So, it happened. My favorite TV show got cancelled. Again. We tweeted and wrote letters to save it. Again. We hoped like crazy that someone somewhere would pick it up, but secretly we were afraid we had lost a beloved series for good.

Again.

After the devastating loss of Forever and the confusing cancellation of Limitless just a year later, I was getting resigned to network television stomping on my fangirl heart.

What I wasn’t prepared for, however, was the unexpected euphoria of hearing about Lucifer‘s eleventh-hour un-cancellation, courtesy of Netflix.

The campaign to #SaveLucifer was different from other “Save Our Show” movements I’ve participated in. Stars who weren’t even involved with the show, such as William Shatner and Richard Speight, Jr., commented on Lucifer‘s cancellation. Fans from other shows, such as Supernatural, reached out to get involved in the struggle, even though it wasn’t their fandom.

But the biggest difference, to me, was how passionately and determinedly Tom Ellis himself fought for the show and its fans. He was always there to rally us on Twitter. He even flew to LA to attend meetings with networks and producers. Having a star who dug in every bit as hard as the fans made me feel good. Too often, it seems like stars of cancelled shows give up and move on instead of fighting. I’m sure they have their reasons, but still, if you had something great, something that people really loved, that they’re willing to fight for, why not fight with them?

Who knows, you might just win. 🙂

So, now Netflix will be getting some new customers…yours truly included :). It’s really a multi-level win for me, because I already loved Daredevil and Stranger Things. I’ve been very interested in sampling Jessica Jones, and waiting for The Defenders to come out on DVD (is it ever going to?) has been slowly killing me. Now I’ll get Lucifer Season Four, PLUS a bunch of other things I really, really wanted to see. Cue fangirl joy :).

So, to sum up, Lucifans win. Netflix wins. And Fox…well…loses. Because there were other shows on Fox I watched BECAUSE I watched Lucifer. The Gifted and The Resident come to mind. They’re both good shows, but if they hadn’t been on after Lucifer, I never would’ve known about them, much less watched them.

And without Lucifer as a lead-in, I haven’t seen a single episode of either one this season. The truth is, it’s easy to stay tuned for another good show that’s on right after my favorite one. But why make the effort to watch shows that used Lucifer to gain my viewership, and then got rewarded with renewal while the main attraction got cancelled?

Anyhoo, I’m eagerly awaiting Season Four on Netflix, and couldn’t be happier that of all the shows I’ve written letters and emails and tweets for over the years (Jake 2.0, The Unusuals, Forever, Limitless, Lucifer), ONE of them finally got saved.

I guess happy endings for heartbroken fangirls are possible after all! 🙂