his prior roles and identities. Only this time his identities no longer ‘stain’ him. 

2) Knotted symbol - Eternal knot: We see them in many cultures and religions in Buddhism they represent birth, death and rebirth. In the inside we see Solmon’s Knot a symbol of immortality and eternity but some also parallel it to Lover’s Knot (See True Lover’s Knot), an ancient symbol of commitment and love. From this keep the eternal part of the symbolism which is often depicted in jewish cemeteries. 

3) Celtic Cross: They are said to be based on some cases to the Egyptian Ankh (See Coptic Crosses), some also allege the design in the combination of the Christian cross and the pagan sun disk. 

4) The Celtic Tree of Life: For this I take what is written in this site

The tree represents rebirth. Trees were said to guard the land and acted as a doorway into the spirit world.

The Tree of Life connects the lower and upper worlds as its roots grow far down while its branches reach high. The tree trunk connects both of these worlds to the Earth’s plane. It was with this connection of worlds, that it was said that people are able communicate with the gods in the heavens using the Tree of Life.

Tree of Life knots symbolize the branches and roots of a tree which are woven together with no end to show how the cycle of life is continuous.

Through the second part of the episode I was always looking at Lucifer’s tie. I might be wrong but it reminded me a lot of gears, with a heart and clocks on it. Essentially the clock is ticking... in more ways that one as well as for Lilith but give me some more lines before I return to this meta point.

As Lucifer asks how humans believe her ring makes her immortal she ends her story with the line:

“I survive, and... somebody writes it on a stone tablet. You know how these things start.”

For me that was always a direct reference to the Favourite Son deal we had with the book in episode 2x17. As Lucifer said in 2x18 when Chloe asked whether his Dad said that Amenadiel was His favourite, Lucifer replies: 

In so many Sumerian words. 

Later on in S3 (3x14) Lucifer tells to Cain that Amenadiel is the favourite when he asks him as: 

But the quick version: a book said it, so it must be true.

To be honest this re-occurring mentioning makes me hold to my belief that something was translated wrong there...

As the 5x04 sceheme to get the ring back is underway Lilith looks at Jack & Shirley’s interaction which is interesting not because it’s when Lilith starts to perhaps thinking of retiring her immortality but because a very special question comes to mind. 

Michael knew the ring’s story. He claimed that he was the one who manipulated Lucifer into having his vacation, but his vacation just ‘happened’ to be at the same time Chloe was on Earth? 

Here is a speculative meta. 

Lilith asks Lucifer if he ever connected with anyone emotionally to which he replies: 

Absolutely not. It would take a literal miracle for me to want something like that, and I'm fairly certain my father's not handing those out anymore.

It makes you wonder whether Michael was around listening, planning carefully his next moves. That that’s how he knew the ring’s story, or how he may have plotted Chloe’s miraculous birth by manipulating God. 

At this point everything is possible but we should never forget that God at that point is still powerful and omniscience so Michael might be only alf of the explanation why Chloe is on Earth as a key for Michael to take down his brother and materialise his other plans. The other half is only known by God but will he be willing to share in P2 or even in S6 if he appears there? 

Lesley-Ann as Lilith starts to sing ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ a song written over the songwritter’s (Ira Gershwin) wedding anniversary, a true love song on many levels written in 1926 and featured in the Brodway Musical ‘Hey, Kay!’. 

The musical’s plot is about an engaged womaniser falls in love with Kay and the song after lots of thought was placed to reveal to the audience of Kay’s realising that she is in love with the male lead, womaniser Jimmy. 

We will never perhaps know if by imminence to Lilith’s first song lyrics, Lilith to a point was in love with Lucifer and held on to hope until she surrendered everything for a normal life not wanting to wait for the impossible. Of course that’s just one interpretation not a hard conviction of mine. 

An analysis of the song writes: 

When first composing this piece, the Gershwin brothers tried to capture the feeling of safety (and love) that everybody longs to have. The addition of the doll (a doll was added as the listener of the song in the rehearsals and stayed in the show) only enhanced the childlike, vulnerable side of the song that was being hinted at in lyrics such as, “I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the woods.”

Although many artists sing this like a love song, its first performance, directed at a doll, gave the piece an aura of safety not usually present in romantic songs.

Perhaps that safety should be also attributed here. Lilith still has her safety still holding on to her immortality knowing though that she will surrender it. Lucifer is unaware he one day will surrender his willingly because he fell in love. 

In the end they both carry the vulnerability of needing someone to understand and love them. No matter how cynical we find both Lilith and Lucifer with his brutal Caligula orgy comments, they both crave about someone. Both have lost hope to their Shepard aka God/Dad.

 Perhaps I’m wrong on my first impression with Lilith and her affection towards Lucifer. Perhaps they both are the prodigal children, lost in the woods wishing for someone to finally take care of them but no longer hoping for one, until Lilith takes the leap. Lucifer will need almost 80 more years and Chloe Decker to let someone take care of him. 

