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The Lair Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Episode #3.1
Fri, Sep 4, 200926 mins
Six months later. Thom struggles as working as the only human in the Lair and with his role as Damian's only blood supply. Damian suggests an "open relationship" but Thom refuses. Richie, now doing Frankie's old job at the Lair, finds Colin's amulet on the floor. He sweeps up Colin's ashes and stores them under his bed. Meanwhile, Sheriff Trout is missing Ian (who has fled the island), revisits old memories of another young man. He responds to a knock at his door but no one is there. Tim invites Athan, an antiquities researcher newly arrived on the island, to rent Jake's old house. A local picks up Athan later and, after they have sex, Athan transforms into a male gorgon and turns his trick to stone. Damian and Richie secure Damian's portrait in a storeroom. A disused phone in the room rings. Richie answers and states that it's Colin, and he is returning.
Episode 2
Episode #3.2
Fri, Sep 11, 200926 mins
The sheriff learns from the coroner that the "statue" has human internal structures. An online search leads him to the myth of Medusa and the gorgons but he dismisses the idea. Later, Trout remembers his young friend and hears another knock at the door but again finds no one there. Thom discovers Damian with another man and breaks off their relationship. Damian instructs Frankie to keep an eye on him. Instead, Frankie tells Thom about a new book of island lore that discusses a ring that protects the wearer from all magic. At the Lair, a man named Tad approaches Damian on behalf of the reclusive German businesswoman Frau von Hess, stating she has plans for the island and wants to work with Damian. Also, Richie receives more calls from Colin and he and a vampire, named Gary, perform a blood ritual with his ashes. Colin is restored to corporeal form.
Episode 3
Episode #3.3
Fri, Sep 18, 200925 mins
Thom's search for the ring takes him to the local book store where he meets Harris, the author of the book Frankie spoke of. Colin takes a job as a bouncer at the Harbor Lights bar. Meanwhile, Athen is intrigued by Tim's tattoos, and later goes to The Lair, where he turns another man to stone. Elsewhere, Sheriff Trout learns that the statue's fingerprints match the missing man's.
Episode 4
Episode #3.4
Fri, Sep 25, 200925 mins
Thom meets again with Harris. He learns more about the ring and the two become intimate. Colin formulates a plan to take over the Harbor Light bar. Athan sees his possession by the gorgon in a nightmare. Meanwhile, Deputy Miller informs Sheriff Trout that a former island resident named Marcus Stiles (who is apparently connected to the young man in Trout's memories) has been taken into custody; the sheriff hears another mysterious knock with no one there. Also, Thom arrives home to find Richie who, distraught, puts a gun to his own head and pulls the trigger.
Episode 5
Episode #3.5
Fri, Oct 2, 200924 mins
Richie's gunshot wound is not fatal, so Thom rushes him to the hospital and he survives, However, the doctor insists on keeping Richie there for extended observation. Meanwhile, Tad returns with a detailed proposal in which Damian seems interested, but also takes an interest in feeding off of Tad. Athan is accused by a Harbor Lights patron of being behind the disappearance of Charlie, the missing man. Colin intervenes, kicking out the accuser, but Athan the Gorgon follows him out to the cab and takes off his sunglasses, turning the man to stone as the cab driver takes him away.
Episode 6
Episode #3.6
Fri, Oct 9, 200926 mins
Harris catches Thom breaking into his house looking for the map leading to the location of the Ring of Erebus and head of Carter Vane. He declines to call the authorities and simply tells Thom to leave. Meanwhile, Matty, the owner of Harbor Lights, uncovers the paper trail that highlights the money Colin is embezzling from the books, but decides it is his long-time bartender that is doing the embezzling and fires him, ridding Colin of another rival for control. Damian visits Thom, hoping for another chance with him, but Thom again rejects him. Thom then decides that night to dig up the Ring of Erebus, and finds it... and the head of Carter Vane.
Episode 7
Episode #3.7
Fri, Oct 16, 200928 mins
One of Colin's underlings is caught by Damian trying to steal his clientèle away from the Lair. Damian has one of his own men expose him as a vampire, and later follows him to Harbor Lights, where he spies on Colin and then kills another of Colin's crowd, leaving his calling card so Colin knows exactly who did it. Meanwhile, Thom takes the ring (and Carter Vane's head) home. When he gets there, he finds Harris, who confronts him, believing he broke into a local museum and stealing documents related to both, and warns him against keeping the head. Thom admits to having the ring and shows it to Harris, but denies having the head and informs him that he wasn't the one who committed the break-in. Elsewhere, Tim finds the diary of Carter Vane in Athan's room, but Athan, who actually broke into the museum, lies to Tim about it, claiming he got it on a loan from Harris. Also, Sheriff Trout confronts the imprisoned Stiles, who denies murdering Dennis. Frankie echoes Harris' sentiments to Thom and advises him to get rid of Vane's head.
