At least tonights monster-of-the-week entry was saved from out-and-outmeh-nessby the killer (literally!)
We open on a cicada.
A huge, man-sized cicada, a.k.a.
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A kind park-goer offers to call 911 for him and gets killed for his pains.
Next, we get a load of Renards amazing new non-mayoral house.
Renard unpacks Dianas murder puppets but pockets the stick she used to compel him to kill Bonaparte.
Unfortunately, Meisner followed him to his new digs.
Thats definitely not good enough for Meisner, whos keeping Renard from sleeping.
Time for some baby news!
These two, I swear.
Best couple on TV.
I keep thinking I need to be carrying that stick, he admits.
Being without it feels like missing a piece of himself.
We all feel that way about our phones.
In my dream house, Adalinds collecting Diana after her overnight stay.
Do it, Renard!
Time for your redemption arc already!
I might have to narrow that down.
Then Nick suggests that this was a sadistic sexual encounter gone bad.
No, its Wesen, Nick replies.
On the one hand, yuck.
On the other hand, life goals, a little?
Her organs were removed, and there are teeth marks on every bone in her body.
At the loft, Diana tells Adalind that her dad shouts Meisners name a lot.
Diana remembers Meisner from the helicopter and calls him nice.
Diana says she wants to see Meisner again, even though hes dead.
Oh, and Eve is here, she casually drops.
Sure enough, when Adalind investigates, she finds Eve collapsed in the tunnel.
Adalind physically boosts up her to the loft and helps her collapse onto Dianas bed.
Nicks research at the spice shop yields dirt on their monster.
Its an immortal Greek Wesen whose name translates to party animal.
Hes the inspiration for Dionysus, god of wine and orgies.
The guy shes with doesnt care for this tactic and invites cicada-man to step outside.
Cicada-man woges and kills him without even spilling his drink.
Back inside, the woman confirms that she just met her date.
Then it should be too hard to forget him, cicada-man purrs.
He turns, orders a round for the whole bar, and asks them to turn the music up.
Everyones doing shots and dancing, and this feels like the most Portland sceneGrimmhas ever done.
The woman declares him fun, and he says, Gotta live for the moment.
And then something long overdue happens: Adalind apologizes for what she did to Eve/Juliette.
Before Eve can respond, Nick shows up.
They explore the tunnel drawings, and then Hank calls about the dead man behind the bar.
At the park, cicada-man and Mandy stroll.
Id be happy with one good one, she quips.
Aww, poor lonely heart!
He draws in a beard,Wooly Willy-style, and viola!
No wonder he donated the land, Monroe says.
Okay, thats solid planning if youre an immortal, but… Did he have a cicada-man Rumspringa that gave him free rein for longer than a day?
Renards about to get shirtless.
He wants to know if the ghost is real or if hes losing his mind.
Renard brought him a ring that was his handed down from his grandfather.
Steiger examines it and also demands Renards royal ring (nota wedding ring!)
Take off your clothes and get in, Steiger instructs him.
So many people just miss living, he says.
They dont appreciate what theyve got.
We move too fast, dont we?
Then he woges and bashes her over the head.
Kind of hate him.
He leaps into battle.
Youre the Grimm, she says.
Thanks, Nick manages.
Whats a girl gotta do to find the right guy in this town?
she laments as she strides off.
Great twist ending, but Im not sure about the sensitivity of the execution.
When the spirit vacuum fires up, a spirit does, in fact, detach itself from Renard.
Then sparks start flying (literal, not emotional), and Steiger falls to the floor.
Meisner ends up outside of the box, tweaking the controls, and Renard screams as the glass shatters.
Next thing we know, Renard comes to fully dressed (boo!)
in the pawn shop.
Its actually an empty storefront with a For Lease sign out front.
A mind is a terrible thing to lose, Meisner smugly tells him, and we cut to credits.
