Lost Girl

Introduction

Plot

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2011–12)

Season 3 (2013)

Season 4 (2013–14)

Season 5 (2014–15)

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Anna Silk as Bo Dennis: A Succubus, she can seduce and manipulate both humans and Fae with the touch of her skin; and has the power to absorb the life force of humans and Fae by drawing it out through their mouths. She feeds and heals from oral chi intake, and chi absorbed from the sexual energy created with males or females. At first she could not feed without killing her sexual partners; but with Lauren's help Bo learned to control her sexual drive and chi-drawing powers so that she could have sex with both Fae and humans without injuring or killing them. She can only go a few days without feeding before the hunger overcomes her. Although Fae are stronger than humans and can better endure her feeding on them, they are not immune from being drained and Bo can render them comatose or kill them. She is best friends with Kenzi and is romantically involved with both Lauren and Dyson. When Lauren's life is threatened in "Death Didn't Become Him", a strange and extremely powerful alternate persona emerged from her, which drained the chi from multiple individuals at a distance of several meters, and she declared, "I can be more powerful than all other Fae. Everyone will kneel at my feet. There will be no more Dark and no more Light. There will be only me". In the first season, Bo finally met her birth mother, Aife, who is also a succubus. Towards the end of the second season, she learned that Trick is her maternal grandfather and that she is named after her grandmother, Isabeau. In the third season, Bo willingly entered into a monogamous relationship for the first time in her life when she asked Lauren to be with her. In the season five finale, she is finally reunited with Lauren as a couple.
• Kris Holden-Ried as Dyson: A wolf-shapeshifter and homicide detective in the human police force. He is 1,500 years old, very strong, possesses a sharp sense of smell, and is acutely knowledgeable about Fae politics. A member of the Light Fae, his true allegiance is to Trick rather than to the Ash. He fell in love with Bo while under orders from Trick to keep an eye on her, and is best friends with Hale, his Light Fae detective partner. In the Season 1 finale, he involuntarily sacrificed his love for Bo when he offered his wolf to the Norn in return for her giving Bo the strength to defeat her murderous and maniacal mother, Aife; but the Norn – who demanded his wolf the first time he asked a favor from her in "Brother Fae of the Wolves" – realized that his wolf is no longer what he valued most and took his love for Bo and his ability to love anyone else again instead, leaving him with the memory of their relationship but unable to feel passion for her. He made efforts to remain friends with Bo, which was initially awkward when Bo couldn't understand why he was distant. After reuniting with his old love, Ciara, their relationship was hampered by Dyson's reluctance to reveal his encounter with the Norn and what he had lost in the exchange; however, he eventually admitted to her that he offered his wolf but it had cost him his ability to love anyone. This ability is restored by the Norn after Kenzi threatened to mutilate and cut down her Sacred Tree in "Into the Dark". Although the idea that a wolf mates for life was ascribed to his relationship with Bo, in "End of a Line", the voodoo witch Laveau told Dyson that his "prison" was of his own making. In Season 5, it is revealed that Dyson has a son named Mark.
• Ksenia Solo as Mackenzie "Kenzi" Malikov: a human and Bo's best friend and sidekick, declared as Bo's "property" and "pet" to allow her to participate in Fae society. She suggested Bo use her neutrality and bewitching powers to her advantage to become a private investigator, with her as partner. Kenzi ran away from home at a young age and lived on the streets and underground for a long time before meeting Bo. A small-time criminal, somewhat compulsive pickpocket, and scam artist with a long rap sheet, she can speak Russian fluently and possesses excellent street-smarts. She prefers to be underestimated at first glance and tends to put up a facade of generic sidekick cowardice, silliness, and uselessness for camouflage and to keep herself out of harm's way. Her plentiful extended family, all local diaspora, provide a steady stream of shady connections, sources, and services, usually exchanged over the phone as "favors owed" or "favors called". She has a vast wardrobe of clothing and wigs to change her appearance at will. Despite their differences, she and Bo quickly became close friends, with Bo choosing humanity rather than Fae in "It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World", after Kenzi risked her life to find out where Bo had been taken by Dyson and Hale, and called out to Bo to help her break out of a spell she had been put under during the trial to determine her alignment with either the Light or Dark clan. Kenzi and Hale became friends, with her frequently teasing or assisting him; and by the third season she had also endeared herself to Vex. Her character is the show's comic relief and primary source of its trademark banter; and her thieving is one of the most regularly used special skillsets in the show.
