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"Hail, Hale"
Lost Girl episode
The Morrigan forces Hale to declare humans terrorists to the Fae
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 12 Overall Episode 47
Directed by	Steve Dimarco
Written by	Stephen Cochrane
Produced by	Wanda Chaffey
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	David Greene
Editing by	Ben Wilkinson
Production Code	312
Original Air Date	April 7, 2013 (2013-04-07)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Emmanuelle Vaugier - The Morrigan Inga Cadranel - Aife Shawn Doyle - Doctor Isaac Taft
Episode Chronology
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Hail, Hale was the twelfth episode of the third season of the series, and the forty-seventh overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on April 7th, 2013 at 9 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 3
• Episode Number: 12 (47th Overall)
• Episode Title: Hail, Hale
• Directed by: Steve Dimarco
• Writing credits: Stephen Cochrane
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: April 7th, 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 / The Ash
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Emmanuelle Vaugier	The Morrigan
Inga Cadranel	Aife
Shawn Doyle	Doctor Isaac Taft
Tim Rozon	Druid
Seth Cooperman	Bartender
Dimitri Pavlakos	Blackwater Type 1
George Tchortov	Blackwater Type 2
Sam Malkin	Dark Fae Elder
Kathy Imrie	Light Fae Elder
Dwight Ireland	Waiter
Julie Brar	Suneetha
Rob Archer	Bruce
Ed Martyr	Lupercus

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
V'la La Bon Vent		Courtesy of APM Music
Gravity	Akua	Written by Akua
Minstrel Boy		Courtesy of APM Music
O'Brians of Clare		Courtesy of APM Music
Flapper Dapper		Courtesy of APM Music

Plot

Short Summary

Hale’s inauguration arrives but Dyson is kidnapped by a group of humans. This allows The Morrigan to discredit Hale because evidence indicates that Lauren is involved in the attack and she is missing. Through this The Morrigan forces a vote which declares that all humans held by the Fae, or connected to the Fae, are terrorists. As a result, Kenzi is arrested and sentenced to death. Lauren is deceived by Isaac who has a plan which has meant he has been hunting Fae and experimenting on them for years. Lauren is imprisoned along with Dyson and it is revealed that Aife is also being held. Trick is kidnapped by unknown persons, while Tamsin is shot as she and Bo try to locate Lauren.

Detailed Summary

The episode begins with Bo (Anna Silk) and Dyson (Kristen Holden-Ried) arriving at Lauren's home to look for her. They barge in, Bo calling out for Lauren, but she does not answer. As Bo does so, Dyson finds Lauren's abandoned cell phone on the desk where Lauren left it before leaving with Isaac in the previous episode Adventures In Fae-bysitting. Bo asks Dyson why anyone would ever leave their cell phone at home, but Dyson rationalizes that Lauren might have forgotten it. When Bo protests, Dyson tries to explain to her that he is in the "middle of the most important case of my life. Not to mention today is Hale's inauguration and I don't have time to play relationship detective." Bo cannot understand why Dyson is not taking Lauren's disappearance as seriously as she is and when Dyson suggests that her concerns are connected to The Dawning and her break up with Lauren, Bo is defensive for a moment before agreeing that she doesn't believe that what she and Lauren are going through is a "break."

Meanwhile, at the Dal Riata, Trick (Richard Howland) is in the middle of the final preparations for Hale's inauguration with Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) nearby helping him. Kenzi comments that Trick seems chipper and he replies: "My protégé today is officially becoming The Ash. Of course I'm chipper. It's good that I was hard on him. Hale is going to make a real change." Kenzi questions this asking: "Oh yeah? Is he not going to be such a dick anymore?" Trick tells Kenzi that she needs to "put your personal feelings aside. This is a big day for the Fae and they won't take kindly to a human belittling it." The Morrigan (Emmanuelle Vaugier) appears and asks: "Do the Light always hold their inaugurations at a steak house?" Trick asks what she is doing at the Dal and she replies that: "Regardless of the fact that the last time the Light elected a new leader he turned out to be an impostor, I'm only here with good wishes for the New Ash." Trick answers: "It is unacceptable for the Dark leader to attend the Light Fae inauguration." The Morrigan claims that she was invited and as she does so, Hale (K.C. Collins) appears and states that he invited her to attend. Kenzi looks at Hale for a moment, then walks away as she says: "No. Still a dick."

