In the hospital, Nick (David Giuntoli) informs Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), Hank (Russell Hornsby), Wu (Reggie Lee) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) of Chavez's death and they go to the warehouse to inspect the area.
Returning to the hospital, Nick tells Adalind (Claire Coffee) that she and Kelly will have to go to his house while he looks for a safe place for them.
In the precinct, Hank is told by Renard (Sasha Roiz) that he was assigned a new partner, Officer Pogue (Joseph Bertot) while Nick is suspended.
Wu then runs a test of prints and finds that Wemlinger's real name is Simon Kincaid and he is wanted for embezzlement.
In the spice shop, Nick, Hank, Wu, Monroe and Rosalee begin to study the mysterious claw mark.
The episode was viewed by 3.78 million people, earning a 1.0/4 in the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson ratings scale, ranking third on its timeslot and tenth for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind Dateline NBC, The Amazing Race, Hawaii Five-0, Dr. Ken, Last Man Standing, MasterChef Junior, Blue Bloods, 20/20, and Shark Tank.
activity it's usually more obvious that the episode is an outlier — and while it's a little rocky in its transition, there's compelling enough action and development that thing still seem to be going in the right trajectory.
"[4] Kathleen Wiedel from TV Fanatic, gave a 4.0 star rating out of 5, stating: "It was typically gruesome fare when the Wemlinger ripped out the throat of the unfortunate accountant, even as I saw it coming a mile away.
"[5] Liz Prugh from EW wrote, "This week's Grimm continues to hint at the rising of a war, introducing new monsters as well as theories about what the four slashes mean.
Nick seems genuine about wanting to give this baby a good life, and he isn't adding to his laundry list of crap to deal with—the death of Juliette, not knowing where Trubel is, the 'raging war' that's coming, and his baby momma moving in — by thinking about whether he's a Grimm, a Hexenbeist, or what Adalind calls a 'Grimmerbeist/Hexengrimm.
Nick, Juliette, and their occasionally warring Wesen allies made such positive progress over the course of the previous four seasons.