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"Groundhog Fae"
Lost Girl episode
Bo wakes up in the back seat of her car... again.
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 8 Overall Episode 56
Directed by	Ron Murphy
Written by	Emily Andreas & Sam Ruano
Produced by	Vanessa Piazza
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	Craig Wright
Editing by	Ben Wilkinson
Production Code	408
Original Air Date	December 29, 2013 (2013-12-29)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Paul Amos - Vex Rob Archer - Bruce Ken Hall - Jeffrey R.D. Reid - Krampus
Episode Chronology
← Previous "La Fae Époque" Next → "Destiny's Child"
Short Summary List of Lost Girl Episodes Detailed List of Lost Girl episodes Yule is celebrated but everyone's regrets send Bo into repeating the evening over and over again until she faces her own fears as well SuccuWiki Rating: (0.0)

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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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Groundhog Fae was the eighth episode of the fourth season of the series, and the fifty-six overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on December 29th, 2013, at 10 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 4
• Episode Number: 8 (56th Overall)
• Episode Title: Groundhog Fae
• Directed by: Ron Murphy
• Writing credits: Emily Andreas & Sam Ruano
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: December 29th, 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 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
K.C. Collins	Hale
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Paul Amos	Vex
Rob Archer	Bruce
Ken Hall	Jeffrey
R.D. Reid	Krampus
Darryl Hinds	Choga
Shannon Leroux	Lady Roids
Julian DeZotti	Fugly
Ruth Goodwin	Bottle Brunette
Dimitri Pavlakos	Dark Figure

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
Coming For You Baby	Jay Price	Written by Jay Price
Jingle Bells		Courtesy of APM Music
12 Days Of Christmas		Courtesy of APM Music
Don’t Forget About Me This Christmas	Danny Fromajio & Peter Hajioff	Written by Danny Fromajio & Peter Hajioff
What You Want	Coast to Coast featuring Library Voices	Written by Jay Merrow, Carl Johnson and Brennan Ross
A Perfect Christmas		Courtesy of APM Music
Deck The Hallz	Free Spirit	Written by Trevor Yuile and Evren Ozdemir
My Own Personal Santa		Courtesy of APM Music
Everybody’s Home For Christmas		Courtesy of APM Music
We're Gonna Have A Happy Christmas		Courtesy of APM Music
What I Like About Christmas	musicblender	Written by Michele Vice-Maslin and Michael Stein

Plot

Short Summary

Bo and her friends have gathered for Yule, but something odd happens and Bo finds herself repeating the same moments over and over again. Eventually she finds that Tamsin and Hale are also stuck in the loop and this was caused by Krampus, a Fae that feeds on regret, that has trapped them all and is forcing them to repeat the evening over and over again. Tamsin confesses her regret to Bo that she was the one that found Bo for the The Wanderer, but Bo forgives her. Tamsin also suggests that The Wanderer is looking for his perfect mate and that he may have had a hand in Bo’s birth to make that happen. Hale confesses his regret to Kenzi that he wanted to make their first intimate moment together perfect and Kenzi tells him that it would never be perfect and it doesn’t matter to her. Bo is trapped by Krampus and she confesses all of her true fears, all of the things that she is scared of, including that she is frightened of what The Wanderer may force her to become and in doing so frees herself and everyone else from Krampus finally. Lauren discovers a case addressed to Bo in Bo’s handwriting in the Dark Fae storeroom and has opened it, revealing the contents to Dyson, but they cannot agree to give the case to Bo and they put their arguments to Vex to settle the question. The question is not answered, but Lauren reattaches Vex’s hand. Kenzi gives Bo the case and when Bo opens it, she finds it is a container of the black smoke that had been used before by The Wanderer to bring her to him.

