CLost Girl is an aimless mess without Anna Silk at the centerKevin McFarland1/13/14 12:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNote to showrunners: It’s not a good idea to confine a show’s dynamic lead character—who happens to be your cast’s best…
BSeason 3Lost Girl: “Those Who Wander”Kevin McFarland4/23/13 1:30amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSeason three of Lost Girl started out just as broken and confused as the super-sized yet narratively thin second…
C+Season 3Lost Girl: “SubterrFaenean”Kevin McFarland1/21/13 11:50pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAbout two-thirds of the way through tonight’s episode, there is a scene that exemplifies my problems with Lost Girl’s…
CSeason 3Lost Girl: “Caged Fae”Kevin McFarland1/14/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen the extended second season of Lost Girl concluded, there was hope that a return to the 13-episode order would…
C+Season 2Lost Girl: “Flesh And Blood”Kevin McFarland9/14/12 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt may not have been the best idea, but before watching tonight’s finale I sought out the Finale Pre-Show special that…
CSeason 2Lost Girl: “Into The Dark”Kevin McFarland9/08/12 5:45amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTypically there is so much going on during an episode of Lost Girl that I furiously write down pages and pages of notes…
B-Season 2Lost Girl: “Lachlan’s Gambit”Kevin McFarland8/31/12 11:59pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWell, at least Lost Girl knows how to devote an entire episode to window dressing. “Lachlan’s Gambit” is an hour of…
B+Season 2Lost Girl: “Truth And Consequences”Kevin McFarland8/25/12 5:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEmotionally significant episodes of Lost Girl remind me of another show that frequently stumbles through the little…
BSeason 2Lost Girl: “Fae-nted Love”Kevin McFarland8/18/12 4:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUp until now, Bo’s need for sex in order to restore her strength after tangling with other Fae has gone about with…
B-Season 2Lost Girl: “The Girl Who Fae’d With Fire”Kevin McFarland8/11/12 4:10amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn the Fae world of Lost Girl, the ancient royal families function as mob families a la The Godfather. But the problem…
B+Season 2Lost Girl: “School’s Out”Kevin McFarland8/04/12 4:30amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a moment in “School’s Out” when Lost Girl teeters on the edge of sliding into the weak plot constructions that…
BSeason 2Lost Girl: “Table For Fae”Kevin McFarland7/28/12 4:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBo remains unaligned in the Fae world, refusing to choose between the Light and the Dark Fae for fear of feeling…
CSeason 2Lost Girl: “Midnight Lamp”Kevin McFarland7/21/12 5:40amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLost Girl without Kenzi and Lauren around to delight and distract Bo is both a streamlined version of the show largely…
A-Season 2Lost Girl: “Barometz. Trick. Pressure”Kevin McFarland7/17/12 4:10amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen Trick tells Bo about his once-in-a-Blood-Moon opportunity to enter a trance and glimpse the future, he very…
B+Season 2Lost Girl: “Masks”Kevin McFarland7/10/12 4:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s never easy to be the third wheel on a date, but by the end of tonight’s episode of Lost Girl, Bo is a seventh…
BSeason 2Lost Girl: “Can’t See The Fae-rest”Kevin McFarland7/03/12 3:20amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne drawback to Lost Girl clumsily transitioning Bo’s affections from Dyson to Lauren this season is that it diminishes…
CSeason 2Lost Girl: “Raging Fae”Kevin McFarland6/25/12 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter enduring a cage-match brawl under the guise of gathering evidence, Bo lets her guard down for about the third…
B-Season 2Lost Girl: “Original Skin”Kevin McFarland6/19/12 2:30amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLost Girl must really have a slim budget, what with all the bottle episodes it’s seemingly forced into. Aside from the…
B-Season 2Lost Girl: “Death Didn’t Become Him”Kevin McFarland6/12/12 4:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBo depends on intimate interaction for life sustenance. As a succubus, it is what keeps her going, and in that sense,…
C-Season 2Lost Girl: “Fae Gone Wild”Kevin McFarland6/04/12 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLost Girl is struggling as it limps to the middle of its second season. The overarching plot for the season appears to…
