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"Fae-de To Black"
Lost Girl episode
Lauren demands Bo never feed from Dyson
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 4 Overall Episode 39
Directed by	Ron Murphy
Written by	Alexandra Zarowny
Produced by	Wanda Chaffey
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	David Greene
Editing by	Ben Wilkinson
Production Code	304
Original Air Date	January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Derek McGrath - Doctor Palmer Meghan Heffern - Tabitha
Episode Chronology
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Short Summary List of Lost Girl Episodes Detailed List of Lost Girl episodes Bo and Dyson investigate why the patients of a New Age clinic are committing suicide while Lauren sets ground rules for Bo's feeds SuccuWiki Rating: (3.8)

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

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Fae-de To Black was the fourth episode of the third season of the series, and the thirty-ninth overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on January 27th, 2013 at 9 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 3
• Episode Number: 4 (39th Overall)
• Episode Title: Fae-de To Black
• Directed by: Ron Murphy
• Writing credits: Alexandra Zarowny
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: January 27th, 2013 on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada
• Number of Canadian Viewers: TBA
• Number of American Viewers: TBA

Cast

A promotional Image of the Season Three cast of Lost Girl from the official website at lostgirlseries.com From left to right: Richard Howland as Trick, Ksenia Solo as Kenzi, Rachel Skarsten as Tamsin, Anna Silk as Bo, Kristen Holden-Reid as Dyson, Zoie Palmer as Lauren and K.C. Collins as Hale.

Actor / Actress	Role
Anna Silk	Bo
Kristen Holden-Ried	Dyson
Ksenia Solo	Kenzi
Richard Howland	Trick
K.C. Collins	Hale
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Derek McGrath	Doctor Palmer
Meghan Heffern	Tabitha
Stephan Sparks	Lloyd
Gordon S. Miller	Connor
Jamaal Grant	Manny
Chris Ratz	Rolly
Sonya Cote	Tina
Mary Pitt	Ambassador Begga Brynhildr

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
Keep Me HIgh	Adaline	Written by Shawna Beesley
Hand Print in Wet Cement	FemBots	Written by Dave MacKinnon, Brian Poiner, Nathan Lawr & Iner Souster
Deep Blue Calm		Written by Sean Nimmons-Paterson
Emerald Beauty		Written by Sean Nimmons-Paterson
Karma Breeze		Written by Christopher George Bilton
Meditation Clouds		Written by Christopher George Bilton
Ladies Of The Storm	Samantha Robichaud	Written by Samantha Robichaud
Here I Am		Courtesy of APM Music
Steeple Jack		Courtesy of APM Music
They Clip The Wings Of Birds	Lioness	Written by Vanessa Fischer, Ronald Morris & Jeff Scheven

Plot

Short Summary

Dyson asks Bo to go undercover as a therapist at a New Age clinic to investigate a rash of human suicides. Bo believes at first that a Suicide Fae working at the clinic is feeding on the victims, but after that Fae dies, Dyson goes undercover as a patient and falls victim to what is happening. It turns out that a Rakshasa in the form of a cat is responsible for the deaths. Bo being monogamous to Lauren is causing problems. Lauren is becoming weaker and Bo’s hunger is growing as she becomes unable to heal herself not having enough Chi to feed on until, after being injured severely, she is forced to feed from Dyson. Bo tells Lauren what happened, and Lauren tells Bo she can feed on others, but Bo cannot feed on Dyson. Kenzi tries to talk to the others about the rash she has and that it is getting worse, but no one listens and at the end of the episode she is pulled screaming by a force into darkness.

Detailed Summary

The episode begins with a long erotic scene between Bo (Anna Silk) and Lauren (Zoie Palmer) in Bo's bedroom which ends with both Bo and Lauren collapsing onto the bed together gasping for breath, Bo telling Lauren that it was "epic." Lauren comments that after the night before she didn't think that she and Bo would do so again so soon. Bo promises Lauren that they can be together as often as she wants, but Lauren makes the comment that she "hasn't organized my swabs in a week and I have cultures growing out of control, and my control cultures have mutated and I have a delivery of formaldehyde arriving in thirty minutes." Bo's answer is that Lauren should say "formaldehyde" again as she kisses her. Lauren whines that she has a million things on her to do list, but Bo teasingly tells Lauren that she thought she was Lauren's to do list. Bo relents and tells Lauren that she "is released" before getting out of bed and starting her day. As Bo walks away, Lauren sits up, in obvious pain and extremely tired looking before she collapses back onto the bed again. Bo in the meantime is in the bathroom and finds a chocolate bar there which she begins to unwrap. However, she stumbles and almost falls to the floor knocking things over as she does which makes Lauren call out to Bo asking if everything it alright. Bo tells her everything is "amazing" as she opens the chocolate bar wrapping and devours it, a look of exhaustion and weariness upon her.

