BWW Recap: A GRIMM Face Off with the 'Marechaussee'

The last episode left us wondering if this Henrietta character can help Juliette, as well as why Sean is randomly bleeding. Spoiler alert: I'm still wondering, on both counts.

This week we open with a pair of totally legit fortune tellers trying to contact a woman's dead husband. The man turns into some sort of creature and channels her husband - we know it was real based on the awesomely vague information he was able to obtain - and it is so inspiring that the woman hands over a stack of cash and agrees to come back for more.

After she leaves, however, the couple has only moments to cackle over their windfall before being killed by a Wesen intruder, who then takes a photo of the couple before leaving. Nick, Hank, and Wu arrive to investigate and Wu, who is definitely an honor roll student, suggests a manticore may be to blame. This is why you needed Wu all along, Nick! They question the woman who had seen the couple last and she describes the way the fortune teller changed during their session - and Nick determines she is not the manticore they are looking for.

Juliette discusses her little problem with Henrietta, who works with her on controlling her transformation. She shows Juliette her equally sexy side to inspire Juliette to change and then mixes a sample of Juliette's blood with some things she may or may not have gotten from the spice shop, then sends Juliette on her way. Juliette learns while cooking that she can summon salt shakers at will, but pepper mills present a larger challenge. When Henrietta contacts Juliette later in the episode to show her how the brew she'd concocted has now burned a hole through her table, floor, and possibly China, Juliette is not pleased.

As it turns out, Mabel and Laszlo Kurlon, the fortune tellers, were killed by a bounty hunter, Jonathon Wilde, out to find and kill Wesen who are wanted by the Wesen council - and his next target is a man named Casey Darwell. Wilde finds him easily enough, just after Darwell uses his Wesen form to persuade a prostitute to get back to work and make him some money, and quickly makes the kill. What can I say - it's hard out there for a pimp.

Monrosalee are home! Monroe calls Nick to check in, in case anything is happening, and Nick is quick to invite himself over. When he describes the case, Rosalee tells him is sounds like the fortune tellers broke council law and advises Nick to stay out of council matters. Nick, having yet to stay out of anything and not wanting to break his streak today, brushes that idea aside and Rosalee agrees to see what she can find out from the council. She inquires and is pretty much told to back off, seeing as how she's friendly with a Grimm, but Nick's no more interested in this warning than he was in the last. Just as well that he continues to hunt the hunter, though - the latest target has been decided, and guess which Grimm now has a hefty price on his head?

Adalind is back, too! She and Victor have arrived, as Sean sees when tracking them online, and Adalind is pacified by the new wardrobe she receives - until Sean shows up for a visit. Victor informs his cousin that he expects him to track down the baby; Sean is unimpressed. At the station he does give information on Nick's mother to a man he's hired to locate her, but to what end?

We get to see Juliette at work, reminding us that she does, in fact, have a job. Nick calls to warn her that Adalind is back, having just received the good news from Sean, and Juliette is about as excited as you'd expect. Nick sends off a quick email to his mom when he gets home and receives a quick response, complete with a picture of Diana (did I know the baby's name was Diana?) that is deleted moments later.

Thanks to a careless print left behind, Wu tracks down information on Wilde and Nick locates him. The police arrive just as he's clipping his toenails - manticores have hygiene routines too, you guys - and he doesn't transform even when Nick goes bananas and slams him into the wall a few times. They bring him in and he plays stupid, but guess what Wu has? That's right, the tablet containing all the wanted posters and after-photos, including the latest on Nick.

Meanwhile, Wilde manages to kill an officer who didn't pay any attention to Nick's warnings to stay far away (way to set an example for the whole department with your flagrant disregard for warnings, Nick) and when Nick calls Juliette to tell her Wilde might show up looking for him it's too late - he has already arrived. However, the manticore didn't count on finding a Wesen with superhuman strength, and when she goes all HexenHulk on him he's no match for her. Nick is surprised to find him dead when he gets there, but doesn't particularly question how it happened.

Next week it is time for the showdown we've all been waiting for - Adalind vs. Juliette. I can't wait for Adalind to find out about Juliette, as well as Nick's return to Grimmhood, and I look quite forward to the fight. Who would you bet on in that fight - Juliette or Adalind? Let me know what you think below or on Twitter at@GoddessTiff, and don't forget to follow @BWWTVWorld while you're there to stay up to date on your favorite shows. In the meantime, let's enjoy another look at Wu the Wesen Expert!

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