• Zoie Palmer as Dr. Lauren Lewis : A Human owned by the Ash as his property, she serves as a doctor and scientist for the Light Fae. She was seduced by Bo during their first meeting and hence fell in love with her. She has extensive knowledge of the different types of Fae and their abilities. In the first season, she helped Bo learn how to control her powers so that she could have sex with both Fae and humans without hurting or killing them. It is later revealed that she had a human girlfriend, Nadia, who had fallen into a coma five years earlier after contracting a mysterious virus while in the Congo with her. In exchange for her servitude, the Ash offered Lauren access to the Light Fae's laboratory and resources to find a cure for Nadia's condition. Lauren learned from Lachlan in "Masks", that she was tricked by the previous Ash; he ordered a Dark Fae Shaman to curse Nadia into a coma to ensure that Lauren would do everything in her power to find an antidote to the fever that was killing Fae and then pulled her into the Light clan's fold. After Bo removed the curse, Lauren and Nadia reunited; but their relationship was soon shattered when it was revealed that Nadia had been infected by the Garuda, and he could control her mind and body. Bo was forced to kill Nadia when she threatened Lauren's life. In "Caged Fae", Bo asked Lauren to be with her in a committed relationship; however, disappointed and feeling inadequate in satisfying Bo's succubus nature, Lauren told Bo that she needed a "break" from the relationship. Lauren walked away from servitude to The Ash and protection by the Light Fae afterwards. In "Adventures In Fae-bysitting", a part of Lauren's past is disclosed and we learned that her real name is Karen Beattie and that she is a fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Offences and Criminal Intelligence Bureau. In "Turn to Stone", Lauren revealed that she had a brother, they had been inseparable and decided together "to change the world", but their cause had turned into blowing up pipelines. She knew how to build pipe bombs and made them for her brother to position; however, one location was supposed to have been deserted but wasn't and eleven people were killed in the explosion. This led to her going on the run, changing her identity, and keep running ever since. In "Those Who Wander", Lauren sabotaged Dr. Isaac Taft's plan to extract Dyson's DNA and transfer the cells into him so as to become a Wolf-Shapeshifter and turned Taft into a human/Cabbit hybrid instead, making him an easy kill for Dyson. She went missing thereafter. In "Let the Dark Times Roll", Bo and Lauren were reunited at a Dark Fae party. Lauren told Bo that she had fled for her life after the Una Mens began to kill humans. The Dark Fae came looking for her, offering refuge, protection, and freedom to come and go as she pleased in exchange for working for the clan. They remained friends, putting behind them their previous tensions. In "End of Faes", Bo asked Lauren to be together again, as a couple. In the season five finale, she is reunited with Bo as a couple.
• Rick Howland as Fitzpatrick "Trick" McCorrigan: The Bartender and owner of the only Fae pub in town, the Dal Riata, which is neutral ground where members of the Light and Dark Fae clans, can freely socialize and find sanctuary. Trick is very powerful; he is a Blood Sage and can alter fate by writing it with his blood. Once known as the Blood King, he forced the truce, and wrote the decrees that ended the war between the Light and Dark Fae, and is on equal terms with the Fae Elders. Compared to other Fae who have contempt for humans, he is tolerant and often fond of humans, even trading away his most prized possession to help save Kenzi's life in "Food for Thought". He respects Lauren and when necessary seeks her opinion and expertise with matters involving Fae. Trick is extremely reluctant to use his blood powers as it can have unforeseen consequences: in "Blood Lines", his writing a culmination where Aife's maternal instincts emerged and stopped her from hurting and killing Bo not only left him weakened and wounded from the loss of blood, but in "Lachlan's Gambit" he told Lachlan that it had awakened the Garuda. Near the end of the second season, he revealed to Bo that he is her maternal grandfather.
• K. C. Collins as Hale Santiago: A Siren and Dyson's colleague as another Light Fae detective secretly working in the human police force. He can pacify, control, and kill humans and Fae alike with his whistling; in addition, he can cure pain and heal wounds with it. He is the son of the leader of one of the three most powerful and wealthiest Light Fae families, the Clan Zamora, but despite his family's social status he makes his own way in life, preferring to create his own connections and leverage. Hale became good friends with Kenzi, with an undercurrent of mutual attraction gradually developing between them. He helped save Kenzi's life using his siren's whistle to cauterize her wound in the Season 2 finale. In the third season, he became the acting Ash after Lachlan's death. After proposing to Kenzi in "End Of A Line", Hale died protecting her from Massimo.

