Pilot

This article is undergoing major changes. Please be patient as it will undergo several new edits over time. You can help the Grimm Wiki by expanding it or providing any additional information on it.

Template:Episode Template:Episode Quote "Pilot" is the first episode of Season 1, the first episode overall, and the series premiere of Grimm. It first aired on October 28, 2011 on NBC.

Synopsis

Sylvie Oster goes for a jog through the woods, listening to music on her iPod. While running, she notices a little porcelain figurine sitting on a log. As she stops to pick it up, she is suddenly knocked to the ground. She initially screams, but her screams gradually diminish to whimpers of pain, along with animal noises.

Detective Nick Burkhardt purchases an engagement ring and as exits the store, his friend and fellow Detective, Hank Griffin, takes a picture of him, saying "Testing out the new equipment and getting a picture of you while you're still young and innocent" after Nick asks what he is doing. Hank tells him they have a call, and before Nick gets into the car, he notices a woman briefly take the appearance of a hag.

Nick and Hank arrive at the scene of Sylvie's murder and a Forest Service Officer shows them one Sylvie's severed arms. He tells them that the rest of her is off trail, and leads the way. Nick asks how they know the victim is a her, and the Forest Service Officer shows them a pink shoe under a fern leaf. Nick asks what kind of animal could do this, and the Forest Service Officer shows them a boot print nearby, saying it is the only track they found. Nick and Hank start walking away, talking about a similar case a month ago, when Nick hears music. He and Hank then find Sylvie's iPod.

Nick and Hank go to the precinct. Hank takes the iPod to get DNA results, and Nick sees a handcuffed perp briefly change into a reptilian form, before running into Sergeant Wu, who says "Sorry, Nick. Guess I should have worn my airbag today." When Nick looks at the perp again, he doesn't see anything abnormal.

A bald woman arrives at a house, pulling a trailer. She parks and looks through the windows of the house.

Nick and Hank try to find a suspect in Sylvie's murder. Hank gets off the phone and tells Nick he got a hit on a missing college student.

Nick and Hank go talk to Sylvie's roommate and she shows the Detectives a picture of her and Sylvie. She also lets them know Sylvie owned a pair of pink running shoes similar to what they found at the crime scene.

The Detectives go back to the precinct to look up information on Sylvie. They get a positive I.D. and decide to call it a night. Hank tosses Nick the engagement ring he bought earlier and jokingly says "Don't blow it, Romeo."

Nick arrives home. He goes to the kitchen and finds the bald woman with the trailer. He recognizes her as his aunt Marie, and is surprised to see him. Nick's girlfriend, Juliette Silverton tells him that Marie has been telling her stories from Nick's childhood. Marie apologizes for showing up unannounced. She tells Nick to give her a hug and then whispers in his ear that they need to talk. They go outside to talk and Marie informs Nick that her health is getting worse, but no one knows for sure how much time she has left. She tells him she has things she needs to tell him and asks if he has been seeing strange things lately that he can't explain. She says "The misfortune of our family is already passing to you." She tells him despite loving Juliette, he must end it with her and never see her again because it's too dangerous. She then recognizes a car parked around a corner and pulls out a knife telling Nick that someone named Hulda is there. Suddenly a troll-like creature attacks Marie with a scythe. She fights back and Nick tries to help, but is knocked on his back, but gets up and tackles Hulda before he can use his scythe on Marie. Hulda gets up and smacks Nick with the 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. Hulda falls right next to Nick and he watches as Hulda's face changes from troll-like to a normal person. Nick then runs over to check on Marie. She says "They're after me" and then rips off a necklace with a key attached. She tells him "Never lose this. Guard it with your life. They'll be looking for it." She informs him that his parents didn't die in a car accident, but instead, they were killed. She then passes out.

The police and paramedics soon arrive. Juliette tells police she heard gunshots, but didn't see what happened and Nick talks to Hank about Hulda attacking. Nick gets into the back of the ambulance to go to the hospital with Marie and Hank tells him he'll run Hulda's prints.

