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"Like Hell, Part I"
Lost Girl episode
Bo finds Kenzi in Valhalla and it isn't what she expected
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 1 Overall Episode 62
Directed by	Paolo Barzman
Written by	Micheal Grassi
Produced by	Wendy Grean
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	Craig Wright
Editing by	Paul Day
Production Code	501
Original Air Date	December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Ksenia Solo - Kenzi Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Michelle Nolden - Freyja Katie Corbett - Stacey Michael Ayres - Clerk Gabe Grey - Sam
Episode Chronology
← Previous "Season Four Dark Horse" Next → "Like Hell, Part II"
Short Summary List of Lost Girl Episodes Detailed List of Lost Girl episodes Bo recovers the Hellskor and finds Kenzi in Valhalla, but dreams turn into nightmares SuccuWiki Rating: (0.0)

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Like Hell, Part I was the premiere episode of the fifth season of the series, and the sixty-second overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on December 7, 2014 at 9 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 4
• Episode Number: 1 (62nd Overall)
• Episode Title: Like Hell, Part I
• Directed by: Paolo Barzman
• Writing credits: Micheal Grassi
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: December 7, 2014 on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada
• Number of Canadian Viewers: TBA
• Number of American Viewers: TBA

Cast

A promotional Image of the Season Five cast of Lost Girl from the official website at showcase.ca/lostgirl 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 and Zoie Palmer as Lauren.

Actor / Actress	Role
Anna Silk	Bo
Kristen Holden-Ried	Dyson
Ksenia Solo	Kenzi
Richard Howland	Trick
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Michelle Nolden	Freyja
Katie Corbett	Stacey
Michael Ayres	Clerk
Rachel Bair	Lost Woman in Portal
Gabe Grey	Sam
Christopher Kelk	Patient
Tyler McMaster	Redneck #1
Trent Pardy	Redneck #2
Zach Apostoleris	Redneck #3
Alyssa Veniece	Riley

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
Piano Bar Special		Courtesy of APM Music
Romantic Nights		Courtesy of APM Music
Stylish Dinner		Courtesy of APM Music
Twilight		Courtesy of APM Music

Plot

Short Summary

Bo finds the missing Helskor shoe and enters Valhalla, which appears like a vast hotel, to find Kenzi which Bo does after masquerading as one of the staff, finding Kenzi in one of the hotel rooms. Kenzi receives a note from Hale that tells of their upcoming wedding, and she prepares for that joyfully. Lauren, after seeing Bo vanish into thin air when she puts on the Helskor demands answers from Tamsin, but instead of answering her questions, she gives Lauren a book of her experiences there which explains the purpose of the Helskor, that for the wearer of them to bring a dark army from Valhalla to Earth. Tamsin sees Freya, the Queen of the Valkyrie, and is made to do the bidding of Bo’s Father. However, Bo manages to overcome Tamsin and returns Tamsin to normal where she admits that for the first time, she has a family in Bo, Kenzi and her friends. At the moment of Kenzi’s wedding, Freya stops Kenzi’s wedding, saying that Kenzi belongs to Bo’s father and intends to send her to Bo’s Father rather than to Hale. Bo intervenes and takes Kenzi’s place, which appears to have been her father’s plan from the beginning. Kenzi is returned to her body, which is buried in her grave while Bo is sent on her way to face her father.

Detailed Summary

The episode opens with a series of flashbacks which include: Bo (Anna Silk) telling Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) that they are family, and Kenzi telling Bo that family sticks together, Trick (Richard Howland) telling about the Helskor and what they are capable of, including leading to the end of days, Bo telling Dyson (Kristen Holden-Ried) that she needs to find the missing Helskor, Hale (K.C. Collins) proposing to Kenzi and then being killed by Massimo, then Bo refusing to save Hale, Kenzi telling Bo that she would never forgive her. Bo telling Lauren that she chose her and then Lauren broke her heart, Kenzi demanding that Bo unclaim her and then Bo doing so, Bo crying out that her father was close by and that she could feel him, Dyson claiming reality to Bo, and Bo warning Lauren that she was going to be a target as she was able to turn Fae human. Kenzi reading the prophecy about Bo's heart being able to close the portal and stop Bo's father from returning to Earth, Kenzi stating that she would wait in Valhalla for Bo to rescue her, Bo grieving at Kenzi's grave, and finally Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten) warning Dyson that he could not allow Bo to find the second Helskor.