  Recurring cast

• Cle Bennett as the Ash: leader of the Light Fae. He wants Bo to choose alignment with the Light, and orders Lauren to find a way to distract Bo so as to prevent her from attacking and killing Vex – which could have jeopardized the peace between the Fae clans and given the Morrigan a reason to execute Bo. He is badly injured in an assassination attempt by Bo's mother, Aife, and left in a comatose state on life support at the end of Season 1.
• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Evony Fleurette Marquise: the Morrigan. A Leanan sídhe and the ruthless, cunning, and vengeful leader of the local Dark Fae, she can melt and dissolve flesh with her touch. She runs a talent agency in the human world where she represents young musicians and artists while feeding off their talents and stealing their lives in exchange for fame.
• Aron Tager as Mayer: a Luck Fae. He is a bookmaker running a gambling business with both Fae and human clients. He was Bo's Dark Fae contact and told her where Vex could be found. His niece, Cassie, is an Oracle and in exchange for a favor allowed Bo to meet with her and reveal information about her birth mother.
• Vanessa Matsui as Cassie: an Oracle.
• Paul Amos as Vex: a Mesmer. A sadomasochist Dark Fae with a sarcastic and raunchy sense of humor, he can control people's bodies against their will, including forcing them to kill themselves or commit murder. Vex is a favorite of the Dark Elders and has a "like-hate" relationship with The Morrigan, serving as her hit man. He plays a pivotal role against the Garuda when Bo recruits him for her team and he uses his powers to delay the Garuda using Trick's blood to reverse the Blood Laws and reignite a war between Light and Dark.
• Inga Cadranel as Aife : a Succubus and Bo's birth mother. She is the daughter of Trick, the Blood King, and Isabeau. After rebelling against the truce imposed between the Light and Dark Fae and killing a Dark Elder, she is delivered to the Dark Fae for execution. Instead of being put to death, she endures many centuries of imprisonment, torture, and rape by a Dark King before she is able to escape. She masterminds a suicide bombing that kills most of the Light Fae Elders and critically injures the Ash.
• Kate Trotter as the Norn: an Ancient with the power to grant one's strongest desire in exchange for that which they hold dearest. When Bo was fighting her mother, Aife, Dyson sought her intervention, for the second time in his life, and offered her his "wolf" in return for transferring his strength to Bo; but he did not realize that what he now valued most was his love for Bo, and The Norn took his ability to love her or anyone else, instead. the Norn returned Dyson's love passion after Kenzi threatened to cut down her Sacred Tree with a chainsaw.
• Hayley Nault as the Nain Rouge: a divine Fae spirit that likes to observe tragic events and materializes as a young girl. The Nain Rouge appears to Bo when unexplained Fae deaths begin to occur and gives Bo a vision wherein she is the cause of Trick's death. When the reemergence of the Fae's ancient enemy, the Garuda, begins to create strange events in nature, the Nain Rouge answers Bo's call to show herself and tells Bo that for her to defeat the Garuda she needs to build a united team of Light and Dark Fae.
• Vincent Walsh as Lachlan: the second Ash. A Nāga, he wins the position of The Ash in a stag hunt after the previous Ash is left comatose. He is a stickler for rules and a commanding leader who does not hesitate to assert his authority, punish insubordination, and do away with anyone who threatens the Light Fae and the secret existence of the Fae. The Nāga has the power to kill the Garuda with its venom; but after losing his other heads violently for their toxin, Lachlan knows he cannot defeat his ancient enemy and before facing him in a fight to the death he has Lauren draw his venom so that she can turn it into a weapon for Bo to kill the Garuda with.
• Lina Roessler as Ciara: a Fairy-Scuffock hybrid. The warrior daughter of a Fairy father and a Scáthach mother with powers of lightning-fast velocity, she taught the art of war to Dyson and his wolf-shapeshifter pack. Referred to as a Fairy Queen by Trick and Bo. She is a past love of Dyson, and they are reunited after the passage of centuries and become romantically involved; but although she is in love with Dyson, he is unable to respond in kind since the Norn has taken his ability to love. While she is initially treated frostily by Bo and Kenzi, Bo eventually comes to consider her a friend. She is killed by the Garuda when she shifts in front of Bo to protect her from the thrust of his sword.
• Athena Karkanis as Nadia: Lauren's human girlfriend. She accompanied Lauren to the Congo as a photographer and while there The Ash caused her to be stricken by a mysterious illness that leaves her in a coma – thereby manipulating Lauren into pledged servitude to him and the Light Fae. Bo is forced to kill her when she becomes possessed by the Garuda and attacks Lauren, threatening her life.
