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"The Ceremony"
Lost Girl episode
Bo makes a fateful choice as Dyson fades away
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 9 Overall Episode 44
Directed by	Lee Rose
Written by	James Thorpe
Produced by	Wanda Chaffey
Featured Music	See Section Below
Cinematography by	David Greene
Editing by	Paul Day
Production Code	309
Original Air Date	March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)
Length	60 minutes (runtime)
Guest Actors
Deborah Odell - Stella Nashira Rachel Skarsten - Tamsin Inga Cadranel - Aife Ron Lea - The Caretaker
Episode Chronology
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Short Summary List of Lost Girl Episodes Detailed List of Lost Girl episodes Bo faces her Dawning with Dyson which leads to a choice for them both SuccuWiki Rating: (TBA)

For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).

Lost Girl is a Canadian developed and produced television series which premiered in the 2010 season on the television channel Showcase.

For further on Bo, the succubus of the series, see her article in the SuccuWiki here. For the series itself, see that article here. For a general discussion of Succubi and their mythos in the series, see that article here.

The Ceremony was the ninth episode of the third season of the series, and the forty-fourth overall episode of the Canadian television series Lost Girl. It was first shown on the Showcase Television Channel in Canada on March 17th, 2013 at 9 PM Eastern time.

Production Data

• Series: Lost Girl
• Season: 3
• Episode Number: 9 (44th Overall)
• Episode Title: The Ceremony
• Directed by: Lee Rose
• Writing credits: James Thorpe
• Production Company: Prodigy Pictures
• Running Time: 60 Minutes (Including Commercials)
• Country of Origin: Canada
• Originally Aired on: March 17th, 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
Zoie Palmer	Lauren
Rachel Skarsten	Tamsin
Deborah Odell	Stella Nashira
Ron Lea	The Caretaker
Inga Cadranel	Aife
Steve Cochrane	Man
Simon Northwood	Key Guardian
Sarah Jackson	Elle
Jonathan Shatzky	Photographer
Clinton Lee Pontes	Go'Glug Fae

Music in this Episode

Song Title	Artist	Notes
Gorgeous		Courtesy of APM Music
The Wanderer	Dion	Written by Ernest Maresca
The Price You Pay	Thomas D'Arcy	Written by Thomas D'Arcy and Todor Kobakov

Plot

Short Summary

Bo’s Dawning arrives and she enters the Temple alongside Dyson with Lauren’s blessing. They enter a mirror of the world they know in search of a key to escape it. Dyson reveals that he does love Bo but will not interfere with her and Lauren’s happiness, content to wait for her. As the trial continues the world twists further and further, roles changing and altering from what Bo knows. Dyson realizes that he is the key to escape and forces Bo to kill him. They return to the real world and Bo changes as she did in Season Two when Lauren’s life was threatened pulling the Chi from everyone around her and uses it to revive Dyson. Bo passes the Dawning, but a new threat is hinted at still to come.

Detailed Summary

The episode opens with Dyson (Kristen Holden-Ried) waking up in a strange bedroom that is illuminated by a strange blue light. He looks around and then sits up calling out, "Babe? Are you okay?" A pair of double doors open revealing Bo in a white evening gown who tells Dyson that she couldn't sleep. He asks if it was "another bad dream" and Bo replies: "I know I haven't exactly been myself lately and you have been so patient." Dyson answers "I'm a husband, it's my job" as he walks to Bo and then hold hands. Bo then tells Dyson that she wanted to be sure before she tells him something. After talking about not feeling right and thinking odd things for a while, Bo holds a pregnancy test up and it reveals that she is pregnant and they embrace happily.

After the opening credits, and a subtitle that reads "Earlier..." A man is seen running through an alleyway and open yard. Bo jumps in front of the man, holding a pipe in one hand, and introduces herself to him before striking him in the chest with the pipe which does nothing. The man grabs the pipe and throws it away, Bo makes a joke about the "mild weather we're having" and then he takes a swing at her, misses and then runs off as Bo goes to grab the pipe again. Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) then arrives, completely out of breath and Bo asks how she is feeling. Kenzi answers: "Like Wile E. Coyote. You?" Bo's comment is that the man is fast, but Stella (Deborah Odell) told Bo that she needs his sweat for the Dawning and they don't have much of a choice. Bo explains that the sweat is needed for her to gain access to the Temple and then questions Kenzi if Trick didn't explain that to him. Kenzi's answer is: "Me and Trick only talk sweat on Tuesdays, we gangsta like that." Kenzi reminds Bo that the Dawning begins for her in about an hour and Bo agrees saying that the break is over before running off again, Kenzi following and complaining "Where is the ACME company when you need them!" as she does.

