Grimm, S01E18
Nick investigated a shooting, which turned into a murder. This was all due to a Verrat bounty hunter named Edgar looking for one of the leaders of the resistance group. This leader, Ian, came to Rosalie for help and was furthered assisted by Monroe and Nick. When Rosalie got held against will by Edgar, he demanded that Ian be turned over to him in exchange for her life. Nick and team were able to take him down, and Ian shot him dead so that he wouldn't find a way to come after them again. Nick looked like he was going to arrest Ian for that murder, but he ended up covering up the hunter's death and letting Ian escape.
I think that this whole impending war that's coming with the Wesen is a lot more interesting than the usual Portland-brand conflicts that have been happening so far. Renard is definitely a part of that, but the depth of his involvement isn't too clear yet, so I'll just let that go. I'm not too sure if Nick is entirely interested in it as much as he should be, now that it's been revealed that the Verrat, who are determined to preserve the Wesen natural order, have connections with Grimm in the past. He did watch a video about the group, but he didn't bother to question Ian much, who would have had tons of valuable information. Pretty sure just like everyone (including Renard) was hinting, someone will probably come looking for them now that Edgar has been killed in their town. Hopefully when that happens we can learn more of this conflict and about those seven royal families.
Besides the intrigue of the battle between the big Wesen powers, I simply liked the hunter, Edgar himself. No matter who he was dealing with, he had such a confident and superior aura about him. And for this show where people have a lot of uninspired schemes and low intelligence, I thought his method of framing Ian to get Renard to "help" him was a good technique. I just expected him to just sniff around for information until he found him, but he did one better and murdered a bartender just to make sure Ian would be cornered. He probably would have achieved his goal if he had figured out Nick was friends with Rosalie. I guess it's a good thing that Grimms don't typical befriend Wesen because it allowed Nick to get the upper hand and defeat him. Wish Ian could have let him live, though. Edgar was an interesting character.
Another interesting thing was just seeing Monroe get jealous when Ian appeared and he knew that Rosalie had once dated him. He was kinda cute pouting off to the side when Rosalie was attending to Ian while he recovered from the bullet removed from him. I bet Monroe might have taken a swing at Ian had he stayed in town long enough to keep fueling his envy. However, maybe Rosalie will take notice that Monroe really likes her and make a move on him herself. Monroe is dragging his feet with Rosalie--we may not get to see any development in their relationship before this season is through (or the show gets cancelled).
This may be my second favorite episode, right below the one about the spiders. Unlike a lot of the stories where I was just waiting for Nick to figure out what we already knew, I was paying attention closely to learn more about the Verrat and the resistance group. Edgar was the majority of the appeal for me, and it's shame he had to be killed. However, the appearance of Verrat in Portland gives this show some much needed steam. I won't get my hopes up too high, (with this show's record) but I am anticipating the next episode a little more than usual.
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