This week, Nick and Hank are called to investigate a one night stand turned deadly when a man finds himself in the middle of a very bizarre love triangle, in Grimm Double Date. Meanwhile, Captain Renard hopes Monroe and Rosalee can help him deal with recurring episodes of phantom bleeding. Adalind makes a discovery that might turn the tables in her favor and Juliette makes a big decision that could change the course of her relationship with Nick.
Bloody dreams for Captain Sean Renard as the nightmare of his shooting during the season three finale still haunts him. He wakes up in the middle of the night covered with blood on his chest, like he's about to die again. Meanwhile, Nick tries to reach Juliette, but she keeps refusing his calls. After sleeping in her car, she decides to knock on Renard's door asking for a place to stay with "Someone who understands me." Come on, so Nick doesn't understand you anymore? Surely, he overreacted when Juliette woged last week, but he still loves her. After what they've been through, he's not going to give up on her. A reluctant Renard accepts to help her but only if she returns the favor. In fact, Sean visited a doctor (a human one for his supernatural issues?) and after seeing Rosalee and Monroe, he needs a Hexenbeist's blood to open the book his mother used, in order to cure his 'blood issue'. I liked Renard's reply at Juliette's request to use his blood instead: "Why does everyone keep making that mistake? I am not a Hexenbeist, I'm a Zauberbeist. There's a difference."
Bloody dreams for Captain Sean Renard as the nightmare of his shooting during the season three finale still haunts him. He wakes up in the middle of the night covered with blood on his chest, like he's about to die again. Meanwhile, Nick tries to reach Juliette, but she keeps refusing his calls. After sleeping in her car, she decides to knock on Renard's door asking for a place to stay with "Someone who understands me." Come on, so Nick doesn't understand you anymore? Surely, he overreacted when Juliette woged last week, but he still loves her. After what they've been through, he's not going to give up on her. A reluctant Renard accepts to help her but only if she returns the favor. In fact, Sean visited a doctor (a human one for his supernatural issues?) and after seeing Rosalee and Monroe, he needs a Hexenbeist's blood to open the book his mother used, in order to cure his 'blood issue'. I liked Renard's reply at Juliette's request to use his blood instead: "Why does everyone keep making that mistake? I am not a Hexenbeist, I'm a Zauberbeist. There's a difference."
The Wesen of the week involves a man found dead with half of his face consumed. Nick, Hank and Wu are on the case and find out this kind of Wesen has three forms: a male human, a female human and an intermediate flatworm form. So they basically share the same body. The fact is more complicated than that: both the human forms are two different people and they act like some kind of criminals who lure men in order to rob them with the same excuse: Stacy, the female form, catch some man's attention with her pathetic story about her husband, then the male one, Linus, appears furiously to scare the poor victim who gets robbed. In order to catch the Wesen(s), Monroe goes undercover - despite Rosalee's concern and jealousy! Finally, Nick and Hank manage to catch Stacy\Linus, thanks to Wu's help. Imagine a man walking into the precinct dressed like a woman lol. When Nick and Hank interrogate Lucius, at some point he can't woge anymore. He was the one who commited the crime, but Stacy is gone.
Then, Adalind. She took three texts to make sure she was pregnant! She can't have another baby when she still deon't know where Diana is. But we know, the Royals have plans for her. Adalind's logic is easy: "I need to sleep with someone, fast!" and then she hears Viktor's voice. Is she planning to sleep with him and get away with the pregnancy? Too bad we didn't see the funny 'What if' scene showed in the promo, in which a smiling Nick can't wait to be a father lol
What can we expect? Juliette wants her old life back and asks Renard's help, but Captain Sean has to watch out his back when a new Royal shows up in town. In my opinion, Juliette will embrace her 'dark side' since there's no way to fix her, like Henrietta said.
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Then, Adalind. She took three texts to make sure she was pregnant! She can't have another baby when she still deon't know where Diana is. But we know, the Royals have plans for her. Adalind's logic is easy: "I need to sleep with someone, fast!" and then she hears Viktor's voice. Is she planning to sleep with him and get away with the pregnancy? Too bad we didn't see the funny 'What if' scene showed in the promo, in which a smiling Nick can't wait to be a father lol
What can we expect? Juliette wants her old life back and asks Renard's help, but Captain Sean has to watch out his back when a new Royal shows up in town. In my opinion, Juliette will embrace her 'dark side' since there's no way to fix her, like Henrietta said.
