Lost Girl
Tags: paranormal

Plot synopsis:
=== Season 1 (2010) ===
Bo is a Succubus who grew up in an adopted human family, unaware of her non-human nature and of the Fae world she descended from. She began to feel "different" when she entered puberty and didn't know she was not normal until she accidentally killed her high school boyfriend by draining his life energy during her first sexual encounter. When she told her parents what had happened, they broke the news to Bo that she had been adopted (see "Raging Fae"). Not knowing what she was and what she had done, Bo hated herself and ran away from home, exchanging her previous life for one without family or friends, moving from place to place and assuming a false identity whenever she killed again.
In the first episode, Bo saves a young human woman, Kenzi, from a rapist who had surreptitiously drugged her with a "roofie" in her drink. The two quickly become friends and Kenzi decides they should team up to create a Fae/Human detective agency. Confronted by the Fae leaders of the local territory with a demand for her to choose a side – either "Light" or "Dark" – Bo declares herself neutral, deciding instead to side with humans after Kenzi risks her life to find out where Bo had been taken by force and what they were doing to her.
Most of the Fae considered Bo an unknown entity that should either be eliminated as a risk to their secret existence or exploited for their benefit. Throughout the season, Bo learns more about the Fae world and herself while she searches for information about her origins. Along the way, Bo also develops romantic relationships with both Dyson, a Light Fae wolf shapeshifter and police detective; and Lauren, a human doctor and scientist in servitude to the Light Fae.
=== Season 2 (2011–12) ===
Bo faces personal challenges with Dyson after she finds out The Norn took his ability to feel passion for her in exchange for giving her the strength to defeat Aife in the season one finale; and with Lauren when their relationship became complicated after The Morrigan informed Bo in "It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away" that Lauren had a girlfriend. At the same time that she is coping with these turmoils, a villainous and evil ancient enemy of the Fae, the Garuda, is awakened and reappears with the intent to destroy the truce between Light and Dark Fae, and reignite the Great War between them. The new Ash, Lachlan, recruits Bo to be his champion in the battle against the Garuda and she agrees on the condition that he regard her as a partner, not as his servant. During this hectic time, Bo develops a no-strings-attached lustful relationship with Ryan Lambert, a Dark Fae Loki playboy that in "Fae-nted Love" became unwittingly thralled by her when, during energy-drawing healing sex, her blood came into contact with deep scratches she made on his back. Bo learns in "Into the Dark" that she is not only Trick's maternal granddaughter, but deduces that she has inherited some of his Blood Sage powers: if her blood comes into contact with someone's open wound, it can enslave and bind the recipient to her will (the same power that her mother, Aife, used to create male slaves). She uses her blood power to unite her team of Light and Dark in the final battle against the Garuda.
=== Season 3 (2013) ===
With Fae society in upheaval, Bo finds herself facing further changes and challenges as former ally Hale becomes the acting Ash – trying to forge a new balance between Light and Dark by appointing a Valkyrie aligned with the Dark Fae, Tamsin, as Dyson's new detective partner. Meantime, Tamsin is a secret agent working for two separate clients: The Morrigan, who wants to build a case against Bo so that she can execute her; and as a mercenary for someone who wants to entrap Bo. Matters become complicated when Kenzi is kidnapped by a crazed Kitsune who assumes her identity and deliberately sows distrust in the relationships between Bo and those closest to her, just as Bo must prepare for and go through an evolutionary Fae rite of passage that forces her to explore her past and future. Danger escalates when a human scientist convinces a despondent Lauren to join him in conducting scientific research in his private laboratory – all the while deceptively concealing his intent to harness Fae genetics for himself with the use of her expertise. The third season culminates with Bo being engulfed by black smoke and disappearing into thin air, presumably whisked away by her mysterious and powerful biological father (who may be "The Wanderer" that recurred throughout the season's story arc).
