When a young college student is brutally murdered, Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt learns he is descended from hunters known as "Grimms," who have been tasked with protecting humanity from creatures thought to only exist in fairytales. As he struggles to hide his newfound calling and catch a killer, Nick becomes entrenched in a world that he has yet to understand and a conspiracy that will change his world forever. ---- Opening quote: "The wolf thought to himself, what a tender young
After a case of breaking and entering has one of the intruders go missing, Nick and Hank talk to a mysterious family whose cultural background blurs the line of right and wrong. The family is, in actuality, a family of bear-like creatures who engage in a ceremonial rite of passage in which they hunt humans, who in this case are the two intruders. Nick convinces the father (Currie Graham) to help find the boys and save the family's prey. Meanwhile, Nick tasks Monroe with the safeguarding Aunt Mar
The station is abuzz as Nick and Hank are called to a case where an innocent flash mob results in a gruesome homicide. The homicide is ruled the result of anaphylactic shock, where someone was able to collect a significant amount of bee venom to inject as a weapon. Soon, another flash mob results in another homicide, also connected to the first person as they worked together. Nick and Monroe determine that Mellifers are behind it, and are seeking revenge against the Hexenbiests that closed their
After investigating a strange cluster of female deaths and disappearances, Nick sends Monroe undercover to get a whiff of a hypnotic suspect. The investigation leads them to a bed and breakfast, where the owner is revealed to be a Ziegevolk, a goat creature who can hypnotize people by touch. He has been capturing women after meeting them at local bars, and holding them hostage in his basement. Nick and Monroe track the Ziegevolk, while Hank goes to investigate the bed and breakfast. Nick arrives
Nick and Hank's investigation of a dead high school teacher leads them to the school's outcast, Roddy. Nick realizes that there is more to Roddy than meets the eye, and enlists Monroe's help to get through to the troubled teenager before he exacts revenge on the students who wronged him. Meanwhile, Nick learns that his presence is beginning to affect the creature world. ---- Opening quote: "Out they scampered from doors, windows and gutters, rats of every size, all after the piper."
Nick and Hank are called to a suspected arson case, meeting Hap (Brad William Henke), the owner of the burned home. A recent murder victim was Hap's brother, making Nick and Hank believe this was an attempt on Hap's life. Noticing he is a Blutbad, Nick takes Hap to Monroe, thinking this the best course of action, when it is learned that Monroe and Hap are old acquaintances. The police run a trace on the tracks left at the scene of the arson and find they are from a motorcycle owned by Hap's sist
A mysterious homicide deep in the woods leads to Nick and Hank reopening a long-aborted missing persons case (Holly Clark) to whom Hank was an investigator on. When Nick suspects this abducted person might be a feral creature, he asks Monroe to help remind this wild child of her human nature. Nick's intuition is correct, where Holly is found alive in the woods and is a Blutbad. They find her hideout in the woods, and although Holly is injured, she connects with Monroe and lets him tend to her wo
Nick and Hank investigate a string of brutal murders committed by an escaped felon seeking revenge against those who put him in jail. After the felon kills a judge, a prosecutor, and a jury head, Hank realizes the killer is a man by the name of Stark, a contract killer whose case Hank worked. Hank is taken off the case since he is too close to it. The suspect seems to be incredibly strong which leads Nick to investigate from the Grimm point of view. After being attacked himself by the Stark at h
Nick and Hank investigate the murder of a man, Lenny, who can only be described as a complete jerk. They interview Lenny's girlfriend, Natalie (Amanda Walsh), and two of his neighbors, Mason and Marty. Nick discovers that Marty (Frederick Koehler) is a Mausehertz and Mason is a Lausenschlange. Juliette becomes worried when she sees people taking pictures of her and Nick's house. Monroe warns Nick that having a Lausenschlange and a Mausehertz together would be a bad thing. He also says that Mause
Nick and Hank's investigation of a body found in the river leads them to a pair of homeless teens, Hanson (Daryl Sabara) and Gracie (Hannah Marks), who identify the body as their friend Stephen. They learn at a local clinic that Stephen was treated for a spider bite and has not checked back in. After seeing one at a car accident, Nick questions Monroe about Geiers, a creature that removes organs from humans, and learns human organs are useful in many remedies for creatures. On Nick's behalf, Mon
