What happens when a Wesen Council hitman comes to town? Absolute awesomeness, that's what! In Grimm Season 4 Episode 12, Juliette single-handedly took down The Mummy, and it's hands-down her best scene in the entire series.
Let's back things up a bit: Arnold Vosloo's bounty-hunting manticore Wilde came to Portland to hunt down a few low-life scumbags on the Wesen Council's Official Hit List. While there, the Wesen Council inexplicably decided to issue a sanctioned hit on our favorite Grimm.
I have at least one giant problem with this. It's one thing to kill off crooks who no one will really miss; it's quite another to blatantly murder a respected police officer and not expect to draw a huge amount of ire from local law enforcement! Did the Council think that the Portland Police (and their Royal captain!) would just shrug and move on?
Surely one Grimm who generally keeps himself to Portland couldn't be that big a thorn in their sides that they'd take the risk! That babble about him interfering in their affairs seemed completely lame, and it made me wonder if Prince Viktor wasn't being the whole thing.
The next question is how the Council will react to the demise of their hitman. The situation reminds me of the time that Nick shipped a couple of Reapers' heads back to Europe by air express to make a point. The Reapers seemed to get the message; will the Council?
My only other real complaint was the dodgy woge effect on Laszlo the fortune-teller at the beginning of the episode. It just looked really, really weird.
7 Things We'd Love to See on Grimm Season 4
1.
More Sergeant Wu
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Reggie Lee's Wu steals pretty much every scene he's in with his dry, witty one-liners. Wu came close to discovering the truth about Wesen when he was assaulted by an Aswang in "Mommy Dearest," but Nick and Hank managed to convince him he'd imagined it. In the finale, however, he saw a picture of a Lausenschlang in one of Nick's Grimm diaries - how long will it be before he finally puts it all together? Everyone's rooting for Wu, so here's to hoping that he gets to be on the level with Nick and company for once.
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Shirtless Rage
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Given Renard's state at the end of last season, I'd say that there's a pretty good chance that we'll see him shirtless again in episode 401, "Thanks for the Memories". Twitter will, of course, light up with #shirtlessrage once again. I challenge you as fans to count the number of times this season someone ends up shirtless - double points if it's Sasha Roiz!
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Sasha Roiz speaking foreign languages
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I just love listening to the French trip off Sasha Roiz's tongue like that.
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Bring on the new Wesen, but remember the old
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We've already seen several all-new Wesen released in the promotional material for season 4, and it's looking good! That said, Grimm shouldn't turn into a parade of new Wesen every week. We already have a large number of Wesen out there, from the Blutbaden to the Fuchsbau to the Hundjager. Let's not forget about them, too!
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Let Adalind stand up for herself and stop being used
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For pretty much the entire series, Claire Coffee's Adalind has been manipulated by one character or another for their own ends: Renard, Frau Pech, Stefania the Gypsy Queen, Prince Viktor... Even Nick and his friends are guilty of it. Let's see Adalind stop being such a tool of other people this season.
6.
More of Juliette being awesome instead of a drag
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Juliette isn't exactly one of the most popular characters on Grimm - she's been seen as frustratingly clueless, annoying, whiny, and essentially a giant cinderblock around Nick's neck. That said, it was totally awesome when she smacked the Klaustreich in the face with a frying pan in "Eyes of the Beholder." Let's see more of that Juliette and less of the jealous girlfriend.
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Bring on the Grimms!
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We've met a few Grimms, but they've all been rogues of one sort or another. It's time we met one of the mercenary Grimms in the service of the Royals. Just wait for Nick and this other Grimm to circle around each other like angry cats! Let's see what truly gives Wesen nightmares about the coming of the Grimms.
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Putting all that aside: this episode was a riot. The look on Viktor's face when he opened the door and saw Renard standing outside? Priceless. And the way Renard casually remarked about what happened to the late, unlamented Eric!
This is familiar. Reminds me of when my brother Eric came to town. Did you, um, ever find his killer?
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Renard faced the situation head-on, and he sent out one of his minions to locate Nick's mother and the baby. Viktor, of course, was still deluding himself that he had control of the situation. And boy, oh, boy, does Adalind have a surprise or two coming her way.
Juliette's condition certainly alarmed Henrietta, and Henrietta seemed like a Hexenbiest who's not easily alarmed. Adalind really had no clue what she was starting when she started this whole mess by taking away Nick's Grimm abilities. All I can do is repeat what Adalind's mother said with such dripping scorn at the end of Grimm Season 1 Episode 17: "Amateur."
Henrietta warned Juliette about the dangers of her current undisciplined but every powerful state. And now Juliette has started experimenting with her new-found powers, to truly impressive effect.
Foolish manticore. He only had a few moments to appreciate his folly before being skewered by his own stinger. Best. Juliette. Moment. Ever.
Maybe he should come home and find *you* dead!
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I cannot wait for a Juliette-Adalind showdown.
Juliette was in a strange place at the moment, emotionally speaking. She's become a creature of horror, a thing that looks like a rotting corpse, and many of her and Nick's troubles can be traced to Hexenbiests (well, mostly Adalind). On the other hand, her new abilities made her far more able to defend herself, as she so clearly demonstrated in her encounter with the manticore.
That empowerment must be very attractive for someone like her. How many times has she been victimized, especially in her own home? Despite her apparent skill with firearms, Juliette doesn't even have the advantage of police training that Hank and Wu have to help keep her safe from the numerous dangerous Wesen around. Her new Hexen magic gives her the ability to fight back, and very effectively at that. I can't wait to learn just how extensive Juliette's powers are.
There was just one last giant elephant in the room, namely Nick. She still hasn't told him the truth. Even after he found the dead manticore on the floor of their living room, she prevaricated. Sooner or later, he is going to find out the truth, and I doubt that relevation will be very pretty. Her best bet would almost certainly be to get it over with, rather than continue the deception. Otherwise, it's only going to get worse.
A few thoughts in closing:
Juliette does have a day job after all! When was the last time her veterinary work was mentioned or seen?
Renard suspected that Nick's mother remained in the vicinity of Portland, rather than getting as far away as possible.
If Juliette and Diana got into a Hexenbiest magic battle, which one would win?
Will the death of the hitman have unforseen consequences, especially for Monroe and Rosalee?
Catch up on previous episodes when you watch Grimm online right here at TV Fanatic! The next episode, "Trial By Fire," will air Friday, February 13 at 9 p.m. on NBC. See you then!
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