=== Season 4 (2013–14) ===
While Kenzi, Hale, and Dyson, are all living their lives, Bo is nowhere to be found. It's later realized that they simply forgot Bo, as someone was forcing them to. Massimo has been giving Kenzi temporary powers to appear Fae. Bo finally awakens to find herself on a train, and later jumps off. A group of Fae called the "Una Mens" are introduced. When she arrives home, it is discovered that while Bo herself did not consciously choose a side, her blood has chosen Dark. Tamsin is found reborn, as a little girl, and grows up with Kenzi as her pseudo-mom. Massimo steals from Bo and Kenzi in an attempt to convince Kenzi to pay him, and Bo figures out that he is not Fae, but human. He also kidnaps Tamsin to acquire her Valkyrie hair, and after being defeated by Bo, chases after the hair into a pit of lava, where at that point he is presumed to be dead. Many of Trick's secrets and past actions are revealed, including a tie to a past life of Tamsin's, and the fact that he used his blood to "erase" someone from existence. Tamsin discovers that by not taking the soul of a man named Rainer to Valhalla, she is part of the reason "The Wanderer" was created. Bo is able to get back on the train, where she finally meets Rainer, and brings him back to the Dal. Hale and Kenzi admit their feelings for each other. Lauren, who has been working with the Dark, somehow turns the Morrigan human. Kenzi's mother is introduced, and Hale attempts to propose. Massimo returns, and protecting Kenzi, Hale is killed. Kenzi tries to get revenge, but is stopped by Vex, who mentions that he is Massimo's guardian. Evony is revealed to be Massimo's mother, and gave him to Vex years ago when he was a boy. Bo learns that not only is her father coming, but that to close the portal, she will need to give her heart. That is revealed to be Kenzi, who sacrifices herself. It ends with Bo visiting Kenzi's grave.
=== Season 5 (2014–15) ===

Review: More akin to the book than the movie, but with a completely different type of mystical beings.The acting, unsurprisingly, seems a trifle wooden, but it was just the first episode, so the actors are all still feeling out their characters.
I'm certain, considering the actors that I'm familiar with, that they'll flesh out well in very little time, though.Technically, I like that they kept the effects quite minimal, in an effort to give us more character development and more story, rather than try to wow us with a load of digital nonsense.I have high hopes for the show, and will keep watching to see if it lives up to those hopes..
not like shows i have noticed recently such as sanctuary and warehouse13 where the characters are not believable and are rushed with no character development and offering nothing new to us sci-fi fans other than cheap regurgitated Buffy and x-file episodes.so all in all we have been blessed with a second season, so please everyone get watching as you wont be disappointed.
its kick ass good, sexy good, its story line good, with great believable characters.
Each character has a personal relationship one with the other with its' twists, turns, betrayals, redemption plus the group has a dynamic together that feels genuine.Another thing or two that I like about the writing and direction is that there is not a lot of time spent on the strength of one gender over another.
There's not always a clear line of what is good and what is evil so it challenges us to decide where the line is where we say no.So, there are things that might take you a little leap of faith or investing in more than a couple of episodes to tie into the characters.
I am a total spectator but my stepdaughter is an animator and looks at productions through different eyes through her university studies.We had both heard of the series: Lost Girl, but what I find "kills" a lot of series even those returning is to actually find it when you are looking for something to watch.
I go to TV guide and print out the September schedule but it only contains the mainstream affiliates.Last Sunday, while scrolling through the channels after watching "The Glades", I found Lost Girl and we watched the fourth episode and when the 10.10.10 marathon was mentioned, we both agreed we would watch it.The fourth episode hooked us in and we watched it again after watching the first three episodes to answer the questions one has in mid-stream.My understanding is that there are 13 episodes completed, I would love to see enough support to have another season begin production with more episodes.Lost Girl has a lot of drawbacks to it's success in addition to people having access to Showcase and being willing to stay up and watch it: there is a female lead and female side-kick, it is a Canadian production which has minimalist roots from the BBC and the general trap that "mystic lore" runs into with keeping the storyline from contradicting itself.If one wants to understand Canadian production, you need to compare the Nikita TV Series (1997-2001) starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis to the American 2010 production.
I hope that the mystery of Bo's parents does not break the trust she has with Dyson but I can see that as a set-up in the previous episodes as Bo does not trust the Fae and would rather live in the Human world that she grew up in..
Bo stops being just a competent heroine and becomes an unstoppable Mary Sue that suffers no negative repercussions for her actions and can even take down the leader of the Dark Fae with no effort who I think would be a tad more resistant her orgasm powers.Then comes the third season and it is bizarre and something I could no longer watch.
The hype and the rave reviews seem to be from adolescents and sad people that want regular views of legs and cleavage and don't worry about how weak the storyline is or how shallow the acting is in reality.it's another case of the reviews on here don't show what age the average reviewer is and this is simply the sort of program that will attract 13 year olds and also have some lesbian following too.the characterisation is very poor and I cannot think of any of the actors that are worth making a point of seeing in anything else.
unfortunately it seems that it's not intentionally comic book as a lot of the series that are based on actual comic book story lines are vastly superior.this will appeal to the same people that like girl and boy bands..
Obviously this was a huge mistake.There is no natural flow with the story line, the humor feels totally forced, and if they are going to use older characters then let them act like their age instead of immature teenagers.
