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Kenzi
Lost Girl character
Kenzi, Bo's Human sidekick
First appearance	It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World
Last appearance	Those Who Wander
Portrayed by	Ksenia Solo
Information
Nickname(s)	Kenz
Aliases	Shaman Czigany, Kenzi Williams, Kenzi McAdams,Kenzi Rogers, Rhino Levine, Toni Soprano, Meow Meow, Ninotchka Alexandrovich, Kenzi Sommersby
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Spouse(s)	None
Children	None
Relatives	Ludmila (Aunt) Sima (Cousin) Yura (Cousin) Pavel (Cousin) Dima (Cousin)
Appeared In	43 Episodes (Technically, 42)
Fate	Last seen driving off with Bruce, destination unknown in Those Who Wander

For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).

Lost Girl is a Canadian developed and produced television series which premiered in the 2010 season on the television channel Showcase.

For further on Bo, the succubus of the series, see her article in the SuccuWiki here. For the series itself, see that article here. For a general discussion of Succubi and their mythos in the series, see that article here.

Kenzi, proper name unknown, and also known as Kenz, along with a series of aliases, was the name of a character that appeared in the Lost Girl television series who was Bo's best friend and sidekick through the series. Kenzi has appeared in a total of eleven First Season episodes, twenty Second Season episodes and twelve, though technically eleven, Third Season episodes. Kenzi was human in nature and like Bo, considered herself unaligned with the Fae. The role was played by the actress Ksenia Solo. She first appeared in the premiere episode of the series It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World where she came into contact with Bo. Kenzi had gone to a bar and was the victim of an attempted date rape, but Bo rescued her before this could occur. Following the intervention of Dyson and Hale in bringing Bo to The Ash, Kenzi became aware of the Fae, moved in with Bo, and the two became inseparable.

The First Season of the series established that Kenzi was very intelligent, but also was a con artist and thief. As the series progressed, Kenzi became more aware and involved with the Fae through her friendship of Bo. The one constant being that Kenzi supported Bo regardless of what anyone else thought of her. The Second Season revealed much more about Kenzi's background, including the appearance of Nate, who became Kenzi's boyfriend for a short time. As well, Kenzi's desire to protect her friends, regardless of the cost, came to haunt her in several ways including Kenzi making a deal with The Morrigan and Kenzi's attack on The Norn. Kenzi also provided help when Bo faced off against The Garuda with her friends. The Third Season focused on Kenzi dealing with the aftermath of her confronting The Norn, being impersonated by a Kitsune and coming to a decision that the only way for her to help her friends was to risk becoming Fae herself in some way.

Through the first three seasons of the series, Kenzi acted not just as Bo's friend and sidekick, but in a way she became Bo's connection to her humanity. Bo confided in Kenzi about many parts of her life, including relationships. her fears and concerns. Kenzi was described by Bo at one point as her "sister". In spite of this, Trick once told Kenzi she was Bo's greatest liability because of her being human, but Bo only cared about one thing that was important to her. No matter what may come, Kenzi was someone that she could always depend on.

Trick has came to regard Kenzi as one of his family, helping Bo to protect Kenzi from others in the Fae world, sacrificing an item he owned to acquire a cure for a fatal disease that was killing Kenzi, and providing her with many insights about the Fae.

Kenzi's relationship with Dyson initially was very tenuous, but over time Dyson has come to respect Kenzi and regard her as important in his life even if he displays an attitude that he found her to be annoying. Dyson did note that he admired Kenzi's strength after an incident where the two swapped bodies and Dyson was forced to use Kenzi's body to stop an insane Dark Fae who attempted to kill The Ash. Kenzi risked her life for Dyson when they were confronting The Garuda Kenzi also confronted The Norn and forced her to return to Dyson his love which he had sacrificed for Bo at the end of the First Season. Possibly the most devastating moment Dyson's relationship with Kenzi was when Dyson killed Inari, a Kitsune who had taken Kenzi's form. Dyson was visibly distraught at the possibility that he had killed the real Kenzi until Lauren confirmed that the body was Fae and therefore not Kenzi.

