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You can understand the confusion.

They'll kill you, and I'll be here in the woods all alone and abandoned.

A farmhand is killed by a trespasser a witness describes as glowing, a trespasser who killed cattle and harvested their ovaries. Turns out the perpetrator is a Gluhenvolk, a rare Wesen that requires bovine ovaries during pregnancy. They're rare because they're hunted for their glowing skin, and there's a hunter in town...


This episode provides examples of:

  • Accidental Murder: A ranch hand who catches Vincent killing cows falls back into a metal fencepost during the struggle and is impaled, to Vincent's horror.
  • Aliens Steal Cattle: Pregnant Gluhenvolk (whose glowing skin inspired alien mythology) need to eat cow ovaries.
  • Anal Probing: Alluded to when Lazure, in his alien conspiracy theorist guise, asks Nick and Wu about it.
    Nick: No one's been probed!
    Wu: Yet.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: The man who pays Lazue to kill Gluhenvolk for their skins has no presence in the episode beyond a brief phone call.
  • Hoist by Their Own Petard: Hunter Lazure is shot by Nick, with his own gun specifically designed to keep the body woged after death.
  • Human Resources: Lazue is a hunter who murders woged Wesen, skins them and sells their pelts.
  • Internal Reveal: Nick shows Monroe the key and explains its history.
  • The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Monroe and Rosalee cancel their date to help Vincent and Jocelyn. It's partly to help prevent an extinction, partly because, well, when are they going to see a Gluhenvolk again?
    Monroe: Ah, I see you two have a book open there, which more likely than not portends some kind of catastrophic disaster, which in turn, can only mean my date with Rosalee has been put on hold.
  • Maternity Crisis: Jocelyn gives birth in a cabin in the woods while being hunted for her skin. Her health is not great already, but the sight of Nick sends her straight into labour.
  • Moment Killer: Nick interrupts a moment between Monroe and Rosalee towards the end of their date. He realises what's happening and excuses himself, but the moment is gone, so they reschedule for the next night... which is interrupted by a search for pregnant Gluhenvolk.
  • Not So Extinct: Monroe and Rosalee believe that Gluhenvolk were hunted to extinction before Vincent and Jocelyn appear in Portland and are seen while woged, and it's later mentioned that there are other surviving Gluhenvolk in Alaska.
  • Oh, Crap!:
    • Wesen have freaked out at the sight of Nick before, but Jocelyn is the first to look at him and go into labour.
    • Lazue is confidently talking about what Monroe and Rosalee would be worth if he killed them while pointing his weapon at the group, but when Nick identifies himself as a Grimm it distracts Lazue long enough for Monroe to attack him, allowing Nick to take Lazue's gun and shoot the hunter with his own weapon.
  • Shout-Out: Wu says "The truth is out there," quoting The X-Files.

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