Lost Girl s2 ep 2
“Never underestimate the power of a desperate woman in love.”
That’s the theme of the week in a nutshell, as Bo tries to help a magic porcupine woman (seriously) re-connect with her lost love before said magic porcupine woman (no, really) is hunted down and killed as part of the selection process for the new Ash: the primary is a cocktail party where people use shiny coins to pick their candidates, the main election is a sub-Running Man-style hunt. Insert your own topical jokes about Super-PACs and campaign trails here.
Against all the odds, both plotlines work pretty well and it’s all a lot more enjoyable than last week’s rubbishy opener, thanks (as usual) to the supporting cast. Bo makes Hale stand in the election, ostensibly to help magic porcupine woman (no really, I am not kidding), although he has no role in the rescuing part of the plan whatsoever, but that’s good because it means more Hale. Yay! Any Kenzi time is of course time well-spent too, and also cool is visiting dignitary The Black Thorn and his sparring with Trick. Both miles more interesting than the Ash ever was, or is likely to be given who won the election in the end but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Less cool is Bo, of course, busy projecting for all she’s worth and pulling out everything short of quills herself to try and hang onto Dyson, who – face set to sulk - is still being an ass rather than a wolf about the whole “my love for you is GONE” business. Dude. It’s not her fault. She might be kind of desperate and daft this week, but it makes her a little less annoying than usual and I can’t really blame her for not understanding your problem when I can’t quite get my head around it myself. So just stop being a big jerk about it, okay?
Actually, I thought this was a pretty decent episode — Hale got something to do, there was some Kenzi and Trick, and I never liked the old Ash. (“I’ll. talk. with. a. deep. slow. voice.”)
On the other hand, you know, they keep insisting on building the story around Bo, and Dyson only exists at this point to serve that story. Bo-ring.
I liked it too. You’re right about the problem though. I’m really hacked off about what they’ve done to Dyson as a result. Can he not go back to being all adorable buddies with Kenzi instead of permanently pissy-faced? Hurrumph.