Kenzi became friends with Hale as the series progressed, the two of them seeing themselves as "sidekicks" to Bo and Dyson initially, but over time a strong relationship emerged between them, hints of this becoming more appearing by the end of the Third Season. Hale has said that he appreciates Kenzi's courage and loyalty to her friends. By the end of the Third Season, it was clear that Hale had romantic feelings towards Kenzi.

Kenzi's connection with Lauren was mainly in that they both cared deeply about Bo's well being, Kenzi at one point threatening Lauren's life if she hurt Bo. However during ConFaegion Kenzi and Lauren seemed to come to an understanding with each other that settled many of their differences.

Nate was an old friend and neighbor of Kenzi's who appeared during the Second Season of the series who knew Kenzi when she was young. They had a romantic relationship, but Kenzi was forced to severe their relationship to protect Nate from the Fae and The Garuda. During their relationship, Kenzi also made a deal with The Morrigan in which she promised The Morrigan a favor if she spared Nate's life after Nate was introduced to The Morrigan by Ryan.

Kenzi also had a somewhat friendly relationship with Vex after he was forced to move in with Bo and Kenzi at the beginning of the Third Seaaon and Kenzi grew to like Vex in spite of their previous dealings and confrontations.

Her final current appearance in the series was in the third season finale Those Who Wander during which Kenzi was held prisoner by The Morrigan. She escaped with the help of Bruce, one of The Morrigan's henchmen who had a crush on Kenzi. The last seen of Kenzi was her and Bruce driving off, destination unknown, Kenzi in search of a means to become Fae. The implications of all of these actions are yet to be revealed in the series. All evidence is that she will appear again in the fourth season when it airs.

Character History

First Season

The First Season of the series established that Kenzi was very intelligent, but also was a con artist and thief. As the season progressed, Kenzi became more aware and involved with the Fae through her friendship of Bo. The one constant in the season being that Kenzi supported Bo regardless of what anyone else thought of her.

Kenzi made her first appearance in It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World where she was the victim of a date rape attempt, but was rescued by Bo. She becomes more involved with Bo when Dyson and Hale kidnap Bo, leaving Kenzi to her own devices to attempt to locate where Bo had been taken. Discovering that location, she goes there in an attempt to help Bo and is present when Bo wins her freedom and declares herself to be unaligned with either of the Light or Dark Fae. By the end of the episode, Bo and Kenzi had become fast friends and faced their future, and the Far, together.

In Where There's a Will, There's a Fae, Bo and Kenzi found a place to live and moved in there together. When Bo became involved with a Will O' The Wisp, Kenzi helped Bo to solve that mystery. It was also the first time that Kenzi had been to the Dal Riata and the first time that she came in contact with Trick. Kenzi also killed a Far in this episode, a Dullahan.

Faetal Attraction found Kenzi trying to help Bo get over being rejected by Dyson in the previous episode. She also came to the realization, in her first meeting with Lauren that Lauren was in love with Bo. Kenzi also had her first experience with Bo having sex with another Fae, being covered by plaster being knocked off the ceiling, dealing with loud screams of passion, and eventually Kenzi opened a bottle and drank it as quickly as possible. Kenzi helped Bo deal with a Harpie who was jealous over a human's relationship with her husband. Kenzi was knocked out at one point, but survived. Trick confronted Kenzi about a missing 300 year old bottle of mead, which Kenzi took.

During Food for Thought, Kenzi came close to death as a result of her and Bo's inexperience with Fae culture. Bo and Kenzi helped Lauren as she tended to a sick Aswang. Kenzi ate some soup that made the Aswang ill and became gravely ill as well. Over the course of the episode, Kenzi became progressively sicker. Trying to help Kenzi, Trick gave up a valuable item he possessed in an attempt to make Kenzi feel better. This marked the point at which her relationship with Trick began to change. As well, Dyson's relationship with Kenzi changed when he went to bring her back to Bo and her friends when Kenzi left to be alone, expecting to die. Dyson comforted Kenzi, eventually promising Kenzi that he would take her somewhere safe to stay and in doing so, Kenzi began to trust him more than she had in the past. Lauren and Bo found the cure and saved Kenzi who began to recover at the end of the episode to Bo's relief.

