Just a few weeks ago, I never thought
that I would say ‘Grimm is a show that just keeps getting
better’. It doesn’t feel like the storylines are balanced well
with the Monster of the Week format and certain actors eat up all of
the air-time. Previously, however, we saw minor characters become big
players in ‘Nameless’ after weeks of being overshadowed in plot
relevance.
Not only does ‘One Angry Fuchsbau’
continue this new trend, it ties most of the plot together very well
and takes a clever approach to introducing this week’s ‘villain’.
Longtime fans of Grimm might recall the
Ziegevolk, a satyr-like wesen who ensnared women and kept them
captive at a bed and breakfast in the episode ‘Lonelyhearts’.
Newcomers won’t, but they are only disadvantaged for a few seconds:
Hank is used to give Nick someone to explain what they do to. This
Ziegevolk, a lawyer of all things, uses his pheromone based powers to
suggest testimonies to witnesses and verdicts to the jury. To rub
salt in the wound, he is defending someone who we saw murder their
wife in the cold opening.
Rosalee, unfortunately, is on this
jury. This makes her sick and ruins her date with Munroe, he goes
with her to court in case she needs support and then he sees Mr
Lawyer eat a frog. After that, our foursome are hellbent on stopping
a murderer go free.
Like I mentioned before, this episode
goes out of its way to bring Rosalee and Munroe into the main plot.
However, we also get two familiar bit players in on the action:
Sargent Wu as the first guy on the scene of the crime and the always
loveable Bud as a third party brought in to help neutralise the
threat.
You read that right: after being
victimised seven episodes ago, Bud gets to help Nick on one of his
investigations. It seems like everyone in the cast is becoming more
competent. This week’s conclusion was so satisfying I had to watch
it twice. I’m not going to spoil anything, but after one and a half
seasons of most of the players being in the dark, it’s awesome to
see everyone working as a team.
Now, even though this plotline is
expertly woven into the episode, it’s not the primary focus of the
trailers. No, that honour goes to Juliette going to the trailer and
realising she had been there before. After the cold open, Munroe
telling Nick then deciding to take her to the trailer is centre
stage. It’s after these crucial scenes Munroe goes home to find
Rosalee, adding another layer to the well-woven web of storylines.
For fans screaming ‘hurry up and
remember Nick’, I assure you she’s definitely on that path…even
if she’s getting a Nick overload right now. In fact, she seems to
be getting a sanity breaking Nick overload.
This episode, like the premiere, has a
few nods to previous episodes. Disregarding that Bud is in this
episode, we also get an email from Momma Grimm talking about the
coins and the grandmother from ‘La Llorona’ makes her grand
return to spout more myticisims at Juliette.
Also, the sanity breaking Nick overload
has a few hidden in the dialogue.
No episode is perfect; we have another
Adalind scene. Is it me, or do Adalind’s scenes have the least plot
relevance in the show?
Renard got a pass in my books because
his scene deals with the Veratt and a crime that was committed in
Portland. Adalind’s, however, only serves to confirm what we
already know from past episodes. I feel her plans of revenge would be
more shocking if we weren’t told about them five minutes per
episode.
Grimm is a show
that just keeps getting better. At times I feel whoever is writing an
episode should think carefully whether or not adding in a scene
improves it, but the damage done is hardly unbearable.
Review by Greta Rehak
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