Lost Girl Recap S2E12: Masks

For once Kenzi is up before noon, in preparation for her family gathering, and Bo is off for a little workout. Kenzi has something planned up her sleeve though, something Bo knows nothing about.

Lauren is brought before Lachlan, her normal chipper self. He wants her back to work, but Lauren still isn’t ready to play. She threatens to take Nadia to the Morrigan, but Lachlan isn’t playing into her hand. Lachlan knows who cursed Nadia, the former Ash. He needed a cure for what was plaguing the fae, and Lauren was that doctor. Lachlan has also discovered the shaman who made the curse, and he’s willing to continue to work to awaken Nadia, but Laure going back to work is nonnegotiable. She’s not happy, but she goes.

Kenzi hits Hale and Rrick for Bo’s shindig, which sounds like it is going to be one heck of a party. Bo asks Hale and Trick about their weekend plans, and the two play coy. Bo is hoping Lauren can score a weekend pass. She gets a call hoping its Lauren, but instead its her favorite person, Lachlan, who wishes for an audience.

Lachlan hosts a little tea party, but Bo isn’t wanting to listen to his fortune cookie philosophy, so he cuts to the point. He wants Bo to sweet talk the shaman and save Nadia, but there’s a catch. The nail can only be removed by someone requesting it out of pure selfless love, who gets nothing out of it, which is Bo to a T. Lachlan has made all the travel arrangements, Bo just has to go.

Kenzi’s party planning continues, as Bo prepares to go to Africa, sword in hand, which may just put a damper on Kenzi’s plans. Bo heads into the fae traveling office, where Peggy explains the crazy fae way to travel. Once some waivers are signed, Peggy bends the earth and send Bo to Africa, right to the Shamman’s door. The Shamman shows her all of his curses, for which there are many. He’s not doing so well, but still remembers which one is her nail, one he paid handsomely to have placed. The light is not all good, they’re willing to play dirty. Bo asks for the price to remove the nail, he sends her on a quest to retrieve a stolen artifact.

 Kenzi tries out bands for the night, and strikes out hard when when there’s a knock on her door. It’s a familiar face, her former neighbor Nate, who she had quite the crush on as a kid. Without even hearing him play anything, she hires him on the spot.

Dyson is having a rough day, Ciara is house shopping, and Dyson is drowning his sorrows. Trick knows Dyson has been struggling since he visited the Norn. Bo serves as the perfect distraction when she comes in about her Pretta hunt. Pretta’s lust after things they can’t have, and Trick knows of one that may be her culprit. Trick tells her that she has to make a trade to the Pretta, and he gives her his dead wife’s bracelet.

Kenzi’s party favors turn out to be a disaster, and it’s not the only thing going wrong. Kenzi steals a bit of icing from Hale’s cake, and finds a worm. Hale wonders what else is in the organic fae cake.

Bo and Dyson pay Peggy a little visit for their traveling plans. She’s a little hung up on calling numbers, but Dyson plays along. Peggy sends the duo to Madagascar to hunt down their Pretta, who finds them before they can locate him. He takes them to his little vault of treasures, which brings him no pleasure. He can’t touch his pilfered goods after he brings to home, they turn to sand. What a sucky power. Bo shows him what she brought for trade, warning her  that even the sand is just as dangerous as his touch. Cautiously Bo lays down the bracelet and asks for the healing mask.

Lauren has a little chat with Nadia, and tells her of her awful treatment by the Ash.  She tells her of her hopes for the future. And even as she’s on the brink of crying I feel no sympathy for her. “Introducing” Nadia to drum up some Lauren sympathy is completely not working for me.

The Pretta shows Bo and Dyson where the Mask is, and there are plenty of piles of sand between them and the Mask. The Pretta refuses to help them with the actual retrieval, leaving Bo to navigate though the sand, many of which are people who came to trade the Pretta before. Dyson finds that the Pretta’s robe is unaffected by the sand, and gives Bo a piece of the robe material, but the Pretta isn’t playing fair. He lets in a draft, and makes Bo’s quest impossible as the sand starts swirling. Dyson uses the Pretta’s powers against him, and throws his treasures at him, causing many around him, including Trick’s bracelet to disappear.. The distraction works, and Dyson gets the door shut so Bo can retrieve the mask. She takes some of the sand with her, to replace Trick’s bracelet.

Kenzi sits in rapture listening to Nate play the guitar and sing, her crush still firmly intact. She may not be the only one crushing, but Nate is a little more tactful. Relationship statuses out of the way, and something may be brewing.

Trip #3 for Bo, and she far more touchy this time, knowing that her time is limited. She uses the mask on the shaman just in time, and asks him to remove the nail. He gives Bo the power to remove Nadia’s nail. As she starts to remove the nail, Nadia’s vitals go crazy. Bo pulls the nail free, and Nadia awakens, as if nothing happened. Bo begins to remove the other nails, though she shouldn’t have the power to do so. The shaman tells her that not all of the cursed are like Nadia, many are bad people. But Bo doesn’t believe that he has the right to be judge and jury, so she pours sand over his remaining nails, leaving him unable to curse anyone else.

Ciara bought a house, which she is very much in love with. Bo delivers a recap to Lachlan, but wants to know if she was successful. Lachlan tells her to look for herself, without resorting to a bodybag entrance. She thanks him again, and he tells her to remember that in the days to come. Bo goes to find Nadia, and finds her and Lauren making out, not exactly what Bo was expecting, but Lachlan did kind of warn her.

At home, she walks into Kenzi’s surprise party, which turns out to be a very happy surprise. Kenzi introduces Bo to Nate, before chasing after him. Dyson bares gifts, in the form of a replacement knife for the one she lost to the Pretta. Lauren shows up with Nadia in tow, which makes the party drift into awkwardness. Lauren gives Bo her gift, another weapon, death stars. And Trick comes with a gift too, a walking stick that happens to be a weapon too. It was his wife’s. A handsome stranger comes to deliver a gift as well from an admirer. It’s a beautiful bangle, which Bo is happy that it’s not a weapon. Mr. Hottie cautions her to read to inscription before making any judgments. When she goes to read the inside he disappears, and she’s left alone at her party.

Kenzi delivers some coffee the morning after, and the two go over all the big bombshells from the previous night, landing on the mystery man, who neither knows or invited. Strange. Kenzi gives Bo her gift, something far more personal than a weapon, she gives her a sketchbook of her party, hand drawn by the talented Nate. Bo’s happy for Kenzi, Kenzi just wishes she could be happy for Bo too. Hooking up with Mr. Hottie could be a start.

Lauren delivers Nadia’s progress to Lachlan, and in her gratitude, she pledges herself to the Ash. With her recommitment, he places her necklace back on her neck, forever.