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and opinions some people might find offensive but for which I won’t apologise.
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Lost Girl - TV Series Supernatural Drama 2010 – 2015 Canada Prodigy Pictures
Fun romp through a weird sort of normal.
Bo has a rather awkward problem – seems every time she sexes someone other than herself it kills them dead. It’s no consolation they might die with a smile on their face; just horrifying.
An accidental killer, Bo has spent her life on the run.
In the pilot episode we share Bo’s discovery she is a succubus. She needs and “feeds” on sexual energy (or “Chi”) and with guidance will learn to control that without harming her sexual partners.
When Bo feeds, we see Chi rays pass through her mouth, and when she is really juiced up her eyes change colour.
A succubus is just one of many different types of Fae – not quite human creatures who secretly live among humans – creatures as apparently normal as Fairies or Valkyries, but sometimes weird, ugly critters.
Major Characters; Bo (the succubus and "Lost Girl"); Kenzi is a human and becomes Bo’s BFF (without benefits); Dyson is a detective who is actually a shape-shifter of the wolf variety, and love interest of Bo; Lauren is a human doctor who is fascinated by all things Fae, and becomes another love interest of Bo; Hale is a detective, a Siren and a sidekick of Dyson; and Trick is a very special Fae of the genus “Publican”.
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| Trick, Hale, Dyson, Bo, Kenzi & Lauren |
Given the show begins with a character who feeds on sexual energy (what an excuse for being a root rat!) it’s no surprise there is a lot in this show that revolves around sex. There is a lot of joking about sex and a lot of doing of sex.
The show does not take itself too seriously at all, the mythology that provides story ideas is loosely based on “real myths”. The humour is not all about sex – some of it is clever humour about life, and a lot of the other humour is of the really “dumb” variety I also like.
The greatest part of Lost Girl’s appeal, for me, is that it is character driven and I particularly enjoy its regular delivery of high camp shenanigans, not just from the main cast but from supporting characters like The Morrigan or Vex.
Lost Girl also often asks important questions about life that most great drama usually asks.
Sexual preference is fluid and accepted without challenge – characters just relate or not according to their own whatever.
Our own real-world construct of race is a non-issue on Lost Girl, though culture and clan loyalties – the tendency of people to form alliances or seek power – are at the heart of many of its storylines.
In Season 1 the storylines are always amusing but not always gripping. The first few episodes after the pilot, for example, teach us about Bo and Fae and are entertaining, but are largely self-contained and pose no great questions nor do they stir any great emotional response. Towards the end of Season 1, however, things improve when we realise the Fae world is a whole universe that is going to turn our own world upside down.
For 5 seasons the writers take us anywhere and anywhen, and the twists and turns will be for keeps while a huge battle between good and evil plays out in the background. It’s truly a fantastic ride.
Nails on a Blackboard: In episode 02x19 one character supposedly shows women have always been valued equally with men amongst fae – the way the story unfolds smacks of too much protest but this is the only patently silly idea employed in Lost Girl storylines, and it doesn’t really ruin the episode, it’s just lazy thinking.
MA 15+ Rating There are not a lot of rude words in Lost Girl, though it is not shy about discussing or laughing at sex or at horror/violence. Lost Girl laughs a lot at sex, so prudes would definitely be offended.
The violence is minimal. Some of the weird creatures are ugly critters, which leads occasionally to stories that verge on " horror" - but nothing is as base as what we see humans do to each other on the 6 o’clock news – gross stuff in Lost Girl is so OTT it is laughable. There have been times in my life when gross stuff could be triggering, but the horror in Lost Girl is so ridiculous it’s just safely “weird”. For example, one morning Bo is confronted by a zombie assassin when she goes into the kitchen for breakfast. The way she deals with the problem is hilarious but she has to leave quickly. Kenzi comes downstairs a few minutes later - “Would I leave a dead body on the floor if her boyfriend was coming over?”.
With other shows that have a 15+ rating there is usually some point where I have to cover my eyes or look away, but I can’t recall one moment in Lost Girl where I had to do so, no matter how gross things got.
Bingeability Once I got halfway through Season 1 and the writing was more consistently top-notch, I became addicted. This is definitely a desert island set. Some episodes are stand-alone classics that warrant a re-run from time to time just cos they are so darned funny even though I know them by heart now.
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