Lost Girl

Lost Girl
Genre	Supernatural drama Mystery Crime
Written by	Michelle Lovretta
Directed by	John Fawcett David Winning
Starring	Anna Silk Kristen Holden-Ried Ksenia Solo Zoie Palmer Rick Howland
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	28 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jay Firestone Paul Rapovski Plato Fountidakis Michelle Lovretta Peter Mohan
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Prodigy Pictures
Original release
Network	Showcase
Release	September 12, 2010 (2010-09-12) – present

Lost Girl is a Canadian supernatural crime drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network in September 2010. The series is developed and produced by Prodigy Pictures. The series follows the life of a succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control her abilities, help those in need, and discover the truth about her origins. The show received positive initial reviews, and was renewed for a second season two months after its premiere. As of December 2011, the show has been renewed for a third season.

Plot

Season 1

Main article: List of Lost Girl episodes (Season 1)

Bo is a succubus who grew up in an adoptive human family, unaware of her non-human nature and of the Fae world. Her succubus powers only become apparent to her when she accidentally kills her first love by draining him of his life energy, an act which forces her to flee her home. Bo exchanges her previously normal life for one without family or friends, moving from place to place whenever she kills again.

In the pilot episode, Bo saves a human girl named Kenzi; the two quickly become friends and Kenzi decides they should team up to create a Fae/Human detective agency. Confronted by the Fae elders with having to choose a side ("Light" or "Dark"), Bo declares herself neutral, deciding to side with humans after Kenzi risked her life to find what had happened to Bo for her own sake where most of the Fae simply saw her as another factor on the board. Throughout the season, Bo learns more about the Fae world and herself while she searches for information about her origins. Along the way, Bo also develops romantic relationships with both Dyson, a wolf shifter police detective and Lauren, a human doctor.

Season 2

Main article: List of Lost Girl episodes (Season 2)

With the world of Fae in chaos following Bo's explosive reunion with her mother, Bo must learn to "play the game" and navigate the inner workings of the Fae World in order to protect those who have helped to protect her. Bo finds her resolve to stay free challenged, and is forced to question her own morals and beliefs. While Bo grows stronger and learns more about who she really is, relationships will be tested and passions will ignite, but answers will not come easily.

Cast

The cast at a Fan Expo Canada seminar on the show. From left: Rick Howland, Ksenia Solo, Anna Silk, Zoie Palmer, Kristen Holden-Ried and K.C. Collins

Main cast

• Anna Silk as Bo — A succubus, she has the power to steal people's life force through their mouths with a kiss, to bewitch people with a touch, and to feed from sexual energy during intercourse. Though at first she could not feed without killing, she has since learned to control her powers. She can only seem to go a few days without feeding before the drive overcomes her. Absorbing power from other Fae can increase her strength, although her 'default' power level when feeding from humans has not been established. She is best friends with Kenzi and is romantically involved with both Lauren and Dyson. When Lauren's life was threatened and she was rendered near death, she displayed a strange, extremely powerful alternate persona, which drained the life from multiple individuals at a distance of several meters and declared that "there will be no more dark or light, only me". She has been given a vision of the future in which she kills Trick, who refers to her as "Ysabeau".

• Ksenia Solo as Kenzi — Bo's best friend and sidekick- declared as Bo's 'property' to allow her to participate in Fae society-, despite being a normal human, who suggested Bo use her neutrality to her advantage to become a private investigator. A scam artist who displays kleptomanic tendencies, she can speak Russian fluently and possesses excellent street-smarts. Despite their differences, she and Bo quickly became close, Bo choosing humanity rather than Fae because Kenzi risked her life to find out what had happened to Bo during her 'trial' where the Fae seemed to consider Bo just another factor in their game. She frequently acts as the comic relief. Her family is apparently highly connected. She frequently assists and/or vexes Hale.

• Kristen Holden-Ried as Dyson — A wolf-shifter and a detective in the human world. Even in human form he is quite strong and possesses a very acute sense of smell. He is several hundred years old and very knowledgeable about Fae politics. A member of the Light Fae, his true allegiance is to Trick rather than the Ash. He is in love with Bo- the two occasionally engaging in sexual trysts while Bo was learning about her powers so that she could feed without killing- and is best friends with Hale, his Fae detective partner, although his love for Bo caused him pain because he cannot express it openly due to the issues surrounding her mysterious background. In the season one finale, he sacrificed his love for Bo to give her the strength to defeat her insane mother as part of a deal with the Norn, leaving him with the memory of their relationship but unable to feel his old passion for her. He has since made efforts to remain friends with Bo, which was initially awkward as Bo tried to win him back. After being reunited with his old love Ciara, they began a relationship, which is hampered by Dyson's reluctance to reveal his encounter with the Norn and the price he paid.

