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Original Skin
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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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Original Skin was the ninth episode of the second season of the series, and the twenty-second overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on November 20th, 2011 at 9 PM Eastern time.
Production Data
- Series: Lost Girl
- Season: 2
- Episode Number: 9 (22nd Overall)
- Episode Title: Original Skin
- Directed by: Paul Fox
- Writing credits: Emily Andras
- Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
- Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
- Country of Origin: Canada
- Originally Aired on: November 20th, 2011 on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada
- Number of Canadian Viewers: TBA
Cast
| Actor / Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Anna Silk | Bo |
| Kristen Holden-Ried | Dyson |
| Ksenia Solo | Kenzi |
| Richard Howland | Trick |
| K.C. Collins | Detective Hale |
| Zoie Palmer | Lauren |
| Lina Roessler | Ciara |
| Michael Cram | Woods |
| Vincent Walsh | The Ash |
| Hayley Nault | Nain Rouge |
| AJ Jaywar | Raynard |
| Athena Karkanis | Nadia |
Plot
Short Summary
Bo, Dyson, Kenzi, Hale, Trick, Ciara, and Lauren are all drawn to the Dal and a Dark Fae hunter traps all of them there explaining that he is hunting an escaped prisoner hiding there. It is soon revealed that thanks to that prisoner contaminating the beer, that all of them save Trick have drunk, he can move between bodies and he first takes over Bo's body. The Nain Rouge appears to Bo when she is forced into being stuck in Limbo as a result. Bo is told that the Fae will come to an end and her destiny which is to kill Trick. Bo does not believe her and forces her way back to the real world. Bo returns from Limbo, and as a result, all of the people in the Dal switch bodies. The prisoner escapes in Lauren's body and feeding on Lauren's deepest desires, attempts to kill the Ash. Dyson in Kenzi's body is the only one able to leave the Dal and manages to stop him. Trick eventually finds a solution and returns everyone back to their own bodies, the prisoner being taken away by the bounty hunter. Bo tells Trick at the end of the episode that the Nain Rouge told her something terrible was coming and that she was called Ysabeau (where the last syllable is pronounced like "bo") by her. It is also revealed that the Ash may not in fact be who he seems to be.
Detailed Summary
The episode opens with Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) admiring a new pair of boots that she had placed on lay-away for three months until she could afford them. As she struts around Bo's home, Bo (Anna Silk) is engrossed in a book on life, love and relationships and barely listens to Kenzi as she talks about her boots. Kenzi eventually yanks the book from Bo's hands and chastises her for reading it. Kenzi then tells her that they are going out for the evening instead of staying in and being bored out of their minds. Bo refuses to go saying that she doesn't want to see Dyson (Kristen Holden-Ried) and Ciara (Lina Roessler) together. Kenzi however tells her that the Dal is their bar too and they have the right to be there as well. Then Kenzi suggests that Bo disguise herself as a "sexy biker chick" and the idea seems to appeal to Bo. The pair then arrive at The Dal Riata and discover that it is almost completely empty of patrons, Kenzi commenting that "bingo night was a real hit", when she notices a sign at the door about it. Then Trick (Richard Howland), Dyson and Hale (K.C. Collins) came into view and Bo isn't that happy to see them there. The two men compliment the woman on their outfits and then go off to another part of the bar. Bo and Kenzi talk about leaving for a moment, but then Lauren (Zoie Palmer) arrives and Kenzi whispered to Bo for her to be strong while she gets them a pitcher of beer. Bo's comment is, "each." In the back room of the Dal, a man dressed in a hospital gown climbs over the kegs that hold the beer for the bar and then injects something into it using a syringe.
