"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.
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.
From Monroe, he learns that when a female Coyotl reaches 17, her pack performs a violent consummation ritual called "aseveración".
Suspecting Jarold's brother-in-law Hayden (John Pyper-Ferguson) is involved, Nick and Hank raid his apartment, but discover only dismembered animals.
Renard's origins, the resistance movement, Adalind's whereabouts, Juliette's memory, Nick's mother, those goddamn coins – all of that is on the bench tonight, except for a few ancillary scenes.
"[4] Shilo Adams from TV Overmind wrote: "Through issues of identity, sanity, memory, and family, the residents of Portland have slowly been confronting their personal demons, looking them dead in the eye and daring them to make a move.
"[5] Josie Campbell from TV.com wrote, "With the reveal of the truth, it's increasingly obvious this is a Grimm radically different than Season 1, determined to throw status quo to the wind rather than milking a plot.
It stood on its own and delivered a solid crime story that could have honestly been an episode of a regular procedural drama with the barest of retouches.