The 4th season of “Lost Girl” continues strong.
Bo is still missing, Dylan is still in love with her, and Hale finally decided
to make a move for Kenzi but more on that below.
Firstly, Mr. Trick survived, though scarred – Aoife may be
formidable herself, but her father is still the king, literally. For now Aoife
is absent once again, so let us put her aside. Speaking of asides, Trick was
also put aside for most of this episode, so better luck next time, your
majesty.
Then again, the same can be said about Vex. After looking
over the latest episode I realized what Vex’s problem is – his character just does
not generate any respect. His villainy got nothing to do with it – his problem
is that he is more of Peter Pettigrew than Lucius Malfoy, and this has to
change, or Vex will probably have to die, for there is only so much abuse any
character can take before either the audience loses their respect – and sympathy
– for him, or he will turn on his abusers...with mixed success, admittedly, but
still.
Incidentally, by who was Vex abused? The Una Mens (or the Spanish Inquisition)? The episode does
not tell us...probably saving it for later. That said, this is the second time
in the show (the first was in S3) when Vex gets to be fed some insect, and that
is the opposite of respect. For real, Vex just should not have come back at S3,
is all I am saying.
Of course, the root of Vex’s trouble is that the previous
Morrigan either is dead or is not. Frankly, at the end of S3 she looked quite dead
but you never know with the Fae, fair enough. Of course, this makes her one of
the two contenders for the identity of Kenzi’s new babysitting charge... and
the other one is Tamsin, who’s been absent from the previous episode. Sadly, it
may be that Tamsin may actually be Lauren’s new friend and an owner (?) of a
fast food place (think “The Ruby” from “Corner Gas”) in which case the
precocious tyke’s identity may be someone else. And the tyke is
precious: she grew from a child to a teen in than an episode: Kenzi will really
have her hands full with the child/teen
for the next episode or two...
On the other hand Hale has admitted his feelings for Kenzi,
sort of. I am guessing that the siren playboy is new at this, and it took some
Kenzi/Dyson
flirting from the previous episode for him to get his brain into gear. All that
can be said – it is about time, the Kenzi/Hale ship was practically absent from
S3 so it got some serious catching up to do.
Speaking of means of transportation... The ghost train that
has appeared in this episode was very impressive, especially how Dyson and his
companion were able to catch a ride on it. Sadly, it also seems that Bo has
escaped from it (or another ghost
train?!) so the game is now literally afoot.
Now, about Dyson’s companion. This episode borrowed from the
Greek-Roman myth of Selene and Endymion. Selene was an early moon goddess who was
merged with Artemis-Diana and Endymion was her mortal consort. To prevent him
from aging and dying Selene put him into an eternal sleep...one that Dyson woke
him from. Only, it may be that this Endymion is not the real deal, but is a
fake – Dyson was able to figure it out in time and “replace” him with a real
deal, a woman...who may be actually an agent of Vex who needs Bo alive for some
personal reason... See, it is confusing.
And Lauren... aside from the fact that her new friend may be
Tamsin (or maybe another Valkyrie instead) she had rescued a customer from a
beetle in his throat. Considering that the customer survived having his throat
torn open and healed in a matter of moments, this means that he was a Fae and
that, possibly, the beetle was the adult form of the grub that Vex was fed. It
also means that either Lauren has somehow become an opponent to some obviously
powerful Fae group...or she is some sort of an anti-Kryptonite to Fae...or her
cooking is. Either way, she has problems...and has to solve them on her own. It
is also the end of the Lauren/Bo ship, but that was evident from S3: the scriptwriters
wanted to pair Bo with Dyson and are going to do that. Yet they are doing it
with much more grace than, say, Mike and Bryan from the “A: TLA” fandom, who
did their ship (Kataang) with all the subtlety of a brick...and are
paying for it with the gradual loss of their fanbase; of course, “Korra” does
not help either... but I digress.
The bottom line here is that this episode was confusing.
Yes, Hale is finally getting on with Kenzi, Dyson has admitted his feelings to
Bo and Lauren has to come into her own somehow (or perish) while Bo has escaped
from captivity at last – but the brief entry into Greek mythology
notwithstanding, this episode was still confusing. One thing is clear – if in
previous seasons that was one major mystery (such as the identity of Bo’s true
parents) and lesser, one-episode, ones, here, in S4, there is only one major
mystery-slash-conflict and that is to find Bo. Let’s wait and see what happens.
