A violent murder puts Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) on the tail of an alp, a Wesen that eats dreams and seems to be using a cheap hotel as hunting ground.
Meanwhile, Eve (Bitsie Tulloch), Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) try to decipher the symbols on the cloth that covered the wooden shard, discovering it is an astronomical map that points to a future date; some of the symbols suggest the seven stars of a cluster of stars known as Pleiades.
"[5] Sara Netzley from EW gave the episode a "A" rating and wrote, "This was a fun little entry in the monster-of-the-week cannon that also plays into those ancient fears of sleep paralysis.
Plus, we get the news that Nick's magic stick comes wrapped in an ancient cloth with a star map pointing to an unknown event just a few weeks from now?
"[7] Christine Horton of Den of Geek wrote, "We're almost halfway through the final season and many fans might be starting to feel a little perplexed.
Despite having only seven episodes left in which to wrap up the entire series – and deliver a finale that is worthy of its own mythological status – right now Grimm is still seemingly content to amble along at a leisurely pace, designating all the interesting plot points to the background while it focuses yet again on a standard Wesen-of-the-week storyline.