Nick and Hank search for a murderer who kills their victims with a highly corrosive poison. At the first crime scene, the only clue found is a finger, bitten off of the murderer's hand. Nick discusses his exposure as a Grimm with Monroe who says that the Wesen, those of the creature world, are just curious about him. A second murder brings Nick to question Monroe about them. Monroe reveals the killer to be a Spinnetod, a spider-like creature. Nick goes to the home of the Eisbiber who have been b
A homicide investigation leads Nick and Hank to a boxing gym where they discover that the joint is really the supply source for a ritualistic band of brawlers, hosting fights called The Lowen Games. The group is led by a Lowen, to whom Renard had previously given a list of people to be paired in the series of death-matches, although the practice has become one of recruiting innocent people. Despite Renard confronting the Lowen, telling him to stop using innocent people, the Lowen continues, due
A failed robbery leads Nick and Hank to a dead shopkeeper and three powerful and rare coins. The coins seem to give the one who holds them influence over others, while arousing a hunger for power in the holder. This explains the actions of Hitler, Nero, and many other tyrants of history. Meanwhile, an old friend (Titus Welliver) of Aunt Marie arrives to tell Nick about his parents' deaths. Nick is able to get the three troublesome coins, and hides them away in a bottom trunk in his trailer. ----
Nick and Hank investigate a homicide that leads them to the world of fire dancing. The investigation leads Nick to questioning Ariel Eberhart (Danielle Panabaker), a fire dancer and the daughter of the fire-breathing man responsible for killing two men. During Nick's investigation the fire dancer, Ariel Eberhart, captures Juliette in her plot to force Nick to duel the Eberhart father in order to save Juliette. Monroe is able to rescue Juliette from the mines where she is being kept, as Nick goes
Nick & Monroe investigate the grisly murder of the Fuchsbau shop owner from episode "Organ Grinder"; Nick believes he has found an ally in the Wesen in his neighborhood (the refrigerator repair main brings cherry pie to Juliette, fixes their door). Adalind bakes cookies for Hank, but things go awry when Sgt. Wu eats one and becomes violently sick. The shop owner's sister explains that the cookies have been dosed with a powerful drug that causes obsession in the intended, but sickness in anyone e
Nick and Juliette decide to go for a weekend retreat, where Nick is planning on proposing. Monroe spends more time with Rosalee, and Hank calls Adalind. At the cabin, Nick and Juliette witness domestic abuse occurring in the household behind them. When they run into the couple in the supermarket, the wife (Robin) is revealed to be a very rare bird creature - a Seltenvoge - being held by her husband - a Klaustreich - because she will produce a golden stone from her throat. The wife attempts to es
Nick and Juliette join Hank for dinner, where Nick discovers Hank's mystery date is Adalind Schade, the Hexenbiest who tried to kill Aunt Marie. Captain Sean Renard kills two operatives from Europe. ---- Opening quote: "Forgive me for the evil I have done you; my mother drove me to it; it was done against my will."
Nick discovers that the suspect in his latest case is a freedom fighter trying desperately to escape the clutches of a creature bounty hunter. ---- Opening quote: "'Perhaps some accident has befallen him,' said the king, and the next day he sent out two more huntsmen who were to search for him.'"
As Nick delves into the trailer's weapons cabinet and his inner Grimm, the investigation of a dead construction worker leads him into a long-standing conflict in the creature world. Two reapers are dispatched to kill Nick. ---- Opening quote: "Wait!" the troll said, jumping in front of him. "This is my toll bridge. You have to pay a penny to go across."
Nick and Hank are called to investigate the mysterious death of a wealthy matriarch, after her stepdaughter loses everything in a Ponzi scheme. Meanwhile, Juliette does some digging into the mysterious death of Nick's parents in an effort to help him find closure. ---- Opening quote: "And they lived happily ever after."
After Juliette stumbles upon a brutal murder, Nick learns the suspected creature, and friend of Monroe, is suffering from a mysterious condition—the inability to completely return to human form. This mysterious condition leads them to a therapist (Roger Bart) who has created an artificial drug to suppress the creature side, with horrifying side effects. Meanwhile, the investigation takes a surprising turn when Hank sees something he can not quite explain. ---- Opening quote: "He stripped off his
As Nick delves deeper into his life as a Grimm, a trail of grotesque murders reignites the search for the elusive gold coins. The arrival of a mysterious woman in black begins to get in the way of Nick and Hank's investigation as extra precautions have to be taken to ensure their safety. Meanwhile, when Nick finds out that Juliette received a scratch from Adalind's cat, he attempts to convince her that he is a Grimm. However, Juliette does not believe Nick and then she slips into a coma, due to