"Let Your Hair Down" is the 7th episode of the supernatural drama television series Grimm of season 1 and the mid-season finale which premiered on December 16, 2011, on NBC.
Opening quote: "The enchantress was so hard-hearted that she banished the poor girl to a wilderness, where she had to live in a miserable, wretched state."
Nick takes Holly home to her mother, while Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz) makes an announcement to the media about her rescue.
Club's Kevin McFarland gave the episode a "B−" grade and wrote, "Grimm has too many threads to follow right now, and it's painted itself into a corner where even a few great scenes that move the episodic plot along and tease out some details of the creature world leaves something out, and tonight that was the slow crawl of the season-long arc.
Once Upon A Time finds itself in a position where it's using flashbacks to serve a constant drive forward in an ongoing story, and not focusing as much on the episodic conflicts.
"[3] TV Overmind's Shilo Adams wrote, "When I took on the role of writing about Grimm, I was a tad nervous.
I’m not a huge watcher of procedurals and very rarely watch cop dramas in my free time, so I simply hoped that the show would toss in enough serial elements to keep me interested to go along with the expected legal wranglings of Portland, Oregon.
After a sluggish start in terms of character beats, it looks like Grimm is on its way to being able to please fans of the serial and procedural elements of TV, if 'Let Your Hair Down' is any indication.
"[4] Nick McHatton from TV Fanatic, gave a 4.2 star rating out of 5, stating: "Over the last two episodes, Grimm has found a storytelling pace that really works, and it's beginning to offer payoffs to plot elements laid out weeks ago.