It’s been more than 10 years since we first met Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) – but fans are very much still in love with the pair’s romance.
The devilish duo had a slow-burn for the ages, starting as colleagues in the beloved fantasy series, before developing an unlikely friendship and then, finally (as fans punched the air), a romance.
But what exactly is it about the pair that has stood the test of time?
Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Ellis explained: "There's the element of destiny about it that people always romanticise.
"A character that is adamant that they're not able to love, and has had that stripped from them, and finding that through somebody else, I think people just gravitated towards it."
Ellis added: "But also, I think one of the saving graces of the show was the sense of humour that it had. It never took itself too seriously, and I think that sort of distracted our audience. They didn't realise that they were becoming so invested in this story because they were laughing along the way.
"What that meant was we were able, from time to time, to really land moments and pull the rug from under their feet. You're left a bit breathless and a bit involved, and your hairs are up, and you're like, 'I didn't know I was feeling this'
"All that alchemy in the show really helped people fall in love with Lucifer and Chloe."
While Lucifer ended in 2021, Ellis has continued to work in the US, now focusing on his new procedural drama CIA, which follows rule-breaking intelligence agent Colin Glass (Ellis) and his unlikely partner Bill Randall (Nick Gehlfuss).
Throughout the show, which has already been renewed for season 2, Glass and Randall investigate domestic terrorist threats – with some eerie parallels to real life.
"There was lots of things that resonated with me," Ellis explained of the series.
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"We spoke to these advisors who were ex-CIA operatives that came into the writers' room when we were first doing the show, and several things struck me. One is that I can't believe some of the operations that actually happened and the lives that these people have to live."
Ellis added: "One of the big things was how incredibly lonely an existence it is. You can't talk to anyone about it. Some people don't have partners who don't even know that they're doing what they do, and so a lot of them don't even have partners because it's just not even worth it.
"You have to be a sort of controlled sociopath to work in this kind of environment, basically. It’s a dark, murky, voyeuristic world, and it was just really interesting territory to explore."
Lucifer is available to stream on Netflix.
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