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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #1: Trubel learns the truth in 3×19, “Nobody Knows the Trubel I’ve Seen”

Never have I seen a character introduced so late in the game capture a fandom so completely. Everyone loves Trubel, everyone. I have found no dissenters amongst our ranks. And with the kind of introduction she got in this episode, who could blame us?

Trubel is a–well, troubled young woman who’s had a difficult life, and somehow Jacqueline Toboni manages to portray her as both fragile and tough as nails, all at once. You don’t want to piss Trubel off in a dark alley, but you also do want to wrap her in blankets and feed her bacon. She exudes a perpetual 50/50 mix of “fight me” and “protect her” that is on display in this scene like in no other.

Just imagine: she thought she was alone, all her life. Alone with the monsters and the fear. And then she just happens to bump into someone who tells her that she’s not alone, that not all scary things are monsters, and that she doesn’t have to be afraid anymore. The look on her face says it all: this was the moment a girl who’d been drowning her entire life finally felt her head break the water’s surface.

And it was such a turning point for Nick, as well. Prior to this, he’s had friends and family surrounding and supporting him, but no one who really knew what it was like. Marie and Kelly were raised in it. Monroe and Rosalee grew up in the Wesen world, and their perspective on what it means to be a Grimm is vastly different from his own. Juliette and Hank are (at this point, anyway) both human, and they don’t see the world the way he does, even if they do know what’s out there.

Then suddenly, there’s this girl who gets it. She wasn’t brought up in this. No one explained. No one warned her. She just…woke up one day and saw things no one else could see, things she couldn’t explain. And unlike Nick, she had no Monroe to guide her through it all or have her back when things got rough at the very beginning.

It’s no surprise that Nick is so drawn to help her, or that they bond so quickly and so permanently. The chemistry between them–not even romantic chemistry, just that raw indefinable something that makes certain performances spark off one another–is always incredible, and the roots of that are all here, in this masterful scene.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #1: Trubel learns the truth in 3×19, “Nobody Knows the Trubel I’ve Seen”

Never have I seen a character introduced so late in the game capture a fandom so completely. Everyone loves Trubel, everyone. I have found no dissenters amongst our ranks. And with the kind of introduction she got in this episode, who could blame us?

Trubel is a–well, troubled young woman who’s had a difficult life, and somehow Jacqueline Toboni manages to portray her as both fragile and tough as nails, all at once. You don’t want to piss Trubel off in a dark alley, but you also do want to wrap her in blankets and feed her bacon. She exudes a perpetual 50/50 mix of “fight me” and “protect her” that is on display in this scene like in no other.

Just imagine: she thought she was alone, all her life. Alone with the monsters and the fear. And then she just happens to bump into someone who tells her that she’s not alone, that not all scary things are monsters, and that she doesn’t have to be afraid anymore. The look on her face says it all: this was the moment a girl who’d been drowning her entire life finally felt her head break the water’s surface.

And it was such a turning point for Nick, as well. Prior to this, he’s had friends and family surrounding and supporting him, but no one who really knew what it was like. Marie and Kelly were raised in it. Monroe and Rosalee grew up in the Wesen world, and their perspective on what it means to be a Grimm is vastly different from his own. Juliette and Hank are (at this point, anyway) both human, and they don’t see the world the way he does, even if they do know what’s out there.

Then suddenly, there’s this girl who gets it. She wasn’t brought up in this. No one explained. No one warned her. She just…woke up one day and saw things no one else could see, things she couldn’t explain. And unlike Nick, she had no Monroe to guide her through it all or have her back when things got rough at the very beginning.

It’s no surprise that Nick is so drawn to help her, or that they bond so quickly and so permanently. The chemistry between them–not even romantic chemistry, just that raw indefinable something that makes certain performances spark off one another–is always incredible, and the roots of that are all here, in this masterful scene.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #2: Adalind loses Diana in 3×18, “The Law of Sacrifice”

If this were a list of the show’s most gut-wrenchingly painful moments, this would be in the top three, if not number one. It didn’t matter if you loved Adalind or hated her, none of us could help but feel every ounce of the pain in that scream.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #2: Adalind loses Diana in 3×18, “The Law of Sacrifice”

If this were a list of the show’s most gut-wrenchingly painful moments, this would be in the top three, if not number one. It didn’t matter if you loved Adalind or hated her, none of us could help but feel every ounce of the pain in that scream.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #3: Funeral for an ancient Wesen in 3×15, “Once We Were Gods”

This was one of those episodes where Nick had to make a definite choice between being a Grimm and a cop, and he chose Grimm. It was also one of the rare instances in the show when I didn’t feel at all conflicted about the choice he had to make: the right decision seems obvious, especially when you see this moment at the end.

Everything about this is so poignant and moving. It’s more than just a symbolic gesture; there’s a very real sense of grieving for something that’s been lost, and of paying respect to past generations. It was a beautiful and relatively rare glimpse into the real heart of the Wesen world, and it’s one of my favorite moments in the show.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #3: Funeral for an ancient Wesen in 3×15, “Once We Were Gods”

This was one of those episodes where Nick had to make a definite choice between being a Grimm and a cop, and he chose Grimm. It was also one of the rare instances in the show when I didn’t feel at all conflicted about the choice he had to make: the right decision seems obvious, especially when you see this moment at the end.

