Review: Lost Girl, S2 Ep 17, “The Girl Who Fae’d With Fire”
Air date: Friday, August 10, 2012, 10/9c on Syfy
Rating:
Nate’s (Aaron Ashmore) presence feels more like an all too convenient source of conflict between Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) and Det. Hale (K.C. Collins). When Hale asks Kenzi to pose as his girlfriend for the Inverell, she hems and haws. He runs the risk of appearing to be a Magical Negro for all the times he’s rushed to everyone’s aid, especially Kenzi’s and Dyson’s (Kris Holden-Ried). Posing as his girlfriend shouldn’t be that hard, right? If Nate weren’t in the picture, would Kenzi have hesitated as much? Really, why does Hale have to work so hard to convince her? He’s always been more than generous with her. This really bugged me.
Hale, Bo and Kenzi at the Inverell
So, there are three rival Fae clans: Bukharin, Fin Arvin, and the Zamora. We learn Hale’s father, Fletcher Santiago (Eugene Clark), is head of the Zamora clan. He’s rather stiff and stuffy, a sharp contrast to Hale’s congenial nature. The reason for Bo and Dyson’s visit to the Santiago home—the Don of the Bukharin clan, Marisol Carmody, was found burned to death. Since we never meet her, I don’t know what to make of her, but that doesn’t seem as important as the relations between all three clans. Since the Inverell—a party where all three Fae clans come together in peace—is happening at the Santiago home, it’s suspected that Fae is involved.
It was interesting to see the dynamic among Hale, his father and sister Val (Erica Luttrell), a Pombero who steals people’s voices. When she utters “…cheap, ill-bred mortals” in Kenzi’s direction, Kenzi seethes from the insults, and storms off after Val tells the maid to ditch the silverware Kenzi has used. The next scene is like a loud echo of the scene in the film Mystic Pizza, where Julia Roberts’ character tells off her rich boyfriend for using her, “a poor Portugue,” to get back at his wealthy family. Other than Fletcher and Val being snobby and haughty toward humans, they believe Fae should not coexist with humans, although Hale believes they should. Their blatant disrespect of Kenzi is inexcusable, but perhaps understandable from their perspective. Even so, Kenzi has been an ally of the Fae for a while so why doesn’t Hale stick up for her? Again, with the Magical Negro behavior. I wish he’d bust out and be a badass because he’s becoming too goody two shoes.
Val and Fletcher Santiago regard Hale’s date with disdain
The appearance of Lauren (Zoie Palmer) at Bo’s door is no surprise, as she’s always eager to help when she can. Apparently, Nadia (Athena Karkanis) is unable to leave her side so she has to make excuses to see Bo. But Nadia isn’t dumb, and senses Bo is competition so she seizes the opportunity to snoop in her things to find out more about her. I guess being in a coma for five years will leave you feeling unsure of yourself. I think it’d be terrific if Nadia turns out to be some sort of Fae spy commissioned by The Ash but I suspect her role is nothing more than that of a jealous lover. How boring. YAWN. She, like Nate, is easily dispensable. What a sad scene when Nadia cuts herself with a sharp knife just to gain Lauren’s pity, but seeing Nadia’s smirk makes me think she just might become even more psychotic.
Were you as speechless as I was when Kenzi makes her appearance at the Inverell? Instead of the dress and fascinator Hale gave her, she arrives in a form-fitting, dark sequin dress with 60s-style hair, a style all her own. But hey, I liked the fascinator, and I thought it looked really cool on her.
Bo and Kenzi save the day by incinerating the Cherufe
We get our requisite sexy moment with Val and Dyson. Doesn’t she have good taste? Predictably, Hale is upset when he sees them together because, hello? He still sees Val as his little sister and not as a grown woman. Not only that, but conceding to Nate—who’s a good enough guy but doesn’t rate all that high on the coolness factor as Hale does—was probably the biggest sour pill to swallow. Wouldn’t it be cool if Hale fought for Kenzi? Maybe I’m reading too much into their relationship but I really think Hale is fascinated by her. Did you catch that reference to The Mighty Ducks, and how Hale said he watched it nine times because Kenzi forced him to? That was too cute.
Overall, I was happy with the episode. Meeting Hale’s family and seeing how at odds he is with them, and how he takes great care of his relationship with Kenzi speak volumes about what a terrific guy—I mean, Fae—he is. Although, yes, he runs the risk of being the token black character on Lost Girl, because of him, I believe Fae and humans can coexist peacefully.
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