Bad Moon Rising (Grimm)
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Episode 3
| "Bad Moon Rising" | |
|---|---|
| Grimm episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | David Solomon |
| Written by | Richard Hatem |
| Featured music | Richard Marvin |
| Cinematography by | Marshall Adams |
| Editing by | Casey Rohrs |
| Production code | 203 |
| Original air date | August 27, 2012 |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Bad Moon Rising" is the 3rd episode of the supernatural drama television series Grimm of season 2 and the 25th overall, which premiered on August 27, 2012, on NBC. The episode was written by Richard Hatem, and was directed by David Solomon.
Opening quote: "Then she began to weep bitterly, and said, 'What can a poor girl like me do now?"
A girl, Carly (Maddie Hasson), is kidnapped by cousins. Nick (David Giuntoli) shows Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) photos of the two of them as a couple, in a vain attempt to help her remember him. She remembers other things and people - even his friend Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and the fact that he saved her life - but not Nick.
Hank (Russell Hornsby) is struggling with anxiety and nightmares after everything he has witnessed and visits a therapist. He reacts violently when she touches him, and abruptly ends the session. Carly's father Jarold (Mark Pellegrino), who is a friend of Hank's, asks for help to find her. Nick sees Jarold woge into a Coyotl. From Monroe, he learns that when a female Coyotl reaches 17, her pack performs a violent consummation ritual called "aseveración". The ritual is performed on the night of the full moon - meaning Carly's will be that night.
Suspecting Jarold's brother-in-law Hayden (John Pyper-Ferguson) is involved, Nick and Hank raid his apartment, but discover only dismembered animals. Hank then notices a brochure about a foreclosed property: Nick, Hank and Jarold go there and find Hayden and several other male pack members. Hayden denies knowing where Carly is, but Nick spots the well where she is being hidden: he and Hank pull her out. The in-laws begin shooting and they shelter in a barn. Carly realizes Nick is a Grimm and panics, showing her Coyotl form in front of Hank. Hank, now also in a frenzy, points his gun at her. In trying to calm them both down, Nick is forced to tell Hank that the things he has been seeing are real.
The pack holds Jarold at gunpoint, threatening to kill him if Nick and Hank do not relinquish Carly. Hayden enters the barn, intending to retrieve Carly and kill Nick and Hank. Working together, they subdue and handcuff him, then lure the in-laws inside and arrest them, too. Hank, now content that he is not crazy – or at least not alone in being crazy – is ready to learn about Nick's life as a Grimm. Juliette is released from the hospital and returns home with Nick. Although accepting of what Nick tells her, she still has no memory of him or their relationship, and walks up to her room alone.
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