Elsewhere, on the roof of a building, a man wearing a Lloyd the Magnificent t-shirt (Stephan Sparks) is finishing tying a rope between two buildings as Dyson (Kristen Holden-Ried) and Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten) arrive and ask what he is trying to do. Lloyd explains that his hero was a tight-rope walker and that his dream, since he was six, was to be a tight-rope walker as well. Tamsin is uninterested and pats Dyson on the back as she says: "Well, there you go, a man living his dream, can we go now?" before trying to walk away. Dyson asks Tamsin if she can "at least pretend to try" before he starts to try to talk Lloyd out of trying the stunt by asking if he can take some photos of him, which delays Lloyd for a time. As he takes the pictures, Dyson tells Tamsin that she is terrible at dealing with suicidal people to which Tamsin's answer is: "He wants to live out a crazy circus fantasy, let him." Dyson tells her that it is: "So typically dark of you" and then goes on to explain that there have been four previous "crazy human stunts pulled in the past week." When he asks if she can remember how the first three ended, Tamsin's answer is: "Crush, splat, Ka-boom." Dyson continues to take pictures and also reveals that at each of the deaths he smelled Fae which likely meant that a Fae was somehow involved or responsible of what happened to the humans. Tamsin is less than thrilled and tells Dyson she has a date in less than an hour and she'd like them to wrap things up as quickly as possible. She then tells Lloyd that what he is doing is stupid which makes Dyson tell Tamsin to step back and let him handle this. Dyson attempts to do so, but Lloyd tells Dyson that: "It is not the time for questions, it is the time to dream! It is the time to live!" Tamsin cheers this, which surprises Dyson. As a result he is unable to stop Lloyd from stepping onto the tight-rope and then falling to his death, falling into a car below which sets off the car alarm. Dyson looks at the scene from above as Tamsin walks over, pats him on the shoulder and tells him: "Yeah. You got this."

After the opening credits, we return to Bo's place as she scrambles around the kitchen looking for something to eat as Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) tries to talk to her about something important, Bo complaining that there is no chocolate to be found and Kenzi finally having to throw a pillow at Bo to get her attention. Bo is not pleased with Kenzi, but Kenzi pushes on saying that she needs to have a "heart-to-heart" with Bo. When Bo tries to brush her off, Kenzi tells Bo that she has chocolate in her purse which gets Bo's attention and she says: "What's on your mind?" Kenzi seems unsure how to start and says that it is a delicate subject and Kenzi can't keep it from Bo any longer. Bo assumes that Kenzi is talking about Lauren, but Kenzi says that it is something that has been "a big bug up my butt for months now." Bo goes on the defensive saying that Kenzi has never liked Lauren, but Kenzi refutes this saying that she: "Louves me some Lauren" since the previous episode. Bo tells Kenzi that Lauren is very "louverable" to which Kenzi replies that from what she can hear, Lauren is "super bangable" too. Bo cries out in frustration: "Why is everything about sex?" Kenzi is surprised and replies: "Umm... Wondersnatch? Have we met?" Bo realizes that Kenzi has no chocolate and then throws the pillow back at Kenzi before leaving for the store. Kenzi watches Bo leave and then begins to scratch at her arm, which is turning colour and mumbles to herself: "Wicked, Wicked Norn, what have you done to me?"

Elsewhere, Tamsin arrives at the police station where Dyson is going over case files. When Dyson asks what happened to Mr. Six Pack, Tamsin's date, her answer is: "Girl only needed ten minutes." Dyson's only comment is: "Too much information." Dyson shows her the file for Lloyd and Tamsin's comment is that since they couldn't find anything on him, that it was a suicide and the case is closed. Tamsin continues to look through the file and then tells Dyson that all of the cases have been patients at a clinic called "The Better Way." Tamsin wants to go and question the therapists there, but Dyson reminds her that because of doctor-patient confidentiality agreements, they will not say anything to them. She then suggests they go undercover, telling Dyson that she could be a great therapist, but Dyson is not impressed snf has another idea.

