Grimm: Plumed Serpent

"Plumed Serpent" is the fourteenth episode of season one of the supernatural crime drama series Grimm. It was directed by Steven DePaul with a script written by Alan DiFiore. It first aired on NBC on Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, Nick and Monroe come upon a Wesen fire dancer named Ariel Eberhart. Nick ponders whether this might relate to an arson investigation that he is working on.

Notes & Trivia

 * Grimm was created by Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt and Stephen Carpenter.


 * This episode aired on CTV in Canada on March 9th, 2012.


 * This episode aired on WATCH in the United Kingdom on May 14th, 2012.


 * This is the first episode of Grimm directed by Steven DePaul.


 * This is the fifth episode of Grimm written and/or co-written by Alan DiFiore.


 * This is the fourth episode of Grimm written and/or co-written by Dan E. Fesman.

Allusions

 * This episode features music from the song "The Fire" by Franz Ferdinand.


 * Reference is made to events that took place in the pilot episode of the series. Archival recap footage is used in this episode.

Quotes

 * Eddie Monroe: Hey, I'm just glad to be here, to you know, help rescue a woman I've never met before. Or been introduced to. But, you know, hey, I don't take it personally...
 * Nick Burkhardt: Are you really going to bring that up right now?

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 * Nick Burkhardt: You okay?
 * Hank Griffin': Yeah. You?
 * Nick Burkhardt: Yeah.
 * Sgt. Wu: Uh, I'm not. This stuff is in my eyes, my nose, my ears...

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 * Nick Burkhardt: I'm Detective Burkhardt. I need to talk to you.
 * Ariel Eberhart: Lucky me.

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 * Eddie Monroe: It is so classic.
 * Nick Burkhardt: What?
 * Eddie Monroe: Your princess has been taken by the dragon, right? And the rest is obvious, you know? Beautiful women being taken, dragged into caves, and the men sacrificing everything to go after them. It is the ancient archetype of the whole relationship megillah. Only problem is, somebody always dies.

Opening title card
"Said the dragon, 'Many knights have left their lives here, I shall soon have an end for you, too,' and he breathed fire out of seven jaws."

Keywords
Captain | Detective | Fire dancer | Oregon | Police officer | Portland | Portland Police Bureau | Sergeant | Wesen