Grimm: 4x05 “Cry Luison”

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

Juliette: “ You need to be a Grimm again.”

Don't get me wrong, I like Theresa a lot, I do, but it's about time Nick got his Grimm powers back. 

Poor Rosalee and Monroe, first their wedding was kinda ruined, then they couldn’t go to their honeymoon out of loyalty to Nick, and now they are being harassed by mixed-wesen-marriage haters. It’s escalating as well, first the brick through the window, now mailbox set on fire. What’s next? One thing is for sure Nick needs his Grimm back. Which is obviously happening, since seeing their friends in danger was what Juliette needed to change her mind. Nick has already made up his mind. That scene at the end when he shared his deepest feelings about being a Grimm with Monroe was precious gold. Nick actually likes being a Grimm. I don’t believe we ever heard him say it before.

Now, let’s talk about the wacky awkward sex-spell reversal procedure. Juliette has to repeat every step of the spell that Adalind took and then make love to Nick looking like Adalind. Somehow I think Nick has been dealt the worst cards in this predicament. Imagine him making love to Juliette looking like Adalind! But like Trubel and Monroe said it is not about romance, it’s about getting it done. Not that that makes it any easier. They mentioned it several times that they had to do exactly everything in reverse. Does that concern only the spell part or also the sex part? Because that would be intolerably hard, but fun to watch, not that I think they will show us the details.

So, I was right about Adalind, she was sort of imagining the whole thing and Victor was behind this torture. As fun as it was seeing Adalind chase after herself, one time would have been enough. It very quickly became repetitive. Thank God, it’s over and now they can move onto the next phase, which is I assume working together to find the baby. Question though – why wouldn’t Victor simply tell her the truth and avoid all this nonsense?

The case of the week was refreshingly interesting and unexpected in a way that it wasn’t clear for a long time who is the culprit. The fact that there were four of them was an interesting turn. Talk about a sadistic way to get you wealthy wife to the ground.  

Wu is still in the dark and acting more and more hostile towards Nick. At least he is not losing his mind, though his sense of humor is getting somewhat on a dark side.

Some observations  

Opening credits have changed again, back to its shortened version. Not good!

Apparently what Elizabeth did to save Sean’s life was a one time deal. And apparently it has cost her a lot. 

In the Grimm world the ideas for Halloween came from people’s believe that wesen are just wearing masks.

Ava’s hospital room had a number 405.

Memorable Quotes:

Juliette: “Wait. If I do this, and I transform into Adalind, it's still me, right? I mean, I would know it's me.”

Monroe: “Yes. And Nick would know it's you. And presumably you would know that Nick knows that it's you.”

Rosalee: “Maybe think of it like wearing a costume.”

Nick: “A costume of a woman who tried to kill me.”

Elizabeth: “I would suggest a very dark room.”

Oh, my!

Nick: “A wolf?”

Wu: “She didn't say if it was two-legged or four-legged, but she was pretty adamant about it talking to her.”

Sol’s rating: I loved it lot, so I'm giving it 5 out of 5.