Turning a corner, they find that the Fae has vanished and Kenzi asks for Bo's phone. Checking the maps on the phone, she reveals to Bo that the Fae is going in the direction of a dead-end street in the warehouse district. Bo's comment of "Things are looking up." is shot down by Kenzi's comment of "I'd like to point out that no escape for him is no escape for us" as Bo asks for the phone back. Kenzi refuses and when Bo tells her that she just wants to check her messages, Kenzi tells her: "Relax. There can be any number of reasons why Lauren hasn't returned any one of your twenty-seven texts." Bo looks at her saying, "Like I blew her off to play spaghetti western in Brasenwood with Tamsin?" Kenzi tells Bo to give Lauren more credit than that, but also tells Bo that it was insensitive of her and Tamsin to be in Lauren's apartment and sharing a glass of chardonnay. When Bo tells Kenzi it was champagne, this freaks out Kenzi even more. Then Bo mentions that they shared a kiss before running off and Kenzi yelling at Bo that: "What? Hey! You get back here young lady and tell me about this kiss! This kind of friendship has rules you know!" before running after Bo once more.

The scene moves to Lauren (Zoie Palmer) opening her door to find Dyson standing there. He explains that Hale asked him to bring some files over to her. Lauren comments that Hale could have used a messenger, but Dyson's answer is that he was going by her place anyway. Lauren tells Dyson that she has been working on an antidote for "Bo's situation." When Dyson comments that he is "not sensing the thrill of victory" Lauren explains that she is worried about the Dawning ceremony and Dyson tells her that he is worried about Bo as well. She reveals to Dyson that she "finds it hard to believe that I found someone like Bo. That she even exists." Dyson looks away and replies in a low voice, "Yeah. I know what you mean." He tells Lauren that everything will be fine but Lauren has problems believing in "good feelings." Dyson's answer is: "Sometimes it isn't about what you can prove it's about what you believe." Lauren begins to turn away, but Dyson stops her adding: "Lauren, I'm really glad that you and Bo are in such a good place" and then turns away and leaves Lauren alone.

Meanwhile, Bo and Kenzi have seemingly cornered the Fae they have been chasing and approach a door leading into a warehouse assuming that the Fae is within the building. Bo opens the door and they both rush inside but instead of finding the Fae they seek, they discover a fashion shoot within the building and Stella waiting for them there as well who tells Bo that the models have been waiting for her, telling Bo that it is the first phase of her Dawning.

After a commercial break, Stella confronts Bo and tells her that: "These fine human specimens are for you." Bo is confused and asks what Stella means and her answer is: "To feast on of course. To satiate yourself before the Dawning." Bo is enraged by this, calling the entire chase a setup, which Stella agrees it was. Kenzi's comment to Stella is: "Revolting." When she sees the alcohol on a table nearby she asks "Is that name brand liquor?" before walking off and leaving Bo with Stella. One of the models approaches Bo as Stella steps aside. The model asks: "You're Bo? The agent from Rio? I didn't think you were going to be so... stunning." She then leans in close and tells Bo: "We're going to have so much fun." For a moment, Bo's eyes change and she turns to Stella saying: "Oh bitch you are so evil." After the model returns to the shoot Stella confronts Bo asking why she is when everyone else around her is denying that she is a Succubus, From after, Kenzi listens and watches what happens next unhappily. Stella presses on telling Bo to feed on all of the models there as being fully fed is the safest way for her to enter the Temple. Bo refuses and Stella again tempts Bo telling her to take a male model there as The Morrigan has a contract with him and he will be dead in six months anyway. Bo turns to leave and tells Stella that it will "not be by my hand" as she does so. Stella warns Bo that what she will face in the Dawning will be ten times more draining than her chase of the Fae was. Kenzi then steps between the two of them and tells Stella that they are just about done. Stella ignores Kenzi and tells Bo that her: "empathy for the human species is commendable but it is not the ancient way of the Fae." Bo confronts her saying: "Maybe not, but it's my way. You keep saying that I don't know who I am. Well, I know this. I will not murder for pleasure" before turning her back on Stella and walking out of the building. Stella tells Kenzi that if Bo does not feed she will fail the Dawning. Kenzi smiles and then thrusts a drink at Stella telling her that: "She will surprise the shit out of you. And you know, you would think I would get tired of watching but I never do. And I never will. Stell." following Bo out the door.

Bo and Kenzi return home where Bo rants over what Stella did while Kenzi pours two glasses of wine. Kenzi makes an idle comment about Bo kissing Tamsin and Bo tells Kenzi that she meant to tell her about that, but Kenzi tells Bo that it's fine and they'll talk about that when Bo returns from the Dawning: "Because you will." Bo complains about how vague Stella is about the entire Dawning and Kenzi admits that she's worried what happens to her if Bo doesn't come back adding that: "Who's going to pay the hydro bill and what is hydro?" Bo attempts to comfort Kenzi but instead Kenzi tells Bo that she will survive this test like every other one she has faced. Bo tells Kenzi that: "You've got to know that if anything happens to me, you are going to be taken care of." Bo tells Kenzi not to worry and Kenzi tells Bo: "This is not my worried face. This is my game face. I know you are going to get through this. I'll be waiting and horns or not we're getting drunk when this is done." Bo smiles and the two embrace. Bo then asks: "What if I am drooling and I have back hair?" Kenzi's answer is: "We will get you waxed. You'll always be my girl Bo. Even if you come out of there with a dong." Bo slaps Kenzi on the shoulder and the two agree: "No dong."

