When Dyson is set to be executed by The Una Mens for crimes he supposedly committed over 100 years ago, Bo enlists Lauren's help to transport herself into Dyson's memories to clear him of the charges. In Dyson's memories, Bo's subconscious comes out to play, revealing some of her fears and desires. Meanwhile, both Hale and Kenzi do what they can to help Dyson.

Drink Special: French Connection

1½ oz Cognac
¾ oz Amaretto

Serve in a old-fashioned glass over ice.

First Impressions

• Stephanie: I really, really (really) liked this episode! Wait, Doccubus shippers! Hear me out!
• Kris: I know you're sick of hearing me say this, but I really enjoyed this episode. I'm enjoying this whole crazy season! The episode involved a lot of genre elements and did it so very well, I thought.
• Annie: I'm so torn about this episode. There were a lot of things I loved (Zoie singing in French! Bo as Dyson! Costuming! Doccubus!) and things I really didn't like (Lauren getting ignored at the end).

Dyson's Past

• The episode synopsis sounded like the episode was going to be like “Faetal Justice,” or “Brotherfae of the Wolves,” or some combination of the two. However, we thought the episode was actually better than either of those.
• It gave more insight into Dyson's past and was structured in a very clever way, such that there was all kinds of subtext for our other main characters. The story is as much about Bo and Lauren as it is about Dyson.
• Dyson's French past = Angel's past as Liam on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
• Cassie's comment that Bo would see familiar faces and places in Dyson's memories was a clever way to save money and time for production, give the story layers of meaning, and let the cast have some fun playing different characters.
• We finally have a better sense of why Dyson might have felt an immediate kinship with Bo. Where he was in the past we see here (separated from his pack and a bit lost) is similar to where Bo was when the series began.
• Dyson and Trick meet! And we finally get to see it! Trick gave Dyson a much-needed sense of purpose.

Freudian Analysis (Uh Oh!)

• Id: Drives, instincts, desires — immediate gratification
• Ego: Problem solver, reality tester — tells the id that gratification must be delayed, makes a plan
• Superego: Morality — “should nots” and “shoulds”
• Dyson is the ego, teetering toward the id. Trick represents the superego, offering Dyson a moral purpose again. Flora in the hel-shoes represents the id at its most horrifying (“All the darkest parts of myself. All of them. Here. Now.”). So even though Dyson initially blows Trick off, seeing Flora and the darkest part of the id steers him back toward a better balance with the superego. (Get to the sex, already, Stephanie!)

Helskór

• Stephanie wonders, because they paralleled Dyson's and Bo's storylines in this episode, if they are going to have the hel-shoes (meant for one true hero) be meant for Bo.
• Annie's a little fixated on how ugly the hel-shoes are. They're old! And called “hel-shoes”! What are you expecting, Annie?!
• Stephanie has a theory! She thinks The Una Mens wanting the hel-shoes has something to do with finding out about Rainer.

Boson and Flauren

• Anna Silk did a great job being Dyson-esque. She even kept her hands on Flauren's back when they kissed. (Bo always grabs people's faces.) She was appropriately shirtless, too!
• We enjoyed seeing Zoie Palmer get to play a very different kind of character. Kris giggled with delight through most of her scenes.
• “And then we'll flee together so that I can protect you…” “I don't need your protection.” This exchange echoes the scene between Bo and Lauren in “Let the Dark Times Roll” where Bo says she'll claim Lauren if she has to, and Lauren says she doesn't want that. Flauren says that Boson can come with her as an equal, and we think that's what Lauren wants out of her relationship with Bo.
• “You're gone. There's nothing to come back to.” Is Boson talking about Flauren's death? Or is it Bo talking about no longer being with Lauren?
• “But you can still save Dyson.” Annie thinks Lauren is being self-sacrificial, Stephanie thinks she's trying to take care of herself, and Kris thinks she's being pragmatic.
• “I love you.” “No, you don't […] Your love is to come.” Yes, Flora is referring to Dyson meeting and falling in love with Bo. But it is also, on some level, about Bo and Lauren. We think it's about them not being in the right place (situationally) for a relationship right now.

@DrinksatTheDal I'm not sure Bo's ready for any romantic relationship at all in her current situation, be it Lauren or D-man.

