Pilot/Transcript

Opening Quote: "''The wolf thought to himself, what a tender young creature. What a nice plump mouthful..." - The Brothers Grimm, 1812''" – Little Red Riding Hood

Scene: Sylvie Oster goes for a run through the forest while listening to "Sweet Dreams" on her iPod.

''[Sylvie runs for awhile, before coming across a little figurine. She picks it up, and as she is examining it, she is suddenly attacked, and killed]''

Scene: Hank Griffin waits outside a store until Nick Burkhardt comes out with an engagement ring he bought.

Nick: Hank, what are you doing? Hank: [He takes a picture of Nick] Testing out the new equipment and getting a picture of you while you're still young and innocent. Nick: Oh, well, I am getting married once, not four times. Hank: Oh, you're a happily ever after guy. Nick: Yeah. [He notices a blonde woman] Hank: Detective, what are you looking at? You just bought a ring. Nick: That's not what I'm looking at. Hank: Come on, don't ruin it for me. Nick: No, she wears Armani, makes low six figures, drives a BMW, and is falling for a senior partner at her law firm. Nothing but trouble, Hank. Hank: Why can't you just look at her ass like the rest of us? Nick: I can't. Hank: Come on, Nick. We have a call. [Nick suddenly sees the blonde woman briefly take the appearance of a hag]

Scene: Nick and Hank go to the scene of Sylvie's murder.

Forest Service Officer: The hiker flagged me down. He came through the ravine and said he saw something pretty bad. I didn't know what he was talking about until he showed me this. [He points to a severed arm] [Nick gets a little closer to examine the arm as flies buzz around] Forest Service Officer: The rest of her is off-trail. [He takes Nick and Hank to the rest of the body] Nick: How do you know it's a her? Forest Service Officer: Because of this. [He lifts up a fern leaf, revealing a pink shoe] Hank: Woman's Nike. Nick: What kind of animal could do this? Forest Service Officer: Normally, we'd be able to tell by the tracks, a bear, cougar, wolf. Hank: Which one is it? Forest Service Officer: Well, that's where this gets interesting. This is the only track we found. Nick: Hey, we got a boot print down here. We're gonna need a cast. Man: Right away. Hank: DNA will tell us if this is your case or ours. [Nick and Hank walk away] Nick: This sounds like what happened a month ago at Munson Creek Falls. Hank: Same deal. Hiker and a bobcat. Nick: But the bobcat wasn't wearing boots. Do you hear something? Hank: What? Nick: Music. [He follows the sound] Hank, we got an iPod over here. Hank: What's this song? Nick: Sweet Dreams. Hank: Eurythmics. One of their better. [He begins singing] Sweet dreams are made of these. Who am I to disagree? Nick: I didn't know you couldn't sing.

Scene: Nick and Hank go to the precinct.

Nick: Until we get the DNA results, I'll run a database on violent predators in the area. Hank: Better search beyond the metro. Nick: Absolutely. We should also take another look at that Munson Creek Falls attack. Hank: You'll be busy. I'll take the iPod down for prints. Back in a minute. ''[Nick is walking through the precinct when he sees a handcuffed suspect suddenly gain reptilian features. Because he isn't paying attention where he is walking, he runs into Sergeant Wu]'' Wu: Hoo! Sorry, Nick. Guess I should have worn my airbag today. [When Nick looks at the suspect again, he doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary]

Scene: Nick's aunt, Marie Kessler, arrives at his house, pulling a trailer.

Scene: Nick and Hank try to find a suspect in Sylvie's murder.

Nick: We've got 23 known predators within five square miles of the crime scene. None of them rise to the kind of violence we saw out there this morning. Hank: [He hangs up the phone] Just got a hit on a missing person. University student went out jogging this morning and never came back.

Scene: Nick and Hank go talk to Sylvie's Roommate.

Roommate: She left at 7:30 this morning, and I'm a little freaked out, because she's always back by 8:30. Nick: Do you have a photo of her? Roommate: On my iPhone. Hank: Do you know what kind of running shoes she was wearing? Roommate: [She hands Nick her phone with a picture of her and Sylvie on the screen] Uh, pink Nikes.

Scene: Nick and Hank go back to the precinct to look up information on Sylvie.

Nick: Hard to believe that's the girl we saw this morning. Hank: Sylvie Oster, positive I.D. Nick: Well, at least we know who she is. Man, what a way to go. Hank: Just hope it happened fast. Man, let's get the hell out of here. Nick: Yeah. It's been a long day. Hank: Big night. [He tosses Nick the engagement ring he bought] Don't blow it, Romeo. [He laughs]

Scene: Nick arrives home.

Nick: [He goes inside the house] Juliette? He goes to the kitchen] Aunt Marie. When did you get here? Juliette: Hey. She was here when I got home. Marie: Sorry for the short notice. Juliette: What, you didn't know she was coming? Marie: I meant to call. Sometimes I mean to do something, and I assume I usually have. Nick: Well, how are you doing? Is everything okay? Marie: Not as okay as I used to be. Juliette: She was telling me some pretty funny stories about when you were little. Nick: Dead frog in the microwave? Juliette: Among others. Marie: Come and give us a hug. [She hugs Nick and whispers] We need to talk. [Nick and Marie go outside to talk] Nick: How bad is it? Marie: Two months, two weeks, two days. Nobody knows. But there are so many things I have to tell you. Nick: Why didn't you come here sooner? Marie: I couldn't. Nick: Why? Marie: Just listen to me. There are things you don't know. Things about your family. Nick: My family? You're my family. Marie: Have you been seeing strange things? Things that you can't explain? [Nick stays quiet] Oh, I knew it. This is all happening so much faster than I thought it would. When it happened to me, it knocked me on my ass. I couldn't move for a week. Nick: What are you talking about? Marie: The misfortune of our family is already passing to you. I'm so sorry. I know you love Juliette, but you have to end it and never see her again. It's just too dangerous. Nick: What? Marie: [She recognizes a car parked around a corner] Oh, my God. He's here. Nick: Who? Marie: [She pulls out a knife] Hulda. ''[Suddenly a troll-like creature attacks Marie with a scythe. She fights back and Nick tries to help, but he is knocked on his back. Hulda is about to bring his scythe down on Marie, but Nick tackles him to the ground. Hulda gets up and smacks Nick with his scythe, just before Marie stabs him with her knife in the back. Hulda smacks her across the face, knocking her to the ground. He goes to kill her, but Nick shoots him repeatedly, killing him. Nick watches as Hulda's face changes from troll-like to a normal person. Nick then runs over to check on Marie]'' Marie: Did you kill him? Nick: Yes. Marie: I thought I'd lost him. They're after me. [She rips off a necklace with a key attached, and hands it to Nick] Never lose this. Guard it with your life. They'll be looking for it. Nick, your parents didn't die in a crash. They were killed. [She passes out] Nick: What?