The next scene begins at the Dal Riata with Kenzi sitting at the bar and drinking a beer as Stella enters and tells Kenzi that there has never been a human at a Dawning before. Kenzi's reply is: "Chill Stell. I promise not to Tweet." Stella tries again telling Kenzi that it isn't appropriate that she be there. Kenzi snaps that: "Bo is my BFF which stands for Best Fae Forever. So this is one chick who's Pradas are nailed to the ground." Stella considers Kenzi before commenting: "Your scars are so deep." Kenzi is confused a moment and then Stella leans in close and whispers something to her before pulling away and leaving a stunned looking Kenzi in her wake and a concerned Trick (Richard Howland) watching as this happens. Bo is elsewhere in the Dal Riata trying to contact Lauren, but only getting her voice mail. As she begins to leave a message, Lauren walks in and the two have an uncomfortable moment before Lauren explains that she "wouldn't miss this for the world." Bo asks about the texts that Lauren didn't answer and Lauren explains that she's been trying to find a solution to help Bo over all else. Bo takes Lauren's hand and tells her that it is okay, but Lauren tells Bo that it isn't. Trick then calls everyone in the bar to him and gives a toast to Bo saying: "A toast to my Granddaughter. I'm so very proud of you, we all are. You've been through so much in the past few years but you have always stayed true to yourself. To your heart. May this Dawning be your greatest triumph." As both Lauren and Kenzi look concerned, Trick takes Bo away to his lair under the Dal Riata.

They sit together there and Trick mixes together a paste, noting that: "The essence of white oleander represents your purity." Bo jokes that: "Oh, I'm afraid that ship has sailed." Trick continues: "Of intent and deed. Of commitment to the Dawning." Bo then tells Trick that she couldn't feed on the humans that Stella offered her because she will never kill innocents again. Trick is confused by what Bo is saying and after she explains, he tells her that he had no idea. As Trick continues to work on the paste, Bo offers: "I don't know if I've ever thanked you properly." Trick tells Bo that she doesn't need to but Bo continues: "No. But it is. I know that I haven't always been the perfect Granddaughter and you have always been there for me. Believing in me. Loving me." Trick's answer is: "You have always exceeded everyone's expectations. And this? This is not goodbye." Trick then uses the paste to paint a symbol on Bo's forehead telling her that it is a symbol of her true self while she is within the Temple. The symbol Trick paints is a circle with what appears to be the symbol for Pi within it. Trick explains "By embracing the tradition, you acknowledge your heritage" as Bo looks into a mirror to see what the symbol is. Bo tells Trick: "You are the only heritage I have left. Nothing is going to take that away from me" as they embrace.

The ceremony begins with Stella reading from a parchment as Trick stands beside her and Bo is surrounded by the others there. Stella asks Bo if she accepts the invitation and Bo pronounces that she does. Stella tells Bo that she can select an aide to take with her into the Dawning, meaning a weapon, but also tells Bo that she cannot have a weapon unless she chooses a side, either Light Fae or Dark Fae. Bo does not hesitate and refuses to pick a side which means she must enter the Temple without a weapon. Dyson then arrives and announces that he "offers myself as hand." Bo refuses his offer as Trick looks at Dyson and he returns a hard look back to him. Dyson asks Bo if she understands what hand means, her answer is: "I know when you are up to no good." Dyson explains that a hand is like a companion, but Bo does not believe him. Stella asks Trick if Dyson understands what he is offering and Trick brushes Stella off saying: "the offer has been made." Bo refuses again, and then Kenzi offers to go but before this can continue further, Lauren tells Bo that she must take any advantage and Dyson will keep Bo safe. Dyson and Lauren share a look before Lauren kisses Bo. As they do, Kenzi places her hand on Dyson's shoulder in support. As the kiss ends, Dyson is seen in the background between Lauren and Bo as they look at each other. Lauren wishes Bo good luck and Bo promises that she does feel lucky. Bo then leads Dyson to a pair of bowls on the floor, one with flowers in it, one with water. She takes one flower and places it in the water which then begins to have waves in it and then a portal of energy appears in front of them both. In the next moment, the two vanish and the portal closes as Bo enters the Temple to face her Dawning.

Following another commercial,

Questions in this Episode

• As Anna Silk announced that she is pregnant and expecting in early 2013, will Bo being pregnant in the Temple be foreshadowing of Season Four?
• How much of a transformation could have occurred to Bo if she had failed? Were Bo and Kenzi joking or were they serious when they talked about some very dramatic changes?

Answers in this Episode

• Stella told Bo that she needed the sweat from a Go'Glug Fae, specifically for its pheromones, but this appeared to be a lie to draw to a place where she would be forced to feed. This did not work as Bo refused to do so.
• Bo promised Kenzi that if anything happened to her, Kenzi would be looked after. Trick told Kenzi that he would look after her as he feels like she is part of his family.

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, March 22nd, 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
• The Ceremony at the IMDb