Grimm: 5x14 “Lycanthropia”

Rachel: “You need to be on the right side of history.”

What is the right side of history, though? Any side in any conflict is always convinced they are the good ones and what they are doing is the right thing. 

The right thing for Sean, from our prospective, would be to tell Nick and the rest what is going on and nuke this Uprising from within. From Sean’s prospective he could become the mayor and rule the city. And get his daughter back as a bonus. Let’s not forget that if he agrees to be a double agent he would still be able to get Diana back. The fact that Sean is still weighing his options worries me. His silence is the indication of him lining towards saying ‘yes’. He was also trying to manipulate Adalind, and I didn’t like that. Unfortunately for him she is no longer vulnerable and helpless but a beast again even if not fully yet, and in love with Nick. That is a powerful combination, as is the maternal instinct. We’ll see what comes of this.

Despite being able to see through Sean Adalind didn’t mention the meeting to Nick, considering Eve’s surveillance lately that might bite Adalind in the ass. They are sort of even, since Nick still hasn’t told her about the Knights’ healing stick that he hid in the basement of their new house. The basement that has a basement. And the steel reinforced door, that hasn’t been opened for hundreds of years. Yep, that’s a smart move.

The case of the week was Grimm’s version of werewolf with a twist. The fact that a Lycanthrope was not a type of Wesen but rather a disease was an interesting take on the Wesen behavior. So, it’s like rabies, I suppose. It was clear from the get go that either the son or the mother is responsible for maiming to death those poor tourists and it was just the matter of figuring out who. The thing I didn’t understand was how the son survived the first attack? If she couldn’t control herself why didn’t she kill him?

I must say I quite enjoyed the case this week, and I’m not a fan of werewolf stories. But this one was quite compelling and dynamic, everybody worked together and it didn’t take that much screen time. The case also left us with a bit of a cliffhanger. So, what does the future hold for Sergeant Wu? He got scratched in a fight with Lycanthrope and was infected. Now, isn’t it a Wesen specific disease and more specifically a Blutbaden one? Yet Wu was certainly affected. I’m equally curious and scared of what this might do to him.

Some observations  

Episode’s opening quote was: “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance observes.” And this one belongs to Sherlock Holmes, or rather Conan Doyle (‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’).

Why did we need the ‘Two nights ago’, ‘This evening’ and ‘Just before sunset’ cards?

That was one deep well!

Eve continued playing a detective. She is sneaky with nifty lock-picks that are her powers and she knows who to share the information with. Smart. Good. I like Eve.

Few more cases and Monroe will be on police payroll as a personal Wesen tracker.

Is Trubel still in Singapore? Or was it Santiago? She’s missing all the fun.

After missing it many episodes in a row I finally caught the number in this one – the address of one of the victims was the number of episode - ‘514 North Adams’. Yay!


Memorable Quotes:

Hank: “Yeah, according to him, he was attacked by an assailant and his dog.”
Wu: “Well, then it's kind of hard to explain the three different blood types when none of them are canine.”
Nick: “So he was attacked by two humans and no dog.”
Hank: “Doesn't mean he wasn't attacked by a dog, just that the dog didn't bleed.”
Nick: “Or the dog was Wesen.”
Hank: “So we got a man and his Wesen loose in the woods?”
LOL

Nick: “Well, what if we're right?”
Sean: “Then you'll be dealing with a raving Lycanthrope in a jail cell.”

Sol’s rating: 3.5, I liked it.

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