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Thanks for the review Matthew! That's a really interesting question in regards to the bullets. It's never really discussed but the bullets will harm a demon, but not kill it. There are certain religious weapons, that are discussed later in the season that are able to kill demons, but mostly they are indestructible. Weakening these foes and then casting them into hell dimensions, or trap them in artifacts is the best that Angels can do. There haven't been many demons on Earth since the Crucifixion.  With the opening scene, Reign was able to keep them at bay, but he by no means killed the two beasts. 


Diamond suffered a traumatic event as a kid, which is brought to light in a future episode, so I think with these visions, and that event, and his total lack of control around everything. He dealt with it with drinking because it was something he could control and what he thought he could manage. My hope is to explore this as a theme throughout the series because addiction and recovery is not a one size fits all, and that he will have good days and he will have bad days.




So Unbound Angels are Fallen Angels, they have been kicked out of Heaven and have lost their grace. They are stronger than humans but weaker than full graced Angels. I guess I really worked hard in getting that idea of the stories of the Bible being lies, and I did it for several reasons. A.) I have a chance to mix and match ideologies from the Bible to work with my story; and B.) Because I have always felt like the stories from the Bible were almost like opinion pieces because if you read different books they are skewed through the lens of that specific person's view. Kind of like that saying, there's your side, their side and the truth. So by letting the reader know not to believe everything you have read it lets them look at these characters as the flawed individuals they are and not the mythical idea of who they are. Make sense?


HAHA! Believe it or not, at this point when writing the Pilot, I had never seen a single episode of the television show Lucifer. I will say that my Lucifer's original club was more of a strip club with a dark underbelly more than a club-club like in the show Lucifer. Lucifer and Eve definitely have a past which is explored in future episodes. The thing about Cobalt is she works for no one but herself. She makes alliances that suit her, but she is definitely a girl out for herself. When it comes to Azrael, it's not that she works for him, as much as Azrael kind of controls Paradise, so she has no choice but to work for him.


It's never really out right side, but Reign is Unbound like Eve and like Seth was. Eve's reasoning for caring is because of her own past. She's been in Aemilia's shoes so to speak, which is explored somewhat in this episode and the next few with her nightmares. So, Eve knows what Aemilia must be feeling and going through. That fear, you never really lose, hence the PTSD flashbacks.


I wanted to play with the idea of the tempting Serpent in the Garden of Eden with Eve. That hooded figure at the end of the episode has made the Serpent flesh with a new face, as well as his two minions that attacked Seth and Reign. Now these monsters can hide in plain sight. It's true Diamond's gain is Aemilia's lose, but it had to happen. You see this as the episodes progress.




Thanks again, Matthew for the review. I appreciate it.

Thanks again, Jay! I enjoyed switching up the teaser, keeps things interesting when writing too. Yeah, the start of the episode was sort of used to get everyone up to speed, to get our characters on the same page, because they each have a small piece of the puzzle as to what is happening. It also was used as a tool to explain things a little clearer to the audience. I constantly second guess myself as to whether or not I have explained things clear enough to the audience. I also don't want to beat a dead horse Lol. Hopefully I have found that balance between the two.


I think the reason Aemilia didn't approach Kylar in regards to his birthmark is because she's not sure he knows he's more than a regular person. I think in a way she's trying to protect him from this world, as someone who was thrown into it without having a say, I think she would want to do whatever she could to protect him. Cobalt helps as much as she does, because she has history with some of our characters. I think she also helps out of spite. The Keeper of the Unknown is not something she wanted. She was forced to become it. So I think she uses every opportunity to spill the world's secrets as a big 'FU' to the Thrones, who were the ones who sentenced her to that for her role she played in Lucifer's rebellion. Information is also power. She's not Aemilia's friend.



When Kylar's history with his family is revealed in the next few episodes, you'll understand why he doesn't trust them. Cyrus and Kylar's relationship is pretty tame compared to how he feels about his other brothers and parents. Cyrus isn't that much older than Kylar, so he was also a child when everything was happening. Not to say that he was completely innocent in any of it, but he also didn't have much of a choice either. I don't want to say too much, because Kylar's involvement with the supernatural world gets revealed through the next few episodes, but I will say that even though he denies the things about himself, he's not ignorant to the world around him. So, it wasn't much of a shock to see the images unfolding around him and Reign.



