Lost Girl: Season 4, Episode 08, Groundhog Fae
When the ice cream promo was released, I thought it was a clever way to draw new fandom without trying to sum up three years – or even three minutes – of the show’s mythology. Instead of trying to convey ‘she’s a succubus who needs sex to live but was raised without knowledge of the … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 4, Episode 02, Sleeping Beauty School
Right off, let me explain why I love the last episode (4.01), but call out this episode as so much fluff and filler . . .
Lost Girl: Season 4, Episode 01, In Memoriam
This is probably a terrible episode to start with if you’re watching the show for the first time. It’s an episode full of fakeouts, callbacks, fanservice, fanteasing, and beautiful new sets, carried entirely on the lovely shoulders of Ksenia Solo. If you’re just jumping in, you’re probably still confused. This review is not going to … Continue reading
Lost Girl – Season 3, Episode 03, ConFaegion
Opening scene: simple, right? Three actors, simple setup outdoors, some snark and smackdown, tada. Two camera teams [op and AC for each], audio [probably two, a lav’r / field mixer and boom mic op], a couple prop cement blocks, some drums of water to ensure mud, several standby clean wardrobe changes for Ksenia Solo, a … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 3, Episode 02, SubterFaenean
After ending on both the release of two seasons of will-they-won’t-they tension between Bo and Lauren, then Bo chi-sucking a guy and leaving him for dead, this episode opens with . . . Kenzi, Kenzi’s friend, and Vex going down into the sewers for a magic show. It makes you wait almost two minutes, and … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 2, Episode 21, “Into the Dark”
You know the drill. Possible spoilers through 03.13. All reviews here. In talking about the ways in which “Lachlan’s Gambit” didn’t work, I also touched on the ways and reasons this episode worked. Focus on interpersonal issues, characters interacting, avoiding the Big Showdown Scenes which in which budget couldn’t deliver on hype: it does everything we … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 2, Episode 06, It’s Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away
You know the drill. Possible spoilers through 03.13. All reviews here. Some courtship rituals are obvious: you take someone for Italian and a movie; you pick someone up for a street fair and have brought a box of fine chocolates and a book of middling poetry; you serenade someone with a boombox outside their window. Some … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 01, Episode 11, Faetal Justice
Possible spoilers through 03.13. All reviews here. The episode opens in Vex’s bar with so much testosterone, it’s almost tangible. Threats, pushing, literal growling. Dyson snarls, thanks Vex sarcastically for the drink, and leaves. Jump to an ominous shot by the light of a flickering streetlamp outside the clubhouse. Turns out it’s not just predicting Dyson’s … Continue reading
Lost Girl: Season 01, Episode 08, Vexed (as canon)
You know the drill. Possible spoilers through 03.13. All reviews here. As this episode functions not only as the season lynchpin, but also the series pilot, I’m doing my first-ever double-review. ‘Vexed: The Pilot’ is coming Thursday. UPDATE: ‘How Vexed Works As The Perfect Pilot’ is here. This episode opens with physical violence, Dyson striking his … Continue reading
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