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"Dark Horse"
Lost Girl episode
Bo mourns at Kenzi's grave
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 13 Overall Episode 61
Directed by	Ron Murphy
Written by	Emily Andras
Produced by	Vanessa Piazza
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	Craig Wright
Editing by	Paul Day
Production Code	413
Original Air Date	February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Emmanuelle Vaugier - The Morrigan Kyle Schmid - Rainer Tim Rozen - Massimo
Episode Chronology
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Short Summary List of Lost Girl Episodes Detailed List of Lost Girl episodes Bo defeats Massimo, but Rainer is killed. To stop the arrival of The Priapus, Kenzi sacrifices her life to save the world and Bo's life is shattered. SuccuWiki Rating: (3.5)

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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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Dark Horse was the thirteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the series, and the sixty-first overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on February 16, 2014, at 10 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 4
• Episode Number: 13 (61st Overall)
• Episode Title: Dark Horse
• Directed by: Ron Murphy
• Writing credits: Emily Andras
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: February 16, 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 Four 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, Zoie Palmer as Lauren and K.C. Collins as Hale.

Actor / Actress	Role
Anna Silk	Bo
Kris Holden-Ried	Dyson
Ksenia Solo	Kenzi
Richard Howland	Trick
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Emmanuelle Vaugier	The Morrigan
Kyle Schmid	Rainer
Tim Rozen	Massimo
Casey Hudecki	Rosette

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
You	Keaton Henson	Written by Keaton Henson

Plot

Short Summary

Massimo holds Lauren hostage and decides that the only way to make The Morrigan happy is to bring her Bo’s head. Massimo attacks Bo and kills Rainer in the attempt. Kenzi and Dyson find the Morrigan and she reveals that Massimo is, in fact, her son. Bo discovers that she is being transformed by her father into The Dark Queen and when she arrives at the portal where her father will appear she begins to change, but Dyson saves her. Bo asks Dyson to stop the coming armies of her father while she rescues Lauren from Massimo, Trick and Tamsin helping him to slow the tide. Bo tricks Massimo into taking the Chi from The Morrigan and then kills him, freeing Lauren. Kenzi figures out the prophecy to close the portal and to do so, she must sacrifice herself and does so. Tamsin claims Kenzi’s soul and takes it to Valhalla with Rainer’s. Afterwards, Tamsin warns Dyson not to allow Bo to find the second Hel shoe and Bo visits Kenzi’s grave and promises, somehow, to bring Kenzi back.

Detailed Summary

The episode opens with a series of flashbacks to earlier episodes which include: Hale's death at the hands of Massimo followed by his memorial service, Dyson speaking while Kenzi grieved. An image of the Origin Seed with Massimo speaking of its powers and then being seen eating the Seed. Lauren tells The Morrigan that she is 100% human, followed by Bo telling Kenzi that she is part of everyone, but Kenzi demanding that Bo unclaim her. Tamsin is then shown telling Bo that being the Queen means more than Bo knows. Bo examining the book that Lauren found with the image of Rainer as a devil is shown with Lauren telling Bo of the prophecy that either the Queen or the Warrior will die. This is followed by Lauren confronting Bo over her choosing Rainer. Finally, Bo and Rainer are shown after Rosette tricked them into releasing the seals on the prison that holds Bo's father, the marks on their chests glowing, Rosette telling of the prophecy that has just been fulfilled.

The episode begins with Bo (Anna Silk and Rainer (Kyle Schmid) walking, Rainer attempting to tell Bo that his "intentions were true" but the length of his imprisonment clouded his judgement and he did not see that Rosette had been lying to them. Bo angrily tells Rainer that she "stood in front of my friends and choose you." Rainer continues that Rosette was his "most loyal General and we loved each other" and is shocked that she was turned against him. Bo reminds Rainer that "he" made Rosette walk into a fire and die. Rainer asks who "he" is and Bo replies: "Someone that even the Blood King fears. My father manipulated all of us." Rainer then claims: "There is one advantage, one thing your father could never foresee. We share something real. Something good." As Rainer finishes speaking the mark on Bo's chest glows and she moans, then doubles over in pain. Bo asks him what is happening and Rainer replies: "Our marks?" Bo answers: "No. His mark." Rainer then tells Bo that they will fight against whatever is happening, Bo continuing to gasp in pain.

After the opening credits, we return to see Rainer laying Bo on one of the tables in the Dal Raita. Trick () enters in the next moment and demands to know what Rainer has done to Bo, adding: "I knew you were poison." Rainer angrily tells Trick: "This from the King who separated children from their families and watched as their parents were burned at the stake if they didn't choose from Light or Dark." Bo weakly tells them both to stop fighting and then tells Trick is was The Priapus. Trick is shocked to learn that Bo is aware of The Priapus and Bo continues to explain: "We ran into these warrior nuns lots of white, even more crazy. Trick they worship a horse god, a demon, they think it's my father." Rainer adds: "We bound to break your curse. Instead we opened a gateway to Hel." Trick tells Rainer he never should have left the train, Rainer telling Trick that: "You were the one that put me there in the first place." Trick angrily reminds Rainer that he "dared to challenge the Blood Laws" but Rainer brushes that off, asking Trick when he would: "Take responsibly for the chaos you have caused?" Trick warns: "You forget who you are talking to" but Rainer tells Trick that he wasn't scared of the Blood King and he is not scared of Trick in the here and now.

Questions in this Episode

• If Rosette and Rainer loved each other, what does that mean exactly? Were they a couple long ago? Where has Rosette been in all of the time that Rainer was imprisoned? Did she have contact with him?

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 February 21st, 2014. You can find that review here. She gave it 3.5 pitchforks out of 5.

External Links

• The Official site of the series Lost Girl
• Official Season Four website at Showcase.ca
• Dark Horse at the IMDb