At first I thought this could be a promising show because of the lead actor and her supporting actress acting along with the detective (cop), I was feeling that there is a lot of missing things and unexplained situations , people just teleport from one place to another without even knowing or being given a guide so you expect any actress to go where they are supposed to save the other character just by their telekinetic ability or something .
I was hoping to continue watching this but I just couldn't because it was so badly written and force thing for you to believe , kind of make me feel like the writer is a rookie and he is just gathering some magick books and basing his stories about, if this story was given to a good writer it could have been really more promising but alas ...
The show is well written, it's hard for me to actually choose a favorite character, starting with the second season it will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen next.
The writers on the show are doing a very good job,and I really really hope they keep renewing the seasons because I think if enough people happen to watch it, it will be one of the big shows like Charmed was..
The characters don't have enough time to develop and end up with ridiculous monologues.The sad thing is that Lost Girl has a lot of potential.
The characters are actually interesting, the plot (as little as there is) deals with realistic emotional baggage, the actors are believable, and the Fae lore is a unique take on existing legends.
It's too bad it will never live up to its potential so long as it's competing with shows like Tru Blood for the "Most Gratuitous Sex in an Almost Legitimate Series" award..
The interaction with "normal" humans, the experience of her powers, seeing her might grow and stuff like that has huge potential for great acting and plots.
Let me start this review by saying that this is the first review I've ever written in IMDb and that I would have given this show EIGHT (or maybe even nine) stars, if it wasn't for the horrendous writing that happened in season four.
There are so many things I want to talk about, but fortunately another person already took their time to do so: google "lost girl season 4 review" and look for "insightfulpanda" Basically, her character just completely falls apart from all of the awesome development that happened through season three.
The acting is better than Buffy and Angel combined (granted, not hard to beat!) The evolution of the characters and the plot is paced yet not idling; the explanations for the Fae and their world is solid enough.
Like the premise but at times it's like watching a visual interpretation of a sticky gooey Christine Feehan novel (and I don't really care for those either.) While the players are quite attractive and there seems to be plenty of soft core porn that most have come to expect in these "off-network" dramas now, the story lines and writing is - at times - horribly thin and often quite pointless with the character simply running around in circles.
As a fantasy series it delivers exactly what you want with a creative twist on human folk lore's (succubus, werewolves, sirens, etc...) The creator did a great job thinking this up.
I won't give any spoilers, but they've already stirred shît up plenty amongst the Fae world already.So to sum it up, this isn't your typical fantasy show, this isn't about demons or dark moody horror stuff, and while it may have some girl power moments it is definitely watchable and entertaining to a male audience.
It took till around episode 5 or 6 before they finally figured out their vibe, and the whole "team dyson" or "team lauren" dialog is a bit pandering, though i suppose thats just how girls talk nowadays.
Maybe "Lost Girl" was just too good to get picked up and put in competition with American show like "Pan AM" or "The Playboy Club." Sure winners, all of them..
I think Lost girl might not be the best show I ever watched and it can't be compared to Buffy, but I really enjoy the show.
It's something different and it's not all black and white.Well, if you like fantasy and want to be entertained, Lost girl is the right show for you.
Sweet mother of all that is pure!Not since the days of Xena or Hercules has there been such a truly awful programme.Sadly it's not just the actors that make this an atrocity on the senses but the terrible writing too.It's as though the writers looked at every 'supernatural' TV series from past to present and thought 'I can do better!' - they were wrong.
We are introduced to this fantasy world of fae and follow along with Bo, the main character, as she discovers who she really is.The biggest weakness of the show for me is the background music which can be annoying at times.
Great series and AWESOME concept but the lesbianism love triangle especially with Bo and Lauren is getting nauseating , obnoxious and ridiculous.
I really like the series, they play with the fey/Human sexuality issues,but as with anything else in the TV realm, the peripheral characters get very little air time, like Ashe, or should I say The Ashe.
Action,Story, Drama,Sex and most of it all, Fantasy elements at its best.The story has a lot of variety and interesting characters from all kinds Myth.
For all those who love a good fantasy give Lost Girl a try.Will be worth your time.
The main character honestly just feels way out of place however and has a lot of personal mommy issues like many other shows portray.
The cast and their characters are what keep me watching, not the inconsistent stories or plot lines.And for people who think there is too much sex in it.
yet.I think this series would play better on HBO or Show Time, with racier sex scenes...
Negative: - If you don't like chaotic story and love it you might get annoyed - Silly and chaotic sometimes the characters the scenes.