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I have often wondered how this wesen gene pool works. Renard's mother is a Hexenbiest who had a baby via a human royal and a Zauberbiest was the result. And that jerky racist council tormenting Monroe and Rosalee a few episodes ago was against intermarriage between different types of wesen so what does a baby from Monroe and Rosalee turn out being, I wonder. Makes me seriously doubt my own sanity if I am thinking about these things. Wonder why Alexis D. "s Vicktor was brusquely ushered off as the token visiting royal and the newbie is to show up next week. Looks like they went for a action oriented villain over Vicktor's cerebral prince to spark the proceedings. Did you think it was a weaker episode ?
ReplyDeleteAlso, had we met the King ( I assume he was the King because Adalind curtsied and called him Your Highness) before last night ? I don't remember seeing him, only hearing his voice with Vicktor on the phone I seem to remember. Does that mean he is Renard's Popa ?If so, I was expecting a bit more presence from the father of Renard and a better known actor to play him.
ReplyDeleteHe showed up last season but for only one episode as far as I can recall.
ReplyDeleteI love that the writers took a page out off the Buffyverse for this episode. Stacy/Linus reminds me so much of Glory/Ben.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Had forgotten that. Just thought Renard's father would be more impressive - because his mother certainly is.
ReplyDeleteSo many times I see things in shows nowadays that remind me of the Buffy years. All the pop culture references, for example, that you get nowadays started in the great Buffy dialogues.
ReplyDeleteI'm still confused over the fact that the Royals are human! I still don't get why they have so much power over the Wesen world.
ReplyDeleteWeren't we told in the first season that in the old days the Grimms were originally working for the Royals to hunt down the Wesen ? They really should do more explanatory dialogue within the stories about the history. They do some but there are many murky areas.
ReplyDeleteNo, there's definitely something to the royals. We know from Season two their blood is different somehow. And I think the royal blood is why Renard is only half-zauberbiest instead of a full one.
ReplyDeleteRenard is a full Zauberbiest. The writers said that the reason they call him half is to describe his percentage, half royal, half Zauberbiest. The "half" thing is akin to poetic license to draw attention to his being a Wesen with royal blood. But he is a full Zauberbiest.
ReplyDeletea filler one I'd say... nothing more nothing less.
ReplyDeleteI know right? I find more parallels with the Buffyverse even in the Juliette\Nick\Adalind thing. It kinda reminds me Angel\Buffy\Spike triangle.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget David Greenwalt was the co-executive producer of Buffy and co-created Angel.
ReplyDeleteRosalee and Monroe provided some "vital" info on how the Wesen gene pool works in general last season. The terms they used throughout were hard to pronounce and just made things a bit more confusing for us viewers unless we google them all in the Grimm wiki.
ReplyDeleteBasically, it's basic genetics 101 where dominant traits from either parent could be inherited by the child. Meanwhile, a Wesen-Human union would have a fifty-fifty chance in producing either a full human or a full Wesen offspring.
With Grimms and Royals, well...We can't be so certain. Could the Royals be Grimms themselves?
Thanks,interesting. Nick's father was not a Grimm,right? I never thought the Royals might be Grimms because they always speak of Grimms as if they are a separate group from them.
ReplyDeleteI always thought Renard's dad (king Frederick) was human and his mother is Hexenbiest, which is why he's only half Zauberbiest. From what I can tell, most of the Royals are human, with Renard being the exception, due to his mother. Viktor and his half-brother Eric are/were human (I think).
ReplyDeleteIf he's still considered full Zauberbiest, maybe it's because you only need one parent to be a full Hexenbiest? (in other words, it acts like a dominant gene?). But I'm just guessing.. The funny thing is that when Renard Woges, only half of his face changes, so I also thought that had something to do with his dad being human.
I really have to look back at the earlier seasons.....They do a decent job explaining all the different Wesen, but somehow, the Royals really haven't been explained that well.
ReplyDeleteThey do explain each variety of Wesen ( via either the book or Monroe and Rosalee) well. But the overall picture of that world has not received much attention, except for the bits in the first season when Nick was finding out about Grimms and their history.
ReplyDeleteYeah you only need 1 parent that's a Wesen for your kids to be Wesen. But he is still a full-zauberbeist. But the reason his face doesn't go full like hexenbeists is because I think that's just how Zauberbiests are.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's not even mentioning Juliette turning evil may Resemble angel becoming angelus
ReplyDeleteYes! This is what I meant!
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