The actual episode begins with an image of a rocky desert landscape, Bo climbing up a desert peak and singing the words to She'll be coming round the Mountain as she does so. Reaching the top of the peak, Bo pauses, looking around at the landscape, having a flashback of Kenzi's death at the Portal, and then rummaging around a bird's nest that rests there. eventually removing the second Helskor that she was seeking. As Bo holds the shoe, the ground shakes and she comments: "Like I wasn't expecting a booby trap." Bo then begins her descent, but then loses her grip at one point, commenting to herself "Oh, come on." and then falls to the ground a long distance below her. The scene then moves to Bo laying on the ground and three hunters finding her there unconscious, badly injured, but alive. After they comment about "taking her home and taking turns taking care of her", one of them leans in close to Bo, and in the next moment Bo takes the Chi from that hunter and then the other two immediately afterwards. Bo is healed, then comments to one of the hunters: "How sad, you don't get to take care of anyone ever again." before setting foot on his privates, picking up the Helskor and then walking away, continuing to sing to herself as she does so.

Following a very abbreviated opening title sequence, which consists of the Lost Girl show title and a few bars of the theme, Bo is then seen back at her home where she rummages around looking for something before calling out "Roommate!" and storming off. Bo enters another room where Tamsin is eating cereal and demands to know where Tamsin hid the other Helskor that Bo had possession of. Tamsin attempts to lie about where it is, replying "Where'd I hide what shoe?", Bo commenting: "Oh lying is not your strong suit milk mouth, cough it up." When Tamsin comments that Bo has found the other shoe and asks how, Bo replies: "Eagles. Climbing. Very 'I'm not a girl. Not yet a woman.' So now I can put on both shoes and skip into Valhalla to get Kenzi back. Kenzi? You remember? She raised you when you were a wee reborn Valkyrie?" Tamsin pleads with Bo, telling Bo that she cannot go to Valhalla, but when Bo asks why, Tamsin can only reply that Bo cannot go, but not the reason why she cannot, other than Bo will never come back, adding: "There's a why, a really good why." Bo is unimpressed commenting: "Good stuff, very convincing." Tamsin begs Bo to trust her and not continue on the path she is choosing, but Bo replies: "I can hear you in your sleep. Screaming. What happened when you delivered Kenzi's soul?" Tamsin tells Bo that she wishes she could explain, but she cannot do so. Bo begs Tamsin to tell her what happened no matter how awful or horrible it is, mentioning "Hellfire, evil dragons, sexy dragons, I don't care", but Tamsin refuses to answer. When Bo asks Tamsin to go with her to Valhalla, Tamsin again refuses to answer and Bo resigns herself to go to Valhalla alone. Bo demands the shoe again, Tamsin comments that it belongs to the Una Mens, Bo noting that they are all dead and wanting to know what Tamsin's point is. Tamsin then tells Bo: "It's with the next in charge." before continuing to eat her cereal.

The next scene begins at the Dal Riata where Bo places the Helskor shoe she recovered on the bar in front of Trick and Dyson. Trick tells Bo that they need to talk, but Bo replies: "This is the part where you tell me I'm making the wrong choice and putting myself in grave danger." Trick answers: "Well, sort of." Then Bo continues: "And in dealing with matters of the Afterlife there are unknowns, rules. Everything has a price." Trick asks if Bo is willing to pay the price and her answer is: "Nailed it." Bo explains that Kenzi is in danger and alone and she was "held back from saving her once and I will not let that happen again." Dyson tells Bo that they will do what they can to ensure her return and that he would go with Bo if he could do so. Bo asks if that choice is because Dyson pledged fealty to her. but Dyson replies: "Because I love Kenzi too." Trick then offers Bo the shoe he had in his possession with the words: "For the worthy hero. Bring her home. And if you happen to see Isabeau, your Grandmother, tell her..." Trick does not finish that sentence, but Bo nods in understanding, picks up both shoes, and comments: "Let's hope they fit."

