Dan might unravel after discovering the truth about Lucifer (Picture: Netflix/Metro.co.uk)

Lucifer’s Kevin Alejandro wants Detective Dan to ‘get dark’ when he discovers his frenemy’s true identity in season five.

The hot-tempered Detective has a troubled relationship with Lucifer at the best of times, blaming him for some significant losses and baffled by how he’s managed to get through life, seemingly, purely on charm.

He’s now also one of two remaining leading cast members that are yet to figure out that Lucifer is actually the Devil himself – and it’s only a matter of time before he knows, seeing as the show is only running for one more season.



So what’s that going to be like for Dan once he finds out? Speaking to Metro.co.uk, actor Kevin has his own ideas of where he wants his character to go.


‘I really want Dan to take a dark turn, a darker turn completely unlike what we’ve seen of him,’ he said.

‘He makes interesting choices, and bad choices, and has a little bit of an anger problem sometimes, but I’d really like to see him go off in a way that people just don’t understand.’

Dan’s has made no secret of his hatred of Lucifer (Picture: Netflix)

Over the course of the show’s run, Dan has been seen grappling with his idea of right or wrong as his work as a cop becomes more shady.

Blaming Lucifer for the death of girlfriend Charlotte, Dan’s frenemy-ship with Lucifer (Tom Ellis) took a turn for the worse during season four, with the cop barely wanting to be near the smart-mouthed consultant.

So Kevin is pretty sure that Dan isn’t going to take the news too well if, and when, he finds out Lucifer is actually the Devil.

Dan’s moral compass has shifted hugely over the course of the series as his anger got the best of him (Picture: Netflix)

‘Oh it’s going to rock his world,’ he told us. ‘It could mess him up really bad, you know? I don’t know, man, it could really mess him up. I think he’ll definitely go down a darker route if that happens.

‘If I were in control of where the character went, I’d have him unravel at the seams, to find the truth out. Much the way Chloe sort of unravelled through fear for this last year.’

‘I suspect Dan would do the same thing, and then turn dark. Try to figure out a way to get him out of their lives,’ he added.

In a recent Instagram Q&A, showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich teased that the long-held prophecy of ‘evil that will be released’ is not going to come from Lucifer – rather an unseen force.

Is it possible that Dan Espinoza is about to go full Detective Douche for real?

‘I would hope so!,’ Kevin laughed. ‘I think, definitely [there’s potential]. We were taking him down a real interesting road last season…but I have a feeling they’re not talking about Dan.’



Netflix and the cast announced last week that Lucifer, which was resurrected by Netflix after overwhelming fan demand, will be back for a fifth and final season.

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We last left Tom Ellis’s Devil returning to his throne in the Underworld after years in Los Angeles, just moments after declaring he was in love with Detective Chloe Decker.

How will they reunite? Well, that’s just one of the questions we want answered in season five.

Lucifer seasons 1, 2 and 3 is available on Amazon Prime Video and season 4 is on Netflix now.

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