The scene switches to Bo drinking an espresso at the Dal Riata and agreeing to help Dyson with his case without even hearing what it is about. As they continue to talk, Bo is repeatedly attracted to several people that pass by and she tells Dyson, in a distracted tone, that she could use the distraction. Dyson tells Bo that he needs her to be a therapist at a New Age clinic and when Bo asks how she can convince the clinic of that, he shows her a diploma for Doctor Helen Green of the Sedona Centre for Psychological and Spiritual Healing which Bo scoffs about asking why she couldn't have gone to Harvard. Dyson shakes his head and tells Bo that she hasn't seen the Clinic. Dyson then explains that he needs Bo to access the patient files and help figure out why so many patients of that clinic are committing suicide. Bo is yet again distracted by another person walking by and tells Dyson that it: Sounds delicious." He then tells Bo that she looks like she needs a feeding, and also asks from Bo and Lauren have broken up. Bo tells Dyson that her sex life is amazing while drinking yet more espresso. Dyson then tells Bo that she's cut off from coffee for the day and she relents asking what kind of therapist she will be. The scene then switches to Bo in a doctor's office looking at a book on Couples Therapy in disbelief.

After a commercial break, Bo walks into reception and meets Tabitha (Meghan Heffern) who assumes she is a patient and begins to use various scents on Bo. Bo explains that she is the new therapist and then Tabitha takes Bo on a tour of the clinic, talking very quickly and seeming somewhat hyperactive. Bo learns about some of the reactions of the other doctors and their personal issues as well. After Tabitha finishes talking about the doctors, Bo asks about Doctor Nemo and Doctor Bo which Tabitha explains are the office fish and cat. When Bo tells Tabitha that she should let her get back to work, Tabitha hands Bo a file folder and tells her that her eleven o'clock is waiting for her. Bo then has a session with Conner (Gordon S. Miller) and Manny (Jamaal Grant) about their relationship, and how things are not working out as it once had. Conner claiming that he does not use his job as an excuse to avoid sex and Manny does not believe him saying that Conner didn't have to run off to the hospital to check on blood work late in the evening, considering he is a dermatologist. Then the discussion goes into their sex life, Conner saying it is fine, Manny saying that three times a week is not enough for him. Bo is shocked by this and asks how Manny can survive, which makes Conner ask if Bo is taking Manny's side in the dispute. Then Manny attempts to read an impact statement which neither Bo or Conner want to hear about. Bo interrupts them both, touches their hands and pushes thoughts of sex into both of their minds which quickly pushes the pair into a compromising situation there in the office. Bo realizes what she did and tells them both: "Guys! Not here!" The two figure out that they can be home in five minutes, ten if they stop for whipped cream and the pair bolt from the office as Bo tells Tabitha that she is going out for lunch.

We next kind Bo and Lauren together, Bo trying to convince Lauren to have a "nooner" with her. When Lauren says she is too busy, Bo asks if Lauren is using work as an avoidance technique. Lauren is puzzled by Bo and asks her about this which then devolves into Lauren being very upset with Bo pretending to be a doctor and even more so about how much damage Bo could do to others as a result. Bo tries to brush Lauren's concerns off, but Lauren presses on, becoming more and more angry with Bo and how flippant she is about acting like a doctor ending with Lauren telling Bo that she guesses that acting like a doctor must be easy for someone that never graduated from high school. The two look at each other in anger before Bo storms off leaving Lauren alone. Bo returns to her office and listens to a woman talking about her dreams, one of them involving submarines and sailors, with an obvious sexual tone to the entire conversation. When the conversation ends, Bo is obviously frustrated and eats a chocolate bar in an attempt to curb her need to feed. As this goes on, outside in the reception area, a young man, anmed Rolly (Chris Ratz) is acting up by lifting various pieces of furniture. Bo walks through the room and Rolly tells Bo that people call him Captain Humongous and that he can stop a moving car with a single hand. Bo then goes into the office of Doctor Palmer to look around but finds only Doctor Bob, the cat there. She looks through some files and rifles the desk when Doctor Palmer (Derek McGrath) arrives and asks what she is doing there. Bo manages to convince him that she wanted to talk to gim about regression therapy and he is flattered by this.