Detailed Summary

The episode opens with several flashbacks from previous episodes including Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried) and Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) imprisoned by the Una Mens where Dyson promised Kenzi that when they were freed he would begin to train her to be a Shadow Thief followed by Bo (Anna Silk) revealing that the Una Mens were guilty of murder in the previous episode and not Dyson. Dyson's meeting with Trick (Richard Howland) and finding that Trick was the Blood Kind was shown and then Bo questioning why Trick has not been helping her to discover the reason why Bo had been taken by The Wanderer in the previous episode as well. The scene two episodes prior where Dyson and Bo discovered that Bo had been marked by The Wander is shown and finally, from the previous episode, the Una Mens noting that Bo was more than they had expected her to be.

The first scene of the episode shows Bo washing her car at a gas station in the heat of summer in slow motion with Lauren (Zoie Palmer) watching from a short distance away holding an ice cream cone in one hand, mesmerized by Bo, the ice cream melting in her hand forgotten as she does so. Dyson then walks up to Lauren and begins to ask her a question, but Lauren raises her free hand which stops Dyson and he also starts to watch Bo washing her car, also mesmerized by the scene, his comment being: "Oh." After a moment he takes a sip of the beer he is holding and asks Lauren if they should help Bo and Lauren replies: "No. No, it's good for us. I mean her. I mean I think it's therapeutic." Hale (K.C. Collins) then approaches the pair and asks how many failed missions this one makes and Dyons answers: "Girl really wants that hell shoe." Hale then snaps his fingers which snaps Dyson and Lauren out of their daze, Dyson blinking his eyes and Lauren looking at her now half-melted ice cream. Bo finishes washing her car and comments: "Goodbye UnderFae guts, hello brew skies." before walking over to the gas station and calling out to the mechanic inside about where they pay for gas. One mechanic calls back that Bo should: "Leave the money on the counter. We trust ya." Bo enters the office where Christmas time music is playing and another customer a moment before had taken a candy from a tray there and walked away. Outside, Hale tells Dyson and Lauren that he has "A good feeling about tonight" as he texts. Both Lauren and Dyson answer: "Me too." and then look at each other. Inside the office, Bo drops the money to pay for the gas on the counter and looks around before picking up one of the candies and walking out again. Hale in the meantime explains excitedly to Lauren and Dyson: "Yule was a major event in our house, we used to stay up all night hiding from Krampus!" Dyson tells Hale that he remembers the rhyme they used as children to ward Krampus away, which they both recite and cross their finger as they do so: "Beast of Burden, Fools Delight, Spare me on this Yuletide Night!" Dyson also adds: "Of course back then Krampus would beat you with a stick before throwing you into the sack." Bo appears at the end of this and asks: "If I may Kenzi in her absence, Who's got cramped-ass?" Hale explains: "Kram-pus. It's like your Santa Klaus only the complete opposite." Lauren adds that Krampus: "Slides down your chimney on the hottest night of the year." Bo comments that he "sounds like my kind of Elf before revealing the candy she took from inside the gas station. Dyson asks Bo if what she is holding are Yule candies from Krampus and if they are she will be "on his naughty list." Bo is unimpressed and replies: "Oh bitch, I am the naughty list." before eating the candy and walking towards the car. Lauren turns to Dyson and comments: "Can't argue with that." and Dyson replies: "Nope." At the car, Bo tells Hale that she is tired and hands him the keys to the car adding that he should drive before opening the car door and communing that she needs "to get out of these wet clothes" as she gets into the back seat. Dyson and Lauren both try to join Bo in the back seat with Lauren pushing Dyson aside and getting into the car with Bo, Dyson saying with a wry smile: "After you." After Lauren is seated, Dyson pushes the front seat back which makes Lauren say, with a smile: "Ow." After everyone is in the car, the scene returns to inside of the garage where the two mechanics have taken hold of the customer that was in the office before and are forcing him underneath the hood of the car they were working on, slamming the hood closed and then watching Bo and the others drive away.

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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 January 3rd, 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 Four website at Showcase.ca
• Groundhog Fae at the IMDb