Thinking they are free from evil demons, Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones), and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) now spend most of the season dealing with a different problem - growing up. The demon Dodge managed to trick the Locke family into thinking they had sent them back to the hell they came from, but instead took the form of their friend Gabe (Griffin Gluck), who now has a henchwoman in Eden (Hallea Jones), who got infected by a demon at the end of the season, unbeknownst to the Lockes.
Picking up three months after the end of the previous season, evil has won, and they are not alone. But when it remembers to go back to the source material, the season ends up feeling rushed and undercooked, with yet another bittersweet installment that has some great ideas and a not-so-great execution. When the new season runs with those changes, it is a compelling, exciting, and at times even poignant show about memories and the fears of growing up, with an exquisitely despicable villain and some great set pieces. Yes, the characters were perfectly cast and Keyhouse was a character unto itself, but the tone was so different that it lost some of the charm and excitement of the original - even if some of the changes to the story hinted at a better Season 2. but we'll still be coming back for Seasons 3 and 4.When Netflix finally released the first season of Locke & Key after nearly a decade of failed adaptations, it felt like a bittersweet victory. Even the Dal Riata, the pub where everyone who's anyone in Lost Girl hangs out for a pint, isn't immune from the cost-cutting: it grows emptier and emptier as the budget for extras seems to have been slashed. The season finale is particularly underwhelming: it promises a reckoning with an all-powerful demonic creature, mightier than the Fae, but this turns out to be some greaseball in a cheap suit waving a naff CGI flaming sword. At one point, Bo's pals hide in terror from a cohort of goons who have come to slay them, but we have to take their presence for granted as there is no cut-away shot to show us what they look like. Lost Girl was never an expensive-looking series, but this time round signs of a rapidly dwindling budget are all over the place. Where Season 2 disappoints, though, is in the area of spectacle.
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Throw in sharp, catty scripts from a largely female writers' room and good performances from an unconventional cast (neither Silk nor Palmer are what you would call TV pretty, but there's a crackling on-screen chemistry between them), and it's easy to see why the show has its devoted fans. Its unusually unjudgemental and grown-up attitude towards sexuality is Lost Girl's key strength, the thing that makes it stand out from the pack.
In turn, the bi-curious Bo tries cuddling up to cute Doctor Lauren (Palmer) for comfort, but she has baggage of her own, and besides, Bo's bestie Kenzi (Solo) gets jealous when Lauren hogs all of Bo's attention. Bo's on-off boyfriend, Dyson (Holden-Reid), has had his ability to love Bo magically sucked from his body, but there's a welcome distraction for him in the form of old flame Ciara (Roessler). Meanwhile, there are romantic entanglements aplenty. In her day job as a private eye, Bo investigates another slew of supernatural cases: cracking down on the trade in Mongolian death worms, locating a gun-wielding street artist, tracking down a villain who's been busted out of jail by a bunch of Fae exotic dancers and taking on an ancient Egyptian resurrectionist with a fondness for ballet. The second season pretty much picks up where the first one left off. This position has its perils, but it enables her to go to places other Fae can't, and so she does, with the assistance of a small but hardy band of friends and helpers. Its heroine, Bo (Silk), is a succubus with a heart of gold caught between the forces of the Light and Dark Fae but unwilling to commit to either. Lost Girl established itself in its first season as a go-to show for fans of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Review: Lost Girl – Season 2 / Cert: 15 / Director: Various / Screenplay: Various / Starring: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Reid, Ksenia Solo, Richard Howland, Zoie Palmer, Lina Roessler / Release Date: September 9 th
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