“I may have
Bigfoot on my couch!”
This may be
based on Grimm fairytale called Hans the Hedgehog, but we all know it’s about Bigfoot. This, admittedly, is not
inappropriate for a show set in the Pacific North West. There’s a third
influence, too. The nasty psychiatrist with his nasty potion is a bit Jekyll and Hyde. All these influences have finally prompted me
to ask an inevitable question: are all the crimes in Portland Wesen-related? Do
Nick and Hank ever get any “normal” crimes to investigate? Hank is going to
have to smell a rat soon. And it seems that this episode is where it starts.
I like the
beginning of the episode: it’s very Blair Witch Project. I also like the involvement of Juliette in the case; her
profession as a vet gives her the perfect excuse to do a little research of her
own, and her open minded attitude to cryptozoology seems to bode well for the
inevitable moment when Nick tells her everything.
The fact
that the main suspect is a friend of Monroe’s gives us a bit of a clue that the
real baddie is not obvious. As it happens, this is a very Scientology friendly
episode, with a psychiatrist as a baddie. It seems, though, that this time Hank
has seen enough to cause him to question things, especially his encounter with a
bestial Monroe in the woods during a chase. I suspect there can be no going
back from this.
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