This is SO hard, but my heart has to go with S1 E6: The Three Bad Wolves. While I love the sophistication of the later episodes, I have a fondness for the early days of Nick learning this whole new world. I also love a Monroe-centric episode, and his early time with Hap is hilarious. But Angelina (Jaime Ray Newman) is Grimm at its best, giving women its smartest, most powerful roles.
Runners up: I mean, omg, all of them (except for The Thing with Feathers, Kiss of the Muse and Bad Moon Rising)? But if I have to choose, maybe:
S2 E2: The Kiss – Kelly kills Katherine (another spectacular older female character) in spectacular fashion
S2 E22: Goodnight, Sweet Grimm – Oh, love me some Papa Ghede!
S1 E22: Woman in Black – the introduction of Kelly Burkhardt!
S1 E3: Beeware – the culture of the Mellifers was fascinating
S1 E21: Big Feet – for Monroe’s “Larry?”
S1 E5: Danse Macabre – I love Roddy!
S3 E19: Nobody Knows the Trubel I’ve Seen – introduction of Trubel!
“Sometimes being a cop gets in the way of what you have to do.”
Lt. Orson is the second person to tell him that. But Nick is very reluctant to cross that line. Which is a good thing! I’m glad.
Interestingly, I think the line-crossing coincides pretty cleanly with the point where people start attacking him in his own home.
Nick’s voice has such an odd note to it when he asks that. His shoulders are a little slumped, too. He looks almost…defeated. Because Monroe has never stonewalled him like this before. He’s never just flat refused to help. And Nick can’t help but read into that.
But then Monroe says “No, I’m not.”
And I swear when Nick sighs, he almost sounds relieved.
It still looks like it hurts Nick when Monroe refuses to help, but at least he knows what the reason is…and isn’t.
(I can’t help but wonder what Monroe must have been thinking after Nick left. Did he worry that Nick would get hurt? That Angelina would? That they would hurt each other, even kill each other?
Did he ask himself Angelina’s question again? “Which would hurt more?”)
Angelina’s least favorite things: pigs and cops. I feel like there’s a very mild pun somewhere in there. Oh, writers.
Poor Hap. He just wanted to eat bad food and collect things.
The way Angelina asks “which would have made you sadder?” it’s almost like she knows how close Nick and Monroe have gotten in a very short amount of time.
Nick’s FACE when Hap mentions “the stuff” Monroe used to do that might get him arrested. Like “wow, we’re gonna unpack that later.”
Nick just finds Hap so adorable. He grins every time he looks at him.
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