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-> "Imagine if the world as you know it... was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampire, zombies and werewolves walk amongst you every day... but you never see them. This is the world I walk in. I am called Byron. And these are my chronicles."

The time? Present day, or something not too far off. The place? Portland, Oregon. The problem? More like problem''s''. The Vatican's trying to prevent a ZombieApocalypse, some idiots in England freed a bunch of fallen angels from their prison, Satan's lost his daughter and is '''not''' happy about it, and a new street drug is turning the home less people who use it into monsters. It's up to Byron, an immortal superhuman of unknown origin, to save the day.

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-> "Imagine ->''"Imagine if the world as you know it... was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampire, zombies and werewolves walk amongst you every day... but you never see them. This is the world I walk in. I am called Byron. And these are my chronicles."

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The time? Present day, or something not too far off. The place? Portland, UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, Oregon. The problem? More like problem''s''. The Vatican's trying to prevent a ZombieApocalypse, some idiots in England freed a bunch of fallen angels from their prison, Satan's lost his daughter and is '''not''' happy about it, and a new street drug is turning the home less people who use it into monsters. It's up to Byron, an immortal superhuman of unknown origin, to save the day.



* FriendOrIdolDecision: At the beginning of Season Two, Byron is trapped with Jo on a [[AlternateUniverse mirror world]] by [[LouisCypher Logan]] so that Logan can free {{Lilith}} from Byron's realm. [[spoiler: Later it is revealed that Byron could have returned at any time to his own realm without Jo but chose to stay to try and get Jo home, thus invoking this trope. However [[ShootTheShaggyDog Jo dies and Lilith is freed anyway]].]]

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: At the beginning of Season Two, Byron is trapped with Jo on a [[AlternateUniverse mirror world]] by [[LouisCypher Logan]] so that Logan can free {{Lilith}} UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}} from Byron's realm. [[spoiler: Later it is revealed that Byron could have returned at any time to his own realm without Jo but chose to stay to try and get Jo home, thus invoking this trope. However [[ShootTheShaggyDog Jo dies and Lilith is freed anyway]].]]



** The government organization mentioned that they were concerned about a vampire in New Orleans named "[[TheVampireChronicles Lestag]]" who was publishing his memoirs.

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** The government organization mentioned that they were concerned about a vampire in New Orleans UsefulNotes/NewOrleans named "[[TheVampireChronicles Lestag]]" who was publishing his memoirs.



* UnwittingPawn: Everyone in the series [[spoiler: to Logan]]
** everyone to Leviathan
** Byron to Leviathan in "In Fire"

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* UnwittingPawn: Everyone in the series [[spoiler: to Logan]]
Logan]].
** everyone Everyone to Leviathan
Leviathan.
** Byron to Leviathan in "In Fire"Fire".
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* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine, Cullen Tate]]

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* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine, Cullen Tate]]Tate]].
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** Berry the Cat references a TV show about [[InspectorSpacetime a guy who travels in a red telephone box]].

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** Berry the Cat references a TV show about [[InspectorSpacetime [[JustForFun/InspectorSpacetime a guy who travels in a red telephone box]].
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** In the very first episode, 'The Taint', which deals with Zombies, Byron says, "You wouldn't want another of those nights from '68 happening again, would you?" [[NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Dead]] was released in 1968.

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** In the very first episode, 'The Taint', which deals with Zombies, Byron says, "You wouldn't want another of those nights from '68 happening again, would you?" [[NightOfTheLivingDead ''[[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Night of the Living Dead]] Dead]]'' was released in 1968.
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* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Byron's female companions tend to qualify, in keeping with the DoctorWho-esque vibe the show has.

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* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Byron's female companions tend to qualify, in keeping with the DoctorWho-esque Series/DoctorWho-esque vibe the show has.

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* CreatorCameo: Eric Busby plays the vampire Edmund in "Noise", "Autumn Twilight", and "Autumn Dawn".