Nick is informed by a doctor that Marie is conscious, so he goes to talk to her. She informs him she knows that Nick saw Hulda for what he really was, but Nick tells her he isn't sure what he saw. Nick asks what's going on and Marie tells him that they "have the ability to see what no one else can. When they lose control, they can't hide, and we see them for what they really are." She tells him the stories are real and that he is one of the last Grimms. She tells him she knows it's a lot, and she wishes she had more time, but everything is in the trailer. Marie says "You're vulnerable now. You need to be careful. Don't ever lose what I gave to you." The doctor comes in and tells Nick he can come back to see Marie tomorrow. Nick leaves Marie's room and examines the key that Marie gave him.

Hank comes up to Nick as he is looking at Hulda's scythe, startling him. Hank tells Nick what he found out about Hulda, although the prints came back as a Mr. Lindon from Chicago. They walk downstairs and run into Wu who tells Nick that Captain Renard wants to see him. Nick wonders what he wants, and Renard soon walks up to him. He asks Nick how he's doing. Renard then tells Nick that he'll be required to see the police psychiatrist since this was his first shooting.

Nick wakes up in the middle of the night after dreaming about Hulda attacking Juliette. He goes to the trailer and looks around at everything inside. He finds bottles filled with many things, a weapons cabinet filled with all sorts of weapons, and he also finds many books with drawings of creatures and things written about the creatures. Juliette comes into the trailer and asks what everything is and Nick says he isn't sure. She asks how long he lived with Marie for and Nick tells her she was his mother since he was 12, which was when his parents died. Juliette wonders if he lived in the trailer, but he says he didn't know Marie had the trailer. They then go back inside the house to go back to bed.

Hank is on the phone getting information on the boot they are looking for. When he hangs up, Nick tells him to have a look at the lab report because it is inconclusive so they don't know who or what they're looking for still. Hank says they have a lead on the boot they're looking for based on the plaster cast and shows Nick a picture.

A postman wearing the type of boots Nick and Hank are looking for walks down a street delivering mail. A girl in a red hoodie runs by, and he turns around and follows her.

Nick goes to the hospital to see Marie and talks with Dr. Rose. She tells Nick that Marie is in a deep coma, but that there was a spike in the EKG this morning. Nick asks if Marie will come out of it, but Dr. Rose tells him all they can do is wait. She then asks Nick about Marie's scars, but Nick is unsure of what she is talking about. Dr. Rose says that Marie has a lot of what appear like knife wounds all over her body. Dr. Rose asks what line of work Marie was in and Nick tells her she was a librarian. Nick gets a call and he leaves the hospital.

Nick and Hank meet Wu at the grandfather's house of a missing girl. Wu tells them that Robin Howell never showed up at her grandfather's house after school. Wu says they are doing a check on the grandfather and shows the detectives an image of Robin.

Captain Renard informs officers on the situation with Robin's case. After he is done, Nick and Hank go up to him. Nick tells him that the college student who was recently killed was also wearing a red sweatshirt.

The postman drives his truck down a street.

Nick and Hank go search the area near where Robin went missing. Nick says she was supposed to go around the park and Hank notes that the grandfather's house is on the other side of the park. Hank says when he was a kid he wouldn't have gone all the way around the park, so he and Nick head into the park to look around. They each take separate trails. Nick soon hears noises in the forest, which make him think about Marie telling him that he needs to be careful now and that he is vulnerable. Hank finds Robin's backpack and calls Nick over. Hank calls it in and Nick finds boot prints that he follows. He follows them out the other side of the forest. Across the street he sees a man get his mail, and as kids ride by him on bikes, he morphs into a wolf-like creature. Nick yells to Hank that he's got who they're looking for and runs after the man who tries to run into his house. Nick tackles him and asks where the girl is.

The police soon arrive to the house to search it, but they don't find any evidence that the man is who they are looking for. Hank asks Nick what they're doing at the house and Nick is convinced that the man is keeping Robin somewhere else if she isn't at the house. Hank asks "What do you see in this guy we don't? He's got no priors. He's clean." Nick tells him that "He fits the profile... he's a loner, he's never been married, he lives across the street from a park." Hank tells Nick that won't get the man into court unless he sues them.

