Grimm: Lycanthropia
March 26, 2016 6:57 AM - Season 5, Episode 14 - Subscribe
After a brutal attack in the woods, Nick and Hank discover a wesen disease that could be the inspiration behind the werewolf myth; Adalind may be able to get back what she wants through an alliance.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes." - Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes." - Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles
My response: Wu infected by a werewolf? Really?!?!? I guess I was hoping for something more... original, but probably they'll come up with something compelling for Wu. I hope.
He has so much potential, and I really like the actor who plays Wu. Hoping for interesting things for him to do.
posted by amtho at 6:44 PM on March 26, 2016
He has so much potential, and I really like the actor who plays Wu. Hoping for interesting things for him to do.
posted by amtho at 6:44 PM on March 26, 2016
Yeeeeah I'm not sure how that disease would affect humans but I also found myself wanting something more original to happen to Wu. At least they didn't forgot about him as a character!
posted by numaner at 8:30 AM on March 27, 2016
posted by numaner at 8:30 AM on March 27, 2016
Poor Wu! First eating couch stuffing, then thinking he's going crazy, and now he's infected by the lycanthrope! Well, maybe he'll turn into the dog wesen that'll fetch the magic stick now.
posted by astapasta24 at 6:21 PM on March 27, 2016
posted by astapasta24 at 6:21 PM on March 27, 2016
I was not convinced that wasn't just a throwaway gag; nightmares after the incident, motivated by the stories of getting infected by a werewolf. But my interpretation was that this is a genetic disease condition that only impacts blutbaden, so it's just Wu's subconscious jerking him around.
I am perhaps too big a sf/f nerd to be able to assert this, but I found it difficult to believe not one of them had heard the term lycanthrope before.
I hope Eve interferes with this Renard/Adalind thing before it goes anywhere because it sounds pretty dumb. Hey, you need a spouse if you're going to be a politician, how about this woman you already have a kid with? Oh sure, let's slow roll that ask out over the whole episode and by the way, exactly where should we say this daughter happens to be when the reporters ask?
posted by phearlez at 8:26 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am perhaps too big a sf/f nerd to be able to assert this, but I found it difficult to believe not one of them had heard the term lycanthrope before.
I hope Eve interferes with this Renard/Adalind thing before it goes anywhere because it sounds pretty dumb. Hey, you need a spouse if you're going to be a politician, how about this woman you already have a kid with? Oh sure, let's slow roll that ask out over the whole episode and by the way, exactly where should we say this daughter happens to be when the reporters ask?
posted by phearlez at 8:26 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
I was not convinced that wasn't just a throwaway gag; nightmares after the incident, motivated by the stories of getting infected by a werewolf
You gotta pretty good point, here.
I found it difficult to believe not one of them had heard the term lycanthrope before.
I KNOW RITE??!!!?? C'mon, at the least, considering Blutbad and all the other various dog/wolf-like Wesen, some 18th-century Grimm would've gotten all pedantic about 'The True Origins of The Myth of The WereWolf; Otherwise Known as The Lycanthrope' in one of the musty journals in the trailer.
Most of this ep seemed fairly pedestrian to me - the opening in particular kinda just fizzled. Jerk-guy crashes car in woods, sees sun going down, starts running - all solid standard horror-opening stuff - and then he kinda wanders off and there's a moon and maybe some vague screams . . . . Nothing tense and certainly no interesting twist.
And yeah, if the Black Claw's plan for Renard hinges on him having like a week to convince Adalind to just make with the Happy Family outta nowhere . . . . .
posted by soundguy99 at 7:41 PM on March 30, 2016
You gotta pretty good point, here.
I found it difficult to believe not one of them had heard the term lycanthrope before.
I KNOW RITE??!!!?? C'mon, at the least, considering Blutbad and all the other various dog/wolf-like Wesen, some 18th-century Grimm would've gotten all pedantic about 'The True Origins of The Myth of The WereWolf; Otherwise Known as The Lycanthrope' in one of the musty journals in the trailer.
Most of this ep seemed fairly pedestrian to me - the opening in particular kinda just fizzled. Jerk-guy crashes car in woods, sees sun going down, starts running - all solid standard horror-opening stuff - and then he kinda wanders off and there's a moon and maybe some vague screams . . . . Nothing tense and certainly no interesting twist.
And yeah, if the Black Claw's plan for Renard hinges on him having like a week to convince Adalind to just make with the Happy Family outta nowhere . . . . .
posted by soundguy99 at 7:41 PM on March 30, 2016
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posted by oh yeah! at 7:00 AM on March 26, 2016