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Lucifer fans were heartbroken when the series was cancelled after three seasons on Fox but a persistent social media campaign led to Netflix finishing Lucifer Morningstar’s (played by Tom Ellis) story. As viewers waited for the fifth series, the streaming giant confirmed a sixth season will be aired and now showrunner Joe Henderson has revealed why they decided to extend the exciting drama.
After just three seasons, Fox suddenly cancelled Lucifer and left fans wondering if they’d ever find out where the devil’s heart lies.
Netflix answered fans’ prayers and renewed the show for two more seasons.
Although it was assumed Lucifer’s story would be wrapped up in the fifth season, rumours of a sixth season began circulating.
Speculation increased when lead actor Tom agreed on a new deal with the streaming giant.
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Last month, Netflix put fans out of their misery and confirmed a sixth season would go into production shortly.
While eager viewers wait for the penultimate series to drop in August, showrunner Joe revealed why the series was extended.
Showrunners Joe and Ildy Modrovich revealed to Entertainment Weekly another season almost didn’t happen.
They admitted they had planned out the series five finale and weren’t sure another series would work.
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“It was very, very similar to when we went from 10 episodes to 16,” Joe said.
“[We were] like, ‘No, this is perfect. If we do this, it’ll ruin everything!
“Then three days later, you’re like, ‘Wait, how could we not have done this?’”
Ildy explained the original season five finale “sped up” several storylines and the team wanted the extra season to develop the characters.
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“[We want to] really explore how our characters end up where they ended up,” she said.
Lucifer fans might not be glad to hear the showrunners ruled out a further series extension.
Despite the show’s numerous resurrections, season six will see Lucifer’s final story be told.
“It’s the story we were always going to tell, but just written much larger and to me so much more interestingly,” Joe added.
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“It breaks my heart to think we weren’t going to do it this way.”
Lucifer viewers have been eager for the title character to declare his love for Chloe Decker (Lauren German) ever since the show first aired.
Will the elusive fallen angel finally realise his true feelings and act on them before it’s too late?
Lucifer season 5 premieres on Netflix on August 21.
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