After the opening credits, Lauren (Zoie Palmer) is seen working in a laboratory with Isaac (Shawn Doyle) hovering nearby and watching her as she works. She is engrossed in watching a video display of the experiment she is working on and does not notice how everyone has stopped to see if her experiment is successful or not. After adding what she calls an enzyme to repair a toxin, the screen shows apparent success which seems to shock and surprise Lauren and she exclaims "We're one step closer to heart disease! Er, curing it!" before embracing isaac as the others in the lab applaud her efforts. Lauren apologizes for her actions explaining: "it's been a long time since I've felt this useful." Isaac then hands out champagne and the group celebrates Lauren's work. When Lauren questions having champagne ready when it was only their first attempt, Isaac tells her: "I knew you would do it. Drink up genius." Lauren pauses and moves to text Bo about her success, but then realizes that she does not have her phone or a means to contact Bo and becomes melancholy for a moment before joining with the others. The scene then shifts to someone in the lab, likely Lauren, taking her creation to a storage fridge and closing the door. Moments later, another figure opens the fridge and removes two of the samples before leaving with them.

At the Dal Riata, Dyson meets with Hale, the two sharing a drink together. After doing so, Hale asks Dyson what he has discovered with regards to the Fae killings and it told: "We're still processing the bodies. Eighteen so far. Both Light and Dark. And it looks like they were tortured. And some of the Vics were missing their organs." Hale wonders: "So black market Fae organ harvesters. Tell me you have a lead." Dyson cannot and Hale tells him that after the inauguration, he will talk to The Morrigan about what they have found and see if they cannot pool their resources to solve the mystery. Hale is unsure about what is to come and asks Dyson: "This is what I want right?" Dyson answers: "It's what everyone wants. Change." He then tells Hale that he is proud of "my old partner", Hale answers "Miss my old partner." Dyson then gives Hale a small container explaining: "Your father didn't want the first Ash from clan Zamora in a hundred years to stick his neck out only to have it chopped off. This little baby should keep you safe." Hale looks at it and comments: "Well, it's nice to know he cares about me. Not enough to cancel his ski trip by the way but..." Dyson then leaves saying that he has to change and look presentable for Hale's inauguration.

Bo, in the meantime, is at home soaking in her bathtub when she hears a noise and bolts from the tub brandishing a knife. It turns out to be Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten) who appears to be drunk as she enters the room asking: "Wow. You always bathe with weapons?" Bo answers: "Morragh attack a couple of years back. Can't be too careful." When Bo mentioned that the door was locked, Tamsin answers: "It was." Bo asks if she can help Tamsin, but receives an unclear answer from her except to tell Bo that she mainly came by to "drink all of your liquor." Bo answers in amazement: "Wow. At least you're honest. I'll give you that." Bo tells Tamsin she's not in the mood for small talk, but Tamsin presses on saying: "Everyone loooooves small talk." Bo explains that the problem is Lauren, that she hasn't seen her in a "few days and I'm worried about her." Tamsin tells Bo that Lauren is fine and she probably "needed some space" which Bo echoes in frustration before adding that Dyson is checking who she called on her phone. Tamsin become slightly more serious saying: "So this really isn't small talk. You weren't the one that killed the blonde hottie. The six fingered lady did. And someone killed her." Bo is shocked by this revelation and then asks about the Dark Fae who Tamsin claimed Bo had attacked. But Tamsin's answer is to flush the toilet she is sitting on and then add: "It is entirely possible that I do not smell so good." When Bo suggests that she take a bath, Tamsin looks strangely at Bo before slipping off her shoes and then sliding into Bo's bath fully clothed and facing her. Tamsin then removes her gun and looks at it covered in water and bubble bath before throwing it away with an "Oops." She then becomes very focused on Bo and asks: "Where do you get off being so perfect? You think you've seen everything, and then you see you." Bo replies: "I'm alright, but I'm not perfect." Tamsin moves in very close to Bo before she continues: "Yes you are. To me you are. Your eyes are both brown and blue." Bo asks Tamsin what she is doing, but Tamsin continues: "Your heart is both strong and gentle. You're virtuous and you are a Succubus. You shouldn't be." Bo asks: "Be what?" Tamsin's answer is: "Be real. Be here." and then she gets out of the tub, her clothing soaking wet. As Tamsin leaves, Bo tells her that she'll see her at the Dal Riata, but Tamsin tells Bo: "Keep your wits about you. You never know who might be watching."

