Nick (David Giuntoli) tells Wu (Reggie Lee), Hank (Russell Hornsby), and Renard (Sasha Roiz) that the incident at the restaurant was a test.
The local bait shop is owned by the Dunbar brothers, Oliver (Lenny Jacobson) and Wayne (Dean Chekvala), who are "Luisant-Pecheur" (otter-like Wesen).
At the Portland Command Center of Hadrian's Wall, Nick sees a map that shows Black Claw-affiliated Wesen uprisings around the world.
The Wasser Zahne turns out to be Logan Cobb (David Figlioli) a man who has been working with the Dunbar brothers in keeping the myth of the lake monster alive for a share of the profits.
"[4] Kathleen Wiedel from TV Fanatic, gave a 3.8 star rating out of 5, stating: "Not a lot happened on the Black Claw front, other than Nick's tour of HW's secret base, leaving the bulk of the episode over to the Wasser Zähne and the two Luisant-Pêcheur brothers.
"[6] MaryAnn Sleasman from TV.com, wrote, "I'm not going to say that Grimm has jumped the shark with this latest expansion of WTF world-building, but I'm definitely laughing and I can't stop and I'm not taking this show seriously anymore.
Batcrap craziness has always been Grimm's bread and butter, even when the series decided to try on the 'grown-up' pants and dabble in deep and meaningful symbolism and real-world parallels.
"[7] Christine Horton of Den of Geek wrote, "So while more information about Black Claw's monstrous activities comes to light, the show clutches onto the comfort blanket that is a Wesen-of-the-Week story, which while mildly entertaining, served as little more than a distraction from the darker and much more interesting events that are unfolding from the Wesen Uprising.