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5 Things to Know About the Season 5 Premiere

"If you're a regular reader of these types of articles here at ScreenSpy, then you’ll know we do our best to avoid spoiling major developments and plot lines that might otherwise ruin your enjoyment of the episode (we want you to enjoy it as much as we did). For that reason, we consider the following carefully structured and worded points to be teasers rather than outright spoilers.

However, as always, we urge you to be cautious, as one man’s teaser is another man's spoiler.

Here then are 5 things you might like to know about Grimm's Season 5 premiere "The Grimm Identity."

...And Action! Fans can expect the action to pick up exactly where we left off last season. There’s no 6 month time jump cop out here, a la other shows. We’ll see every one of Nick’s very visceral reactions to everything that happens, as it happens. There is however, a moment of deep surrealism in the opening moments thus far not shared in any of the sneak peek clips we’ve seen for the premiere. If you want to know more, check out our third point. The events of this opening scene will place Nick on a war path, and at odds with Captain Renard, who will find it increasingly difficult to keep Nick’s Grimm activities under wraps over the first handful of episodes.

Trouble Finds Trubel If you were expecting a confrontation – or even a conversation – between Nick and Trubel following Juliette’s fatal crossbow shooting you may have to cool your heels for the time being, as seconds after the credits roll, Trubel will be abducted by a gang of masked men, and Nick will be quite powerless to help her. Who is these (very well organized) group, and what link do they share with FBI Agent Chavez? It’s a puzzle that will keep Nick — and the audience — guessing over episodes to come.

Fake out... Sorta Did you see that sneak peek clip that circulated around the web a week or so ago? Juliette’s funeral? Distraught onlookers? A final kiss goodbye? Yeah. It didn’t happen. No, the video is not a fake, but the funeral scene is taken deliberately out of context. What you’re looking at is the fevered dream/hallucination of Nick Burkhardt, who, while these events are happening, is lying on the floor of his living room, drugged and incapacitated. You should also know that the scene has been clipped so that some of the more disturbing and surreal elements are missing. Check out the moment in its entirety on Friday. It’s creepy as hell. Wait? Does this mean there’s some possibility that Juliette could still be alive/resurrected/transformed/returned? Anything is possible, but it’s so hard to know, now that Juliette’s body has gone missing...

And Baby Makes Three “Don’t hate me anymore, Nick. For our son’s sake, we can’t be like we were.” AKA Words you thought you’d never hear coming from the mouth of Adalind Schade. It seems Adalind’s new baby — along with her temporary humanity — has wrought a change over our favorite former Hexenbiest. Or maybe it’s the fact that Adalind is alone, vulnerable and with no place to live? We’re not entirely sure (we’re not entirely sure Adalind is entirely sure either) but the truce between these two famously contentious characters will bring a small and welcome oasis of peace to the action-heavy opening episodes. And in perhaps the most poignant peace offering yet, Adalind will give her new baby a name that touches Nick deeply.

Face the Hidden Remember we mentioned that gang that will whisk Trubel away in the opening moments? They’re up to something big, and we honestly can’t say which side they’re on. It’s not because we don’t want to tell you, but because we really can’t tell at this point. What we can tell you is that you’ll get a look at their secret base of operations and at their leader too, but perhaps the most intriguing aspect to this group is that locked door at the end of that long corridor. Who – or what – is in there? Trubel? Juliette? Something altogether more monstrous and dangerous? While Nick and the gang hit the books in an attempt to decrypt the meaning behind an ancient symbol, a Wesen in the know will taunt Nick with the knowledge that “Not even a Grimm can stop what’s coming,” and sooner or later Nick will have to “Face the Hidden.” We’re definitely not ready to face what’s behind that door just yet."