Lost Girl Recap S2E9: Original Skin

Kenzi gets some gorgeous new shoes, that she finally paid off, but Bo is distracted with self help books. Kenzi plans an intervention, and calls for a girls night out. They need it, but Bo is worried about running into Dyson and Ciara. Kenzi isn’t ready to give in, and talks Bo to go incognito to the Dal. Bo is in, but the Dal is dead. The only people in attendance are Dyson and Hale. And it only gets worse when Lauren shows up as well. In Trick’s tap room, some weird twitchy guy injects one of the kegs. Looks like tonight is about to get a whole lot more fun. Bo and Lauren share a little awkward moment. Bo tries to keep her distance, Lauren is a bit flirty, but cuts her off to do official Ash business.

Lauren can’t find what she’s looking for in the books she has. Trick warns her about dealing with dark shaman. Neither have been sleeping well, and the lack of customers is telling. Lauren suggests getting a mechanical bull, which certainly sounds fun.

One ex down, Bo moves on to mend fences with Dyson. She extends an olive branch of friendship, with no ulterior motives. Ciara walks in and immediately gets the wrong impression, claws out. Bo really isn’t the cause for her ruffled feathers, Dyson’s holding back on her and she’s all too upset about it. Bo takes back her friendship beer taking offense to Dyson’s claims of nothing. But the party has just begun, when a bounty hunter, Woods, comes shutting down the Dal and barring the exit. A mental patient has escaped, aka Mr. Twitchy, Raynard, and Woods has the magic to keep everyone in until he’s caught. Rather than evacuating as Trick suggests, Woods tells them that Raynard may already be in one of them. Woods isn’t taking any chances, and although Dyson is tolerating this lockdown, Trick doesn’t like it at all. Seems like Raynard stole a gargon’s blood and found a way to get under people’s skin. Dyson finds the body, the blood syringe, and the tainted blood. So everyone except Trick becomes a suspect, let the body swapping begin! Raynard has someone’s body, and someone is not in control.

Looks like our Bobo is the culprit, as she wakes up in a dream Dal, and has a chat with a little girl that sounds a lot like the Resident Evil child, she’s in limbo.

The group resorts to bickering amongst themselves. The only ones not talking are Dyson and Bo. Kenzi is her usually snarky self, but no one seems to have picked up on the imposter yet.

The little girl happens to be the Nain Rouge. The harbinger of doom, a messenger disaster, she there to witness big events, and she’s been stalking Bo because unless IsaBo(?) fulfills her destiny everyone is doomed. Apparently her destiny is to kill Trick.

Woods questions Hale and Kenzi, first, and they playfully bicker as Dyson and Trick size up Woods. They believe him to be a Boraro, who is not only good at tracking, but not afraid to play dirty. Hale finally admits he and Kenzi are friends, and Bo continues to be an odd ball, desperate to leave, and red flags finally go up for Ciara. Bo quickly explains it off, but Ciara doesn’t do more than look awkward. Kenzi overhears just a little, and when Bo mentions Kenzi’s new kicks, she calls out Reynard’s hiding place. How did no one else pick up on Bo’s crazy? Reynard makes a grab for Kenzi, and Dyson can only make idle threats. He may not have his heart, but he still wouldn’t hurt Bo.

The real Bo is ready to break free of her sucky purgatory prison, and although the Nain Rouge cannot intervene directly, she gives her some advice, and Bo chooses a way back, which promises to mess up things even more.

Reynard releases Kenzi, and Woods tries to carve him out of Bo, but Dyson steps between them, giving Bo time to release Reynard. With Reynard out, looks like Woods is now Bo, and Bo is Woods, and then everyone does a big old swaparoo. This is quickly shaping up to be my favorite episode as Kenzi ponders the tightness of her pants, Dyson slaps himself silly over his facial hair, and Hale adopts Ciara’s accent. It’s certainly nametag time!

While the group sorts out where Reynard is, Woods questions how the bodyswap happened. When Bo came back, she caused a ripple effect. Can we pause right here and say how hilarious it is to hear Dyson (Kenzi) exclaim about the “wolf junk.” Looks like Dyson is in Kenzi’s body and none too pleased about her being in his. But Dyson (Kenzi) dancing around and playing with the sexy voice is priceless. Kris Holden-Ried is seriously perfection! 