Back from the opening credits, Bo is amazed that Lauren is there and Lauren tells Bo that she really looks good dressed as she is. Lauren tells her that she told the Ash that she had to come to the Dal on official business, but in fact she is there to ask Trick some questions, and interrupts Bo to tell her that as Bo tries to talk to her about the hiss they shared in the room where Nadia, Lauren's girlfriend, is being kept. Lauren then walks away from Bo to talk to Trick. Bo then looks at Kenzi who is holding two pitchers of beer and comments that she "needs to murder Kenzi." Lauren sits down with Trick and hands him back a series of books telling him that none of them were of any help to her and Trick suggests that she check Wikipedia as well. Lauren misses the joke and tells him that she needs information on the darkest of the dark Shamans in order to figure out who cursed Nadia. Trick tells her that he is working on that, but it will take time. Trick warns her that witch doctors are dangerous and she should be careful, but Lauren says she has been careful for the past five years and now she wants to act. Lauren mentions that she hasn't been sleeping well and Trick notes that the fighting between the Light and Dark Fae has been cutting into his business, so he thought that a Bingo Night would be fun. Unfortunately it seems that it isn't the right kind of fun. Lauren makes a suggestion that Trick get a mechanical bull for the bar as he takes a sip of beer.
Meanwhile, Dyson and Hale are setting up for a game of pool as Bo comes over to the pair carrying two beers. She tries to make amends with Dyson by offering him a beer as Hale wanders off, and suggests that they start over again as really good friends before they both take a sip of the beer. Then Ciara (Lina Roessler) arrives to find them talking together and accuses Dyson of lying to her when he told her that he was going to have a night out with the boys. When Bo tries to leave, Ciara tells her that she and Dyson were having a fight less than an hour ago, and Dyson suggests that he and Ciara go somewhere else. Ciara wants to know what happened before Dyson and Bo, and Dyson says that nothing happened to Bo's surprise. Dyson tries to apologize to Bo, which makes things worse with Ciara who asks Bo what she did to Dyson to make him the way he is. Before Bo can answer that,
Questions in this Episode
- Do Gorgons in the Lost Girl universe have the power to turn others to stone?
- What is Hamistagan in the Lost Girl universe exactly?
Answers in this Episode
- Kenzi has either a shoe or foot fetish.
- The myth of the Gorgons is very well known. The most well known story is about Perseus and Medusa. You can find out more about this myth and this creature of legend here. In the Lost Girl universe, it is unclear if they have the power to turn others to stone, but they do have the power, through their blood and injecting it into others, to enter the bodies of other people and experience all of their thoughts and feelings. The Gorgon in this episode was a psychiatrist.
- The myth of Hamistagan tells of a neutral place or state for the departed souls of those whose good deeds and bad deeds were equal in life. Here these souls await Judgment Day. You can find out more about this story here.
Episodes
For a more detailed list see: List of Lost Girl episodes, or click on the individual episode titles for more in depth articles.
Season One Episodes
Episode 1: It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World
Episode 2: Where There's a Will, There's a Fae
Episode 3: Oh Kappa, My Kappa
Episode 4: Faetal Attraction
Episode 5: Dead Lucky
Episode 6: Food for Thought
Episode 7: ArachnoFaebia
Episode 8: Vexed
Episode 9: Fae Day
Episode 10: The Mourning After
Episode 11: Faetal Justice
Episode 12: (Dis)Members Only
Episode 13: Blood Lines
Season Two Episodes
Episode 1: Something Wicked This Fae Comes
Episode 2: I Fought the Fae (And the Fae Won)
Episode 3: Scream a Little Dream
Episode 4: Mirror, Mirror
Episode 5: BrotherFae of the Wolves
Episode 6: It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away
Episode 7: Fae Gone Wild
Episode 8: Death Didn't Become Him
Episode 9: Original Skin
Episode 10: Raging Fae
Episode 11: TBA
Episode 12: Masks
Episode 13: TBA
Episode 14: Midnight Lamp
Episode 15: TBA
Episode 16: School's Out
Episode 17: TBA
Episode 18: TBA
Episode 19: TBA
Episode 20: TBA
Episode 21: TBA
Episode 22: TBA
References
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, November 25th, 2011. You can find that review here. She gave it ? pitchforks out of 5.