• Zoie Palmer as Lauren — Owned by the Ash, she serves as a doctor and scientist for the Light Fae. Her position earns her the respect of the Light Fae, despite being human. She was bewitched by Bo during their first meeting and has since fallen in love with her. She has extensive knowledge of the different types of Fae and their abilities. In the first season, she taught Bo how to control her powers. It was later revealed that she has a human girlfriend named Nadia who is being kept in stasis because she contracted a disease that humans are normally immune to while on a humanitarian mission with Lauren. The Ash offered Lauren the help of the Fae curing Nadia, in exchange for her servitude, explaining why he "owns" her. With Bo's help, she discovers that she was tricked by the Ash: Nadia was cursed by a Fae to have the seeming of the disease in order to induce her to accept servitude, so the Ash could use her medical expertise to help the Fae. When she discovers this, she goes to the new Ash and demands he release Nadia, discarding her allegiance when he refuses. After being imprisoned by the Ash, and with the progression of a string of Fae murders with which he requires her assistance, he arranges to free Nadia. Lauren renews her vow of servitude in payment, this time for life, not aware that it was Bo who actually removed the curse (Bo acting under the false impression that if she tells Lauren the curse will return, this time permanently).

• Rick Howland as Fitzpatrick "Trick" McCorrigan — He is the owner and bartender of the only Fae pub in town, The Dal Riata, which is neutral ground where Dark and Light Fae can go freely. Trick is very powerful; a Blood Seer, he has the ability to alter fate by writing in his own blood. Once known as the Blood King, he is on equal terms with the Fae elders, though few are aware of his true self. Compared to other Fae (who have contempt for humans), he is very tolerant and even fond of humans, even trading away his most prized possession to help save Kenzi's life. He is extremely reluctant to use his blood powers, as they always carry a price.

Recurring cast

• K.C. Collins as Hale — Dyson's colleague and another Fae undercover agent in the police force. He is a siren, able to render humans and even other Fae unconscious or fascinate them with his whistle, so that they will docilely follow him. Hale is good friends with Kenzi, especially since they are both sidekicks to an "alpha dog." Like Trick and Dyson, he is relatively fond of humans.

• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Ebony Florette Marquis, the Morrígan — The leader of the Dark Fae and possibly the only one of her kind. She runs a talent agency in the human world, where she represents young musicians and artists, feeding off their talent and energy. She appears as a sexy young woman with a brusque attitude, assumes that Bo is lying and insists that she should be killed.

• Cle Bennett as the Ash — The leader of the Light Fae prior to and during the first season. He appears as a quiet, aristocratic man with a soft voice, who thinks more of the future than the Morrigan does. He hoped to bring Bo into the Light Fae, and uses Lauren to try to manipulate her. He is badly injured by an assassin sent by Bo's mother, and is in a coma at the end of the first season. It is later revealed that he manipulated Lauren into serving him, arranging to have a Fae Witch Doctor place a curse on her girlfriend Nadia and then offering Lauren helping in curing her 'disease' in exchange for her servitude.

• Vincent Walsh as the Ash — A Fae named Lachlan who wins the now-vacant position of the Ash; smug, sexy, dangerous, charismatic and a formidable force in his own right. Power-hungry, he is a stickler for rules.

• Lina Roessler as Ciara — An old love of Dyson's. In the past, a Fae king wanted her for his own and sent her husband, Dyson's best friend, to die so he could claim her. Dyson attempted to save him, but was unwilling to pay the Norn's Price. Dyson prepared to attack the king for his actions, but was convinced to simply leave by the remained of their pack, who would have been honor bound to stop him, and did not see her again. They are reunited after her husband's death, and quickly begin the romance they could not have before due to her marriage. She is upset that no one will tell her what happened between Bo and Dyson. While she is initially treated frostily by Bo and Kenzi (which she fails to notice), Bo eventually comes to consider her a friend. She is extremely rich due to her former husband's inheritance, but is not conscious of this with regard to those around her.

