“… and they lived happily ever after.”
(Well … except for Lucinda up there who’s having a rather bad day …)
There weren’t any happily ever afters in this episode of Grimm, were there? That intro to the chapter up there in bold was a total contradiction in terms. That aptly named “Aftermath” in the title hit the nail on the head:
A livelihood ruined. A marriage sham. Cinderella as a bat-like creature. Or a “Murcielago” to be more precise.
When it comes down to it, step-mother Mavis and step-sisters Tiffany and Taylor had it coming. Mean, condescending and jealous of Lucinda, it was about time for a little payback. Granted, that payback shouldn’t necessarily have come cloaked in the form of homicide, but … well … when you’ve been treated like a third-class citizen most of your life stuff tends to get under your skin, I’m sure. (Additionally, there wasn’t any hard evidence Taylor committed any real hardship against Lucinda. With her fraidy-cat demeanor, she wasn’t anywhere near the snag Tiffany was. We just had to swallow that and assume she was just about to get just as good as dear old Mavis and Tiff got.)
The fun part of the episode was the little pieces of the puzzle revealed by Detetive Gubser about the suspects in Nick’s parent’s murder. Three are known and gone already, but the forth is a mystery man: Akira Kimura. The intensity with which Nick listened to and studied this new information was such that you could feel his blood boiling in the same manner he dealt with the Reapers from last episode. No doubt if Nick’s path crosses with Kimura in the future, the badass Nick will be there to greet him.
Notes:
“This business of love will never do … not for me and not for you …
This business of love will never die … not for you and not for I …”
– “This Business Of Love” Wall Of Voodoo
Clacked by Michael Noble 
on May 05, 2012 @ 10:54 EST5EDT
Actually, I disagree that the step-mother and her daughters had it coming. There seemed to be a lot of hints that the rocky relationship between them and Lucinda were caused by Lucinda being a terror. They were just fed up with her. And Taylor was positively frightened of her(there were some major suggestions that Lucinda bullied Taylor).
And I don’t think Lucinda loved Arthur. She loved the idea of a prince charming who gave in to her every whim. Once he became a pauper and decided to finally deny her something, it made total sense that she would toss him aside and tell him she never loved him. Lucinda was a total psychopath.
I do agree about how some characters know about his Grimmness and others do not and how he can identity some Wesen and doesn’t identify others. If it is just his facial reaction to their change, why would they just not think he is another Wesen? Especially since most have never seen a Grimm before. It is completely confusing.
I think Nick can only see a Wesen when they lose control — through fear, anger, strong emotion. That’s when they reveal themselves as Wesen. So Renard has remained in control thus far. Same with Lucinda — I think she was in complete control, so her Wesen-ness wasn’t revealed.
I miss Rosalee and the shop …. hope she’s back next week!
I’m beginning to think (hope?) that Juliette may bite the dust before the end of the season. Their relationship is blahh, the character is blahh, and the stakes on the show seem to need a kick in the butt. It would be a jaw dropping moment that I think the show needs.
agree with Dustin up above – even Spencer the godfather said that Lucinda was the bad one – that she made the other’s lives hell. C’mon – he KILLED her because she was never going to change – that means she was this mean all along.