Meanwhile, Kenzi is in the Dal Riata talking to Hale (K.C. Collins) about her problems saying that she has "buttloads of stuff going on." She tries to get Hale's attention saying that she has something coming towards her in a "big yucky way" but Hale is distracted by his duties as the Ash. She gets his attention for an instant and begins to explain about using a chainsaw on the Norn, but Hale takes a phone call instead, dealing with an apology letter about looking at another Fae's feet, blocking Kenzi out. When the call is over, Kenzi tries again to talk to Hale, but he brushes her off saying that he is "up to my moonshine in Ash stuff" telling Kenzi that he can have lunch with her on Friday. Hale then attempts to leave for an important meeting, but Kenzi stops him saying that the way he looks isn't right. She convinces Hale that he needs a stylist and Hale gives in to Kenzi, giving her a credit card that Kenzi swoons over. Hale tells Kenzi that: "The black platinum has nothing on that" as he leaves and Kenzi ponders ascots.

Bo and Doctor Palmer are walking through the office talking about regression therapy when they enter the reception area to discover both Rolly and Tabitha are not there. Bo goes in search of Rolly and finds him in an underground parking garage trying to lift an SUV off the ground and failing to do so. Bo tries to calm him down and help him, but Rolly will have nothing of this, which eventually places him in front of a moving car trying to stop it with one hand. Bo manages to push him out of the way and goes over the hood of the car, being injured by it. Bo tells the driver to leave and then feeds from Rolly in an attempt to stop him from trying to kill himself in another way. Bo then sees Tabitha watching from the shadows and confronts her. Tabitha reveals that she is a Mayan Ixtab, also known as a Suicide Fae, and that she has been attracted to the death, but is not responsible for them. She and Bo wrestle for a time before Tabitha breaks free and runs off leaving Bo with Rolly close to death. Having no choice, calls for help, Bo pushes her own Chi back into Rolly to save him, and then collapses unconscious.

After another commercial, Dyson and Tamsin have found Bo and Rolly, Bo managing to save him. An argument between Bo, Dyson and Tamsin follows with both Dyson and Tamsin pointing the finger for the crimes at Tabitha while Bo doesn't believe Tabitha is responsible. Bo comments to Dyson that she isn't sure what she likes about Tamsin more, "her warmth or her charm." Dyson tells Bo that she needs to "refuel" and Bo tells him that she will take care of that, Bo goes to see Lauren and feeds on her as much as she can, Bo having an huge bruise on her abdomen. The two apologize to each other about their fight earlier, trying to mend their relationship again. However, Bo does not completely heal herself. Afterwards, Lauren agrees that Tabitha isn't likely responsible for the deaths saying that the evidence in the medical reports are not consistent with an Ixtab feeding, Lauren noting that each victim has a mark on their neck. As Lauren talks about this, Bo is in obvious pain, but tries to hide this from Lauren, not quite managing to hide the pain she is in.

Bo meets with Tamsin and Dyson and tries to convince them that Tabitha isn't the one responsible, but Tamsin belittles Bo's theories saying that they have all the evidence they need. After a long argument, Bo manages to convince Dyson to go into Doctor Palmer's office as a patient and see if he is, in fact Fae and hypnotizing his patients to commit the suicides. Tamsin leaves in disgust with the plan soon after and Bo tries to leave as well, but Dyson stops her. Taking Bo to a private room he discovers that Bo has severe internal injuries and demands to know how she is feeding. When Bo reveals she is being monogamous and only feeding with Lauren, Dyson tries to get Bo to understand that she is a Succubus and cannot sustain herself on a single human being alone. Bo cries that she cannot feed on anyone else, but Dyson tells her that there are no strings attached to feeding on him and she either feeds on him or she leaves in an ambulance. Bo finally relents taking Chi from Dyson to heal herself and regain the energy she needs to survive.

