Grimm: 3x12 “The Wild Hunt”

"Come back in the evening, I’ll have the door 

locked to keep out the wild huntsmen.”

“Will you... Marry me?”

Now, this is more like it. Definitely an improvement after last week’s glitch.

Grimm: 3x11 “The Good Soldier”

“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 

hand for hand, foot for foot”

Monroe: "Life is the scale upon which is measured the depth of a man's soul." 

Well, there are great episodes, there are good episodes, there are so-so episodes, and then there is that.

What a total boring disappointment it was! This review might not only be very late, but also brief (maybe).

Reign: 1x09 “For King and Country”

Francis: “Long may you reign”

Talk about a comeback! Absolutely stunning hour! Masks were torn off. Secret plots were revealed. There were so many unexpected turns of events that I was at the edge of my seat the entire time. Reign is getting better and better!

Reign: 1x08 “Fated”

Mary: “I’m walking away from France” 

And she did. That was a fantastic and heavily packed hour. We had a blissful morning after, one very romantic proposal, the possibility to claim the English throne, the death of someone, if not beloved, but certainly fairly lovable and departure of three main characters. Those are just the highlights, the episode contained lots of delightful scenes yet it played out very organically and didn’t feel crowded.

Reign: Pilot

“Mary, you are the Queen of Scotland”

This is a retro review of a pilot episode, so there will be no spoilers about the future episodes. However I will be talking about the events of the pilot, so if you still haven’t seen it, go watch it first, then please come back to read and comment.

The pilot episode of “Reign” turned out to be very addictive and highly entertaining. Sometimes pilots can be over packed with information to the point that it makes it difficult to watch, this one did a good job of setting up the scene for the season. It presented a world of interesting, diverse and gorgeous characters. It also gave us a captivating story that has pretty much everything one can wish for - love, intrigues, political plots, murders and some supernatural\mystery elements.

Grimm: 3x10 “Eyes of the Beholder”

“I am glad ‘tis night, you do not look on me,

for I am much ashamed of my exchange.”

Hank: “Well, when you have someone that loves you, that can get you through a lot of bad.”

Oh, boy! Way too many things happened in this one. Lots of revelations, someone’s past has come back to not to haunt, a hell of a kitchen fight, a strong friendship, an old love, a new love and a young love. And did they just actually compare “being Wesen” to “being gay”?

Grimm: 3x09 “Red Menace”

“To kill Koschei the Deathless, first you must find his soul,

which is hidden in an egg, in a duck in a lead chest

buried beneath an oak tree.

Hank: “Sounds like his sins
have come back to haunt him.”

This time Grimm’s Powers That Be turned to Russian folklore for inspiration. Koschei the Deathless, the famous antagonist in Russian fairy tales, is a Wesen of the week whose touch can be worse than death but it can also heal. 

Grimm: 3x08 “Twelve Days of Krampus”

“O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,

How steadfast are your branches…”

Krampus: “Oh, you've been naughty.”

Well it has been known that for every force there is an equal and opposite force. So, Santa having an evil twin that punishes naughty children right before Christmas, makes total sense.