Perhaps that’s why they do a duet on the lyrics:

Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood I know I could, always be good To one who'll watch over me

And the case is back to move the episode forward and enter the present Lucifer Trixie interlude and ‘Forget it Trix. It’s Chinatown!’

That line was the most obvious one as it comes from the more recent noir movie with Bogart and Chinatown (1974).  In the movie aside from the mystery plot Evelyn - the mother eventually dies, the twist is that of an abuse which led to her daughter/sister’s birth and although that does not fit our serie’s plot the death of the main lady might. All a speculation so do not be dishearten remember all the above and this is not an S&S it’s a meta :P 

After all Lucifer’s line goes back to the complex dealings in Chinatown and how understanding something fully is not always feasible. 

Interesting is also how Lucifer shots, albeit the foot not the leg, of willy to prove Willy is not immortal. Like Chloe did to him in 1x04 and to Michael in 5x02. Jewelry is not going to save anyone. Big words but you know me. I believe in other provisions or actions even if they include the ring. 

We all die, Lily. And that's okay. Truth is... I'd rather die today trying to save the man I love... than live forever without him.

The past, the present and perhaps the future?

The case is resolved and Jack follows Shirley to Des Moines (Capital of Iowa). That’s an inner joke as Joe Henderson is from Iowa and graduated from the University of Iowa. 

Before Jack follows her remember that Shirley had asked more from him when he told her to be careful. A bit like Chloe in the evidence room in 5x08. If some have watched unconditional love then you might remember the scene where Kathy Bates tells to her husband played by Dan Aykroyd that him telling her ‘I love you was never a condition but at that point it now was. Similar to what we saw Chloe asking from Lucifer. A foreshadowing perhaps that eventually Lucifer will follow Chloe. 

Now two things. Lucifer in episode 504 prepares their game night. He is now comfortable and even enjoying their game nights, he find himself right where he wants to be without being fearful of being dull. He is a shoe and that’s fine. 

When Trixie asks Lucifer whether Jack and Shirley had a happy ending he tells her probably not as they moved to Des Moines meaning it was a boring move between New York and Iowa in general. Iowa and Des Moines have been used several times in jokes by the way due to Henderson. 

Now back to Lucifer, at that point he does not see that sometimes sacrifices that lead to ‘boring’ lives are the best outcome and happiness is not equal to excitement but he is a slowly maturing Devil... 

That part can help us to analyse the end of the story from 1946. 

Lucifer says: Once you do this, there's no going back.

This implies that whether you surrender your immortality or gain it -for the second I’m quite doubtful it can be done on the same terms - it is forever. No going back. 

Lilith’s next words reveal a broken woman who gets her Hail Mary and hopes for the best. As a parent she offered her children the best place to never realise they are lacking but Lucifer by bringing Maze to earth undid that as Maze slowly reaches her potential, learning there is a different way. God’s words echo since 3x26.

So was Lucifer a kindergarten guardian for Lilith? In a way yes but Lucifer in 5x04 understood Lilith’s logic. In their distorted image of how you can break an individual, the Lilims seemed safe from Lucifer’s and Lilith’s fates. Cast out, punished, unloved, lonely and in an unspoken despair to connect but too afraid to try again until Lilith tried again. The end of 504 showed she didn’t succeed o find what she was looking for. We have no way of knowing if we will see her again in P2 but it’s probable. 

Lilith kisses Lucifer goodbye, making me once again wonder if a part of her did had feelings for him and wishes him back to enjoy the rest of his life as if somehow she knew, although she couldn’t. 

The story ends here and perhaps the clock starts ticking for Lucifer through Michael. Perhaps the planning started with Penelope and John that were meant to be born, get married but not have children and then Chloe came along. But that’s just a theory...

And before the screen fades to dark, Lilith walks away with Lucifer standing in the middle of the street and we listen to ‘This Is Ours’ by Peter Sivo’s Band (1946-1961).

This is Ours lyrics are the words of a man which mystify me. For me it is a song that gives us a couple together after a very long time that reconnects. It was a meant to be couple but the past had to happen. He had to get married, for both of them to live apart their own lives until one day they get back together and now they can be together. There is no sadness, there is relief, contentment. 

Several say that How I Met Your Mother had an awful ending. If you have not watched it and want to please stop here but know that I believe that the ending was just right. 

In How I Met Your Mother, the lead (father) marries the mother of his children but it is revealed that she eventually dies and some years later he starts telling them a story that lasts ten years as all aspects of it in his belief is about how he met their mother. His daughter interrupts him saying that no it’s about how he met the woman he wants to be together now. They all know that the Mother was loved and was the One but in this life there is more, there are second chances because life happens and it’s not a bad thing and the time in between is as joyful as the future despite of the tragedies in between. 

So a part of me wonders if Deckerstar will go a bit through that to a point. 

Forget the past, for this is ours...

The thing is that a bittersweet ending gives as a possibility and then we are left wondering past that. 

Trixie: I bet Jack and Shirley talked the whole bus ride and fixed everything. Lucifer: Yes. Yes, perhaps they did.

After all they did move to Des Moines... After that we can only guess.