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Bad Moon Rising

  • Episode aired Aug 27, 2012
  • TV-14
  • 44m
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8.4/10
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Russell Hornsby, David Giuntoli, and Maddie Hasson in Grimm (2011)
Grimm: Nick Reassures That Hank Is A Good Cop
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Nick lends his expertise when an old friend of Hank's asks for help finding his missing daughter.Nick lends his expertise when an old friend of Hank's asks for help finding his missing daughter.Nick lends his expertise when an old friend of Hank's asks for help finding his missing daughter.

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    • David Solomon
  • Writer
    • Richard Hatem
  • Stars
    • David Giuntoli
    • Russell Hornsby
    • Elizabeth Tulloch
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    • Director
      • David Solomon
    • Writer
      • Richard Hatem
    • Stars
      • David Giuntoli
      • Russell Hornsby
      • Elizabeth Tulloch
    • 3User reviews
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    David Giuntoli
    David Giuntoli
    • Nick Burkhardt
    Russell Hornsby
    Russell Hornsby
    • Hank Griffin
    Elizabeth Tulloch
    Elizabeth Tulloch
    • Juliette Silverton
    • (as Bitsie Tulloch)
    Silas Weir Mitchell
    Silas Weir Mitchell
    • Monroe
    Sasha Roiz
    Sasha Roiz
    • Captain Sean Renard
    Reggie Lee
    Reggie Lee
    • Sgt. Wu
    Mark Pellegrino
    Mark Pellegrino
    • Jarold Kempfer
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    • Hayden Walker
    Maddie Hasson
    Maddie Hasson
    • Carly Kempfer
    Steven Sukul
    • Fashion Designer Riley
    Cooper Bombadil
    Cooper Bombadil
    • Cousin #1
    Kanin Howell
    Kanin Howell
    • Al the Mechanic
    Hunter Jackson
    Hunter Jackson
    • Todd
    Kelli Kirkland
    Kelli Kirkland
    • Dr. Hodgkins
    Michael Mendelson
    • Dr. Sailman
    Patrick Oury
    Patrick Oury
    • Cousin #2
    Jason Rouse
    Jason Rouse
    • Marty
    Kendall Wells
    Kendall Wells
    • Kyle
    • Director
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      • Richard Hatem
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    8keepitreal60

    Standout Episode.

    The series really grows you, always brings me back to my boyhood where I always was a fan of horror stories themes. On my second season of viewing of viewing Grimm, this episode is my favorite so far. Love the script, very creative writing.
    1Aries_Primal

    Pretty fake everything!

    The idea behind those series is good, but the performance is so lame that it couldn't be real! So a girl is hanging on her wrists with her entire weight and there are not even grazes? Someone has been stabbed in the neck and no blood? The producers do know there's a carotid in there, right? You'll die from blood loss in less than two minutes. And what about being strangulated? No marks, not even red neck? Usually people tried to be killed on that way are turning red, choking, not being with perfect hair and skin after that. Damn, even if you pinch a papilla on your face it will swell and turn red... I like the show but it could be one idea more realistic. And it doesn't mean blood and guts, it means real things the way they should be, not only cheap effects and fur.
    8tenshi_ippikiookami

    Coyotes! I mean... Coyotl!

    "Bad Moon Rising" is example 101 of why "Grimm" is an amazing show. It has action, it has tension, it has character development, it also develops the overall plot and the lore of the show and the Grimms. It is an amazingly entertaining episode.

    Carly, Hank's goddaughter, is kidnapped. Carly's father, Jarold, goes to Hank to ask for help. Hank is having his own problems, after all that he saw, with nightmares and thinking he is going crazy. Nick is trying to help Juliette remember. And Monroe tries to help them both.

    Hank is the anchor of the episode. Russell Hornsby does a great job in creating a character that knows what he saw, and is trying to cope with it, and make sense of a new understanding of reality... when he gets a call from an old friend who is actually one of those 'different' beings. You could complain that Nick should have a chat with him, instead of trying to keep things secret, and the show overplays it a little bit, but otherwise, the team up of Hank (I know, but I don't want to know), Nick (I have gotten used to be the one that fights against them) and Jarold (what I am doing with a Grimm?) does for a great group.

    And the episode delivers, with lots of rhythm, good use of locations, and enough mystery to keep the fan happy. And with John Pyper- Ferguson as the bad Coyotl, we would just need a roadrunner to make the episode perfect (yes, sorry, I couldn't help it...).

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    • Trivia
      The opening quote; "Then she began to weep bitterly, and said, 'What can a poor girl like me do now?"; is from the fairytale "The Old Woman in the Wood" by the Brothers Grimm.
    • Quotes

      Nick Burkhardt: I know what you're thinkin.' First you get the bike, then the tattoo then you're drivin' to Sturgis, South Dakota.

    • Soundtracks
      Grimm - Intro/Theme
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Richard Marvin

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    • Release date
      • August 27, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 1234 SE Taylor Street, Portland, Oregon, USA(Carly's house)
    • Production companies
      • GK Productions
      • Hazy Mills Productions
      • Universal Television
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      • 44m
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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