Grimm

The last descendant of The Brothers Grimm fights fairy-tale baddies in modern-day America.

Fridays, 9 PM ET, NBC

Current Season: 2 - Total Episodes: 43
Highest Rated: Ep 10, Season 1

“The Waking Dead”

by Kevin McFarland May 15, 2013 -

The series sets up its second season finale with Haitian voodoo zombies.

A-

“Kiss Of The Muse”

by Kevin McFarland May 8, 2013 -

Grimm hits a groove at just the right time.

B+

“Endangered”

by Kevin McFarland May 1, 2013 -

A new night and time kicks off with an episode that blends strong episodic and serialized plots.

B-

“Volcanalis”

by Kevin McFarland April 27, 2013 -

Sadly, not Grimm's version of Dante's Peak or Volcano, but still a bit of fun.

Ep. 21, Season 2
“The Waking Dead”
Ep. 20, Season 2
“Kiss Of The Muse”
Ep. 19, Season 2
“Endangered”
Ep. 18, Season 2
“Volcanalis”

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Season

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“Woman In Black”
Episode 22

The first season comes full circle back to indecision with spinning plates and cliffhangers.
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C+
“Big Feet”
Episode 21

A Bigfoot plot that succeeds where Cinderella failed.
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B+
“Happily Ever Aftermath”
Episode 20

Cinderella doesn't fit into the Wesen world in the worst episode so far of Grimm's first season.
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C-
“Leave It To The Beavers”
Episode 19

Nick learns some new combat skills in a Three Billy Goats Gruff themed episode.
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B
“Cat And Mouse”
Episode 18

Grimm continues its late-season string of improvements by expanding on the politics of the creature world.
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B+
“Love Sick”
Episode 17

An all-serialized hour finishes out a major plot in compelling fashion for one of this season's best episodes.
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A-
“The Thing With Feathers”
Episode 16

Juliette and Hank serve the same function, which isn't good for a middling dramedy.
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B-
“Island Of Dreams”
Episode 15

Bringing in a love interest for Eddie Monroe might not be such a bad idea.
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B
“Plumed Serpent”
Episode 14

After thirteen episodes, Grimm finally gets around to the knight-saves-princess-from-dragon plot line we all knew was coming.
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B-
“Three Coins In A Fuchsbau”
Episode 13

Three mystical coins make everyone but Nick obsessed as the mysterious Titus Welliver reveals a hidden past on a satisfactory episode.
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B
“Last Grimm Standing”
Episode 12

An illegal underground creature fight club brings out more of Captain Renard's backstory, but gets bogged down in procedural repetition.
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B-
“Tarantella”
Episode 11

A take on the ancient Japanese story "The Goblin Spider" makes for a nicely dark case-of-the-week with Angel's Amy Acker, but the overarching plot is taking it too slow.
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B
“Organ Grinder”
Episode 10

A twisted Hansel and Gretel retelling with black market organ harvesters helps Grimm hit its first peak.
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A
“Of Mouse And Man”
Episode 9

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C+
“Game Ogre”
Episode 8

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B-
“Let Your Hair Down”
Episode 7

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B-
“The Three Bad Wolves”
Episode 6

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B+
“Danse Macabre”
Episode 5

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B
“Lonelyhearts”
Episode 4

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B-
“Beeware”
Episode 3

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B
“Bears Will Be Bears”
Episode 2

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B-
Grimm
Episode 1

The première echoes Buffy, Angel, and Psych, but it’s too slow.
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C+

“The Waking Dead”
Episode 21

The series sets up its second season finale with Haitian voodoo zombies.
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B
“Kiss Of The Muse”
Episode 20

Grimm hits a groove at just the right time.
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A-
“Endangered”
Episode 19

A new night and time kicks off with an episode that blends strong episodic and serialized plots.
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B+
“Volcanalis”
Episode 18

Sadly, not Grimm's version of Dante's Peak or Volcano, but still a bit of fun.
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B-
“One Angry Fuchsbau”
Episode 17

Grimm steers out of a midseason skid with a lively caper episode full of scattered mythology elements.
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B+
“Nameless”
Episode 16

Some clever Rumpelstiltskin details can't save the worst episode of the season so far.
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C-
“Mr. Sandman”
Episode 15

An epigraph from a fantastic German story doesn't translate into a great episode.
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B-
"Natural Born Wesen"
Episode 14

Grimm continues to expand the Wesen world, but fails to address the most interesting question in the episode
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B
“Face Off”
Episode 13

Grimm returns with an episode that fulfills the promise of last fall’s serialized progress.
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B+
“Season Of The Hexenbiest”
Episode 12

A vengeful Adalind returns to Portland in a terrific midseason finale that sets a new status quo.
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A
“To Protect And Serve Man”
Episode 11

Hank brings his new worldview to a old case, as Grimm inches steadily closer to bringing its stories together.
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B
“The Hour Of Death”
Episode 10

The most gripping and gruesome case this season saves a boring first twenty minutes.
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B+
“La Lloranna”
Episode 9

A standalone Halloween episode puts the show's best foot forward.
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B+
“The Other Side”
Episode 8

A boring episodic plot is masked by the first scenes between Monroe and Captain Renard.
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C+
“The Bottle Imp”
Episode 7

The overarching plot material overshadows a case of the week template ripped straight from Law & Order: SVU.
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B-
“Over My Dead Body”
Episode 6

The first resonant death on Grimm is progress, buts logistical problems remain.
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B
“The Good Shepherd”
Episode 5

It's a church congregation made up of sheep Wesen. Get it?
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C
“Quill”
Episode 4

Wesen zombies attack while a new Scooby Gang grows stronger.
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B
“Bad Moon Rising”
Episode 3

Hank is officially part of Grimm’s Scooby Gang.
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B+
“The Kiss”
Episode 2

Grimm concludes its first attempt at a Buffy two-parter with mixed results.
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B-
“Bad Teeth”
Episode 1

Grimm returns with the first half of a two-parter featuring convoluted serialization and few answers to last season's cliffhangers.
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C+

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