You guys, honestly, last time I’m tardy with this. The semester is officially over!
You already know how I feel about last week’s installment. It was perhaps the best episode of the series ever… or at least in a really long time. The problem with having such a good episode, of course, is that it’s difficult to follow that up. Now, certainly, Lost Girl could have an even better episode this season. All the storylines are in place for everything to begin crumbling down. I’m thinking The Good Wife “Hitting the Fan” kind of destruction. But what mostly bugged me about this episode is that it suffered a bit from that too-cheeky thing that Lost Girl sometimes does. Even though I’m all for more dancing from Ksenia Solo, really a dance-off?
Whatever, at least it continues to bring out my newfound strong like for Tamsin. The character certainly was given a few vulnerabilities last season, but Tamsin trying to discover her purpose is something I’m loving a lot this season, and it certainly adds another element to the Lost Girl title. For all of the overly campy things Lost Girl has done, having Tamsin literally grow again through a series of episodes is one of my favorites.
Over in Plot A, something that’s been quite interesting this season (or the last couple of episodes) is Bo’s underscoring of family. Finding out that her grandfather is Trick, then having her mom resurface, having ideas about her dad, and so on must have really done a number on Bo. She seems dedicated to keeping every and all connections she makes with people, regardless of what it might cost her, or without much concern about them, either. Thanks to DR in the comments who pointed out this tidbit. In the last episode, Bo didn’t seem overly concerned with the fact that Kenzi kissed Dyson. I’m not sure if they’re aware that Bo didn’t exist to them before or not, but no one offered up the information that they were in a different state of mind when that happened. So to Bo, it most likely was that they kissed behind her back, in a sense. And without much thought, she forgave Kenzi.
Obviously, that was going to happen. Bo doesn’t really have much claim on Dyson anymore. But more than that, after four seasons, Kenzi and Bo have a much stronger connection that Bo and Dyson. However, on any other show, you’d expect this storyline to cause a bit of a riff between the sisterhood. Nope, on this one, it’s doing something quite different, methinks.
Even in this episode, Bo doesn’t think twice before pouncing on Lauren. And when they try to discuss Lauren’s* past, she still decides that she just wants her closer and closer. She’s willing to forgo the details that complicate her closest relationships. It’s as if she even forgot that just one episode ago she was all over Dyson. We could argue that her relationship to Lauren is more important to her than her relationship to Dyson, but with Dyson out of the picture this episode (hey, did anyone think to call him and tell him Lauren is okay?), it’s hard to gauge. Regardless, I think it’s something more compelling. In this episode, Bo even tries to plea with Vex that he not do anything drastic, even though this was the umpteenth time he has betrayed her and the gang, because he’s part of their whacky family.
[*] By the way, about Lauren: I see exactly what she’s saying, and I kind of agree with it. Am I just going crazy?
We know Bo’s past. We know that she is more prone to want to keep her family intact because it’s the first she’s ever truly had that has made her felt safe. But with slight details—like her smiling when the guy fell into lava last episode—something seems a bit more extreme. I definitely think some sort of possessive side of Bo is creeping out as her Dark Bo-ness is revealing itself, which blended with her past will be sure to make some compelling emotional scenes later in the season. At least I’m hoping so.
Bo is trying to keep all the relationships that make her feel more connected with family, while not really thinking much about the mentality and the perspective of the individuals—Kenzi, Dyson, Lauren—as it conveniences her.
Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but I still think that if Lost Girl plays its cards right, we could be in for a fascinating two-thirds of a season.
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I think you are correct on Lauren. Bo is so stuck up on getting her back that she doe snot realize that she goes against everything she told Lauren and everything Lauren WANTS.
"Nobody Owns you" she told Lauren in Season One, yet she is so desperate to want her back that she offers to "protect her" to "claim her" this episode, unable to see how that conflicts with Lauren's wish for freedom and independence.
Lauren wants to be in control of her life. Not run back to Bo because BO wants that.
With Kenzi I am not even sure Bo forgiving her is A GOOD thing, because actions or bad actions, Kenzi wants attention and to NOT feel ignored. And yet BO is willing to pull all problems and issues Kenzi feels under the rug just because she wants them to be "close' again. Kenzi obviously wants reaction from her and yet nothing comes. The last thing Kenzi needs is "whatever don't care let's go back to status quo" reaction from Bo.
This whole season shows us Kenzi forming her own circle of people, gaining independence.
The narrative makes it intentionally so that Bo is nowhere to be found when Kenzi is in trouble this episode, or in premiere. Its up to her herself to figure out what to do, its up to others to be there for her.
Writers did say that they will be exploring Bo's flaws and blind spots and it seems they are following through with that.
All of those people that are Bo's family are no longer the same. They keep drifting apart, no matter how much (hypocritically) Bo wants them to just go back to who they were.
- Kenzi is getting more independent and is going through an identity and confidence crisis.
- Tamsin is reliving her innocence (which, by the way I think is going to hurt us like hell when she regains her memories and we get the contrast of who she could have been and who she became due to all the shit that happened to her in her life)
- Lauren is exploring her freedom and self-reliance/defiance.
- Dyson has certain level of acceptance of not being the "lead' person of Bo's life and is not solely there for Bo, but for Lauren and Kenzi too now.
Yet Bo is intent on ignoring and opposing their change, because if she were to admit it, that would mean admitting she changed too.
I am not even sure that "change" was something "magically happening" on train. If anything, that change happened ever since Dawning. Methinks the "twist" of the train will be a flashback reveal that whatever happened, happened intentionally. That bo for whatever reason did chose a side and did voluntary decide to lose her memory. IT all smells of some sort of xanathos gambit way too much.