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“I am going off to a house and entering it like a snake…
I will devour their babes and make their hearts ache. ”
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Grimm is not a horror television. It is somewhat scary, but it is not horror.
I remember I found pilot to be quite frightening, but they have dialed it down
a bit since then. Having said that, this wesen could easily give nightmares, it
and a scary baby.
There were rumors they would bring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as
Mama-Grimm back at some point, so when I saw the title of the episode in my
calendar I thought that was it. Boy, I couldn’t be any more off. ‘Mommy dearest’
turned out to be a woman willing to take the life of her unborn grandchild just
to prolong her own. It just couldn’t get any worse.
As
the
episode went along I kept thinking, is this gonna be the one in which
Wu learns about Wesen? Could it be really happening? Yay! We haven’t had
an episode centered on Wu since season
one “Island of Dreams”. So, it was about time we had
another one and what an opportunity it was to let him in on a Big
secret.
Now, is there really a good way to introduce someone to the world of
Wesen? Perhaps not, as Hank put it. They [writers] seem however to follow the
same pattern here. With Hank it was the daughter of a close friend, with Wu
it’s a girl that got away, who he deeply cares about and probably still loves.
Is it easier to accept the supernatural aspects of life when people you love
are involved? Maybe. We were told several times, that people [I can not for
the life of me spell out the wesen term] only see wesen, when they let them to,
but like in the case of Hank, Wu saw the creature, without it revealing herself.
Is fear for people you love is what lifting the veil?
I like Wu a lot. I want him in the inner circle. I loved how he tried to
convey his suspicions to Nick and Hank even if it made him sound crazy.
Unfortunately those two didn’t return him the favor. I understand Nick wants to
protect his identity, but these were rather extreme circumstances. Is it really
wise to keep Wu in a dark, with them encountering wesens on a regular basis? Hank
is probably the only one who understands what Wu is going through, and still
even he couldn’t come with words when he had a chance.
Right until the moment Wu was attacked by Aswang, I thought they will
cop out and write it all off to him “worrying to much about Dana”, but after he
saw the mommy with his own eyes, I was sure they would tell him. They didn’t. But
it is not the end just yet since they left on a rather disturbing note. Now,
tell me, did last scene really happen or was it a dream? It had to be a dream, right?
As if Aswang monster wasn’t enough, we had a freaky baby. What’s up with
writers? How on earth they come with ideas like hurting a pregnant woman and getting
“Rosemary’s baby” into a story? I hate the plots with evil babies.
Anyway, the baby is born. It’s a girl. Nothing too horrible [aside
from those sparky purple eyes] happened as was prophesied in the last episode. Not
yet, anyway. Immediately after giving birth Adalind returned to her hexenbiest
form, but we knew that was gonna happen. It’s Sean very sweet reaction to the
news about a baby girl that made this whole sub-plot bearable.
Some observations
Grimm added
yet another language to its cookie jar as Wu and his cousin spoke Filipino (at
least I assume that’s what it was).
How Wu was
able to have a nightmare about a creature he’s never seen before?
Wu’s room
in the psychiatric clinic was 314. That was 40 minutes into the episode and I
was so caught up into it that I thought I missed it. I didn’t.
Was it the
first time we heard sergeant’s Wu first name? I believe it was.
Aswang –
such a beautiful name for such a horrible creature.
Memorable Quotes:
Wu: “Sometimes
my cat gets mad at me, and all she needs is a belly rub.”
Franco: “My
wife's not a cat.”
Wu: “It
doesn't mean it wouldn't work.”
Juliette: “This
could be almost anything that climbs trees, bigger than a squirrel, obviously.”
Monroe: “Yeah, I have an aunt and Uncle
that used to eat their newborns' placentas, you know, fry 'em up with a little butter
and honey. But I'm sorry. This is going
too far.”
I don’t
know about that, what his uncle is doing sounds equally horrific to me.
Nick: “"I
arrive in the Philippines at
Manila, May of
1904, after a long arduous voyage from..."
Hank: “Do
we have to start at the beginning?”
Monroe: “Yeah, pick it up right before the
"and then I cut off his head" part.”
Monroe: “I don't think an Aswang is a very
good gateway wesen for a Kehrseite.”
Hank: “I'm
not sure there is a good gateway.”
Sol’s
rating: That was quite good. 3.5 out of 5? What did you think?
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