Bernard Aidikoff (David Williams), a man involved in a Ponzi scheme, commits suicide when police arrive to arrest him.
Arthur Jarvis (David Clayton Rogers) tells his friend and advisor Spencer Harrison (Tom Wright) that all his money was invested with Aidikoff.
He is told that Arthur's wife, Lucinda (Amanda Schull), had a strained relationship with Mavis and her stepsisters Tiffany and Taylor.
Nick and Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) discover the Murciélagos can make a screech that can kill a person in an excruciatingly painful way.
Somebody has to note that the case involves a stepmother and stepdaughter in the exact same setup as one of the most ubiquitous fairy tales in popular consciousness.
Many of Nick's encounters with Wesen happen away from the police or don't draw direct attention to their equivalent Brothers Grimm tales, but like the Three Little Bears episode all the way back in the fall, this particular hour had too many similarities to go completely unnoticed.
"[3] Nick McHatton from TV Fanatic, gave a 4.0 star rating out of 5, stating: "It's been a long time since Grimm actually had a true procedural case, that didn't have any serial elements baked into it.
"[4] Shilo Adams from TV Overmind wrote, "Grimm went a little left in 'Happily Ever Aftermath' and while it didn't completely deliver, veering away from the events of last week and giving a fairly tired set-up to an intriguing case, it made up for it in ambition, the use of Juliette, and the callback to earlier episodes.
I don't expect Grimm to suddenly become something other than a supernatural procedural, but when you're that bound to a specific structure, episodes like this help to expand what it can do and keep the show fresher.