In ArachnoFaebia, Kenzi was the victim of an Djieiene, an UnderFae creature that was similar to a giant spider. She was bitten and came to believe that Bo and her other friends were trying to kill her. She, along with Bo and Hale were rescued by the actions of Lauren and Dyson and recovered from the effects of the poison.

During Vexed Kenzi was at Bo's side as she attempted to save a Fae that seemed to have information about Bo's mother. Kenzi also at one point in the episode was seen playing a video game called Robot Hookers. In Fae Day Kenzi became romantically involved with a Fae who was marked for death by a Banshee. She consoled him through the episode and made him believe that he would survive and the Banshee was wrong. However, in the end, he was killed and passed away in Kenzi's arms. This was the first time that Kenzi had any kind of romantic relationship in the series, if only briefly. She also learned about one of the Fae's most important holidays and more about Fae life.

In the The Mourning After Kenzi's relationship with Bo was strained when a Succubus named Saskia appeared and interjected herself into Bo's life. By doing so, Kenzi found herself pushed away from Bo during the episode and Saskia displaced Kenzi in Bo’s life. While this occurred, Trick asked for Kenzi's help when a business associate arrived to claim an item from Trick which seemed to have vanished. Kenzi agreed to help Trick locate the missing item by helping to summon a Lightning Bird for him. They struck an agreement that Trick would forgive Kenzi's bar tab and she would have free drinks for life, as long as it was nothing "top shelf." When Kenzi did so, the Lightning Bird told her that Trick could get whatever he wanted if he wrote in his book of blood again, but the powerful were the most stubborn. At the end of the episode, Kenzi told Trick that the Lightning Bird told her that Trick was powerful and that he had a book of blood. Trick claimed not to know what Kenzi was talking about, but Kenzi replied that “it takes a con to know a con”, and that he had secrets. Afterwards, Kenzi returned home to find Bo devastated and Bo told Kenzi that she missed her.

In Faetal Justice, Kenzi claimed that she once ran a con posing as a chef, but when her cooking was tried by Bo and Kenzi it was awful. Kenzi then helped Bo solve a mystery over Dyson's seeming responsibility for the death of a Dark Fae. Kenzi also made a friendship with a woman named Portia who was at the center of the mystery, the two agreeing to keep in touch in the future.

In (Dis)Members Only a friend from Kenzi's past, Neville, asked for her help in finding out what happened to a missing relative. To do so, Bo and Dyson posed as a married couple to investigate a country club while Kenzi worked as an employee there. Kenzi also received a foot massage from Dyson during the episode. Kenzi also teamed up with Hale to investigate the club where the missing relative was last seen. During this time, the pair seemed to become closer in their understanding and acceptance of each other. Eventually Kenzi found that a Land Wright was responsible for the deaths, almost becoming a victim herself. Neville also revealed that Kenzi's past streetname was Meow Meow.

In the season finale Blood Lines, Kenzi was the only one of Bo's friends she could trust when she discovered that everyone else had been lying to her about what they knew about her past. It was also revealed that Kenzi enjoyed romance novels. Kenzi was present when Bo came into possession of the Koushang, an amulet which was proof against the powers of Succubi. Kenzi also was present when Bo fought Aife, her mother, and saw Aife fall to her seeming doom.

At the end of the First Season, Kenzi had become Bo's most trusted friend and "bestie." She also came to represent Bo's connection with her humanity. Through the events of the season, Kenzi also had gained the respect of Hale, Dyson and Trick though she did not have a good relationship with Lauren. Her life had been threatened because of her lack of knowledge about the Fae several times, but in spite of some setbacks, she remained at Bo's side. She had begun to learn some self-defense and weapon skills during the season, having killed Fae in self-defense.

Second Season

The Second Season revealed much more about Kenzi's background, including the appearance of Nate, who became Kenzi's boyfriend for a short time. As well, Kenzi's desire to protect her friends, regardless of the cost, came to haunt her in several ways including Kenzi making a deal with The Morrigan and Kenzi's attack on The Norn. Kenzi also provided help when Bo faced off against The Garuda with her friends.

