Why did Amenadiel say these things about situation in Hell?
In s01e01, Amenadiel says to Lucifer, trying to persuade him to go back to hell:
What exactly do you think happens when the Devil leaves Hell? All of those demons, all of those tormented and tortured souls, where do you think they'd go?
In s01e07, he says more along the same lines:
Luci, since your grand departure from Hell, I've been the one that's had to patrol the gates. I've been the one keeping damned souls from slipping loose, a job, by the way, that I loathe.
Yet, in s03e07 Lucifer reveals that
all doors in Hell are open. The souls may leave anytime, but they never do because their own sense of guilt holds them there.
So why (in and out-universe) did Amenadiel give a rather different picture of what's going on while Lucifer is on his "vacation"?
Best Answer
In Universe
At the end of season 4:
A whole bunch of demons decides to leave Hell and to go to earth.
As far as we know, this was the first time something like this happened in a very long time (since Lucifer forbid the practice).
However, it is possible that after Lucifer's departure from Hell some demons remembered this "old" practice, thought it was fun and decided to do it again (and thus leaving Hell) since the boss wasn't around to prevent them from doing so.
So, when Amenadiel says:
Luci, since your grand departure from Hell, I've been the one that's had to patrol the gates. I've been the one keeping damned souls from slipping loose, a job, by the way, that I loathe.
It might be possible that "damned souls" actually refers to demons.
As for the other citation:
What exactly do you think happens when the Devil leaves Hell? All of those demons, all of those tormented and tortured souls, where do you think they'd go?
It is possible that Amenadiel was trying to depict a darker picture than the reality. He might have added "all of those tormented and tortured souls" for emphasis, not realizing that tormented souls actually don't escape (because they are trap by their own guilt).
After all, this isn't Amenadiel's usual job. So it would make sense that he doesn't know that much about it. Especially since talking about Hell and Lucifer might be a bit taboo in Heaven (after all Lucifer did try to overthrow God and failed and was punished for it).
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Answer 2
In Universe
This may be a case of splitting hairs but there is presumably a difference between the demons and the tortured souls.
For example, Mazikeen is a demon and she was able to leave hell without issue. She wasn't a human that sinned, died and was in hell as a result of her lifestyle. She was presumably born there (daughter of Lilith? I don't recall)
Tortured and damned souls perhaps make a show of trying to break loose but their own guilt causes them to foil their own plans like a Bond Villain
Perhaps, Amenediel was trying to manipulate Lucifer into returning to Hell to maintain order.
Out of Universe
This sounds to me like a Ret-Con. Remember that this was a comic book series spin off of Sandman. As such, there is a long history of twists and surprise moments that the writers can pull from or ignore altogether.
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