Review #3648: Lost Girl 2.18: “Fae-nted Love”
Contributor: Bronzethumb
Written by Shelley Scarrow
Directed by Michael DeCarlo
This episode of “Lost Girl” was a lazy, wholly uninteresting effort on the show’s part that failed to be funny, had no tension and basically faffed the characters about for forty-five minutes without delivering anything close to a satisfying conclusion. It would seem the inconsistencies of season two are yet to be overcome, and it’s all the more disappointing because episodes like the previous one prove the show is perfectly capable of doing well.
“Fae-nted Love” sees Bo and Kenzi investigating a local church-cult whose pastor uses Fae abilities to brainwash his congregation. The pastor uses his ability to erase Bo’s memory, including her knowledge of having succubus powers, and to make things worse, she’s accidentally enthralled Ryan into a love-slave who’s determined to take advantage of her vulnerable state of mind. It’s bad enough that the writer has decided to borrow one the premise of some popular Buffyverse episodes, but on top of that, every element is stripped of whatever might’ve made it interesting.
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