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* CreatorCameo: Eric Busby plays the vampire Edmund in "Noise", "Autumn Twilight", and "Autumn Dawn". He's also played various bit roles throughout the series:
** 1x02 "Disoriented": Wraith
** 1x06 "A Time of Returning": Cultist
** 1x09 "Nicholas - A Christmas Tale": Elf 2
** 2x10 "Alistair and the Strange Case of the Christmas Undead": Guard
** 3x08 "In Fire": Gargoyle
** 4x08 "October": Pilot
** 4x09 "November": Scientist
** 5x05 "Krampus": Kettle and Jack O' Lantern
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** In the very first episode, 'The Taint', which deals with Zombies, Byron says, "You wouldn't want another of those nights from '68 happening again, would you?" [[Night of the Living Dead]] was released in 1968.

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** In the very first episode, 'The Taint', which deals with Zombies, Byron says, "You wouldn't want another of those nights from '68 happening again, would you?" [[Night [[NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Dead]] was released in 1968.
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** In the very first episode, 'The Taint', which deals with Zombies, Byron says, "You wouldn't want another of those nights from '68 happening again, would you?" [[Night of the Living Dead]] was released in 1968.
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** Agent Kathrine in "All Things Face an Ending," she chooses to fight [[spoiler:Lucifer]] even though she knows she will be killed doing so. Also, in "A Sort of Homecoming," where, when she meets Bryon, she immediately shoots him in the chest.

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** Agent Kathrine in "All Things Face an Ending," she chooses to fight [[spoiler:Lucifer]] [[spoiler:Lucifer even though she knows she will be killed doing so. so.]] Also, in "A Sort of Homecoming," where, when she meets Bryon, she immediately shoots him in the chest.
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** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch. Also, in the first episode of season 5, he [[gets Nazis to create a virus to cleanse the world of it's populace, and after it's released, then sends missiles to the Nazi camp that created it]]

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** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch. Also, in the first episode of season 5, he [[gets Nazis to create a virus to cleanse the world of it's populace, and after it's released, then sends missiles to the Nazi camp that created it]]
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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathryn is played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Katharine Mason was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Rebecca Kathrine's current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.

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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being been played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathryn Kathrine is played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Katharine Mason Kathrine was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Rebecca Kathrine's current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
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** In the "Night Terrors" episode 'Byron's Tale,' Lilith is played by Kara Dennison, Logan is played by Karl Puder, and Byron is played by Tom Davis. However, when the episode was spun-off into it's own series (ie "The Byron Chronicles"), each of these actors was replaced. M Sieiro Garcia took over Lilith, Gareth Preston took over for Logan, and the titular character of Byron was given to David Ault.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris, Sam, Morgan, and Jenny [[spoiler: though Morgan and Jenny doesn't last long. They each are killed in the episode they're introduced in.]]

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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris, Sam, Morgan, and Jenny [[spoiler: though Morgan and Jenny doesn't don't last long. They each are killed in the episode they're introduced in.]]
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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris, Sam, and Jenny

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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris, Sam, Morgan, and Jenny [[spoiler: though Morgan and Jenny doesn't last long. They each are killed in the episode they're introduced in.]]



** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathryn was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Katharine Mason was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Rebecca Kathrine's current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.

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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathryn was is played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Katharine Mason was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Rebecca Kathrine's current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.

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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) Kathryn was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) Katharine Mason was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Rebecca Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
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* MyNaymeIs: While Agent Kathrine has had several iterations of her name, none of them are common spellings of it: Kathryn, Katharine, and Kathrine. All are variants of the more commonly used name Katherine (or Catherine).
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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris and Sam

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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris Chris, Sam, and Sam Jenny



* TheOtherDarrin:

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* TheOtherDarrin:
** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.

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* TheOtherDarrin:
** Agent
*TheOtherDarrin:
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Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa **Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.
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* TheOtherDarrin:
** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.

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* TheOtherDarrin:
** Agent
*TheOtherDarrin:
**Agent
Kathrine throughout the series has had a total of three names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa **Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.
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** Agent Kathrine has been played by a total of three actresses with three different names. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (then spelled Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (now given the full name of Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Kathrine now being her last name, with the first of Rebecca) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes. No explicable reason is given for this.

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** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has been played by had a total of three actresses names: Agent Kathryn, Agent Katharine Mason, and Agent Rebecca Kathrine. This has coincidentally coincided with being played by three different names. actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (then spelled Kathryn) (Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (now given the full name of Katharine (Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Kathrine now being her last name, with the first of Rebecca) (Rebecca Kathrine) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes.episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.
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* TheOtherDarrin:
** Agent Kathrine has been played by a total of three actresses with three different names. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine (then spelled Kathryn) was played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine (now given the full name of Katharine Mason) was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's (Kathrine now being her last name, with the first of Rebecca) current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes. No explicable reason is given for this.

