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Is it better to have loved and lost? Lauren, Bo, Tamsin, and Dyson each must deal with the painful emotions associated with having ones heart broken. This close to the end we still don't know Hades' end game, and we're introduced to yet another god. And he's the ugly one?

Through a series of flashbacks, we're introduced to Tamsin's teenaged backstory at Valkyrie school under the tutelage of Freya and later Acacia. The plan to return Hades to Tartarus is complicated by the fact that his desire to assemble an army is now out in the open. Will Tamsin lead the armies of Hell? What is Jack really up to? Will Dr. Lewis eventually be able to return Evony to her greatness as The Morrigan?

The effects of Lauren's science experiment come to light, but the implications remain clouded as we await the fae colony reaction. Alicia discovers Dyson's secret, and Kenzie returns to help Bo acquire a painting needed to send Hades back to Tartarus. 

Having released her father Hades from the music box, Bo must now work with him as the fae try to prevent Zeus from carrying out his end-of-the-world scenario. Moral and ethical decisions abound in this episode as Dyson must decide how to tell Alicia the truth about her husband, while Lauren's latest lab project presents far reaching consequences. 

We return to White and the breeding cult as his son undergoes a test to find out whether he's worthy of the program. Feeling directionless and questioning his own self worth, Sketch obtains a job as a free-lance journalist for one of the local tabloid newspapers. Wayne gives us a short list of cliches and tropes used in this episode.

Tracy Ryan (Petaline in Firefly's "Heart of Gold") guest stars as a former Manticore SYOPS agent who's simply trying to get her mob accountant boyfriend to leave the life and run away with her. As part of the plan, she coerces Alec back into the ring, and even though Max eventually has to put him down, Normal's man crush on Alec appears front and center. Wayne presents his top five list of films dealing with memory loss, and Dave expounds on The Expanse.

Having decided to repair her damaged social life, Max goes clubbing with Original Cindy, but the experience takes a detour as a transgenic led group of "Lost Boys and Girls" runs roughshod over the patrons wreaking havoc as they go. The leader turns out to be from Manticore and gives the members of this group of misfits a sense of belonging, but not without exacting a steep price. Sam Witwer (Being Human US) guest stars as the charismatic commander of the group who dispenses his blood to the members of his church.

Max ends up in the hands of the CDC after she takes a bullet to the gut in what began as a simple attempt to gas for motorcycle. Dr. Sam Carr (Brian Markinson) comes to Max's aid, but it's too little too late as Ames White interrupts his golf practice after learning that a barcode kid has been admitted to the hospital. In the end Max returns home, but her file has found its way to DC.

Before embarking on our Dark Angel discussion, we examine the excitement surrounding the release of Star Wars VII and the coincidence associated with one of the episode's plot points. While another Manticore monster wreaks havoc on the streets, Max continues her pursuit of a cure for the virus that unceasingly plagues her relationship with Logan. Alec buys Asha drinks at Crash, and at the end of the evening, she goes home with him. But it's his relationship with Max that we really need to keep our eyes on.

Dave discusses the importance of staying true to the source material in anticipation of the SyFy event series Childhood's End. Is there resolution to the Star Wars vs Star Trek debate? Dave and Wayne plan to give it a go. With the wealth of genre material on television these days, how does anyone keep up? Did you call in sick on November 21 in anticipation of a binge watch of Amazon's The Man in the High Castle and/or Netflix's Jessica Jones?