Everything about this is so poignant and moving. It’s more than just a symbolic gesture; there’s a very real sense of grieving for something that’s been lost, and of paying respect to past generations. It was a beautiful and relatively rare glimpse into the real heart of the Wesen world, and it’s one of my favorite moments in the show.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season 

Season 3, #4: Monroe proposes to Rosalee in 3×12, “The Wild Hunt”

Monroe and Rosalee’s relationship has to be one of the healthiest, most developed, and most supportive I’ve ever seen depicted on television.

After a year of getting to know each other and working together, and then another year of dating, it finally came down to this fantastic moment. This proposal was absolutely perfect. I can’t watch it without tearing up a little.

And what makes it even better in retrospect is that the show managed to avoid the pitfalls a lot of shows encounter when one of their major couples ties the knot. Monroe and Rosalee are never written with any of the cringe-worthy marital tropes other TV couples suffer through. They’re amazing together, not just a couple, but a team, and I can’t imagine this show without them.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season 

Season 3, #4: Monroe proposes to Rosalee in 3×12, “The Wild Hunt”

Monroe and Rosalee’s relationship has to be one of the healthiest, most developed, and most supportive I’ve ever seen depicted on television.

After a year of getting to know each other and working together, and then another year of dating, it finally came down to this fantastic moment. This proposal was absolutely perfect. I can’t watch it without tearing up a little.

And what makes it even better in retrospect is that the show managed to avoid the pitfalls a lot of shows encounter when one of their major couples ties the knot. Monroe and Rosalee are never written with any of the cringe-worthy marital tropes other TV couples suffer through. They’re amazing together, not just a couple, but a team, and I can’t imagine this show without them.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #5: Nick finds out he’s not a Grimm anymore in 3×22, “Blond Ambition”

This moment was so utterly shocking to me that I can barely articulate it. I had been wondering what on earth Adalind was up to now, but somehow this possibility never even crossed my mind.

Even after every other wild thing in this episode, this moment–especially that numb look on Nick’s face–stuck out to me over it all. It was like an implosion. Because even in the weird Wesen world, some things were still certain. Nick being a Grimm was one of those few certainties. And then suddenly…he just wasn’t.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 3, #5: Nick finds out he’s not a Grimm anymore in 3×22, “Blond Ambition”

This moment was so utterly shocking to me that I can barely articulate it. I had been wondering what on earth Adalind was up to now, but somehow this possibility never even crossed my mind.

Even after every other wild thing in this episode, this moment–especially that numb look on Nick’s face–stuck out to me over it all. It was like an implosion. Because even in the weird Wesen world, some things were still certain. Nick being a Grimm was one of those few certainties. And then suddenly…he just wasn’t.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #1: Nick is captured by Prince Eric and the Baron in 2×22, “Goodnight, Sweet Grimm” 

This is another one of those game-changer moments. Not only did it crank the stakes way up, it fundamentally changed Nick in ways that we still don’t fully understand.

Of course, we all knew on some level that Nick would be back for season three, because most shows don’t kill off or incapacitate their main protagonist for very long. But I’m reminded of a quote from Bruce Coville: “living through something doesn’t mean you haven’t come out different on the other side.”

This was one of those instances where even though I was pretty sure Nick would live, I had no idea who–or what–he would be when he woke up from that cursed sleep.

It was also one of those instances where the Grimm Writers showed their powers of Jedi Mindfuckery, because no matter how hard I tried to believe Nick was going to be okay, that final image of Nick was always in the back of my mind, the Grimm Writers’ metaphorical hands waving in front of my face, murmuring “but will he though?”

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #1: Nick is captured by Prince Eric and the Baron in 2×22, “Goodnight, Sweet Grimm” 

This is another one of those game-changer moments. Not only did it crank the stakes way up, it fundamentally changed Nick in ways that we still don’t fully understand.

Of course, we all knew on some level that Nick would be back for season three, because most shows don’t kill off or incapacitate their main protagonist for very long. But I’m reminded of a quote from Bruce Coville: “living through something doesn’t mean you haven’t come out different on the other side.”

This was one of those instances where even though I was pretty sure Nick would live, I had no idea who–or what–he would be when he woke up from that cursed sleep.

It was also one of those instances where the Grimm Writers showed their powers of Jedi Mindfuckery, because no matter how hard I tried to believe Nick was going to be okay, that final image of Nick was always in the back of my mind, the Grimm Writers’ metaphorical hands waving in front of my face, murmuring “but will he though?”

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #2: Angelina’s Death in 2×06, “Over My Dead Body”

Alas, poor Angelina. We hardly knew you.

Seriously though, Angelina Lasser is one of those characters that seems bigger and more important than the mere two episodes she shows up in would suggest. She looms large in the Grimm fandom, in our memories and metas as well as in our fic.

