I know . Here ' s my explanation , though Lucifer is strategic . He ' s been in the Cage since the dawn of time when he was let out , he probably had lots of different ideasplans , the main one being the Apocalypse . Then , at the end of season 5 , he ' s been back in the cage , and this time there will be no Apocalypse , since Michael is there with him . So he looks to his other plans , plans we don ' t know yet . Maybe one of them is to gain power and status with a temporary vessel , like Vince or the prez . Here ' s the thing about season 11 I loved it really gave credit to Lucifer ' c character . He is determined as hell in season 11 , because for the first time since his reimprisonment he sees a window . The Cage has been weakened , Lucifer could reach out . So , probably witout much time to analyze , he developed a pretty smart plan to get out yet again . Play Sam ' s faith against him . Use Rowena ' s evil and lust against her . I do believe Lucifer was only brought back because fans wanted him back , however , I give the show credit for maintaining Lucifer ' s intimidation and intelligence . Once Lucifer got out , he probably had a plan . But first he had to deal with Amara , which eventually was taken care of . We ' re seeing the plan unfold now in Momma Mia he says he had a plan . Probably one stemming from way back before season 11 . My only worry is that they ' re going to throw away any and all impact his reconciliation with God provided . He has no more beef with God , but maybe he still is disgusted by humans ? Lucifer does hold grudges , after all . But God wanted Lucifer to love humans originally , and now that he ' s all good with God won ' t killing a bunch of humans contradict the end of season 11 ? The only thing I can think of is that God didn ' t find him after Amara banished him from Cas , but that ' s petty , even for Lucifer . So far , Lucifer ' s return is pretty good , and I do think he has a plan I think they need to keep in mind how his interaction with God affected his character and stop pretending like it didn ' t happen . TLDR Lucifer ' s probably had a plan since his reimprisonment , but the show needs to take into consideration his meeting with God last season .