Outside of the Dal Riata, a man in a black van watches the goings-on and calls out over a radio: "We're at the nest. Target's on route."

After a commercial break, Kenzi is folding napkins in the Dal Riata and tells Trick that she does not what to be there. Trick asks why she is "dressed to the nines", Kenzi tells him that "it isn't for Hale's benefit. That guy sucks." Trick then explains to Kenzi that the bartender is late and he has no one else to help him. Kenzi shoots back, "No, you have no other humans to help you." Trick sighs and begins to walk away, but Kenzi suggests that she will start a union for claimed humans. Trick tells her: "You know the last human that tried that didn't fare very well. Jimmy Hoffa ring any bells?" After he leaves, Kenzi continues to fold napkins until a strange man approaches her (Tim Rozon). Later in the episode, he describes himself as "The Druid", but at this point there is no clue to who he is or what he wants. He tells Kenzi: "I'm looking for a tall blonde, eyes like blue ice." Kenzi laughs at this and says, "I have those eyes, those are like, totally my eyes." He continues: "You have the eyes, but you aren't a natural blonde by any chance are you?" His questions completely turn Kenzi off and she calls him "Dickface" before turning away and returning to folding the napkins. However, he does not leave and introduces himself as Massimo before he peppers Kenzi with questions and comments such as: "You are an outsider. You don't belong here do you?" "I'm a man that can do things and make the impossible happen." Kenzi finally tells him to "Make the impossible happen and disappear" but before leaving he adds: "I'll leave you to your chores." After he leaves, Kenzi looks at him and dismisses him out of hand.

Lauren confronts Isaac and asks where he found the enzyme that Lauren used, but Isaac's flippant answer is that he got it from China. Lauren allows that she is glad they met and she admits that there "has been something missing, an emptiness" inside of her. Isaac jokes that success can take care of emptiness and Lauren agrees that it can. Isaac then asks Lauren if she heard a news story about a year prior that told of "A waitress in the midwest that was attacked in a diner." When Lauren does not, he continues: "This woman. Speared in the ribs. Nailed down to the floor of the diner in the shape of cross." Lauren is uneasy about his, but Isaac continues to explain: "The DNA of a killer named Gabriel was all over the diner" and the method was this killer's usual method. Lauren is completely confused, but before she can ask further questions, Isaac takes Lauren on a tour of the facilities she is working in. As he does so, he continues the story explaining that Gabriel killed people because he wanted them to "ascend" He then explains that while Gabriel had been arrested for many killings, at the time of the waitress being murdered he was already in prison. However before he was imprisoned, Gabriel gave another man a bone marrow transplant to save his life. Lauren cannot believe this story and refuses to believe that by using this transplant Gabriel was able to take control of the other man. Isaac claims that this is, in fact, what happened and then asks Lauren: "What do you think we could do if we could take that negative and turn it into a positive?" Lauren is immediately against this idea and expresses her fears about the darker side of what they could so with such a thing, referring to the atomic bomb in doing so. Isaac then asks if they just had their first fight in a somewhat surprised tone of voice. Lauren is taken aback by his attitude, but he insists they continue their tour.

