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First Impressions: Sweet Valkyrie High

posted 9 years ago by Thomas_SC
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Alright, I was even later in watching this episode than I was with last weeks, but I did finally get around to it today. Some short thoughts on this weeks episode, the 11th in Season 5:

- Valkyries have to be re-schooled and re-taught everything with every new life? That must be a pain.

- Very nice to see Acacia again, might be the last time we see her, but it was good that they got her in again.

- It was also good to see Evony again. It had been a little while, and she is always fun.

- Her being ill was rather unexpected. Evony's softer side made an appearance, it lasted about as long as you would expect.

- Hades is still awesome, and getting increasingly more sinister with every episode.

- First Tamsin-centric episode in a while, which was a nice change of pace, and gave an opportunity for some new snarky lines, some of which were quite good.

- The un-orthodox teacher thing has been done to death, I found that to be somewhat lazy writing.

- I thought the flash-backs were poor. Didn't do a good job of showing how Tamsin (again) became the woman she is today.

I wasn't too big a fan of this episode, even with the good things it did have. I found it kind of boring and not very well written. I'll give it a middling grade, a C.

[–] NYPinTA 9 years ago

The flashbacks could have been condensed. Or instead maybe shifted some of the focus and explain that Acacia came there for Tamsin specifically, because she made it apparent that they know each other in Tamsin's past lives. So her as a teacher was more of a rescue mission from Freya's brainwashing than it was anything else. (Twist the un-orthodox trope and make it new.)

Loved seeing Evony again, but her being ok with Lauren as her doctor, the same Lauren who de-faed her in the first place, makes zero sense to me. Plus all of the dialog between Bo and Lauren just muddied the waters about what Lauren's intentions regarding Evony's re-faeing. She told Bo previously she had no intention of curing Evony. But Evony knew Lauren had a treatment, which means she had to have told her about it. Why would she do that if she wasn't going to give it to her eventually? Maybe she was still stalling her? But, when Bo and Lauren were alone she actually said to Bo when she asked why she hadn't told Evony about her power Lauren said she didn't think it wise till she cured her and Bo is shocked and wonders when that was ever the plan. But before she could continue they're cut off. But there was no reason at that time for Lauren to lie about helping Evony, so it must mean she was going to. WTH, show?

I do like that it was the ladies that sorted the underworld, so now everyone can focus on the task at hand: taking Hades down. (Although I was holding out hope that he wasn't going to be the big bad but was there to stop one. Can't Bo have one non-psycho parent?)

Although uneven, I liked that they finally did an episode that didn't center completely around Bo. It was an actual other character-centric episode. They should have done more of these type, for all the characters.

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[–] Thomas_SC 9 years ago

I do like that it was the ladies that sorted the underworld, so now everyone can focus on the task at hand: taking Hades down.

I agree. I liked that it showed someone other than Bo being able to do important stuff too.

Although uneven, I liked that they finally did an episode that didn't center completely around Bo. It was an actual other character-centric episode. They should have done more of these type, for all the characters.

Like Tristen, I also agree with this. It would have been nice had the show expanded its self some this way, and helped add some more depth to the other characters.

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[–] Thomas_SC 9 years ago

I wont go into all that is wrong with sweet Tamsin being in a 1950's Valkyrie High School. The one big glaring inconsistency that happened for me was Tamsin showing her wings. Supposedly, she only gets them on her LAST LIFE. Trick gave her more lives back during the 1400's and her last life wasn't till after she drove herself and Dyson off the cliff. So why the wings in the 1950's ??

I agree with all of this. I've written before about the timeline inconsistencies on Lost Girl, and it bothered me here too. It can't be that difficult to keep continuity within the show, it's just laziness on their part.

I wish the writers cared as much for Lost Girl as its fans do. This inconsistency in these story-lines is what helped put a end to this show.

That's another topic we've both spilled a good amount of digital ink on, that quote's a nice summation of the problem.

But, since I want to concentrate on it being just a fun episode, then I will give it a B-.

Yeah, over the last year or so, I've tried not to pay so much attention to the flaws like I used too. Just try to sit back and accept Lost Girl for the type of show it is instead. Like I wrote earlier though the episode had it's moments, and I didn't dislike it or anything, I just didn't feel it was all that great either.

[–] NYPinTA 9 years ago

I actually think Tamsin showing her wings was a hint and not an inconsistency. It's clear that Tamsin has lived many lives before, based on what Acacia said to her. So it is possible that this is her last life. Might explain why Tamsin was a bit frantic when she was dying in S3 and why she would be willing to take a job from someone like Hades. But then she tries to renege on her deal and tries to run him down and she gets whisked away just like Bo did. I think more happened to both of them then what we saw in Bo's supposed memories of her time on the train. And I suspect that Hades brought Tamsin back, since that is his power. And he seems to have something in mind for Tamsin too. So Tamsin is actually still on her last life, I think. It's just she got two this time around.

Hopefully it'll get explained by the show's end. (But I realize it's probably wishful thinking that everything will make sense by the end.)

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[–] Thomas_SC 9 years ago

That is possible and would explain it, but I have more confidence in the writers being bad, than I do in them thinking something inventive like that up. Hope I'm wrong.

[–] NYPinTA 9 years ago

I don't know why I keep hoping for reason and logic. I think I love this show more for the academic exercise of figuring out what they should have and could have done to make what they did work. But it seems it was riddled with problems with show runners constantly changing, expanded and shrunken seasons, and co-stars that needed time due to pregnancies that interfered with any plans they might have had.

[–] KthulhuX 9 years ago

Only impression: This episode was an excuse to get Rachel Skarsten into a sexy schoolgirl outfit.

And I'm perfectly OK with that.

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