The next scene begins with Lauren in a medical clinic looking after patients. A coughing patient attracts Lauren's attention and she comments to another doctor: "He's code you know what. We'll take him in." Lauren then sees Bo standing nearby, holding the Helskor. They move off to a private room where Bo begins with: "Worst case? I loose all control and go on a murderous spree like the last person that put on these shoes and the only way to stop me is to..." Bo then makes a throat cutting motion with her hand, then continues: "That's code for slit my throat" and Lauren replies: "Very clear thank you. I'm assuming that's what happened to the woman from Dyson's past? The one that your subconscious depicted as me?" Bo teases: "You sang in French you know." Lauren asks if she was good and Bo comments: "A plus." Bo tells Lauren that she doesn't want to hurt anyone and Lauren promises that Bo will not. Lauren then walks towards some of her equipment, explaining as she does that she will be watching for anything "abnormal." As Lauren looks at tablet, Bo puts one of the shoes on and when Lauren returns, Bo grips Lauren by the throat, giving her a slightly evil look before laughing and letting go of Lauren, she commenting: "Oh. We're joking." Lauren then asks Bo not to put the other shoe on until she has done some tests and has calibrated her equipment, including using an anal thermometer on Bo. When Lauren walks away, Bo mumbles to herself: "I have to get to Kenzi" and puts the other shoe on. After a moment, both shoes vanish leaving Bo in her bare feet. Bo gasps out Lauren's name and Lauren comes running over to Bo, asking what she did. Bo explains that she "had to, I couldn't wait." Bo has just enough time to tell Lauren that something is happening inside of her, reach out to touch Lauren's hand, and then Bo vanishes in a burst of light. Lauren looks to where Bo had been moments before and says: "Other worst case? You disappear."

Bo is then seen in what appears to be the lobby of a vast hotel, climbing up a circular staircase. She walks around the lobby for a short time and then pauses to look at some flowers and touch them. A woman (Michelle Nolden) later to be revealed as Freyja, walks up to Bo and comments: "You're late." Bo asks what she is late for and the woman replies: "The shitstorm. Welcome to my hell."

After the first commercial break, Freyja continues, as she fiddles with a flower arrangement: "Two hundred and six arrivals, thirty-nine events and a disaster of a reno in the Turkish spa." Bo asks: "A spa? In Hell?" Freyja answers: "Only I am allowed to call it Hell, it's Valhalla to you." before then going on a rant about what kinds of flowers she wants to see in the lobby and elsewhere in her realm. When Bo comments that filler is "blah." Freyja looks at Bo, realizes that she is not "the florist" and asks "Why in the name of my glorious afterlife were you fondling my flower?" Bo pauses, then answers: "That's a great set up for a joke really but lady." Freyja interrupts with: "Mistress." Then continues: "What am I supposed to do now? My florist is stuck in Tartarus till Tuesday." before storming off. Bo rushes after her, saying that she is looking for a friend to which Freyja replies with no interest at all: "How refreshingly earnest of you. Check in first, make friends later." before walking off again.

A women stands at the check-in desk for Valhalla, and is told that she "isn't in our system" by the clerk there before being ignored by him. She then walks past Freyja who comments in a disgusted voice: "Ugh. A stray." Freyja then gestures towards the woman who then vanishes into a black portal surrounded by fire that Freyja summoned. As a bellhop cleans up some ashes on the floor, Freyja comments: "Always book ahead" and then asks Bo what her name is. Bo then diverts Freyja's attention towards a group of female athletes. As they walk past, Freyja comments: "Warriors truly. They would kill to win. Until a bus killed them. Large groups are the worst." As Freyja walks off, Bo comments: "Speak for yourself." before turning her attention to the front desk clerk. Bo attempts to use her powers to influence him in order to obtain some information, but he refuses to allow Bo to touch him and she is unsuccessful, leaving moments later, looking for another way to find Kenzi. Bo notices a maid cleaning a railing above her and shortly approaches the maid, touches her, and draws her away from her duties.

