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There's Bo Place Like Home - well, now!

I was half expecting this to be written by Michelle Lovretta, as it deals with Bo's past, but Brendon Yorke did a good job. One reason, I think, why Lost Girl's characters always stay in character is that the producers are also the writers; it's a better approach for SF/Fantasy TV series, I think.

So - Grimley County, eh? Finally we have a name for Bo's nameless home town! It was very much as I'd imagined it, and Bo was right: it's beautiful.

And can we talk about what Bo was wearing? Gingham, really? Mind you, Kenzi looked nice in white; it made a change. I wish Lauren had gone along, though; that could've been fun for Bo to have to introduce her as her girlfriend - 'no, Mom, not my friend who's a girl...my girlfriend'.'

'Miss Cherry Blossom', indeed! Loved the mild bitchiness between Bo/Beth and Jessica, particularly the pointed comment about Bo's boobs (well, duh, Jess, they'd have to be a slam-dunk for such a contest, wouldn't they?!). But Bo came back with a comment worthy of Kenzi:

Jessica: Reminds me of that girl who used to sniff glue in class.
Bo: Jessica...that was you.

Actually, there's a curious parallel between this episode and two of my fanfics, Schooling A Succubus and Homeward Bound, And Back Again - in the former, I created a Fae with a fondness for cherry blossom, and in the latter I envisaged Kyle as an athletics champ - which, according to that newspaper clipping, he was. Go me!

I was a little surprised, though, to learn that Mary practically threw Bo out; in Raging Fae, Bo seemed to be implying that the decision to leave was hers, as she was angry at her parents for not telling her she was adopted. (And we saw the baby photo, yay! Aww, even at that age she was cute!)

I liked the byplay between Trick and Sylvia ("Sometimes even I like it loud"). And Bo has finally asked the right question of Kenzi, i.e. why she went to the Norn. It seems Dyson's honourable secret is about to be spilled, and Bo's gonna be mad at him all over again - lying to protect her (well, Lauren, anyway). We all know, from Raging Fae, how Bo reacts to that.

But this was a satisfying episode, in that Bo has finally made peace with her past - not just her issues with her mother, but with herself, too. This scene had me nearly in tears, it was so touching. She's forgiven herself for all those people she inadvertently killed, even Kyle...and so she should. She didn't know. She couldn't have stopped it, as she didn't know how, or even that she could. If anyone's to blame, it's Aife and/or Lou Ann and/or her father, for not placing her with a Fae family who would've taught her how to feed without killing.

Next up, Fae-ge Against The Machine!