Grimm: Star-Crossed

February 13, 2016 1:49 PM - Season 5, Episode 9

Nick, Hank, and Wu track a ritualistic Wesen serial killer, who may or may not have ties to Black Claw. Trubel, Meisner and Eve give us a glimpse into the workings of Hadrian's Wall. Monroe infiltrates a Black Claw recruiting rally, and Rosalee's past is getting closer by the episode.
posted by soundguy99 (6 comments total)

"How do you know all this stuff?"

"Homeschooling."
posted by mstokes650 at 6:28 PM on February 13, 2016 [2 favorites]

The way they shot that interrogation scene from the victim's perspective was impressively creepy. I'm still wishing we had some kind of explanation for how Meisner actually changed Juliette into Eve, but she was wonderfully alien in that scene.

I love undercover Monroe, but the idea that he could make it through a local Black Claw recruitment meeting without being recognized is a laughable.
posted by oh yeah! at 5:28 AM on February 14, 2016

Yeah, Monroe's going to be in trouble soon.

I'm tired of Monroe being in danger... he's so nice, it's a bummer.
posted by amtho at 7:50 AM on February 14, 2016

Eh, I think Monroe's probably more famous by word-of-mouth than by face - like, the Wesen rumor mill has spread the word that there's a Grimm in town and a Blutbad who helps him, but (somehow (ok, maybe it's losing plausibility by the second)) no pics have really circulated. Many Wesen are stil all, "Ohshit, you're the Grimm!" when they encounter Nick for the first time. But yeah, if Monroe woges in the middle of a Black Claw rally, someone's gonna make the connection. (My impression being that a lot of Wesen aren't real good at knowing what kind of Wesen someone else is without them wogeing. Monroe's wolf-like sense of smell gives him an advantage there.)
posted by soundguy99 at 9:47 AM on February 14, 2016

I think that entire group of Black Claw that was hunting for Monroe by threatening his friend was taken out by Eve, so other chapters probably doesn't know much about him.

I like how Nick got all doe-eyed that Adalind knew all that.

That interrogation scene... man that will fuck anyone up.
posted by numaner at 1:42 PM on February 15, 2016

"We have funding."

...but not, apparently, for an interior designer or a cook.
posted by Mogur at 3:57 PM on February 15, 2016