seaoftroubles | The New Girl preplay

Directly off the end of last episode! Jordan decides to murder Nathan since Audrey isn't Audrey. There's a fight and lots of running and shouting. Eventually Lexi fires into the air to get everyone to stop. Duke says he can maybe clear things up if he talks to Vince, and gets Vince to agree to not kill Nathan right away so they can make Lexi fall in love with him and kill him instead.

So basically, DUKE STALLS LIKE WOAH

Vince decides the best way to get Lexi in love with Nathan is to have her tag along on a trouble investigation like Audrey did. They head out to a case where a kid flipped his lid and tried to kill his girlfriend on a date, only to end up locked in a freezer. Nathan, Lexi, and Duke go to face him down, and see him end up slitting his own throat.

Duke ends up leading the questioning of the kid's girlfriend, because Nathan is being all strong silent type. Signs point to a hospitalized kid named Tyler being involved, he's in the hospital because he was paralyzed in a big car accident both the victim and his girlfriend were also in. Lexi just wants food. Duke is all "Nathan, come on, I know you have no game BUT THIS IS THE WOMAN YOU LOVE. SORT OF."

Duke and Nathan question Tyler while Lexi goes to get a CT scan. Tyler says that he felt like he was out of control when Katie looked at him, like she's troubled. Nathan gives the kid his card, and then Duke gives him a little "prescription" for free drinks at the Gull.

Meanwhile, Katie throws herself in front of a car. Fun!

Duke gets Jennifer to go home for awhile. If anyone goes with her, they may get to see Jordan hit on Wade. If not . . . that'll just happen off screen. I'm guessing Luce and Tavi will be stuck to Duke for most of this?

Lexi says maybe it's Tyler because Josh and Katie were clearly getting it on behind his back. They all go back to the hospital, but find a dead orderly instead of Tyler. Duke goes to find a nurse -- this is where he gets possessed, and possibly where we start to go our own way because he has actual loved ones around who worry about him in our version.

Tyler-in-Duke sidetracks Lexi and Nathan and locks them in a walk in cooler. He tries to dodge Luce and Tavi too. I'm guessing it doesn't work well.

Perhaps they take him back to the Gull? He manages to get a minute alone with Wade to get the idea to kill his own body so he can stay in Duke's. He manages to get away from Luce and Tavi somehow and heads for the hospital, possibly with a very confused Jennifer in tow.

Lexi (and probably immune Lucifer?) heads in to deal with Tyler and keep him from murdering anyone, only to at the last minute "chicken out" and let Tyler try to kill his own body. This sets off Duke's trouble, which override's Tyler's trouble, saving Duke from the possession. Hurray!

Duke manages to pull Lexi aside at the Gull to point out that Audrey totally would have known what would have happened, and she admits to only pretending to be Lexi. Show ends here. Pretty sure Duke will want to stick around to try to clear things up/get rid of Wade, and this is where Lucifer and Octavia DRAG HIM BODILY HOME IF NECESSARY.

And then it's all over but the moody moody aftermath, mmmmmm

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seaoftroubles

"'Dad-forsaken'." Wade rolled his eyes. "Sure, yeah, that's cute. Really playing up the whole Devil thing. Good for you."

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my_own_advocate

"Being that I am the Devil, it's only accuracy," Lucifer said. He reached into his pocket. "Right. So how much do I pay you to make you disappear from this Hellhole?"

Might as well make the most of catching Wade alone.

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seaoftroubles

Wade snorted, clearly thinking this was a joke. "Let's see. How much would it cost to have my cheating wife killed?"

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer rolled his eyes. "I don't pay to put hits out on people," he said, withdrawing his wallet from his pocket. "And even if I did, I imagine the going rate is much lower up here than in Los Angeles."

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seaoftroubles

"New York," Wade said, shaking his head. "She wouldn't be caught dead up here."

Then he laughed at his own joke.

"I don't want the Devil's money. I like it up here."

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my_own_advocate

"Because you're a poor naive moron who can't read the increasingly loud 'you don't belong here, please go away' signals being sent to him by literally everyone who matters," Lucifer said, picking through the bills in his wallet.

There were a lot of them.

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seaoftroubles

"'Everyone who matters', huh?" Wade folded his arms over his chest, eying those bills. "And that's, what, you? What exactly do you want with my brother, anyway?"

He was definitely starting to build himself into a white knight rescuing his poor, deluded brother manipulated by a weird Satanic poly cult, yes.

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my_own_advocate

"No, all the various people around here who know this town's seedy underbelly and don't want you near it," Lucifer said, rolling his eyes. He put a heavy stack of bills down on the counter. "As for what I want, I want for him to be able to come home safely so we can all go back to our lives and not deal with a hamlet that has done nothing but scar him for as long as he's been alive."

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seaoftroubles

"Yeah, that's funny, I've actually known Duke as long as he's been alive. He's been fine. Made a damn decent life for himself, actually. And he invited me to stay, so you can save your money."

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my_own_advocate

"He's not been fine," Lucifer said, staring at Wade. "What, do you think he's been in long-term therapy just because he felt a little blue all of a sudden?"

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seaoftroubles

"Therapy?" Wade shook his head. "You think that's a sign of anything? Everyone's in therapy. Is that what you tell him, that's he's fucked up so he needs to stay with you two?"

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer stared at him.

"What."

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seaoftroubles

"I know my brother," Wade said again, leaning against the bar. "He's not the type to settle down. Let alone with two people. Or is he with you for your money? Are you his sugar daddy?"

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my_own_advocate

"Your brother saved my life and hers," Lucifer snapped. "He didn't settle down for years because he's still dealing with the emotional fallout of your father neglecting him, then dying on him and leaving him homeless in a town that hated him when he was eight bloody years old. So I suggest you recind your insane accusations regarding a brother you clearly barely know, before I get genuinely angry."

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seaoftroubles

"Did he tell you that?" Wade asked, shaking his head. "Man, that kid could never recognize a good thing when it happened to him. Our dad doted on him. Like Duke was the only one of his kids who counted."

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my_own_advocate

"To summarize," Lucifer said flatly, "You don't actually know your brother. Or how he grew up. Didn't hear a great deal of tales about you coming to visit, now that I recall."

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seaoftroubles

Wade shrugged. "We stopped coming when I was a kid, after Dad died. Duke and I reconnected when he started sailing, though, so yeah. I know him well enough. Helped him out a time or two when he got his ass in trouble, so now he's helping me out. That's what brothers do."

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my_own_advocate

"Really, because most of mine spent most of my life spitting on me or actively trying to get me back in line with what Dad wanted," Lucifer drawled. "So excuse me if I don't buy the 'I'm a good brother' routine."

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seaoftroubles

"Huh. Well. Sorry your brothers sucked. That's not going to change the fact that I'm going to stick with mine up here as long as possible."

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my_own_advocate

"He's leaving as soon as possible, and so should you," Lucifer said flatly. "Haven isn't safe."

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seaoftroubles

"Right. Because of these . . . 'troubles'. Which no one wants to actually tell me anything about." Wade shook his head. "Very spooky."

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my_own_advocate

"Yes, well, it is a bit of a 'if they told you, the troubles would probably feel like they have to kill you' sort of catch-22," Lucifer retorted. "You'd think that multiple people pointing this out to you might be a signal it is a genuine problem."

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seaoftroubles

"I've lived here for six months," Wade pointed out. "And everything has been fine. All I know is you and my brother go running off every day looking like you're riding into some kind of battle."

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my_own_advocate

"Yes, into the part of this town's troubled underbelly Duke is working very hard to keep you away from before you get hurt," Lucifer returned. "And you're not making it easy."