TV GUIDE: Monday TV in Review: Alcatraz, Lost Girl, Being Human and More
Jan 16, 2012
by Matt Roush
... It's the libido that's exploding on Syfy's provocative Lost Girl (10/9c), a saucy Canadian import that owes a big debt to Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the sexually charged misadventures of a soul-sucking succubus named Bo (Anna Silk, an action-figure version of Mary Louise Parker). Bo knows she's special — her literal kiss of death is a giveaway — but she has to learn the hard way that's she part of the "Fae" race and must choose to follow either the Light or Dark subculture. "I was not expecting Thunderdome," she wisecracks when put to a violent survival test.
With the help of a punk sidekick (scene stealer Ksenia Solo), Bo forges her own path, trying to keep her lethal desires under control, and the action and whimsy help compensate for an overall flatness in the rest of the ensemble casting and low-budget production. I'm still waiting to be seduced — but Lost Girl is already well into its second season in Canada, so there's plenty of time for it to find its way...
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