The scene shifts to Tamsin, who is watching television at Bo's place. Lauren enters the room and comments: "Wow. This is sad." Lauren then asks Tamsin to tell her everything about the Underrealms, but Tamsin's response is: "Eat a sack of tits." Lauren asks Tamsin why but the answer she gets is: "Because then your mouth would be full of tits and I wouldn't have to listen to your dumb ass voice." Lauren presses Tamsin for information. Lauren calls Valhalla Tamsin's home, she calls it "more like our head office." Lauren tells Tamsin that she can help and she has to. Tamsin tells Lauren that she has no idea why she can't but Lauren presses on telling Tamsin: "You claim to be part of this group, that you love Kenzi and Bo? I don't see it." Tamsin angrily tells Lauren: "Well, maybe you should wear some glasses." Lauren isn't moved, telling Tamsin: "You kind of peaked at 'Sack of tits.'" Lauren presses on, demanding to know what Bo is facing in Valhalla, but Tamsin does not answer. Instead she picks up a knife and then cuts into the couch she is sitting on. Tamsin then removes a diary, handing it to Lauren with the warning: "If they find out this diary exists I'm dead." Lauren takes the diary and asks: "How is documentation of your first Valkyrie kiss supposed to help me?" As Tamin fixes up the couch again, she tells Lauren: "It's less first finger bang and more... just more. Trust me. Plus I never kiss and tell."Lauren tells Tamsin to "sprout some wings and fly to Bo" but Tamsin refuses, saying that she needs a soul to go to Valhalla. Lauren notes that she has a far who is dying in her clinic and offers that to Tamsin. Tamsin replies that Lauren is human and "you'll never understand." Lauren tells Tamsin: "Maybe not. But we have all made sacrifices except for you. It's time to get your Valkyrie on Tamsin."

We return to Bo who is now dressed like one of the maids as she enters an elevator. There are literally hundreds of buttons on all of the walls of the elevator and for a moment Bo looks at them in confusion. She then pauses at one button, looks at it, smiles, and comments: "Kenzi prints." Using the maid's keycard, Bo activates the elevator, presses the button and then exits the elevator on one of the hotel's floors. After passing two women in the hallway, Bo wanders the hallway until she reaches a hotel room door, opens it, and goes inside. A woman is seen kneeling on the floor by the bed in a black dress, her face is not shown, but she is eating chocolate. Bo approaches her and calls out: "Kenzi?" Kenzi turns to look at Bo with wide eyes and says: "Bo-Bo."

After another commercial break,

Questions in this Episode

• Dyson originally gave one of the Helskor to Angel back in 1800s France to hide them and to give them only to the one they were meant for. How is it then that the shoes found their way to a nest in the middle of a desert mesa?
• What was the point to the mesa shaking as it did? That didn't actually result in anything happening, Bo lost her grip, so what was the point?
• What kind of cereal is Tamsin eating anyway? Is it Honey Berry Crunch, the cereal of the Fae or so it seems considering how many have been seen eating it at Bo's place.
• Tamsin told Bo that the shoe she hid was "with the next in charge." As the Una Mens are no more, that would mean that she gave the shoe to Trick, which means that he is, it seems, still the Acting Ash in this episode at least. However we've not seen Trick actually fulfilling the role of Ash or even making mention of it for a very long time in the series. So is he or isn't he? Will there be yet another contest to find an Ash or, with what's happened to The Morrigan, is that all over and done with? If it is, then does that mean that Trick is technically in control of all Fae again?

Answers in this Episode

• At the beginning of the episode, Bo had possession of both Helskor.
• Tamsin was at odds with Bo from the beginning of the episode, trying to stop her from having both Helskor and going to Valhalla.
• Bo had only one focus it seems in the time after Kenzi's death and that was getting her back no matter the cost in doing so.

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 December 12, 2014. 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 Five website at Showcase.ca
• Like Hell, Part I at the IMDb