• Athena Karkanis as Nadia — Lauren's human girlfriend. It turns out that it was the former Ash who ordered the cursing of Nadia, with the goal of gaining Lauren's service in the fight against some sort of Fae-ravaging plague. In the episode "Masks", she wakes up from the curse.

Development and production

On November 16, 2008, Prodigy Pictures issued a press release that they had been commissioned by Canwest Global to produce a pilot for Lost Girl, a drama about a young woman with supernatural powers. The pilot was to be written by Michelle Lovretta who had previously written for the Canadian television series Mutant X.

On August 19, 2009, Canwest Global issued a press release that the Showcase Television channel, a subsidiary of the main company, had picked up the rights to a one hour supernatural drama series. The cast would include Anna Silk, previously in such series as Billable Hours, and Being Erica as filling the lead role of the character Bo in the series. Kristen Holden-Ried, from the series The Tudors as another main character named Dyson, an inhuman cop involved in a love/hate relationship with Bo, and two-time Gemini Award winner Ksenia Solo as a third character named Kenzi, Bo’s street-smart and fiercely loyal human best friend. Also in the cast would be Rick Howland, from the film Bon Cop, Bad Cop as Trick, a friendly saloon keeper with something to hide. The release stated the series' promotional efforts would include an interactive website, graphic novel, and downloadable video game.

On April 7, 2010, Prodigy reported that the green-light had been given for a series to be produced to consist of thirteen one-hour episodes. Production on the series began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the spring of 2010, at sites across southern Ontario and at a small studio in western Toronto. Completion of the series' primary production occurred June 25, and the series was aimed for a September 2010 release date.

On June 22, 2010 Keyframe Digital of Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario reported that they had been given the contract for visual effects on the first thirteen episodes of Lost Girl, referring to it as fantasy/noir.

As part of the promotion of the series, an official site was opened at the beginning of August 2010 at lostgirlseries.com. It contained a short trailer for the series, and a summary of information on the series and the characters. On August 20, an interactive comic book was also released that would serve as a lead-in to the series and characters for viewers. It also was expected to have a forum for viewers to interact with the cast and crew before the series actually aired on Showcase. On the same date, a press release indicated that the series cast and crew would be making an appearance at Fan Expo Canada held in Toronto from August 27-29, where they would be answering questions about the series and have promotional items available for watchers of the series as well.

Episode 8 of the series, called "Vexed", was the first episode produced and served as the series pilot which was shown to Showcase to obtain the green light for the series.

On November 12, 2010, the Showcase Blog announced that Lost Girl would be renewed for a second season.

On May 18th, 2011, Variety reported that the American cable channel Syfy had acquired the rights to show both seasons of Lost Girl. On October 10, during the Syfy Digital Press Tour held in Orlando, Florida, Syfy announced that the series would premiere in the United States on January 16th, 2012, at 10 PM Eastern Time.

An announcement on July 7th, 2011 by Showcase confirmed that the season premiere would be on September 4th, 2011 and that an additional nine episodes had been ordered to bring season two to a total of 22 episodes.

Episodes

Main article: List of Lost Girl episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		September 12, 2010 (2010-09-12)	December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)
2	22		September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04)	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
3	13		January 6, 2013 (2013-01-06)	April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
4	13		November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)	February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)
5	16	8	December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)	January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)
		8	September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)

DVD releases

On March 27, 2012, Entertainment One will release season 1 on DVD in Canada only.

In Region 4, Sony Pictures Australia released season 1 on DVD in Australia on November 23, 2011.

Reception

The pilot received positive reviews, with very good initial ratings. Rob Salem of the Toronto Star described the show as one that "definitely bears watching." Vladislav Tinchev, writer for the German site Serienjunkies wrote that the series would benefit from "revealing more background information about the represented world," rather than spend time on "clumsy action scenes." But Tinchev pointed out that "Lost Girl is not lost at all, and has immediately won the audience and entertains them well. And there is nothing wrong with that, because TV series need not be world-shaking events."

Canwest issued a press release announcing that viewership of the premiere was "over 400,000" for the first airing, and "another 184,000" for the second airing, making it the "highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere of all time on Showcase."

External Links

• Official website
• Lost Girl at IMDb
• Lost Girl en Lesbicanarias Noticias, resúmenes de episodio, vídeos, imágenes, etc.