Episode 8
Episode #3.8
Fri, Oct 23, 200925 mins
Colin and Gary discover the body of the vampire that Damian killed. Matty also sees it but Colin assures him he will handle it. The county prosecutor informs Sheriff Trout that without new evidence he will have to drop the murder charge against Marcus Stiles. Meanwhile, Frankie advises Thom to lock Vane's head away. Athan confront Harris, demanding the head. Harris agrees to help him find it. Also, Damian arrives at the home of Frau von Hess expecting a business meeting, only to be taken prisoner.
Episode 9
Episode #3.9
Fri, Oct 30, 200925 mins
Damien is tortured by Frau von Hess's henchmen in a sealed room with crosses and holy water, but she refuses to tell him why she is holding him prisoner. Back at The Lair, Thom contemplates wishing on Vane's head to restore Damien's mortality. Later he visits Richie in the hospital. He agrees to help Richie escape but warns him he can never speak of The Lair. Colin completes his takeover of the Harbor Light from an enthralled Matty. Meanwhile, Tim prepares a romantic dinner for Athan as an apology for suspecting him of the museum theft. They make love and Athan describes his curse of turning people into stone with his eyes. Tim is incredulous but agrees to help find the head. Extradition papers for Marcus Stiles arrive. Sheriff Trout decides to confront Stiles one last time. Before he reaches the cell, a mysterious figure murders Stiles, leaving his hanged body to be found by the Sheriff.
Episode 10
Episode #3.10
Fri, Nov 6, 200925 mins
The prosecutor suspends Sheriff Trout pending an investigation into Stiles's death. Thom returns to The Lair and learns Damien is missing. At Frau von Hess's house, she finally reveals herself to be a vampire and tells Damien the reason for her personal grudge against him: years earlier, Damien killed and turned Von Hess' son into a vampire who then bit and turned her before she killed him. Meanwhile, Thom is confronted by Athan who demands Carter Vane's head. Athan attempts to turn Thom into stone, but the magical ring protects Thom from the Gorgon's eyes. Thom goes to Harris to retrieve the head. Growing impatient, Thom goes to the back of Harris's shop to find that the head has killed him. Also, Frankie finds Damien and convinces him to accept mortality. In Damien's absence, Colin dispatches Gary to lure away the patrons of The Lair.
Episode 11
Episode #3.11
Fri, Nov 13, 200926 mins
Sheriff Trout is cleared of Marcus Stiles's murder and returns to duty. Thom returns home with Vane's head, while at Frau von Hess's house, Damien tries to persuade Tad to free him. Instead Tad exposes him to sunlight but Thom wishes him mortal at the same moment. Damien sets the house on fire and escapes and finally reunites with Thom. Tad tells Frau von Hess of Damien's escape and she dispatches him to see if Damien has discovered a cure for vampirism. Meanwhile, Athen and Tim call upon the Oracle of Delphi to find Carter Vane's head hoping Athen can use the single wish to break his Gordon curse, but the Oracle rejects them. Also, Richie leaves the hospital rather than undergo hypnosis. Colin spots Damien on television and he and Gary plot to kill both Damien and Thom.
Episode 12
Episode #3.12
Fri, Nov 20, 200926 mins
Thom and Damien share an intimate night together before Damien returns to The Lair to hide his cursed painting, protecting it with crosses. Meanwhile, Athen plots to obtain Carter Vane's head over Tim's objections. Later, learning from Sheriff Trout of the stone bodies, Tim begins to suspect Athen may be telling the truth about his Medusa-Gorgon curse. Also, Colin recruits the rest of Damien's patrons to the Harbor Lights. Someone removes Damien's painting from The Lair.
Episode 13
Episode #3.13
Fri, Nov 27, 200928 mins
In the cliff-hanging season final, Damien and Thom make preparations to leave the island as Colin and Gary plan their deaths. Frau von Hess also plots against Damien to kill him once and for all. Meanwhile, Sheriff Trout is attacked by Dennis, the young man he once knew, now a vampire. Colin finds Richie outside Thom's home, takes the portrait and kills Richie. Colin shoots Thom and Damien hurls a sharpened cross at Colin. Colin teleports away and the cross pierces Damien's portrait. Athen and Tim arrive where Athen offers to save Thom's life in exchange for Carter Vane's head. Damien agrees and Athen uses his blood to heal Thom's wounds. Athen and Tim depart with the head and Thom's wish is reversed. Thom is healed, but Damien is left bleeding from a wound corresponding to the damage to the portrait.