Believe it or not, this is a good thing.
Nothing, they say, is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying.
A series of brutal murders lead to an unlikely lead in a nursing home, and a Wesen with a particular role in society.
Eve goes to Adalind to find a Hexenbiest solution to her mirror problem.
Renard wants answers about the symbols that Diana has been drawing.
This episode provides examples of:
- The Atoner: Adalind's assessment of Eve's determination to prevent the mirror monster from harming anyone but herself; she wants to make up for the harm she's caused in the past.
- Beneath Suspicion: Bernard Stanton, the murderer of the Victim of the Week and an earlier case. Despite being caught on camera at both murders, Nick and Hank realise there's no way they'd be able to make a case against an elderly man, confirming that the Gevatter Tod is the best way to deal with Wesen in his condition.
- Blood Magic: As the title suggests. Eve uses some at the end to access the mirror dimension.
- Call-Back:
- Monroe advises Mrs Stanton not to take too much melatonin.
- Bernard Stanton is a Drang-Zorn. Very dangerous when he loses control of himself.
- Renard demands to see the tunnel with the carvings. No one is eager to show him the tunnel the gang once used to escape from him.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Mrs Stanton, Rosalee's customer who's buying huge amounts of melatonin. Turns out she's giving it to her husband, who has dementia and has been committing the murders Nick and Hank are investigating.
- Internal Reveal: Renard confronts Adalind about Diana's drawings and demands to see the tunnel with the carvings. She refers him to Nick, who tells him bluntly that he's not going near the tunnel.
- Leeroy Jenkins: After assuring everyone she was only researching the mirror dimension and wouldn't try going there without someone there to help, Eve does some Blood Magic and dives straight into a mirror.
- Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: A benevolent version. The Gevatter Tod gives dementia-stricken Wesen a gentle death to keep them from exposing the Wesen world or harming anyone.
- Mercy Kill: The Gevatter Tod is considered in this way. The venom is apparently painless, and it's considered a better death than many. Monroe and Rosalee urge Nick to drop the case, and he's shocked to hear that they've agreed to call a Gevatter Tod for each other if they get dementia.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Serious Business when the senior is a Wesen, especially a dangerous Wesen who no longer remembers to avoid woging in public or attacking people.
- Rule of Three: Eve looks for answers in three books of magic Adalind inherited from her mother. One is red with a skull in the cover, one is white and one is black.
- You Have to Believe Me!: Mason Wilcox, the orderly suspected of manslaughtering a 91-year-old patient, insists that she briefly turned into a monster and attacked him. The nurse accusing him only saw him manhandle the old lady, not her dementia-driven attack.