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The organization, introduced in "A Time Of Rising", is a branch of the U.S. Government dealing with things like angels and keeping the public in the dark.

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* HalloweenEpisode: Four so far - "Faven's Fate", "Dead Time", "The Night of '68", and "October"
* GovernmentConspiracy: The organization, Organization, introduced in "A Time Of Rising", is a branch of the U.S. Government dealing with things like angels and keeping the public in the dark.

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* {{Jerkass God|s}}: God created the world and sent Jesus to die for humanity, but now he doesn't give a crap.
** Though for some, AlternateCharacterInterpretation applies here: is God simply [[TheChessmaster using his angels and Byron to accomplish his goals?]]


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* {{Jerkass God|s}}: God created the world and sent Jesus to die for humanity, but now he doesn't give a crap.
** Though for some, AlternateCharacterInterpretation applies here: is God simply [[TheChessmaster using his angels and Byron to accomplish his goals?]]
** In "The Dark Labyrinth," Legion reveals that God is just one of many, and that He imprisoned all the older gods out there.
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** In the beginning of season five, it is revealed to Agent Kathrine that he is also a betrayer of someone really important. Who it is he betrayed is unknown.

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** In the beginning of season five, it It is implied that Byron traveled with Jesus. It's also revealed to Agent Kathrine that he is also a betrayer of someone really important. Who it is he betrayed is unknown.someone important.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Four so far: "Nicholas - A Christmas Tale," "Alistair and the Strange Case of the Christmas Undead", "Christmas Special 2011", and "Father Christmas"



* ChristmasEpisode: Three so far - "Alistair and the Strange Case of the Christmas Undead", "Nicholas", and season three's "The Christmas Special".

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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: "All Things Face an Ending"]]



** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch.

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** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch. Also, in the first episode of season 5, he [[gets Nazis to create a virus to cleanse the world of it's populace, and after it's released, then sends missiles to the Nazi camp that created it]]



** Agent Kathrine in "All Things Face an Ending," she chooses to fight [[spoiler:Lucifer]] even though she knows she will be killed doing so. Also, in "A Sort of Homecoming," where, when she meets Bryon, she immediately shoots him in the chest.



-> "It is not murder if I give myself willingly to them. This is something I have dreamt of all my life."

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-> ***-> "It is not murder if I give myself willingly to them. This is something I have dreamt of all my life."



* TheMasquerade - referred to by name and actually made into law via the Masquerade Pact, which prohibits humans finding out about the nature of reality en masse.

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* TheMasquerade - TheMasquerade: referred to by name and actually made into law via the Masquerade Pact, which prohibits humans finding out about the nature of reality en masse.



** Bryon is referred to as the Pale Man. However, he is told by God that he is going to have to meet the Pale Man, which confuses even Byron.



** In the beginning of season five, it is revealed to Agent Kathrine that he is also a betrayer of someone really important. Who it is he betrayed is unknown.



** Even {{Jesus}} gets one of these! [[spoiler: Turns out he brought Lazarus back from the dead alright- as the first flesh-eating zombie.]]

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** Even {{Jesus}} gets one of these! [[spoiler: Turns out he brought Lazarus back from the dead alright- alright - as the first flesh-eating zombie.]]



* WhamEpisode: The last episode of season 2, ending in [[spoiler: Chris's death]].

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* WhamEpisode: The last episode of season 2, ending in [[spoiler: Chris's death]]. Also "All Things Face an Ending" which resulted in [[spoiler:the destruction of the world by Lucifer]].
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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/GRIMM]]

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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/GRIMM]] 'Grimm' TV show?"
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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Grimm Grimm TV show]]?"

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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Grimm Grimm TV show]]?" [[Series/GRIMM]]
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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/Grimm Grimm TV show]]?"

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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/Grimm [[Grimm Grimm TV show]]?"
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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/Grimm Grimm TV show?"

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** In the first episode of season 5, Agent Kathrine's mission is to go to Portland, Oregon. She then asks, "Isn't that where they film that [[Series/Grimm Grimm TV show?" show]]?"

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