Back at the Dal Riata, the bartender that Trick was waiting, named Jerry (Seth Cooperman), arrives. Trick asks why he is late, but does not listen to Jerry's explanation and orders him to start work at the bar while he runs off to finish getting dressed. Dyson arrives and asks Jerry for a "Whisky, the scottish kind please." Bo then walks to Dyson who tells her: "I've never seen something so beautiful in my life." Bo thanks Dyson and compliments him as well before Dyson asks "Can I offer you a free drink?" The two sit at the bar where Jerry continues to work. Bo asks for a "Whisky, the scottish kind. And make it a double." As Bo and Dyson make some small talk, Bo noting that she can have one drink and then she must talk to Hale, Jerry opens one of the vials that had been taken from Lauren's experiment and pours it into one of the glasses before handing them to Dyson and Bo who drink them as Jerry watches to be sure they do so.

Lauren, in the meantime, interrupts a lab technician and as she examines a sample takes a test tube from the counter and hides it in her lab coat before walking away. Going to another microscope, she disconnects the television camera attached to it and then examines what she took. After checking it, she makes a phone call as Isaac watches from nearby. When Lauren sees him, she tells the person on the phone, "I'll need those files" as she watches Isaac pass through a card-lock door and disappear.

At the Dal Riata, The Morrigan fawns over Hale warning: "If it wasn't punishable by death, I'd give you a taste Handsome." She then idly adds: "I do hope that you don't get murdered with all of the death threats. Finding your killer would be like finding a whore in a whore stack." Hale is unimpressed and warns: "If we are going to work together I need you be a lot less 'All about Eve' and a lot more 'Steel Magnolias' The Morrigan answers: "Which one is about the haircut that gives you cancer?" Hale finally tells her to leave and she does so, passing Bo in the crowd on her way to Hale. When Bo confronts Hale about The Morrigan, he diverts her questions and in doing so, Bo continues to ask the question she meant to about Lauren being missing. Hale answers: "I really do not need this today. Lauren came to me the other day asking about some time off to work on some other project." He tells Bo that he denied her the request and this does answer one question for Bo about what could have happened to Lauren. As the same time, a waiter asks The Morrigan if she would want something, but instead suggests: "The Ash might be a little peckish." She then places what appears to be a fly on one of the snacks before the waiter takes it to Hale. As Bo asks for some time to find Lauren, Hale agrees but only to the end of the day as he picks up the snack The Morrigan altered. The fly then crawls on Hale's neck and then is zapped by some kind of protective field around him, The Morrigan turning away in disgust as it does so. Bo then leaves Hale and he walks over to The Morrigan and tells her: "You should really try the hors d'oeuvres, they're generating quite the buzz" before slapping her on the rear and walking away.

As Bo enters another room, she discovers Dyson on the floor unconscious with Jerry the Bartender nearby who tells Bo that Dyson suddenly collapsed. Jerry then tells Bo that he called the paramedics and in the next moment they arrive and move to put Dyson on the stretcher they have with them. Bo looks at the two of them strangely asking: "Are you both Skunk Apes?" Bo then asks: "It's just that he's part Wanblee. Is that going to be a issue?" When one of the paramedics claims it will not be, Bo starts to confront them and as she does so Jerry ducks behind the bar just before the two paramedics pull out weapons and point them at Bo. Bo realizes that they are both human and threatens to call for help from the Fae in the next room, but Kenzi moves to attack one of the humans which diverts Bo's attention and she moves to protect her. In doing so, Bo knocks Kenzi to the floor unconscious which allows the kidnappers to take Dyson outside to the waiting black van. Bo attempts to stop them, but one of the kidnappers takes a shot at her and they escape with Dyson. Jerry then approaches Bo and asks: "Did they get away?" but Bo turns on him and knocks him out with one punch.