Hale (Ciara) gets her name tag, but there’s a holdup delivering the last one when Lauren proclaims that she is Dyson, not Kenzi. There’s a little Texas showdown, and Kenzi (Dyson) takes control with a round of 20 questions. Hale (Ciara) uses the game to poke further at open wounds, rather than to get to the bottom of things, while the Ciara (Hale) wants to make out with Dyson’s body. Looks like the Gorgon blood is having another effect, and is magnifying the emotions of the host.

Bo mentions the Nain Rogue when they ponder Lauren’s spiritual whereabouts, which is enough for Trick to pull her for a one on one. Bo recognized the little girl from before, but never mentioned it. Trick is very concerned about the omen, but Bo doesn’t reveal what she saw, and Bo (Woods) takes to strangling the truth out of Lauren, which is one scene I’ve been waiting for.

Dyson breaks up the fun, and Bo’s body goes into hungermode. She grabs Ciara (Hale) and relentlessly feeds as Lauren smile gleefully at the room panics to stop her before she kills the body. Dyson restrains a chi drunk Woods, and Bo sits down with Ciara, she doesn’t give her the answers she’s looking for, but she does promise to return her chi so she can have her body back. The bad news keeps coming when Trick reveals Lauren (Reynard) has escaped.  There’s only one place Bo (Woods) believes Reynard would go, fueled by Lauren’s rage, straight to the Ash.

Kenzi (Dyson) can’t warn of Reynard’s escape with his celluar, and they remain trapped fast by Woods’s spell. Trick points out just how bad killing the new Ash could be, especially if a dark fae like Woods incompetence caused it. Wood wants all of the glory for the bag when the trap loophole is figured out. The trap only works against humans, which leaves just one person. As Kenzi appreciates her body’s alcohol tolerance, Dyson prepares to go after Reynard, but not before Ciara gives him a goodbye/good luck kiss. Kenzi gives him care instructions for her body, and Dyson prepares to do battle in his very human body.

Lauren (Reynard) plays mad scientist in Lauren’s lab and requests an audience with the Ash. Brewing up a wicked concoction, he prepares for his V for Vendetta move.

Kenzi gives Bo mad props over her succubus restraint, which makes her questions what it feels like inside of Dyson. Kenzi doesn’t spill his beans, unwilling to betray his confidences, and Bo respects that. Woods gets board and resorts to girlie hair pin tricks to release himself.

Dyson finds the Ash’s compound has already fallen, and Reynard already has the Ash held hostage in Lauren’s grip. Reynard has a syringe full of freedom and Belladonna that ensures chaos. Reynard doesn’t want to wait for what’s coming, he plans to speed up the process. Dyson and the Ash talk renovations, but Lachlan left some of the old fixtures in place, and luckily a tile that shoots lightning, which he uses to incapacitate Lauren.

Kenzi worries about her body, and Bo teases sharing Dyson’s for all eternity if he gets hers dead. But of course Woods, has more bad news. With Reynard missing, Woods needs to cover his tracks, and plans to burn the Dal to the ground. Kenzi refuses to let that happens, and puts Dyson’s wolfy charms to good use, but Bo’s body is stronger than she expects. Bo tries to use his body against him, but she doesn’t have to cause Trick has knock out powder. And luckily Trick has found a way to get them all back in their own bodies, just as Dyson arrives back with his prisoner.

Circle drawn Trick chants and everyone is returned to their former body. Bo gives Ciara back her chi, and she awakens thankful. Woods takes his prisoner and thanks everyone. Hale sees to Lauren, and she got her dead aunt’s cheesecake recipe in limbo, whereas Hale can’t remember Limbo. He got a powernap out of it. Dyson and Ciara take their leave, and thank Bo. Ciara is extra thankful to Bo. Whereas Dyson has a new respect for the fragile mortal Kenzi, who just may be the strongest person he knows. These two manage to pull a little tear from me, with their touching portrayals. Kenzi feels an emptiness in him, and an understanding of he and Bo. Watching Dyson and Ciara leave, Bo doesn’t feel jealous, and Kenzi tells her she shouldn’t be.

Trick and Bo share a drink, but side steps the full truth of what the Nain Rouge showed her.  She does reveal that the Nain Rouge called her Isabo, which means something to Trick, but the two hold onto their secrets.

The Ash is pretty pissed about being a hostage, and beefs up his security. He goes to his secret lock box, which contains his own severed head. WTF? Is the Ash still himself, has he beheaded his twin, or is there some other twisted reason he has a severed head that looks exactly like his in a trunk? How very Seven of him.