Grimm: Big Feet

"He stripped off his skin and tossed it into the fire and he was in human form again."

According to the Grimm Wiki (a great website I found for all thing Grimm), this episode is based on The Grimm brothers' tale called "Hans the Hedgehog." A hedgehog saves the life of a king, who offers him anything in return. The hedgehog asks for the hand of the king's daughter. The king refuses, so the hedgehog takes the princess and returns her to her father, pierced and bleeding from his spikes. The king finally agrees to the hedgehog's request, and the hedgehog promises to never harm her again. On their wedding night, the hedgehog "stripped off his skin and tossed it into the fire and he was in human form again." And that human form was a handsome young man.

This episode starts with a Blair Witch Project feel. Three friends are filming themselves in the woods as they search for Big Foot. And yes, they find him; or he finds them. The result is not pleasant.

Why would a man shoot his rifle right into the middle of his herd of horses?

We finally see Juliette in her element as a veterinarian. I love seeing more of her life away from Nick. And now that she's been helping Nick investigate his parents' accident, she's got investigating in her blood, and she's become an amateur detective.

It's Juliette who discovers this weeks' murder victims. And again, the scene is pretty grimm.

Monroe is reading "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." He is so cultured in so many ways. I love that.

Monroe's friend, Larry, is Big Foot or Wildermann. I just love that this dangerous man's name is Larry. Larry is such a harmless-sounding (no offense to any dangerous "Larrys out there).

Larry isn't retracting. He isn't able to hide his Wesen exterior.

Monroe calls Nick for help this time. The tables are turned. Nick is usually always calling Monroe for help.

Woge (german: wave) - the wave that overcomes a Wesen to transform to his Wesen self.

Monroe goes to a Wesen support group to help him control is urges. Monroe goes to group therapy. *wink*

Konstantin Brinkerhoff is a Wesen therapist who wrote a book called "Controlling the Inner Man." I love this show!

Monroe's comment about the pitchforks and torches (see Quotes below) reminds me of "Kill the Beast" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Monroe "marked his territory" and the search dogs can't find him or Larry. That is hilarious.

Monroe puts on Larry's shirt and runs into the woods to get the dogs away from his house. He "woge's" and scared the dogs. But he runs into Hank before he changes back, so Hank has his first run-in with a Wesen in his natural form.

Why does Larry turn back into human form when he dies? Isn't the Wesen form his natural state?

Poor Larry, they have to dump his body in the woods. But Monroe gives him a nice short eulogy. The end is in German, and Nick asks him what it means. He says it's a saying his father would say at funerals, "Everything has an end. Only a sausage has two." Loved it!

When I first heard Brinkerhoff's voice, and before I saw him, I thought the actor was John Lythgoe. Roger Bart, the actor who plays Brinkerhoff sounds so much like John

Brinkerhoff could control showing Nick his Wesen self. I wonder if Renard uses the same "trick" since Nick has never discovered that Renard's a Wesen.

Juliette is getting close to making discoveries of her own about half human-half animal.

After Brinkerhoff turns into Big Foot, why does he drag a woman into the theatre after killing people? Why doesn't he kill her?

Why is the theatre empty when Brinkerhoff carries the woman in there? Wouldn't there be people in the theatre backstage if patrons are ready to go see a play (or musical, or whatever is playing in the theatre that night).

Hank sees Brinkerhoff change as he dies. Now Hank knows that Wesen are out there even though he doesn't understand it. Nick tells Hank he didn't see it. He's not ready to tell Hank yet. But from the preview for next week's season finale, it looks like he finally tells Juliette. Will her attack make her forget what he tells her, or will she go into season two knowing the truth? I can't wait for next week's episode!

Quotes:

Srgt Wu: The answer is obvious, these murders were committed by barefoot men carrying a wolf.

Monroe: I may have Big Foot on my couch.

Juliette: It's not top secret; it's more like middle secret.

Monroe: We have issues too, you know. And let me just say they're a lot bigger than, like, teenage angst insecurity.

Monroe: That's great, all that's missing are the town folks with pitchforks and torches.

Monroe: I kind of bumped into Hank before I logged out.

Brinkerhoff: Wesen Prozac doesn't exist.

Brinkerhoff (to Nick): I would love to talk about your identity issues.

Rinaldo: The way I feel is miracle cures wind up being worse then the disease.

Juliette: What if they're real.