Grimm: 6x11 “Where the Wild Things Were”

Wu: “I suppose this is how Alice felt falling down the rabbit hole.”

What the hell kind of hell was that?

So the ‘other place’ is like an another dimension (hell-ish or heaven-ish, depending on context) that co-exists with this one. By this one I mean our real world populated by Wesen. Yes, I did say it. And it’s like Schrodinger's Cat – unless you open the box, both realities exist simultaneously. That was a very intriguing beginning….

And then…. They sort of blew it…. So the Big Thing that is coming, the ‘oh, so important’ prophecy was all about this devil wanting a bride??? And he wants to make hundred children with her??? Come on!!! The amount of question marks and exclamation points is not an exaggeration. This was the most ridiculous thing they could’ve come up with and very anticlimactic. Oh, well…..

Of course Diana is that bride, only I don’t feel the danger, like at all. Although the groom has some magic tricks up his burnt skin (or probably just a magic stick of his own) I still think Diana is the only one powerful enough who can actually kill this groom to be.

As predicted in my last review Sean is back, since he (well, his Russian friend) delivered the big reveal clue. His reintroduction into a group felt oddly unsatisfying considering, quoting Monroe ‘all the backstabbing that's gone on, literally and figuratively’. I was glad to see him back but it had a bitter taste to it. Anyhow, now everyone is on the same page, working together and trying to stop this wedding from hell from happening.

Part of me is still sure that the best thing they could have done from stopping it was never ever give the skull dude a way out, as predicted in the previous review. Sean’s friend said ‘when you open the box the other dimension gets closed off’. Only it didn’t close off, right? Not yet anyway. Will one reality close off when Diana crosses over or when the groom does? Still not clear on that part. Which world will survive? Judging by the druids-like ensemble of stones in the other place that is where the ceremony was meant to take place. If that’s so, then all they had to do was to never let Diana to crossover. She couldn’t have done it alone, since she is not a Hexenbiest. So, just lock the stick and throw away the keys. No need for any of this. This huge lack of logic is confusing the hell out of me.

I was also not the fan of the idea of Nick and Eve traveling the hell land together…. But it wasn’t that painful. I finally realized what was driving Nick, it wasn’t lost love, well that too, but most of all it was guilt. I never thought he blamed himself for everything that happened to Juliette. Eve was kind enough to explain, by specifically setting her and Juliette apart. Juliette is gone and Eve blames her for what she did. Eve is a person of her own. Their moment at the end ended up being my favorite in the episode… it was surprisingly very touching. It also felt like a closure that both desperately needed.

It also felt like a good bye. Since she said that maybe that was her faith, that it was mean to be, that her meeting Nick led to this exact moment; and that she has a purpose. I feel we’re going into a sacrificial death full speed. I’m willing to bet she will end up saving Nick and atoning for Juliette killing his mother.

Some observations  

Episode’s opening quote was from The Tempest by William Shakespeare : “Hell is empty and all the devils are here”.

The symbols on the sky perfectly aligned with the symbols on the drawing – it must be THE wedding day.

Monroe will not be happy once he learns Nick eat a Blutbaden.

Memorable Quotes:

Eve: “How do you say, "I'm a vegetarian" in German?”

Sol’s rating: since this is a two-parter and this episode’s goal was basically to set things up, it delivered, so 3.5 all things considered. 

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