Not the most unlikely protector Adalind will have, but close.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
Monroe and Rosalee prepare for their wedding, and Nick has some concerns about his role as Best Man. Should a Grimm even attend a Wesen wedding, or is that just asking for trouble?
Adalind finds help from an unexpected source as she tries to leave Europe with her baby: Kelly Burkhardt, who works for the resistance and knows the child has a great destiny. Trying to keep her charges safe, she turns to her son for help...
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- Bait-and-Switch: The episode opens with Nick and Hank discussing a serious tactical situation where Nick would be heavily outnumbered and without backup. Sounds like an undercover operation or police raid, but it's Monroe and Rosalee's wedding.Hank: Could be a really volatile situation. I think it's a big risk and you'd be way outnumbered.
Nick: No backup.
Hank: It's not as if you can be upfront about this either.
Nick: I could go undercover.
Hank: I don't think you should go at all.
Nick: It shouldn't be this complicated!
Hank: Well, it is. You don't wanna wind up killing Monroe and Rosalee's friends and family! I mean, a best man should really not be doing that. - Call-Back:
- Nick discusses his best man worries with Monroe and Rosalee.
- Kelly is informed that the woman she's taken to Nick's house for protection is the culprit of Juliette's coma.
- It's also established that Adalind doesn't know that Kelly killed her mother.
- Children Are Innocent: Nick and Juliette would cheerfully decapitate Adalind, but help her because of the baby.
- Flashback: Kelly has one to the night a young Nick was sent away with his aunt Marie, which was the last time they spoke until he was an adult.
- Internal Reveal: Nick and the gang are finally informed of the Royal baby situation. Kelly learns who Adalind is.Renard: Where's the woman who's supposed to be protecting you?
Adalind: That's an interesting story. Turns out that woman is Nick's mother.
Renard: What?
Adalind: Imagine my surprise.
Renard: Did she know who you were?
Adalind: If she had, she wouldn't have taken me to Nick's house. Imagine their surprise. - Mama Bear: Having bonded with her baby, Adalind proves herself to be this, sneaking out of Nick's house and away from the woman who's been protecting her and going to Renard's apartment by herself to get his protection.Kelly: Plan on keeping her? [...] As long as you have that child, they won't stop trying to find you.
Adalind: I won't let anyone take my child. They'll have to kill me first!
Kelly: Now you sound like a mother. - Oh, Crap!: Everyone, when Kelly arrives at Nick and Juliette's with Adalind in tow.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Kelly is re-introduced in this way, with multiple Verrat dying without so much as laying a hand on her.
- You Have Failed Me: Having failed to kill Adalind or get the baby and losing six Verrat in the process, Danilov has failed Viktor for the last time. His throat is quickly torn out by Hundjager.Danilov: Sir, I would like...
Viktor: Shut up. Let me give it a shot. You feel awful and take full responsibility for failing to stop Adalind and her child from slipping from your grasp and getting away, despite the fact that we had intercepted communications from Resistance agents, which gave you sufficient time to disrupt their plans. Not only did you lose the royal child and her mother, but Herr Meisner has managed to disappear, and we are left with another six dead Verrat. Did I leave anything out?
Danilov: I...
Viktor: No need to guess. Of course I left something out. Your services to the Royal family are no longer required.
