No More Navel-Gazing for Kyle XY — Is Season 3 Looking Up? (Episode 10 Recap, Sci-Fi, ABC Family)

I don't watch Kyle XY for the sci-fi. I watch because the teenagers act like actual teenagers, the parents are intelligent and human, and most of the teen's friends play with the usual high-school stereotypes and offer some pleasant surprises, like Josh's girlfriend, who has two mothers and is a teen cancer survivor. Or the blonde bombshell fashionista who is actually an amazing cook with all the area chefs on speed dial.

This show had the worst pilot I've ever seen. It was pure suckitude. I don't have words for how bad it was. But, over two seasons, it turned into a pretty good YA drama/family sitcom with sci-fi elements. Season two was on fiiire!

However, Season 3 has fallen into that trap in which many young adult (YA) shows fall — the angsty "I can't decide who I love" piss and moan that is sooo boring to watch. When the main focus of the season is just on whiny non-romance or conflict instead of also moving other plot points forward, all the tension goes out of the show.

Also, it was looking like Latnok, the antagonists, were doing that other annoying thing that sci-fi shows do — the old "really, they're not all bad, just misunderstood."

Thankfully, episode 10 has us back on track. Jesse and Amanda (Kyle's love interests, and the two hottest people on the show) teamed up Bad Boys-style to do some spying on Nate and Amanda proved that she can be tough too and not only a goody-girl band nerd. Nice!)

We got some action, the Latnok baddies are coming out of the woodwork again, and there was a really great reveal at the end of the episode that changes the whole direction of the season.

I'm relieved because I was about to give up on Kyle XY. Now I can't wait for next week.