Diamond is always searching for a father figure. His dad wasn't around after everything that happened with his mother. I also think his father resented him for his mother's infidelity and it took a long time for him to come to terms with it. I think that's why he tries in the beginning with Azrael because he's looking for that father figure. Azrael is a complex character. He struggles with connections because he feels like they're a hinder to his power. Something he values more than anything. And when ever he feels insecure about his hold, he'll make it known that you are nothing compared to his greatness. 



Lilith and Eve's conversation might seem like riddles, but there are lots of clues within those riddles. Adam/The Serpent and Eve are heading for a showdown like no other, that's for sure. Lets just say there's a reunion for Aemilia coming up in the next episode. Thanks again for the review, Jay! 

There have been times I have seriously thought about making one at the beginning of my scripts, especially when there is some serious time between finished scripts. I apologize for that also. I also apologize for the lateness of this response.



I couldn't agree more. I have a few scripts over the 60+ page mark. I have tried to cut things out, I really have, but there is so much that get jammed packed into these episodes that any fluff doesn't get included anyways. HAHA! If I remember correctly, I was still building the mytho on the series and setting things up for future seasons. I think if I would have just focused on one season at a time and it's story there wouldn't be so much mytho. You'll notice me try and cut some of the mytho out in episode 1.03 when Cobalt takes over The Pit and it's no longer this 'kink' club with Sin Eaters. When writing the season, as it progressed I tried to eliminate some of the mytho just to make a cleaner story. However, the newest episode weighed in at 60+ pages, so clearly I haven't shaved much. Lol


I try, keyword try, and make the teaser of the episode interesting in some way. I think when writing this episode I was influenced a lot from the show Supernatural. The supernatural 'murder mystery' who done it. Eve and Reign have this connection where they both loved Seth. So that loss helps hold this bond between them. Also, Reign was an ally to Eve after the great war, he was just a faceless soldier that didn't think he made a lasting impression on Eve, but that one act of kindness was unforgettable. I think that Eve and Azrael's relationship is neither trust the other. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. No one knows how Eve fell. I think Azrael wants to keep her as close to him as possible, until he finds out who was the culprit. Eve is special. I don't think Azrael would ever harm Diamond. In later episodes you find out Azrael is a collector of sorts, so I think his threats thin at best.



Lucifer's past is explored and you find out why she has that edge, but can still have a soft side. She wasn't always a bad person. Yeah, all these plot points are explored throughout Season One. The kid, the pendant, the war, all of it.



Aemilia is definitely a pillar in this first season. Unfortunately, I think she tends to get used for her gift, usually without permission. She's sort of this puppet that's pulled from here to there. In the first season anyways. Aemilia and Reign's friendship is something I love. I love their connection. Have you ever met someone and just new you'd be best friends? I did. I think that their friendship is based off real world experience for sure. I loved the Gargoyle cartoons in the 90's. And there was no way I wasn't going to use Gargoyles. Lol. Fun fact - I had this VS idea for an original Gargoyle series, not based on the cartoon, where the lead character's name was Kassia. Clearly nothing really came of it and so some of it was molded into the this episode. The title of the show was going to be Heart of Stone which ultimately became the title of this episode.



This is the first time we meet Elliott. He will be back in a future episode in the first season, unfortunately Bill Paxton passed away shortly after I wrote his final episode. I don't plan on recasting the character at this time.


I agree with everything said. I think if there is one character I struggle with the most it's Diamond. Originally he was planned to be the number one lead in the series, but the more I dived into the series he definitely took a back seat to Reign, who sort of stepped up as the main male lead. I am hoping to rectify that in the second season when we follow Diamond on his own journey a little bit. One of my biggest regrets with him as a character was never fully diving into that 'lost soul' persona. Live and learn.



Josephine returns in 1.08. This episode really inspired me, that in fact, I have started a rough outline for a spin-off that follows Josephine when she leaves Paradise. The series, entitled 'Hellfire', would take place after the events of episode PL 1.08. As for Kassia, I don't have plans to bring back the character, but anything is possible. I have just started outlining Season two, so who knows.



Thanks, Jay! I appreciate the review. Sorry again for such the late response.