Lucifer First Look: Tim DeKay Does 'Terrible Things' in Upcoming Arc 

Tim DeKay will have good intentions yet do very, very bad things when he arrives on Fox’s

vet will play Dr. Jacob Carlisle, a brilliant neuroscience professor whose encounter with Lucifer will have deadly ramifications for someone the Devil cares about.

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“We’re doing something we haven’t done before, which is we’re having a three-episode procedural arc [launching Jan. 16],” co-showrunner Ildy Modrovich tells TVLine. “So, [in addition to] the mythology and really digging into Lucifer, Chloe and ‘Will They/Won’t They,’ we have one Big Bad guy.”

“We always try to explore duality and the gray area — you don’t have just ‘bad guys’ and ‘good guys.’ And that’s kind of him, basically,” says Modrovich. “He starts doing terrible things, but his intentions aren’t bad. He was faced with making a horrible moral call, in the middle of distress, and now he’s kind of backpedaling from that. But in doing that, he does bad things.”

returns from its holiday break on Monday, Jan. 16, though for just three episodes (and then resuming its season on May 1). DeKay first airs Jan. 23.

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WTF May first that’s an insane long hiatus after only 3 new episodes

Just about to comment that! What the crap! I blame myself i just marathoned season 1 up to now and am jonesing for new eps so of course this would happen…

Seriously! Why do networks think this is a good idea?? I’d much rather have the entire season run week to week than have all these breaks. I mean, come on. Are they trying to kill shows by getting people disinterested because of the wait?

Amen to that! FOX really doesn’t know how to schedule it’s shows. Lucifer needs to be on a Network that loves it better.

And as one of my favorite shows, it’s annoying that other (significantly lesser) shows are getting in the way…

My thoughts exactly. I honestly don’t understand the thought process behind this it makes no logical sense why have three episodes and a three month break. Arg! I’ve been really loving this season too. Stupid TV Execs.

I don’t know what worries me most. “May 1st” or “will they won’t they”. Et tu, Lucifer?

Definitely the latter. “Will they/wont they” is for the dumb masses and it will ruin any show if used for too long or too extensively. Its just an annoying old trope that is only there to make sad and lonely people cling to a fake emotional attachment.

Good first look photo of Tim’s character on the show. Excited to see him on Lucifer!

While I can certainly understand a struggling networks desire to maximize viewership of one of their shows with a dedicated fan base by shifting it’s viewer to late in the season where there is less competition. Sadly though, you end up just pissing off the fan base, airing 2/3 of the ‘3 episode arc’ and then tossing the show for 4 months ? meh…

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