Meanwhile Kenzi barges in on Hale in the middle of a meeting, which disrupts it completely. Hale tells Kenzi that he was in talks with Ambassador Begga Brynhildr (Mary Pitt) which needed to be done in silence and Kenzi ruined everything. Kenzi seems to take little notice of what Hale is talking about, being more concerned with fashion than anything else. Hale angrily tells Kenzi that: "This isn't spring break in Cancun!" Kenzi, close to tears, tries to explain to Hale what is going on, but Hale turns his back on Kenzi saying that he needs to fix the mess that she has made with the Ambassador.

Elsewhere, Dyson is in session with Doctor Palmer, the Doctor trying to move the session along while Dyson continually sniffs the air around him trying to pick out the scents in the room. Doctor Bob, the cat. comes close to Dyson and hisses at him before running off, Doctor Palmer apologizes for the cat doing so, but Dyson brushes it off saying that he owns a dog. Eventually Doctor Palmer beings to try to hypnotize Dyson, and nothing seems to happen until the room becomes very brightly lit and Dyson's expression changes to one of wonder and some confusion.

Dyson then goes to the Dal Riata and tells Bo and Trick (Richard Howland) about what happened to him, his personality changed slightly becoming more animated that he usually would be. Bo notices a nick on Dyson's neck which he dismisses as happening when he was shaving. Trick presses Dyson on what he smelled in the room, but Dyson says that he thought he smelled something, but the various scents in the room confused him. Bo is shocked, commenting that: "Your Kryptonite is kitty litter?" When Trick suggests that Doctor Palmer could have convinced Dyson that he was not Fae, Dyson tells Trick that he remembers everything and that he was regressed to his earliest childhood memories. Dyson's phone then rings and he receives a message from Tamsin saying that they have another victim which points the finger back at Tabitha since Doctor Palmer was with Dyson. Bo, Dyson and Tamsin arrive at the scene of the new death, still arguing over who the killer is until Dyson lifts off the sheet covering the body and discovers Tabitha's body there dressed in a mermaid costume. Bo's comment is: "Told you so."

Back from commercial finds

Questions in this Episode

• If Bo does not feed enough, besides the change in her personality and healing abilities, what else happens to her?
• How sensitive to other people's sexual needs does Bo become when she is in dire need of feeding?
• Is there any long term damage from feeding only on Lauren?
• Has Lauren been injured in some way because of Bo feeding on her so much?
• Why won't anyone listen to Kenzi throughout this episode?
• What is happening to Kenzi? The rash is obviously extremely bad and the blood and injury should have been seen by someone.
• Why does Trick turn so nasty towards Kenzi when speaking with Hale about her? What happened to Trick's compassion with her?

Answers in this Episode

• When a Succubus does not feed enough, two obvious consequences of this are that their personality changes, becoming irritable and somewhat irrational. The other is that they seek out other sources of energy including chocolate and caffeine, which have little effect in controlling their hunger to feed.
• Eventually the Succubus will find a means to feed or it may mean their eventual death through being unable to heal themselves or replenish the Chi they have been using to live on.
• Bo showed the ability in this episode to use a semblance of mind control to alter the thoughts of others towards sexual actions which has been shown before in the series, but to one person at a time. This time she controlled two people at once.
• Bo never graduated from high school.
• Ixtab or Rope Woman was the Yucatec Mayan goddess of suicide according to Diego de Landa. You can find more about this myth here. In the Lost Girl universe, there are Mayan Ixtab, better known as Suicide Fae who feed on the emotions of those that commit the act of suicide.
• According to Lauren's comments, the shots that Bo had been receiving in order to control her needs are no longer working.
• As the need for feeding grows within a Succubus, their emotional drives become more and more sexually focused pushing rational thought aside in the search for a means to satisfy their need to feed.
• Kenzi's rash appears to be either altering her in some way or killing her. The damage is severe and getting worse in this episode.
• According to Kenzi's talk with Bo at the beginning of the episode, she has had the rash for several months at the time of this episode.
• Dyson cannot smell as well as normal when there are massive numbers of scents in a room, the most powerful block being kitty litter.

Episodes

For a more detailed list see: List of Lost Girl episodes, or click on the individual episode titles for more in depth articles.

Episode Review on Succubus.Net

Tera, the owner of this website, posted a review of this episode on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on Friday, February 1, 2013. You can find that review here. She gave it 3.8 pitchforks out of 5.

External Links

• The Official site of the series Lost Girl
• Official Season Three website at Showcase.ca
• Fae-de To Black at the IMDb