I’m a little behind on my Grimm reviewing. Real life sucks, and we should all just give in and live on the internet forever. Until then, here’s a double review of episodes 9 & 10.
Of Mouse and Man
This was a good episode, but being the Monroe fangirl that I am, the one thing I focussed on was that someone, namely the Reapers, beat up Monroe. I was not happy. As creepy as the Captain is, I wish he would have showed up and kicked them in the face.
As for the main story of the episode – a Mauzhertz, or mouse to you and me, finds some courage but it soon spirals out of control. An abusive man, cutely named Lenny, is killed. Nick and Hank are called in to investigate. Their two suspects both turn out to be monsters – apparently there are no humans killing each other in Portland anymore – one being Marty the Mauzhertz and the other a Lausenschlange (snake) called Mason. The dead man’s girlfriend, Natalie, is the object of Marty’s affections, and protecting her is what led him to kill. But he doesn’t stop there. After killing a repair shop owner who tries to rip him off, Marty kills Mason the snake. Nick and Hank’s snooping reveals Marty’s father is also dead. Marty takes Natalie out on a date, but a verbally abusive father messes up their evening, and Marty goes off the rails – seeing his father’s face on everyone. When our dream duo catches up with him, Nick talks Marty down while Hank takes Natalie to safety; and all is right with the world.
Except it’s not. Let me take you back to the part where Reapers had Monroe attacked. By Trolls. I do NOT approve. However I did love Monroe’s defiant stance about the whole thing. Glad he’s still willing to help Nick, even though he got his face smushed.
Rating: 2.5/5 Raging Nerds
Organ Grinder
It took me almost ¾ of this episode to realise it was Hansel and Gretel. Geigers are killing street kids and grinding their organs into powders. Think Chinese medicine, but a lot creepier.
Nick wants to tell Juliette about what he is. Monroe thinks it’s a bad idea – normal people have trouble comprehending the whole thing, according to him. Nick asks if Monroe could morph in front of her, but the Blutbad thinks it’s a bad idea. I think they should start with Hank – he’s more likely to believe them. Their heart to heart is interrupted by Nick being called away to a crime scene. The young dead man has two puncture wounds on his neck but don’t worry, no vampires here, just an iv drip. The kid’s name is Steven and he drowned in the river he was found washed up on the side of. The iv drained nearly all his blood, making it impossible for him to swim and survive.
After a short research session and another chat with Monroe, Geigers are surmised to be responsible. Nick convinces Monroeto go undercover and buy some ground up people bits. He succeeds, and Nick goes back later to intimidate the owner into giving up his contact. The legends of Grimms must be pretty powerful, because Nick really isn’t all that scary. While investigating, Nick meets and befriends two street kids, Gracie and Hanson. He also takes Juliette to meet them, and her deductive skills with Gracie hint that maybe she’d be a good addition to Team Grimm after all. Steven and another boy disappeared after being offered a job from mysterious strangers in a white van – because that never ends horribly. The other connection is a local Free Clinic, which it transpires is run by Geigers. Nick works it all out when Gracie and Hanson are kidnapped.
The bit that tipped me off about the story we were in, and yes I know I was a bit dim not to get it sooner, was Hanson’s use of the beads Grace made necklaces from to mark a path to their kidnappers. The main Geiger picks a fight with Nick when he, Hank and the police department show up. She gets burned alive in the fire-pit they’ve been using to get rid of the bodies.
Carrying on from last episode, the Reapers send the Captain a box marked with their symbol. Inside is the ear of the Reaper he attacked. Immediately after he opens the box, he gets a phone call. They tell him (and I really should start calling him Renard) he needs to get control of Nick. The whole exchange is disturbing and just deepens the weirdness of the whole Nick/Renard scenario. We still don’t know what the Captain actually is, nevermind how he connects to the Grimms.
Rating: 3/5 Raging Nerds
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