• Aaron Ashmore as Nate: Kenzi's human boyfriend. Kenzi and Nate used to be neighbours when she was six years old and they meet again by coincidence sixteen years later when he answered an ad for a musician gig at Bo's surprise birthday party. Kenzi broke up with him when the Garuda's threat was most imminent and could have endangered his life, and she was also worried that The Morrigan would steal Nate's life after she offered to be his talent agent.
• Anthony Lemke as Ryan Lambert: a Dark Fae Loki. He is a wealthy playboy who amassed a fortune as an inventor, alchemist, and supplier of rare and costly items. He crashes Bo's birthday party to give her an engraved bracelet that, she later learns, can protect her from a species of Fae. After Bo's relationship with Dyson ends and her romance with Lauren is interrupted when Nadia is released from her coma, she and Ryan become lustful lovers without her knowing that he is Dark, and he lets her feed off him.
• Raoul Trujillo as the Garuda: an ancient and fiendish powerful enemy of the Fae. The Garuda transforms into a gigantic fiery eagle, and can possess and control its victims. Its source of food is anger and rage, and can only be killed with the venom of a Nāga. When the Blood King writes the truce and Blood Laws that ended the Great War between Light and Dark, the Garudas dwindle as they starve to death until only one is left, remaining dormant for eons. When Trick uses his blood powers to stop Aife from hurting and killing Bo, it revives the Garuda, which then comes in search of Trick to force him into using his blood to repeal the Laws and reignite the war between Light and Dark. He is killed by Bo with Lachlan's venom.
• Rachel Skarsten as Tamsin: a Valkyrie. Dyson's new detective partner after Hale became the acting Ash. A mercenary and bounty hunter aligned with the Dark Fae, she is not pleased with being forced to work with a Light Fae partner. She is building a case against Bo for attacking and feeding on a member of the Dark Fae, and rendering him unconscious. Initially, she has no problem showing her distaste for Bo or Dyson's infatuation with her, but develops an attraction and respect for Bo, to the point of questioning her own loyalties.
• Rob Archer as Bruce: a bodyguard and hatchet man for The Morrigan.
• Deborah Odell as Stella Nashira: a Lodestar. She is recruited by Trick to mentor Bo in her preparation for the tests she has to face during The Dawning. She and Trick fall in love and leave together for Scotland in the season finale. In the pre-Season 4 webisode "Prophecy", Trick explained to Hale that he and Stella had ended their relationship.
• Shawn Doyle as Dr. Isaac Taft: a psychotic human scientist and Fae hunter. He appears at Lauren's apartment delivering a research award after she fails to attend the special presentation ceremony. Dr. Taft deceptively courts Lauren until, after several failed attempts, he convinced her to join him in performing cutting edge medical research in his private laboratory. He knows about the Fae and Lauren's involvement with the supernatural race, and wants her expertise about them to inflict cruel revenge against the Fae after his brother was beheaded by one and he was blamed for the crime. Taft kidnaps Dyson to extract his DNA for use on himself, but Lauren secretly sabotages the DNA transplant and turns him into a human-Cabbit hybrid. He is killed and eaten by Dyson.
• Tim Rozon as Massimo: the Druid. Massimo's mother is Evony Fleurette Marquise, who gave birth to him in the 1980s but then abandoned him and ordered Vex to raise him.
• Mia Kirshner as Clio: an Elemental Nymph. Clio had the ability to commune with all four elements of nature - Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. She helped Dyson transverse the intersecting planes of existence, which made it possible for them to get on and off the Death Train.
• Christine Horne as the Keeper: the inquisitor of The Una Mens.
• Ali Liebert as Crystal: a waitress at the diner Lauren worked in while in hiding. The two started to develop a bond until Crystal had sex with Lauren after the Fae coerced her to do it so as to gain her trust, and thereafter kidnap Lauren. They were both chained and locked up in a cell together.
• Linzee Barclay as the Handmaiden: a rebel fae who was an assistant to The Wanderer/Rainer, both trapped on the Death Train. She is responsible for selecting Bo to be transported to the Death Train in order to meet Rainer in hopes of breaking his curse.
• Kyle Schmid as Rainer/Wanderer: a rebel Fae who defied the Blood King and the Blood Laws created after the King ended the Great War between Fae clans.
• Amanda Walsh as Zee: an Ancient, and a.k.a. Zeus. Appeared in corporeal form by taking possession of the body of human Elizabeth Helm.
• Luke Bilyk as Mark: a Shapeshifter and son of Dyson.
• Noam Jenkins as Heratio: an Ancient, and a.k.a. Hera. Appeared in corporeal form by taking possession of the body of human Kevin Brown.
• Shanice Banton as Iris: an Ancient, and a.k.a. Nyx. Appeared in corporeal form by taking possession of the body of human Cecilia Lawrence.
• Lisa Marcos as Alicia Welles: a human.
• Eric Roberts as Hades: an Ancient and King of the Underworld, Tartarus, and Bo's father. Called himself Jack.