— Ψάπφω (@SapphoofEresos) December 24, 2013

THAT Sex Scene

• Annie was liking it (a LOT) until they cut to the mirror shot.
• Stephanie understands why some people were upset to see “Lauren” having sex with Dyson, but here’s her take on it:
  • It wasn’t Lauren. Yes, it was Zoie Palmer, but it wasn't Lauren so Stephanie doesn't think that the show reinforced the trope of having lesbian characters sleep with straight men.
  • But even if she did see it as a misstep, she thinks it’s a small one considering HOW QUEER the show is on a regular basis. In this episode alone, she thinks it’s really significant that they queered Dyson’s past.
  • Also, consider the trope of the character being punished for homosexuality by being killed by the end of the film/TV series. In this episode, we have a character, whom we normally read as queer, being shown engaging in heterosexual sex, and she's possessed by something terrible and dies. Boom. She was punished for heteronormativity.

@DrinksatTheDal the Hays code ..in reverse making it the Syah code.

— Escape Artist (@ImageFeeder) December 24, 2013

• Kris just thought the whole thing was kind of hilarious.
• Though she really didn't like the mirror shot, Annie thought that the mirror shot kind of hinted at the permanence of “the triangle.” She points out that the red string of fate (that ties people's destinies together) is worn by Bo, Dyson, and Lauren.

The Ending

• Annie wanted more acknowledgement that Kenzi and Lauren risked their lives to save Dyson. She was also upset that Lauren was kind of isolated at The Dal, sitting between new couple Hazi and smooshy mooshy Bo and Dyson.
• Stephanie points out that Dyson doesn't really thank anybody. Also, Bo thanked Lauren for helping at the beginning of the episode.
• That's not good enough for Annie, though.
• Stephanie appreciates that Lauren was even included in the celebratory-hot-dog scene. It's something that hasn't really happened before.
• Kris thinks Bo is maybe acting out and being a bit flirty with Dyson in front of Lauren as a response to Lauren's rejection in “Let the Dark Times Roll.” Kris also has a bit of a fangirl-rant about Bo and Anna Silk and how much she loves them both.

Crystal Watch: Episode Three Less Hotpantsless

• LIEEEEEEEEBS!
• Also, thank you to Rebecca R (@rebeccatbs) for sending us this awesome drawing:

https://twitter.com/rebeccatbs/status/413833789379321857

Dyson!

• Stephanie felt bad for Dyson last week. This week: ANNOYANCE.
• “Waiting to be saved for once”? ARGH.
• Kris suggests that it was the “sitting around” part that was unusual, as Dyson tends to actively get himself into the position of needing to be saved.

Stray Thoughts

• They killed Pietra! (A.K.A. Annie's FEELINGS)
• Yay for Cassie's reappearance!
• Lauren talking to herself is adorkable.
• Stephanie is amused by the comment about their only having chocolate spread and not peanut butter. Kris wants to know why Lauren doesn't seem to remember/know about Kenzi's peanut allergy. Of course they wouldn't have peanut butter!
• Annie liked the scene of Kenzi accidentally stealing Dyson's last words.
• We're glad the writers immediately answered the question of why The Una Mens were taking Dyson but not Bo.
• Cassie says to Bo, “You're brave…and something else. Something new.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
• What exactly did Boson do to stop hel-shoe-possessed Flauren? Stephanie thinks Boson stabbed Flauren with her own mini-Wolverine-claws.
• “Mortis invenio in unitate” — “Unity found in death.” Also, have The Una Mens forgotten how to pronounce Latin?

Lyrics to Flauren's Song

Thank you to LToutes who sent in what she could transcribe of the lyrics to the song Flora (Lauren) sings. Stephanie called upon her college French and attempted a translation. LToutes wasn't able to understand all of the lyrics, and it's been a while since Stephanie took French, so please let us know if you can fill in more lyrics or offer a better translation. (Thanks to ivoow for help in the comments!)

Adieu l'amant à tête blonde
Qui m'a aimée pendant trois jours
Ici-bas les plus courts plaisirs
Font souvent les meilleures amours

Je […]? ma bouche ardente
J'ai souvenir de tes baisers
Ici-bas les plus courts plaisirs
Font souvent les meilleures amours

Dans le grand train qui me transporte
Très loin de toi
Je sens encore ton coeur qui bat fort
Au creux de mes doigts

Adieu l'amant, beau légionnaire
Qui m'a aimée la nuit, le jour
Ici-bas les plus beaux plaisirs
Font souvent les meilleures amours

Translation

Farewell my blond lover
Who loved me for three days
Down here are the shortest pleasures
And often the best love

I […]? my burning mouth
I remember your kisses
Down here are the shortest pleasures
And often the best love

In the train that carries me
Very far away from you
I still feel your heart beating strong
In the hollow of my fingers

Goodbye lover, handsome soldier
Who loved me all night, all day
Down here are the shortest pleasures
And often the best love

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