It's interesting, looking back at this and seeing the diverse relationships on display actually as part of the plot rather than as one-off viewer bait.
My 13 year old daughter watched this ep without so much as a snide remark about the girl on girl action.
Lauren and her new squeeze, to my daughter, was as much an as yet to be discovered physical mystery as every relationship that has transpired so far in the show. I honestly think that she has a chance of growing up without the stigma and prejudice my my generation.
TV grows up, too. A decade has passed since Lost Girl, and sure, today, a lesbian couple in a full on flesh-fest, enjoying sex is as common as a blade of grass, but back in 2013, the non-titilating nature and decidedly plot driven nature of the doctor and her new friend's relationship would have been the centrepiece of a contemporary melodrama, attested to by numerous tabloid articles. Instead, it's woven into the episode with a spot of awkwardness and humour, a minor, entertaining and natural adjunct to the main plot line.
How edgy stuff becomes, well, non-edgy after the best part of a decade.. That is really eye-opening. Yet if the storytelling was true, then the tale remains pertinent even after a decade.
This is one such episode that remains completely poignant today, even if the edginess of a lead lesbian role is lost on our younger viewers.
My 13 year old daughter watched this ep without so much as a snide remark about the girl on girl action.
Lauren and her new squeeze, to my daughter, was as much an as yet to be discovered physical mystery as every relationship that has transpired so far in the show. I honestly think that she has a chance of growing up without the stigma and prejudice my my generation.
TV grows up, too. A decade has passed since Lost Girl, and sure, today, a lesbian couple in a full on flesh-fest, enjoying sex is as common as a blade of grass, but back in 2013, the non-titilating nature and decidedly plot driven nature of the doctor and her new friend's relationship would have been the centrepiece of a contemporary melodrama, attested to by numerous tabloid articles. Instead, it's woven into the episode with a spot of awkwardness and humour, a minor, entertaining and natural adjunct to the main plot line.
How edgy stuff becomes, well, non-edgy after the best part of a decade.. That is really eye-opening. Yet if the storytelling was true, then the tale remains pertinent even after a decade.
This is one such episode that remains completely poignant today, even if the edginess of a lead lesbian role is lost on our younger viewers.
