In this week’s episode of “Lost Girl”, Bo is finally back –
proper. Yay! But Lauren’s been captured. Boo. And now on to the greater details.
In this particular episode Dyson finally got married to Bo. True,
they were ‘channeling’ a pair of ghosts, but the same plot device was used in
BtVS S2, and it worked there too. Plus, the ghosts (one human, one Fae) were
used to introduce a Gothic angle to the show: in this particular episode Bo had
to rescue a family from a vengeful Fae ghost because the father’s ancestor has
killed the Fae and her human fiancé because he and the others thought that the
Fae in question was a witch, something that brought back the final episodes of
the S3 of this show: human-Fae interactions may be more complex than humans
being just minions (or worse for the Fae).
This brings us to Lauren, who had been finally captured by
the inquisition, or the Una Mens, or whoever: Vex had sold her out in the
previous installment to save his own skin. Since this episode has also
introduced a cool new (well, recycled, you can say) villain, Vex is doomed
still, but he had been discussed last time, so that is it for him for now.
Lauren, on the other hand, had been captured – by someone
from her past according to the episode’s prompt. Perhaps, and the fact that her
new ‘girlfriend’ aided in her capture just adds salt to the wound. And yet...
Since the beginning of the show, Lauren was shown thrust
into positions that demanded more confidence from her, more self-confidence and
quick thinking. Lauren may not be a follower, but she most certainly is not a
leader – she is more of a fatalist, who goes with the flow. Well, now she will
have to stop, or... there probably are not any other options: “Lost Girl” is
a TV show, and when a scriptwriter (or several) decides to make their character
into a hero, their character will become a hero...or a heroine in Lauren’s
case.
Now why the scriptwriters decided to make Lauren a hero is
another story; the short answer is that as a main (or at least a secondary)
character) Lauren has to become a heroine or a villainess, that is it. Of course,
she could have also vanished for good, but to do that her actress would have
had to quit the show and she obviously does not want that. So Lauren is stuck being
captured for now...at least until the next episode or two.
But speaking of heroes, Bo and Dyson... Yes, Clio (the bounty
hunter from the previous episode who was the woman) was working for Vex in order to capture Bo, we get that. The fact
that she betrayed Dyson and Bo is worse. But...
The rather callous way Bo handled Clio (who was named after
the Greek muse of history) and Dyson let her was not better. In TV world heroes
differ from villains by being more generous, sometimes even offering the evildoers
a last chance to be redeemed, or at least get the Hell out of town. After all, Clio
did help Dyson find Bo as well as put the ghosts to rest, so Bo could’ve just
bitchslapped her around and sent her on her way – and that would’ve been the
last of Clio, most likely. Instead, she ended up with a slit throat on a road
somewhere, and Bo and Dyson continued on their way, rather like Bonnie and Clyde.
So: Lauren is captured (either by Fae or by humans or by
somebody else), while Bo and Dyson are driving back to Toronto from somewhere
else (wherever they have landed by jumping off the ghost train) and... that is
it. The others were not in this episode. Guess we will have to wait until the
next one to see what has happened to them. Overall I rate this episode a solid
B.
Meanwhile, in other news, Bar Rescue has its own problems: it aired yet another episode about a bar... whose owner had shot some other person and perhaps not in self-defense. Needless to say, even an accidental release of this episode, late in night, was...controversial, so for now Bar Rescue is probably laying low. Since it is a good show, I sincerely hope that they make it through ok...
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