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The Best Episodes of The Lair

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The Lair is an American gay-themed vampire television series produced by here! in 2007. The first season, consisting of six episodes, wrapped production in January of that year. The first two episodes premiered on June

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Lair Season 3 Episode 13 - Episode 313
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #1 - Episode 313

    S3:E13

    Gary brings Colin the gun with which he plans to shoot Damian dead. Athan and Tim head over to Thom’s house for a ‘do or die’ showdown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Lair Season 3 Episode 10 - Episode 310
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #2 - Episode 310

    S3:E10

    Frankie visits Damian and convinces him to agree to Thom’s plan to make him mortal again. Colin learns that Damian is missing.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Lair Season 3 Episode 12 - Episode 312
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Episode 312

    S3:E12

    Thom and Damian enjoy a few hours of normalcy together, as Colin visits the Lair and rallies support from among Damian’s loyal following.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Lair Season 3 Episode 11 - Episode 311
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Episode 311

    S3:E11

    Sheriff Trout is cleared in the case of Stile’s death and gets back on the case. Damian, now mortal, returns to Thom’s house and they are reunited.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Lair Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 305
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #5 - Episode 305

    S3:E5

    Thom rushes to get the unconscious Richie to the hospital, where both Dr. Kent and Sheriff Trout suspect that there may be more to the shooting than first meets the eye.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Lair Season 3 Episode 9 - Episode 309
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #6 - Episode 309

    S3:E9

    Von Hess tells Damian that she is seeking revenge on him, but she’s not ready yet to reveal what it’s all about.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Lair Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 208
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #7 - Episode 208

    S2:E8

    Laura tells Thom she's leaving the island. Sheriff Trout arrives at Jake's and unknowingly exposes Ian the the artificial moonlight machine with horrifying results.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Lair Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 303
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Episode 303

    S3:E3

    Thom goes to the bookstore and bumps into Athan, who has also purchased the book Thom is seeking. Thom meets the author, Harris, and the two hit it off. Frankie later convinces Thom to go back to visit Harris that night and see if Harris has any clue as to where the Ring of Erebus might be hidden. He also learns that the ring was buried 200 years ago with the disembodied head of the sorcerer, Carter Vane. The legend says that whoever would protect Vane's head would receive one wish… a wish that would last only for as long as that person possessed and protected Vane's head!

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Lair Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 205
    6.9/10(32 votes)

    #9 - Episode 205

    S2:E5

    Tim puts a drunk Jake to bed as the evil Mr. Spivey breaks into their house and is killed by the Lumina Orchis which has now become a life force to be reckoned with.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Lair Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 304
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Episode 304

    S3:E4

    Thom meets with Harris and after a few bottles of wine the two find themselves in bed together. Athan has a horrifying nightmare in which he relives the gorgon's curse. Tim tries to help, but Athan pushes him away in a fit of panic. Trout continues to torment himself over the fate of Dennis, the young man he tried to help, but failed and receives a phone call from Deputy Miller letting him know that Marcus Stiles, the sole suspect in Dennis's case has been captured at last. Richie comes to Thom’s house, desperate and alone, he puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger!

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Lair Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 306
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Episode 306

    S3:E6

    Frankie and Thom go to the old graveyard using the information they have gathered from Harris and they dig up an old trunk containing the mummified head of Carter Vane!

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Lair Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 307
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Episode 307

    S3:E7

    Tim suspects that Athan may have stolen some historic documents from the local museum and they have a tense standoff.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Lair Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 302
    6.8/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Episode 302

    S3:E2

    Thom catches Damian with another man and finally tells him that their affair is over. But Thom can't be sure of his true feelings, suspecting that Damian may be using magic to create the illusion of what Thom truly feels. Frankie appears to Thom and encourages him to check out a new book about the island's supernatural history written by a local author, Harris Chichester. The book tells of the Ring of Erebus, buried somewhere on the island, that imparts a magical shield to whoever wears it. Thom is skeptical but agrees to think about it. Sheriff Trout has a flashback to his time spent mentoring a young man named Dennis, who we learn was the victim of an cold case murder that happened on the island two years earlier. Gary and Richie perform a ghastly blood ritual and revive Colin!