Powers and Abilities

Kenzi was human and had no Fae-like abilities at the beginning of the series. This statement however did not remain completely true through the end of the Third Season of the series. Her inherent human abilities included: She was a professional thief, having many abilities such as lock picking, hot-wiring cars, card-sharking and similar abilities. She was a very persuasive speaker, able to con others into believing her stories and claims when she was masquerading in other roles. Through her time with Bo and other Fae, Kenzi learned basic swordsmanship and other self-protection abilities. She gained a good deal of information about the Fae in general through her connection with Trick and what she gleaned through her contact with the Fae. Kenzi was highly intelligent, her personality hiding a very agile mind and personality.

There were several events through the series where Kenzi either gained Fae-like abilities or was effected by a Fae substance. Two of these were the most significant. The first of these occurred during the Second Season episode Into the Dark where she forced The Norn to give Dyson back his love for Bo. During this event, a liquid was splashed onto Kenzi which caused skin on her arm to be damaged over time. It was revealed that she had some into contact with the powers of a Kitsune in the episode The Kenzi Scale through this liquid spilling on her.

The other event was during the Third Season episode ConFaegion where Kenzi came into the possession of the Staff of Righteousness which was an unassuming piece of wood that appeared to be about five feet in length. When it was picked up by a suitable being in their bare hands, it transformed into a staff than the bearer could not let go of. Trick explained at the time that the lore stated that: "The one that touches the Staff of Righteousness shall take up the noble cause, accept the mantle of sacred ruler of Forest Nymphs and Sprites and fight for truth and justice throughout the land until the end of their natural days." While in possession of the Staff, Kenzi gained Fae-like speed and was able to hold off several attackers including Vex. She did not retain possession of the Staff however, refusing it and thus being released from its power.

At the end of the Third Season, Kenzi had come to the decision that she needed to become Fae somehow in order to help Bo and her other friends. What that decision meant to Kenzi in the future was unclear at that time.

Appearances in the Lost Girl Series

First Season

• It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World
• Where There's a Will, There's a Fae
• Faetal Attraction
• Food for Thought
• ArachnoFaebia
• Vexed
• Fae Day
• The Mourning After
• Faetal Justice
• (Dis)Members Only
• Blood Lines

Second Season

• Something Wicked This Fae Comes
• I Fought the Fae (And the Fae Won)
• Scream a Little Dream
• Mirror, Mirror
• BrotherFae of the Wolves
• It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away
• Fae Gone Wild
• Death Didn't Become Him
• Original Skin
• Raging Fae
• Can't See the Fae-Rest
• Masks
• Barometz. Trick. Pressure.
• Table for Fae
• School's Out
• The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire
• Truth and Consequences
• Lachlan's Gambit
• Into the Dark
• Flesh and Blood

Third Season

• Caged Fae
• SubterrFaenean
• ConFaegion
• Fae-de To Black
• Faes Wide Shut - (Technically not an appearance of Kenzi, but a Kitsune masquerading as her)
• The Kenzi Scale
• There's Bo Place Like Home
• The Ceremony
• Delinquents
• Adventures In Fae-bysitting
• Hail, Hale
• Those Who Wander

Information revealed in the series

• Kenzi's known cousins are: Sima, Yura (Diminutive form of Yuriy, George), Pavel (Paul) and Dima (Diminutive form of Dmitri).
• During Original Skin, Dyson mentioned that Kenzi was nearsighted and needed glasses. Although this could be because Dyson was used to his heightened wolf-shifter abilities compared to the limitations of Kenzi's human body, it is unclear if this is accurate or not.
• Kenzi was deathly allergic to peanuts as revealed by Kenzi in Original Skin and by Bo in Faes Wide Shut.
• Kenzi owes The Morrigan a favour, which has not been collected on as of the end of the Third Season because she struck a deal to save Nate's life during the Second Season episode Table for Fae.
• Kenzi's streetname in her past was Meow Meow.

External Links

• Kenzi's page at the Lost Girl Wikia
• Ksenia Solo at the IMDb
• Ksenia Solo at Wikipedia