Juliette looks out the bedroom window as Nick is in the trailer. Nick looks through some of the books and finds a picture that looks similar to the wolf-like creature the man morphed into.

Juliette calls Nick as he watches the man's house from across the street, but Nick ignores the call as the man walks outside to the side of the house. Nick walks up and peeks around the house where he finds the man peeing. The man sniffs the air as he finishes up and goes back inside. Nick tries to sneak away, but the lights in the house suddenly turn off. The man suddenly jumps through a window on top of Nick, morphed. He slams Nick against the house and says "You shouldn't have come back." He retracts and tells Nick to lighten up because he's just making a point. He then invites Nick into his house for a beer and tells Nick that he's paying for the window. Nick learns that the man is a Blutbad, only he is reformed. The man tells Nick that he was scared of Grimms growing up because of the stories his parents told him. The man figures out that Nick is new at being a Grimm and Nick tells him about Marie being in a coma, and the man says that he has heard of her. Nick tells him he's at the house because of the missing girl and the man reassures Nick that he doesn't know where she is. Nick asks how many Blutbads there are and Monroe tells him the plural form is Blutbaden. Nick realizes the man was marking his territory outside, so that must mean there are more Blutbaden around. Nick says "Look, you may not know where she is, but you've got a pretty good idea who's got her." The man tells him that he doesn't bother the others and they don't bother him. Nick tells the man he better tell him who has the girl if he knows. The man tells Nick not to threaten him, but Nick grabs the man's shirt, pushes him against a wall and says "I want to know who's got her."

The postman arrives at his house with Robin. He puts Robin in a secret room under his floor and tells her not to be afraid. She tells him she wants to go home and he tells her she is home. He then takes her hoodie and hangs it up next to a bunch more red jackets and sweatshirts

Press Release

INSPIRED BY THE CLASSIC GRIMM FAIRY TALES—NICK BURKHARDT'S LIFE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN WHEN HIS FAMILY’S LEGACY IS REVEALED—KATE BURTON GUEST STARS—After the mysterious brutal attack of a local college co-ed, Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) discovered he is descendant of an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms,” charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world. As he tries to hide the dangers of his new found calling from his fiancé, Juliette Silverton (Bitsie Tulloch), and his partner, Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby), he becomes ever more entrenched in the ancient rivalries and alliances of the Grimm world. With help from his reluctant confidant, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), a reformed Grimm creature himself, Nick must navigate through the forces of a larger-than-life mythology. Reggie Lee and Sasha Roiz also star.

Guest stars

Actor	Role
Tim Bagley	Postman
Claire Coffee	Adalind Schade
Ayanna Berkshire	Rose
Kate Burton	Marie Kessler

Wesen

• Blutbad
• Hexenbiest
• Skalengeck
• Hässlich
• Waage (seen in Grimm Diaries only)

Images

Main article: Pilot/Images

Production Notes

Continuity

• Nick receives his key from Aunt Marie.
• Nick sees a Wesen woge for the first time.

Trivia

• The opening quote is from "Little Red Riding Hood."
• A page shown while Nick is browsing a Grimm diary bears part of the story of "The Hand with the Knife."
• The initials of the child "Robin Howell" are R.H., visible on her backpack that was found in the woods, which alludes to "Riding Hood."
• The song on Sylvie Oster's iPod is "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics.
• Nick asks Monroe about silver bullets in regards to dealing with the postman, a Blutbad; in folklore, silver bullets are often the only way to effectively kill or go up against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters. The idea of the werewolf's supposed vulnerability to silver most likely dates back to the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan, in which a gigantic wolf is killed by a hunter wielding a gun loaded with silver bullets. The hunter's name is also Argent, which is Latin for silver. Even in the Brothers Grimm fairy-tales, there is some mythology regarding silver bullets. For instance, in The Two Brothers, a bullet-proof witch is shot down by silver bullets.

References

Template:Grimm Season One Template:Episodes