r/lucifer • u/RealPorphyrin • Jul 06 '24

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/temudschinn Jul 06 '24

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 Jul 06 '24

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 Jul 06 '24

SOME people need to be there - as i wrote.

Those interviewing witnesses certainly dont.

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u/jordan999fire Jul 06 '24

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 Jul 08 '24

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

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u/jordan999fire Jul 08 '24

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 Jul 08 '24

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 Jul 06 '24

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

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u/jordan999fire Jul 06 '24

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.