Returning from commercial, Trick tells Hale that they have been attacked by humans and they took Dyson with them. Hale orders the Dal Riata to be locked down, but The Morrigan overhears what has happened and tells one of her minions to have the Dark Fae Elders attend as soon as possible commenting: "The shit's about to get real." Bo is at that moment trying to get information out of Jerry, mainly by assaulting and threatening him. At first he claims to have no idea what she is talking about, but after Bo reveals that she saw him look for cover before the kidnappers took out their weapons, and both Trick and Hale threaten his life, he removes a vial from a pocket and drinks the contents. Before he dies moments later Jerry explains: "They have my wife. I had no choice." Hale's anger overcomes him and he leaves the room telling Trick that he knows what he must do. After they leave, Bo looks at the vial and then sees that it has Lauren's name on it, shocking her. Seeing Jerry's cell phone, she takes it and rushes from the Dal Riata.

Questions in this Episode

• When Lachlan was given the position of The Ash, there was no large ceremony. All that was shown consisted of his being on a throne and having a crown placed on his head. Hale was to have an inauguration at the Dal Riata which does not appear to follow previous events in the series. As well, Lachlan was involved in a Stag Hunt for the title of Ash, but it appears that Hale never did so. In fact, the reasons for him being selected as the Ash are completely unclear.
• Through Trick's being blunt and harsh with Hale, did that alter his personalty and ability to think clearly? He seemed to be overwhelmed easily by The Morrigan when she took control and did not attempt any real defence, being shouted down quickly.
• Did Hale actually ever become the Ash? It did not appear so in the episode. If this is true, is this why The Morrigan was able to control the situation?
• Is The Morrigan actually the force behind Isaac and all of the Fae killings? Is the entire event a means to bring all of the Fae under her control?
• What exactly was the gift Hale's father gave him? It really wasn't explained save that it seemed to stop The Morrigan's attempt to poison him. What other protect did it give him? As well, is it possible that Hale somehow transferred this protection to Kenzi when he kissed her after she was arrested?
• When Tamsin talked to Bo in her bathroom, what she suggesting that Bo was under surveillance at home and elsewhere?
• Is Tamsin in love with Bo or is something else going on that is linked to the events in Fae-ge Against The Machine when the Dawning game seemed to make Bo and Tamsin kiss?
• As Lauren was using a microscope and looking at a slide sample, how is it exactly that an entire blood vessel or heart valve or other organic structure was visible? More importantly, how was it that it was functioning? This is not how these things work.

Answers in this Episode

• Trick describes Hale as being his protégé.
• According to Trick, Dark Fae are not supposed to attend Light Fae inaugurations. Hale invited The Morrigan to his as another attempt to bridge the gap between the two sides.
• Dyson reports to Hale that they had processed eighteen Fae bodies, both Light Fae and Dark Fae from the field they discovered in the previous episode so far, but there appeared to be many more. Evidence also pointed to all of them having been tortured and as well some of the victims were missing organs.
• Hale's father did not appear for his inauguration, but did give him a gift to protect him from harm which saved Hale from an assassination attempt by The Morrigan.
• Bo mentions being attacked by a Morragh to Tamsin. This happened in the First Season episode Vexed.
• Tamsin is the one that tells Bo that she did not kill Riley as she and Dyson found proof. Based on Bo's surprise, it is likely that Dyson never told Bo what they found.
• When Tamsin left Bo's bathroom she left her gun on the floor, meaning that she was likely unarmed for the rest of the episode.
• According to Trick, the last human that tried to start a union for claimed humans was Jimmy Hoffa. This was likely a joke, but in this series you never really know.
• Bo recognized the scent of Skunk Apes on the fake paramedics from when Lauren used the scent to hide that she was human in Caged Fae.
• Wanblees also appeared in Caged Fae and any one with Fae medical experience would have known the possible dangers involved with Skunk Apes being near one. This was another hint to Bo that something was wrong.

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, April 12th, 2013. You can find that review here. She gave it ??? pitchforks out of 5.

External Links

• The Official site of the series Lost Girl
• Official Season Three website at Showcase.ca
• Hail, Hale at the IMDb