This week’s Lost Girl had a little something for the
Kenzi-Hale shippers, some action for the Wolfubus fans, and even a tease for Team
Evony-Lauren. Yes, Evony.
The main storyline was about Ianca, a singing fae enslaved
by Bamber the Barachian. Her songs can evoke powerful memories or even kill
someone. I wasn’t sure what her actual name was, possibly since everyone
pronounced it differently throughout the episode. Uh-Yanca? Aye-Yanca? EEE-Yanca?
Which is it? Well, I looked it up, and it’s Ianca. They referred to her fae
species as…an alchemist? I’m pretty sure that’s what they said even though it
makes zero sense. As long as we’re all on the same page here. Which is the page
that says, “Your recap author is a bit confused and it’s early so things may
get worse before they get better.”
Ianca escapes her owner to find Bo, because at some point Bo
encouraged her to do this. However, Bo doesn’t remember it. Ianca’s memory song
only gives Bo a cryptic glimpse of her time on board the cosmic space train. Bo
also left a note for herself in her own dagger, which basically says, “The
singing bird lady is telling the truth.”
Bamber, oozing entitlement, shows up to collect Ianca, so Bo
arranges a performance of Ianca’s “famous aria,” though she has trouble finding
a room in the Dal that isn’t sticky from spilled beer or hot succubus lovin’.
Speaking of which, Bo has a super steamy sex scene with Dyson in the barrel
room. Lots of naked Bo and shirtless Dyson, some light bondage and Bo playing
very rough. Since she’s technically dark, her and Dyson aren’t supposed to mix
bodily fluids anymore, but the allure of forbidden fruit seems to push Bo’s
buttons. Shame that her grandpa walked in on them. All I can say is that Anna
Silk wears motherhood well.
Ianca’s gig is interrupted by a huge guy with steampunk
goggles and a military uniform. They ID him as Marcus, a camazot (which is a
sort of bat demon from Mayan legends). He’s Ianca’s former owner, so he and
Bamber have a little back and forth about mutual dislike. They leave Ianca
alone to recover, since her song drains her. Did anyone else notice that there
was a random guy walking around with a gatling gun? It was never mentioned, but
he was there, just hanging out with his gat. Ling gun. Meanwhile it turns out
Ianca’s crystal necklace is rigged to explode if Marcus presses his detonator.
Kenzi runs off to Lauren’s to find the “liquid volcanic argon” that will defuse
the situation.
What’s happening back at Lauren’s place? Evony has stopped
by to be real palsy and help Lauren move. She even brings pizza and beer (Dark
Belch, 25% y’all). We get another peek at Lauren’s geekiness, with her box o’Trek.
Evony collects slightly more valuable stuff, mostly old books from famous fae.
Einstein, Marie Curie, Faberge – all fae. In her sleeveless shirt, we get a
great look at Evony’s shoulders and upper arms. Seriously, did you notice the
muscle she had going on there? Dyson is not the only one on this show who’s
ripped.
The crux of all this is that Evony wants Lauren to do
medical work for the dark fae, and Evony wants it made very clear that this is
an ethics-free zone. They’re briefly interrupted by Kenzi wanting argon, but
this leads to Lauren explaining that clear Atlantean crystals are already
drained, blah blah. Anyway, Lauren steals a kiss from friendly Evony as she
leaves, which Evony seems to enjoy. But later, Lauren strips a false skin layer
from her lip, placing it in a sample dish for later DNA extraction/experimentation.
Despite her “sophisticated bisexual friend” vibe, we all know Evony is evil,
and so does Lauren. The two of them player Spy Vs. Spy with each other could be
a lot of fun this season.
Back at the Dal there’s a bunch of plot going down. Kenzi is
jealous because Hale is old friends with Ianca. Ianca is really in love with
Marcus and they use the fake explosion as a cover to escape. But it turns out
Marcus wants to use a magic transmitter to broadcast Ianca’s death song to kill
all the Barachians. She thought he just wanted to broadcast their wedding
announcement, which is pathetic/adorable. And if using his love to enact fae genocide isn’t bad enough, her
death song drains her so much it would kill Ianca too.
Everyone lines up to keep this from happening (“What is
this, Soul Train?”), and Ianca turns her death song on Marcus. I actually
thought this was very cool, since it wasn’t some kind of crazy shriek, it was
just a sad opera song. The concept of mournfully singing someone to death is
very creepy and evocative.
Hale has to rescue Kenzi from the song – the death song
seems tuned to a specific species of fae, but maybe it’s just fatal to all
humans. They finally share a real kiss. How long have we been waiting for that? Killer pants, too.
There are a few more interesting developments. For instance,
Bo has a hand print on her, probably from the Wanderer/Rainer/her dad. In one
of her memories, she found an iron crown with her name on it. She’s started to
realize that during the memory gap when she was on the Magic Bus, she set
things in motion for reasons that remain opaque. This possibly includes joining
the dark fae. Now she has to figure it out using the clues she left for
herself. Shades of “Paycheck”!
At the very end, the Una Mens show up to punish Dyson for
screwing a dark fae (Bo declares that she is not subject to their rules, and
they apparently agree). Everyone takes turns making wolf faces. I’m assuming
next week Tamsin shows up and outfaces them all.