  Development and production

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Creator

When Prodigy asked me to create a show about some kind of bisexual superhero who uses sex as part of her arsenal, my first thought was "hell, yes!"...The challenge was to create a fun, sex-positive world that celebrates provocative cheesecake for everyone, without falling into base stereotypes or misogynistic exploitation along the way...Bo has lots of sex, with men, women, humans, Fae, threesomes... and she's still our hero, still a good person worthy of love, and that's a rare portrayal of female sexuality...It's also rare to have a female lead who is so honestly sexual, without judgment...I think the single element I will remain proudest of is just that we've been able to create and put out into the world a sex positive universe where a person's sexual orientation is unapologetically present and yet neither defines them as a character, nor the show as a whole...I felt it was crucial to also demonstrate that sex and romance aren't the only ways that Bo measures a relationship's worth, to give the show balance...Fans may have noticed that Kenzi clarified her hetero orientation at the end of ep 101...That line was necessary because...I was determined to protect their platonic-yet-epic BFF-ness, so I made sure it was written in as canon. Partly, this was to debunk the gay-panic cliche that bisexual people sexualize everyone, and are incapable of platonic friendship. But there was another, simpler and more personal reason: I think friendship is the fifth element...So, hidden in amongst all the romance and cleavage and threesomes, the Lost Girl Bo and Kenzi relationship is my own little love poem to all the BFFs out there who do it right.

Showrunner

Into a world where a bisexual protagonist is non-news. I'm so proud of the comedic ambitions of Lost Girl, that it's dedicated genre that doesn't take itself too seriously, but I also love exploring the shades of gray; the moral ambiguity of characters who may live forever and their relationships with mortals who will not.

Filming locations

1. The exterior of Bo and Kenzi's home, known as "The Clubhouse", is located at 154 Villiers St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3. The "Glass Factory" from episode one is the Essroc Toronto Terminal cement silo located at 304 Cherry St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5. The exterior of the "Carpe Noctem" club is located at 507 King St E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7. The original location of "The Dal Riata" bar was the second floor of Slainte Irish Pub at 33 Bowen St., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The location was later recreated on a sound stage at Revival Studios. The Slainte is currently closed.
9. The exterior of Tyson and Hale's police station, the "39th Division", is The Hamilton Go Centre at 36 Hunter St. E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
11. The "Light Fae Headquarters" for Lauren and The Ash is the Pigott Building at 36 James Street South, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
13. The "Queensdale Country Club" is a private residence located at 255 Inglewood Drive, Port Credit, Ontario, Canada.

    Sexuality

One of the things we pride ourselves in with Lost Girl is, it's not about this heterosexual couple, this homosexual couple – it's just about the relationship; about two people who love each other, and I think that is one of the things that makes our show really special.

Episodes

Broadcast

Broadcast special

Webisodes

Home media and digital distribution

Other media

Social media

Reception

Awards and nominations

[Canadian Screen Awards]

[Directors Guild of Canada]

[Gemini Awards]

[Leo Awards]

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Contests

Visibility