I’m sure that’s due in no small part to Jamie Ray Newman’s flawless portrayal, but it was also just really cool to see a lady Blutbad show up and be the badass leather-clad antithesis of the sweater-wearing, imported-beer-drinking, vegan-sausage-making Monroe.

It sucks that she died, but the way she died also seemed really true to her character, and it truly is one of those unforgettable–if tragic–Grimm moments. Thus, despite my tears, it had to be included.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #2: Angelina’s Death in 2×06, “Over My Dead Body”

Alas, poor Angelina. We hardly knew you.

Seriously though, Angelina Lasser is one of those characters that seems bigger and more important than the mere two episodes she shows up in would suggest. She looms large in the Grimm fandom, in our memories and metas as well as in our fic.

I’m sure that’s due in no small part to Jamie Ray Newman’s flawless portrayal, but it was also just really cool to see a lady Blutbad show up and be the badass leather-clad antithesis of the sweater-wearing, imported-beer-drinking, vegan-sausage-making Monroe.

It sucks that she died, but the way she died also seemed really true to her character, and it truly is one of those unforgettable–if tragic–Grimm moments. Thus, despite my tears, it had to be included.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #3: Juliette’s Creepy-Ass Visions in 2×14 (”Natural Born Wesen”) through 2×18 (”Volcanalis”)

I liked Juliette in season one, but season two is when I started to loooooove her, and this arc was a big part of why. Even though she was disoriented, confused, and being gaslit by everyone around her, she remained relentless in her pursuit of the truth. She literally clawed her way back to her memories of Nick, with very little help from the people who could have given her the answers she needed.

(Also, these scenes were so fucking creepy and terrifying and awesome-looking, just aesthetically, A+ Grimm production team. Four for you.)

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #3: Juliette’s Creepy-Ass Visions in 2×14 (”Natural Born Wesen”) through 2×18 (”Volcanalis”)

I liked Juliette in season one, but season two is when I started to loooooove her, and this arc was a big part of why. Even though she was disoriented, confused, and being gaslit by everyone around her, she remained relentless in her pursuit of the truth. She literally clawed her way back to her memories of Nick, with very little help from the people who could have given her the answers she needed.

(Also, these scenes were so fucking creepy and terrifying and awesome-looking, just aesthetically, A+ Grimm production team. Four for you.)

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #4: Nick Burkhardt, Fruit Ninja in 2×15, “Mr. Sandman”

This scene was just pure fun at the end of an episode that was equal parts gross (eye parasites, euck) and heartbreaking. Nick isn’t often physically vulnerable, and less and less so as the show goes on and he gets better at being a Grimm. So seeing him so helpless, even for a short time, was disconcerting.

But at the end, we were rewarded with this little tidbit: Nick, in the woods, blindfolded, and being a literal fruit ninja. The only thing better than that? The cocky little smirk Nick aims at the trees as he surveys the fruity carnage he’s wrought.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #4: Nick Burkhardt, Fruit Ninja in 2×15, “Mr. Sandman”

This scene was just pure fun at the end of an episode that was equal parts gross (eye parasites, euck) and heartbreaking. Nick isn’t often physically vulnerable, and less and less so as the show goes on and he gets better at being a Grimm. So seeing him so helpless, even for a short time, was disconcerting.

But at the end, we were rewarded with this little tidbit: Nick, in the woods, blindfolded, and being a literal fruit ninja. The only thing better than that? The cocky little smirk Nick aims at the trees as he surveys the fruity carnage he’s wrought.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #5: Catherine Schade vs. Kelly Burkhardt in 2×02, “The Kiss”

Catherine and Kelly actually had a lot in common. They were both fierce, talented women who found a way to survive in a harsh, cutthroat world. They were both mothers who weren’t always there for their children (although arguably for very different reasons).

I love every second of this scene. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Jessica Tuck acted the hell out of it; you can feel the tension between these two and the unspoken threat in the air from the moment Kelly enters the room. And once they start fighting, it is on.

We finally get to see Kelly’s fighting skills showcased in a scene that isn’t super brief or darkly-lit, and against an opponent that might actually be her match to boot. In fact, as Kelly herself later acknowledged, if it hadn’t been for Catherine’s unlucky fall into that shard of broken mirror, the outcome of this confrontation might have been quite different.

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Top 5 Grimm Moments by Season

Season 2, #5: Catherine Schade vs. Kelly Burkhardt in 2×02, “The Kiss”

Catherine and Kelly actually had a lot in common. They were both fierce, talented women who found a way to survive in a harsh, cutthroat world. They were both mothers who weren’t always there for their children (although arguably for very different reasons).

I love every second of this scene. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Jessica Tuck acted the hell out of it; you can feel the tension between these two and the unspoken threat in the air from the moment Kelly enters the room. And once they start fighting, it is on.

We finally get to see Kelly’s fighting skills showcased in a scene that isn’t super brief or darkly-lit, and against an opponent that might actually be her match to boot. In fact, as Kelly herself later acknowledged, if it hadn’t been for Catherine’s unlucky fall into that shard of broken mirror, the outcome of this confrontation might have been quite different.

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