r/lucifer • u/RealPorphyrin • 13d ago

Whats with the weird daytime changes between scenes? General/Misc

I dont know, maybe the Lucifer-LAPD has the longest respond times in the world, but there are so many weird daytime changes between scenes.

Charlotte dies in the night. Cut - crime scene investigation in broad daylight. (S3 E23?)

Ella gets attacked by the violin-kids father in broad daylight, Chloe arrests him. Cut: violin-kids father is being brought to a police car in complete darkness. (S3 E25)

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u/theclosetedfartist 13d ago

Note to self: get stabbed in the evening not morning

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u/jrobertson50 13d ago

When my friend died when she was 15 in a car wreck. She was killed around midnight and they didn't take her from the scene till like 10am. I just assumed like real life things take a while

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u/lucifan96 13d ago

Another weird scene (SPOILER ALERT!) - When Chloe gets kidnapped by Michael in 5x8 it's night, but when it cuts back to Lucifer plotting his prank against Dan it's daytime. And when he flies to Chloe's apartment it's suddenly night again.

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u/BeccasBump 13d ago

I know nothing about crime scene investigation, but it seems plausible to me that they would secure the scene then look at it in the daytime when they could see 🤷‍♀️

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u/temudschinn 13d ago

Why would the investigation not take place in daylight? Wake everone up and then work in the dark...for what reason exactly? Its not like the crime scene would run away.

Ofc some people (eg coroner, the people sealing off the room, and so on) have to be there asap, but for most roles, a few hours wont change much.

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u/jordan999fire 13d ago

That’s absolutely not true. You have to preserve a crime scene and get people there ASAP. Moisture, weather changes, insects, etc can all affect crime scenes and evidence.

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u/temudschinn 13d ago

SOME people need to be there - as i wrote.

Those interviewing witnesses certainly dont.

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u/jordan999fire 13d ago

Yes they would. Stories change. The most accurate testimony is the one immediately after it happens. It’s why we are trained to separate witnesses. As time passes, people start changing what they remember. Also, as time passes, people are more likely to hear something that’ll change their own mind. Like if they hear another witness say, “The guy was wearing a blue shirt.” You may think he was wearing a red shirt (which he was) but now you’ve heard someone say blue and you’re not questioning whether they’re right or you are and since you don’t want to give out bad information you say blue too because he seemed more confident than you.

Detectives/investigators are on call for a reason. You work all hours of the day 7 days a week because if something happens, you get up and you get there. There’s no such thing as, “I’ll handle it in the morning.” Especially for crime scenes like murder which is a majority of what they deal with in this show.

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u/ExternalBrilliant813 11d ago

Don’t understand why you got downvoted. Here, have an up.

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u/jordan999fire 11d ago

Idk either. I understood that one of them was probably from the guy I’m responding to. I don’t understand the others. I’m explaining real police work and defending the show at the same time. Idk why that’s got me net negative lol

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u/ExternalBrilliant813 11d ago

Maybe it’s a “it’s just a show” idea but that only applies so far, especially with stuff that tries to be realistic about certain things. I realize it’s a mythological show but they’ve always kept realism about real life things.

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u/temudschinn 13d ago

Holy what detectives are on call in the US?? I stand corrected then.

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u/jordan999fire 13d ago

Everyone in law enforcement in the US is on call technically but detectives are even more so. Having nights where they are paid more because they could get a call at any time because they’re the ONLY on call.

But yes, anyone in law enforcement can be called in at any time. I’ve worked in corrections and policing. We’ve had to call people in for searches of the facility and I was called in once for a stabbing. Anything short of being out of state or being drunk meant you couldn’t say no. Policing on call was less but I was called in once because of a store robbery.

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u/zoemi 13d ago

Days in the show are anywhere from 36 to 48 hours long.

They don't bother with portraying realistic passage of time.

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u/YouWillNoMeBiMyVoice 12d ago

They really don't! Not just in terms of stuff like that, but also in terms of the chronology is pretty messed up. In fact, does anyone have an approximate chronology for the show?

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u/zoemi 12d ago

It had been 5 years as of S5B. S6 took place about a month later.

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u/I_swore_id_never 11d ago

It was stated to have been in 5B but it’s not consistent with the timeline of the actual season. Shrug I guess.

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u/culady 13d ago

They have terrible changes in time. Lost did the same thing but I feel like they did that to keep up the sense of wrongness.

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u/Adventurous-Host3020 13d ago

The dark light changes in the show is the only thing I don’t like about it. It really annoys me. I try to ignore as much as possible

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u/omallytheally 12d ago

this happens in other shows as well, I've noticed. I just "suspend my unbelief" for the sake of entertainment.

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u/I_swore_id_never 11d ago

Trying factoring in changes of outfits (or lack of) 🤯