Lost Girl: Season 2
Created by: Michelle Lovretta
When I started this show, I loved the idea that the main character could basically implant suggestions and mind control people with a touch. As the pilot and first season went on, it introduced a whole assortment of fairy creatures complete with their own unique abilities, usually based around hunting people.
Bo's story was also quite interesting. She discovers at the beginning that she's a succubus, or a fae creature who preys on sexual energy. She discovers different factions of "light" and "dark" fae, which differs how sadistic or empathetic they are toward humans. The first season was mainly monster-of-the-week, where Bo and her human friend Kenzi sought out fantastical crimes that the police would laugh off as ludicrous and investigate them--because they usually involved crimes committed by dark or wayward fae. With Bo's new connections to the fae world, she could identify the fae creature responsible, solve their issue, and take payment from the human client who remains none the wiser.
Season 2 thankfully became much more interesting. The show dives deeper into light and dark fae as well as individual power-players who control things behind the scenes. Part of the show's intrigue is that Bo herself refuses to choose a faction, meaning that both light and dark fae leaders seek her out to solve issues that their own kind have convictions or rules against. Through these issues, Bo learns more about how the factions came to be, and about larger threats that loom on the horizon.
The main downside that I felt about the show was its focus on Bo's love interests. A driving force in many episodes is her learning how to rescue her love interest's girlfriend (don't ask) who's being held captive by the head of the light fae (again, don't ask). She also spends half the season in thrilling several-night-stand with a handsome dark fae before determining he's a bad influence. The other half of the season is spent figuring out her feelings for her other love interest, feelings which were reciprocated until he was cursed by a powerful fae not to feel anymore. I suppose this comes with the territory, seeing as the main character is a succubus, and the cast is filled out entirely with attractive 30-somethings.
The season did a good job exploring each character. The picture I chose above is the whole main cast, excluding those who appeared in less than half the season. Each one of them was given at least one episode that deeply explored their character's past or present, including family or other loved ones. That was impressive and did a good job helping me care about them more and further explore their world. I also very much enjoyed the season finale which brought together the whole main cast plus some others to defeat a mutual enemy of both light and dark fae. The only complaint I had was that they claimed to need teamwork between light and dark fae, but they only brought on one dark fae, and his use was very limited. I thought they could have accomplished greater degree of teamwork between the factions and highlighted how it was necessary to do so.
The third season hints at a repercussion of the final battle bringing out Bo's dark side, a need in her to feed more often and throw morals to the wind as she does so. This is intriguing because she's been shown to be powerful with her suggestive abilities and she can also gain physical strength when she feeds on sexual energy--and kill people if she feeds on them fully. If she began feeding more callously, there's not much her friends could do to stop her.
The show can feel a bit frivolous as far as morals and seem to cater mostly to horny adults, but the story has still served quality, and it continues to go in interesting directions.
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