"The Kiss" is the 2nd episode of the supernatural drama television series Grimm of season 2 and the 24th overall, which premiered on August 20, 2012, on NBC.
The episode was written by series creators Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt, and was directed by Terrence O'Hara.
They race to the hospital where Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) are waiting with a potion to stop Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch)'s deterioration.
Catherine (Jessica Tuck) gives Renard (Sasha Roiz) a purification potion for him to ingest in order to wake Juliette, warning that it will be painful because he is far from pure of heart.
Club's Kevin McFarland gave the episode a "B−" grade and wrote, "It's helpful to remember that two of Grimm's creators, David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, worked on Buffy and Angel, two shows that had a soft spot for two-part television stories within a standard season.
'The Kiss' is the second half of a two-part story, and it instills a little more faith that despite some serious rocky patches, Grimm has a vague idea of where it's going.
It may not always deal directly with the overarching mythology – one of the writers confirmed via Twitter that the case-of-the-week structure is returning – but it can stretch out a story over two weeks and make it reasonably interesting.
"[3] Nick McHatton from TV Fanatic gave a 4.5 star rating out of 5, stating: "It's too bad NBC didn't premiere Grimm with back-to-back episodes.