Lost Girl

Lost Girl, a supernatural show about a succubus, is a blatant rip-off of True Blood--so blatant indeed that I became bored by the lack of new ideas. The show is nothing but a collection of cliches. I thought it might be interesting due to the introduction of a seldom-portrayed supernatural being, a succubus, but that was not the case. The pilot and sequel were marred by frontloading of the plot--lengthy speeches informing the audience of tedious details that we do not need to know. This succubus is no demon, but actually a full-blooded Fey, you see, with a biology of her own, and there is a population of Fey existing undetected alongside humans, and they have their own society. Sound familiar? Why of course, this is a pale imitation of True Blood. The actors are always explaining the plot to the audience in order to eliminate any false impression, even the most unlikely, that any imaginative person might entertain. At the end of the second episode, to eliminate any speculation that the two women might be lovers, the writer had the younger one utter a non sequitor to the effect that she only did men. Well, that's nice to know, as it gives me one more reason not to tune in for episode three.