Lost Girl, Dec 29 - Groundhog Fae

And so, Christmas episode of LG has come. Because the 4^th season of LG was apparently shot during the summer, the gang had to go with a summer Yule, in a manner of speaking. In theory it was some other, ethnic Fae, holiday involving Krampus, not Santa Claus.

Krampus, BTW, is a devil-like being that has become associated with Christmas on continental Europe, especially Eastern Europe, and if you look over the Wikipedia, you will see that LG has toned his appearance down somewhat, in all actuality. That said, he played a very important role in LG-continuity, for he got Bo to admit her inner fears, insecurities and other problems, while almost grinding her into candy along the way. That, admittedly, is something of a dubious matter, for Bruce (who has become a semi-regular on S4) has apparently broken the machine earlier, but who knows?

The other Fae being who has been mentioned on “Groundhog Fae” is the Wanderer. So far the show was noticeably vague about him, but I am willing to bet that this character is not based on a species of a butterfly that is also called the Wanderer, because he actually scares Mr. Trick, who has faced the Una Mens without much fear in his gaze. That said, he has also hired Tamsin to find Bo, who should not have existed, (well, according to Tamsin, anyway), and so he might be Bo’s father as well as anything else. How very Electra (Oedipus’ sister and female counterpart)!

Tamsin... Tamsin is finally back, and she has recovered her memories, it seems, or at least some of them. She still lets Kenzi mother her around as shown at the end of the ep – this will probably lead to some interesting scenarios in the future episodes...especially since the Team Valkubus appears to be back on one hand, and with Kenzi and Hale delving deeper into their own relationship as well.

Kenzi, you know, may dress provocatively, but she, or rather Ksenia Solo who plays Kenzi, is more of a prude. Bo/Anna Silk has no problems in acting lewd and sexual acts on screen (just look at the car wash fragment at the beginning of this episode for example), but Kenzi/Ksenia does it all off screen, if ever. Still, it works, so who are we to complain?

Yet speaking of screens and screen times, has anyone noticed that this is the first S4 episode when all the gang is together? No, seriously, all of them are in the same house...but are kept separately to one extent or another. Mr. Trick spends most of “Groundhog Fae” in a bathtub, drunk to the wind. Vex, Lauren and Dyson are barely more sober, spending most of their time in a room apart from the rest of the action, musing drunkenly if they should or shouldn’t give the box to Bo, bonding and planning to reattach Vex’s hand – they were more of a comic relief this episode than anything else. So were Kenzi and Hale, actually, until the final third of “Groundhog Fae”, when the time loop ended and they had to confront each other.

Actually, the last third of this ep was marked by noticeable differences from the first two. The comic elements largely vanished at this moment, including Vex, Lauren and Dyson: they went fully off screen at this point. Tamsin has confessed to Bo and Bo has confessed to Krampus, however unwillingly about their inner problems. Kenzi and Hale too confessed to each other about their own insecurities – got to admit, it might be a twist to see those two as sexually innocent (though admittedly this is doubtful in Hale’s case).

Finally, Kenzi did deliver the box in question to Bo, however unknowingly, what is inside. Inside is a bottle of, probably, evil, judging by its inky black color. Of course, it just might be some hot chocolate or coffee gone bad, but evil is more likely in LG-verse. And Bo is more than slightly unhappy about this discovery – but what she will do about it will be revealed in the next episodes, since her discovery was the last scene in “Groundhog Fae”.

So: a fun holiday episode that turned serious at the end. Bo discovered more about herself. Tamsin is largely back to normal. Vex, Lauren and Dyson acted as comic relief. And Kenzi and Hale are continuing to evolve their relationship. A very good episode, in short.