In the final act, it is revealed that the entire day was a orchestrated by Lucifer.
Lucifer hired actors (including Benito, who was actually alive) and staged every "dangerous" encounter to get back at Dan for shooting him earlier in the season. [S5E12] Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid
: Dan accidentally steals a bag of money belonging to the gang. In the final act, it is revealed that
The episode begins with Dan waking up in a field, naked and confused, with no memory of how he got there. He eventually makes it back to the precinct, where Lucifer offers him a simple job to help him get back on his feet: transport a prisoner from Mexico to Los Angeles. The Downward Spiral In the final act