Grimm: 4x18 “Mishipeshu”

“The Spirit you seek in the water is only a reflection of yourself”

Deputy Farris: “I'm afraid this case is about as weird as the last one we did together.”

You don’t say. We had another one with a wesen that wasn’t a wesen, but a spirit with an appropriate name that sounded a lot like Machu Picchu. Aside from Russell Hornsby so obviously having too much fun playing possessed Hank, the case went through without making any particular impact on me. 

 
Rosalee and Monroe might have come up with a sort of possible way to reverse whatever happened to Juliette. I wish they just stick with ‘no, not possible, not ever’ scenario, because it is that much fun.

 

Juliette is having the time of her life, she got a taste of what it is to be that powerful, that special, and she doesn’t want to give it back. Even if Rosalee and Monroe will manage to concoct yet another magical recepe for disaster, she might not take it.

I wouldn’t want her to. She is so much fun to watch, that it almost unbelievable the difference is that significant. I always thought Juliette is very poorly written and always somewhere on the background. Those who read my reviews know, I complain sometimes about Bitsie Tulloch ability to act in general, but maybe it is writers’ fault for not giving her a decent material to work with.

Some observations  

So Sean and Juliette did sleep together. Unless his flashback wasn't a confirmation.

Why would we need the ‘two days from now’ scene? In my opinion it took away the surprise, and it made clear from the first scene that this is a possession case and not wesen-related. 

I was thinking that lately all the wesen that we encounter all fall into the victim category rather than perpetrator. Poor girl that couldn’t be around guys, poor rabbit-family, folks freezing to death and now this one.We haven't had a decent scary dangerous wesen for a very long time. This one was great, but it wasn't a wesen.

What was that with Sean stealing a stranger’s wallet? What exactly did he see on those bills? I watched twice and couldn't tell.

No number this week.

No royals either.

Memorable Quotes:

Wu: “What percentage of crime in Portland do you think is Wesen-related? Like, 20%, 30%?”

Sean: “Well, one way or another, most crime in most places is Wesen-related.”

Wu: “Wow!”

Sol’s rating: a filler episode that didn't deserve anything higher than 2.