A big strength of the first season is the supporting cast and their chemistry with the lead character Bo. The relationship between Bo and Dyson is very compelling, and I love the friendship between Bo and Kenzi (Bo's roommate and former con-artist).
difficult to explain side; and of course, Trick, the wise Fae who is looking out for Bo. Season 1 had a lot of great energy, interesting story lines, and overall, just a great plot that was moving along.Then season 2 (followed by 3 and 4) happened.
As the seasons have progressed, I had considered Bo to be this powerful Fae who is kicking butt and taking names, but seems now meek and more human rather than being this awesome Fae. What was once this great direction, now has many of the characters written in a way that is almost a complete 180 from where the show started (and not in a good way).I love how the show is big on showing relationships between same genders.
The writers focus so much on Bo's love interest, the story gets pushed to the side and feels like it is thrown together.I wasn't able to finish season 4 and I may catch up when new episodes start appearing in 2015, but I am not holding out hope when there are other shows that have kept my interest continually..
I thought Season 1 of Lost Girl was one of the best new shows in the fantasy-horror genre since Buffy.
The lead character played by Anna Silk was a great mix of a sexy, strong, sometimes dark and threatening woman, who was always loyal to her friends and her love-interest.
I loved how it wasn't a problem for anyone, i liked how it was normal and yeah, s**t hit the fan more than once but not because of a gender thing, but just because of feelings.
Season five episode 9 Lost girl !!!.
I hope the following episodes will twist again and get more interesting to give Bo's story a good end..
I really enjoy lost girl but since Lauren has more air time I find myself fast forwarding these sections!
After watching this series from the beginning and wanting very badly to like it, I was just about to give up...when along came episode 8.
I had begun to think that Anna Silk did not have the chops to make the character of Bo come alive and seem real, but in episode 8, you can finally sense the fire within.
Other reviewers here moan about how far Lost Girl has to come in order to compete with shows like Supernatural.I want to remind those folks that Supernatural didn't switch into high gear until the third season.
If Lost Girl can maintain the high it reached in this episode, the rest of the season promises to be genuinely exciting..
Let her live for now.It was like watching a whole first season in fast forward.
You didn't want to create another "Lost" or such where you answer one question per episode and find another gazillion new ones so you basically know nothing even when you watched the whole show five times.
I am not much into TV fantasy shows, so watching Lost Girl is kind of refreshing.
OK, so I wasn't expecting anything like Supernatural, Buffy or even the Dresden Files but there's a clear tendency in today's sci-fi/fantasy series towards blending action with character building.
I love each character as well as each new one that comes into the show with every episode, its almost like your getting to know one very large family.
The story goes that the big epic villain they were building up and people were outright scared of turns out to be Bo's new boyfriend which she came to the conclusion that he's more worth protecting then any of her friends and throws them out despite the end of the third season being that he kidnaps her, so she falls in love with him over the course of the single half of an episode told in flashback (which being that it was explained that time ran faster on the place he kidnaps her, making a day being the time between seasons 3 and 4) and she rather saves his life on the possibility that doing this might unleash the gates of hell instead of chasing after the man that murders her best friend's fiancé in their own living room and you know how saving Rainer's life results in "World go BOOM!"...
Even though I Lurv Lost Girl, I am rating it an 8 because I had actually stopped watching a couple of episodes to the end of season 4 which aired at least two years ago and recently came back and binged watched the rest of the show.
I also giving it a lower rating because Kenzi left and she and Bo are what made the show.I feel like in season 5 that there were a few things that were shown or explained off screen and I hate when that happens.
It's as if the writers picked out a "Cheesy Lines For Dummies" handbook & crammed 50 years of unoriginal 1-liners into every episode.I watched ALL 5 seasons hoping it would get better.
All in all, if you're a supernatural, sci-fi, fantasy obsessor like me, you'll cringe, but still enjoy it all.SPOILER ALERT: If Ksenia had been killed off in ANY of the seasons, I would have changed my rating to a 7..
Yes, the first three episodes of season three you see Bo and Lauren together a lot more.
Bo is a succubus and the writers think Dyson is the only man (keyword here) that can be enough for Bo (of course we mean for "healing") So here we are, the forth episode of season three.
You can easily see how that will fail and Bo and Dyson will be back together because a human woman will never be enough for Bo. The writers could have easily made the new character Tamzin be a love interest for Bo since she is fae too..
Lauren is really annoying and never liked her character at all.
I don't care who says what because if you do not like this series you have a serious problem this is the best horror fiction that I have watched in a long time and the emotional bond you get with the characters makes you cry with them you feel every characters emotions run through you best actors best producers everything is 100% perfect would not change a thing where as true blood and all that other's have none of that and could stand to switch out some actors..
Lauren became my favorite character in this season.
The new character of Tamsin seemed to take over the title role from Bo by season end.