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Lair Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 308
    6.8/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Episode 308

    S3:E8

    Colin and Matty discover the dead body in the parking lot of the Harbor Light and Colin promises to cover it up.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Lair Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 203
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Episode 203

    S2:E3

    The reappearance of Thom's ex-boyfriend, Richie, causes Damian to issue a veiled threat to Thom. Jake's plant starts exerting a strange influence over him.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Lair Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 204
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #16 - Episode 204

    S2:E4

    Dr. Waldman becomes increasingly possessed by the Lumina Orchis, which causes Tim to worry about him. Colin goes outside the Lair in search of victims.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Lair Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 207
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #17 - Episode 207

    S2:E7

    Damian goes out to find a victim but warns Thom to stay put as Colin is plotting to kill him. Jake locks himself in the lab, once again possessed by the plant.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Lair Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 209
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #18 - Episode 209

    S2:E9

    Ian wreaks havoc on the island before becoming wounded. Season two concludes with another Lair showdown as Laura is attacked and Thom faces down Colin.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Lair Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 202
    6.4/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Episode 202

    S2:E2

    Damian appears to Thom in spirit form in an attempt to free himself. Dr. Jake Waldman receives a strange plant, the Lumina Orchis, for an unorthodox experiment.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Lair Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 206
    6.3/10(32 votes)

    #20 - Episode 206

    S2:E6

    Sheriff Trout, still battling his eyesight troubles, goes out on patrol and finds Spivey's body. Thom meets Ian at the Sheriff's house. Laura is released from jail for lack of evidence. Ian meets Tim in a bar and the two become friendly. Laura and Richie go to Thom's house where they find him sealing the windows up with plastic. Frankie's ghost accuses Colin of burying him alive and reveals that Damian has escaped his prison.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Lair Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 201
    6.2/10(36 votes)

    #21 - Episode 201

    S2:E1

    With Damian imprisoned, Colin seizes control of the Lair. Ian, a hitch-hiking stranger with a dark secret, is befriended by an islander with terrifying consequences.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Lair Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 101
    6.1/10(58 votes)

    #22 - Episode 101

    S1:E1

    Thom, an investigative journalist, meets with a strange man who tells him that The Lair, a notorious sex club, is linked to a string of unsolved murders that have been plaguing his small city for years. When Tom's jealous boyfriend, Jonathan, also gets caught up in The Lair, things get personal.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Lair Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 301
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #23 - Episode 301

    S3:E1

    Thom is struggling to live among the vampires of the Lair as it’s only human occupant. His monogamous relationship with Damian forces him to be the sole source of Damian’s blood nourishment and Thom is slowly wasting away. Sheriff Trout revisits an old case and is puzzled by what seems to be someone knocking at the door, only to find no one there when he goes to answer it. At the Arkham Harbor Light Tim meets, Athan a stranger who waers dark sunglasses at all times. Athan takes up Tim’s offer to rent a room in what was once Dr. Waldman’s house. After Tim leaves Athan hooks up with a young man, Charley, which results in Charley’s horrific death. Athan is a male gorgon and his stare suddenly turns Charley into stone. Damian has Richie place his painting in a hidden room, where an old disused telephone begins to ring. Answering it Richie tells Damian that the voice on the other end was Colin… and that he’s coming back! Richie places Colin’s ashes in a safe place under his bed, waiting for his next call from the dead.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Lair Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 106
    5.8/10(39 votes)

    #24 - Episode 106

    S1:E6

    When Laura comes to after the incident with the knife, Sheriff Trout is forced to reconsider what he knows to be true about the island. He and Jonathan revisit The Lair to find Colin in charge, but what has happened to Damian? Thom is mysteriously released from his prison and is reunited with Jonathan. However, the bittersweet scene grows simply bitter when Thom learns that Jonathan is harboring a secret.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Lair Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 104
    5.7/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Episode 104

    S1:E4

    Thom encounters Damian in Jonathan's hospital room, instantly reminding Damian of Richard Devere, the man who painted his portrait two centuries ago, the only man he's ever loved. Devere was a vampire who gave Damian immortality and the capacity for evil; Damian in return drove a stake through his heart. He believes Thom to be Devere reincarnated, and Colin takes advantage of Damian’s infatuation to finally gain control of The Lair.

    Director:Fred Olen Ray
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 313" is the best rated episode of "The Lair". It scored 7.7/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/27/2009. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 310".